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Old 07-31-2012, 05:19 AM   #31
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I actually thought his performance was more Johnny English than Mr Bean. Facial expressions less exaggerated and so on.

I am not a fan of Mr Bean. Johnny English I quite like but wouldn't make a special effort to see.

Much prefer his other work. Bean and English both came long after he'd made his name here. So that's not how most people my age think of him at all.





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Old 07-31-2012, 05:58 AM   #32
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Actually, though, he's most well known to our generation for Blackadder.
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Old 07-31-2012, 12:19 PM   #33
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And to stop hijacking my own thread...:p

Back to that opening ceremony. For those that watched it: did you notice that the USA team got almost as big a cheer from the crowd as the home team did?
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Old 07-31-2012, 12:25 PM   #34
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I just figured it was NBC hyping their own coverage
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Old 07-31-2012, 12:38 PM   #35
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How do you mean?
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Old 07-31-2012, 01:34 PM   #36
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Just being sarcastic towards NBC.

Too many commercials, too much coverage of "beach volleyball", completely provencial towards US, etc.
and if you want to watch anything other than the NBC TV coverage,
they want your name, address, phone, ISP account number, along
with the sex, height, and weight of your 1st-born infant.
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Old 07-31-2012, 01:35 PM   #37
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Ahh. yes, I hear they've been total arses about the whole thing.
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Old 07-31-2012, 02:10 PM   #38
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Just being sarcastic towards NBC.

Too many commercials, too much coverage of "beach volleyball", completely provencial towards US, etc.
and if you want to watch anything other than the NBC TV coverage,
they want your name, address, phone, ISP account number, along
with the sex, height, and weight of your 1st-born infant.
Really unbelievable how they make content unavailable. I don't have cable tv in my area and am completely out in the cold. Can't make a commercial driven feed available? NBC is trapped in the last century. I love how they intro events they already know the results of eliminating the agony of defeat angle to prove expertise and lower expectations. Their fascination with beach volleyball to the exclusion of everything else is really nuts. That BBC 1 feed has been a godsend. Breaking away from the event for a human interest piece is just silly. Do that when you have no content.
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Old 07-31-2012, 06:19 PM   #39
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I've worked with NBC folks a number of times. They are un-creative knuckleheads.
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Old 08-04-2012, 09:08 PM   #40
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Can someone post a link to the BBC feed? I downloaded Bruce's plugin but can't seem to actually find the stream.
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Old 08-04-2012, 09:18 PM   #41
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It works for me just by clicking on the link in xoB's post here
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Old 08-08-2012, 12:03 PM   #42
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Can NBC suck any more? They aren't going to broadcast the gold medal match Between the US and Japan in women's soccer tomorrow.

I doubt BBC1 will show it. There must be some channel we can stream to see it.
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Old 08-08-2012, 12:15 PM   #43
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They can suck more by finding an excuse to show beach volleyball instead of soccer. I saw a chunk of US v Canada Women's soccer while sitting in the dentists office, very impressive play on both sides.
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Old 08-08-2012, 12:25 PM   #44
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It will be on NBC Sports Network... does anyone actually have that?
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We don't.
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