The    Halfway    Point

More Bud Collins Commentary - Ooooh! Oh! Ooooooooh! Oooh!!

The Voyeur in me - the announcers spoke of the rough style of play by the Russian Womens Water Polo Team resulting in the tearing of swimsuits. But alas, the ladies wear sports bras beneath the swimsuits.

Trampoline terminology - flipits, tripits, ballouts (don't ask me what they mean)

Seen at Archery Park - A man with the name Badenov on his back. Perhaps hunting Moose and Squirrel?

Jim Lampley doing the Aussie cheer- Aussie Oy! Aussie Oy! Oy Oy OY!

Shut up! - Greek boxing coaches were ejected from ringside for excessive talking. Maybe we can send that ref to do the same for ESPN's baseball color commentators or better yet have them hire Bud Coliins to do baseball.

Channel Surfing -FX- M*A*S*H rerun - the gang watching Henry Blake's home movies- what a tragic character he ended up being- he never met his newborn son.

Pat says - Pat O'Brien mentioned that the US Boxing coaches had emphasised the European style of boxing. They did not emphasis enough about how to make weight- referring to David Jackson's withdrawal due to not making weight

Costas quip- Trampoline - The event that puts Altius in Citius, Altius, Fortius.

Pride- 83 year-old George Nissin , inventor of the trampoline is present to see his apparatus become Olympics Official.

Annoyment - A local (California) Assemblywoman has saturated the airwaves with her ads she runs for Congress thanks to Eastern Deep Pockets

Interview - Injured US Shot-Putter CJ Hunter says this is it for him as far as competing goes. He'd rather watch his wife, Marion Jones compete than continue doing heavy squats for four more years.

Costas quip- We've shown you a variety of body-types tonight, from the svelte divers, to the petite gymnasts, and the burly shot-putters. As for myself, I am a classically chisled 6-2, 210.

TechnoCool - NBC showed the winning trampolinist's preliminary routine simultaneously with her voluntary routine. She was on the trampoline with herself.

Costas quip - Now that trampoline is an Olympic sport, it seems everything I did in gym class or in my back yard is in the Olympics

Aussie lingo- trongo=idiot, boomer=kangaroo, ankle-biter= kid, cogswallup = ?

Help I'm lost -David O'Connor and his horse Custom Made are the first Americans to win the Equestrian 3-Day event since 1976. They nearly got disqualified for going the wrong way

Just once would like to hear- Play by Play Man: What does So & So have to do to win a medal.
Analyst: Well, So & So has to finish 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.

---------------------------------------------- Brief Leno Interlude

Asked of a woman on the street. What Olympic Event would you like to watch where the participants are naked? She replied, Shot-Putting because there's not much movement in it. Leno's says, You're a lot like my mother. She doesn't mind the nakedness, just so nothing is moving.
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Precious - Kate Sadeno's delight in winning a bronze medal in the Womens 800 Freestyle.

Lookalikes - Swimming speedster Inge de Brujin and Actress Deborah May (recently seen in Disney's The Kid)

Soap Opera - A US Swimming coach implied that Dutch swimmer de Brujin has used some type of performance enhancement. She has exchanged words and barbs and hisses with American swimmer Amy Van Dyken (sounds Dutch). Before their 50 meter prelim Amy spit into Inge's lane. Rowdy Gaines said "That was a major league spit."

Channel surfing- History Channel's This Week in History
1952 - Nixon gaves his "Checkers" speech
1960- Nixon bombs during a debate with JFK

Speaking of history- Anthony Ervin who tied Gary Hall jr in the 50 m freestyle is the first African American to win a swimming Gold Medal.

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Hollywood Squares Olympic Edition final show
Q: In 1956, 35 year-old Agnes Coletti of Hungary won 3 medals in what sport?

Mitch Gaylord: Wow 1956. I wasn't even born yet!
Whoopi: Stop bragging!
Mitch: Let me refer to an Olympian that was there. Bruce Jenner, can you help me?

Q: A sorceror's wand gets its magic from what?
Brad Garrett: Viagra.