I’m not a big fan of spectator sports. I didn’t watch any of the Super Bore last night. Not even for the commercials. What marketing genius convinced us that we want to watch the very things we spend the rest of the year channel-surfing over and fast-forwarding past? I’ll occasionally watch a basketball game, especially during March Madness. (I ‘blame’ that on my Kentucky upbringing. But I remember the good ol’ days when even pro basketball was a team sport….) And I sometimes enjoy watching tennis. (No clue where that comes from — I play racquetball.)
But I put all that aside every couple years for the Olympics. I’ll watch competitions that normally would have no interest for me just because they are Olympic competitions. And soon the Winter Olympics will be filling our consciousness. Figure skating? I’ll watch most if it. Skiing? You bet. Biathlon, bobsled, and curling? Why the hell not. These are not merely world competitons; these are the Olympics!
Could anything keep me away? Well, as it turned out, Hurricane Charley hit and knocked out my power during the opening ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics. That was on a Friday the 13th — good thing I’m not superstitious (knock wood). My electricity was off for seven days, seriously cutting into my obsessive watching. But, you know, when silly things like survival come up, we all can be distracted from our other obsessions. The weather forecast for this Friday: clear and cool… and tuned in.
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I’m exactly the same way. For two weeks every four years, I suddenly become this “expert” in all things luge-related when there is no way in Hell, I’d watch it any other time. I’m not a huge fan of watching sports on TV, but I’d see most things live.