Insider Olympics

I have never really gotten excited about watching the overhyped spectacle that is the Olympic Winter Games, or as I like to call it, the Wide World of Figure Skating Marathon.  Now call me crazy, but I have a really hard time classifying people like this as superior athletes.  Anyway, the coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics has come under fire from fans and media outlets due to the inordinate amount of time that has been spent fulfilling advertising obligations; however, I can’t confirm this complaint because I have watched about five actual minutes since it started last Friday.  My problem with this international competition is that it’s filled with boring events (who wants to watch someone tread snow “cross country” for 30 freakin miles?!?) and sappy special interest stories you’d only find on the WE channel at any other time of the year.  Yet after watching this all-access video hosted by the King of the Drunk Dial, and a guy who wants to go crazy on all you ladies (link contains naughty language you’d usually have to pay $2.95/minute to hear), it looks as though I’ve missed a lot more action than I would have ever thought was possible: