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16    Day    Party    Begins    in    Sydney    9/15/00

1st goosebump moment - The Australia montage narrated by James Earl Jones

1st Costas Quip- ...a broadcaster's nightmare having to follow the voice of James Earl Jones

Another goosebump moment- The Australian National Anthem

1st Katie Quip- Australia has only been singing this anthem since 1984

1st star of the games- 13 year old Nikki Webster

Bad memory - Whenever I see someone hanging from a harness like that, I'm reminded of Owen Hart, killed during a WWF pay per view.

More brave people - walking around on stilts that are on fire

Lump in the throat commercial - Home Depot's montage of athletes and supporters to "If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands"

Lookalikes- Show in the sky and Rio Casino (Las Vegas) show in the sky

Prettiest costumes - Nigeria

What the heck commercial - People kissing by Coca Cola

Costas quip #2- ...this Goodyear Blimp didn't fly over from USA. If it had it would have had to leave right after the Atlanta Games in 1996 to get here on time

Chuckle commercial- Visa Check Card -guy getting a tattoo doesn't have enough money for ~I Love Donna~ and ends up with I Love Don

First "Fair Dinkum!" uttered by Costas at approximately 1 hour 15 minutes into the show

Costas quip #4- There are more Armenians living outside Armenia than inside.

Costas quip #5- The Central African Republic is located in Central Africa
which led to
Katie quip #2- Oh really.

My favorite bubus were worn by the Chad athletes

My favorite country name to pronounce - Djibouti

Lump in throat moment- North and South Korea marching together and the standing ovation

Costas quip #6-   Of the 3000 or so languages spoken around the world, about 1000 are spoken in Papua New Guinea

Costas quip #7- Paraguay is the only member of the IOC to have a flag that is different on the front and back. I'll take Flags for $100 Alex

Costas quip #8- Kite Flying is still not an Olympic sport (as one delegation was carrying kites)

Favorite SuperBowl repeat commercial- Budweiser young Clydesdale spots the team going by and the leader winks at him

Kewl moment- The sheet covering the part of the stands with the different images projected on it becomes a lump in the throat moment as it covers the athletes symbolically uniting the world in peace

Lump in throat commercial - Texaco coaches and their young athletes

Funny but in bad taste commercial - Nike slasher movie spoof

Mouth wide open moment - the cauldron

Final Costas quip- ...the people in Athens are wondering how they will follow this flame lighting when they host in 2004. Maybe they can get Zeus to return.