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I’m sorry my first words in two weeks

will be sour but it is what it is...or as Popeye says, I yam what I yam.

Yes, I’m going to write about the Olympics.  The Olympics that, depending upon the venue, are no farther than six hours from me - not east or west of me, but directly north of me, straight up as the crow flies.  The Olympics in British Columbia, the very same British Columbia which shares my own beloved Pacific Time Zone.  It’s that shared clock that had me happy that I might be able to actually watch all my favorite events in real time...as they actually happen.

NBC is going to have none of that and they proved it on day one.  While the Olympians were marching toward their seats in that odd alphabetical order of theirs, our own NBC affiliate was broadcasting pure crap....while at the same moment, beamed the ceremony live to the east coast which as you have probably already guessed if not already knew, it 3 fricking hours later than we who share the time zone.  So...we who share the BC time zone...had to watch the stupid thing tape-delayed while struggling to stay awake until midnight. 

I don’t know what’s what with the east, but I don’t really care....I figure if you are out of the time zone, there’s going to be some challenge to viewing events but why can’t we watch it in actual time no matter when other’s see it?  Why oh why oh why?

I know.  Nothing in this world is more important then when Karan gets to view the Olympics so I’d like each and every one of you to send off a scathing letter to Dick Ebersol at NBCGiveKaranHerOlympicsInRealTime.com.

And, even though it’s been a constant source of “discussion” in this house since last night, Leonard disavows all participation in this rant.

1. I’m sorry. I guess you don’t get any Canuckistani* channels? And I don’t blame you for being angry. I would be as well.

   *a term of affection that we use on Radio Paradise dot com.

   Posted by Alison  on  02/13  at  09:59 PM

2. Maybe they think it will prevent us from attending--like we could REALLY afford to?? It’s idiotic and makes me angry. I haven’t even been watching very much and I love the Winter Olympics. But I’m not willing to stay up until midnight to see them.

   Posted by Margaret  on  02/13  at  11:44 PM

3. That’s terrible! The scheduling on the east coast was not great yesterday, with a lot of the finals happening close to midnight and the luge runs not starting until after 10:00 PM. But I’m OK with that, since as you said, Vancouver is on Pacific time and we’re on the other side of the country.

   The fact that they’re tape-delaying you to match you up with East Coast time is unconscionable.

   Posted by Thud  on  02/14  at  05:27 AM

4. My Olympic viewing stats are down this year…

   Posted by ɹǝƃƃolquǝʞoʇ  on  02/14  at  07:23 AM

5. I may be on the east coast, but I’m right there with you on this important issue.  Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, it’s all about the money and the viewership ... but then, why not at least air the more “obscure” events during the day or early evenings?  Nope, they show nothing until prime time here and, apparently, even later out your way.  Grumble, grumble, mutter.

   Posted by  on  02/14  at  08:26 AM

6. We do get CBC and for a long time they have been the go to place for us to watch the Olympics in order to see broader, less edited coverage of the Olympics...but much of their coverage is delayed too.  It seems the best place to go for live feeds is online.

   Posted by karan  on  02/14  at  11:17 AM

7. We’re getting hockey and curling during the day on CNBC and MSNBC (live, I’m guessing), but everything else is tape (or, more likely, digitized) delay.

   Posted by Linkmeister  on  02/19  at  05:36 PM

8. I’ve watched the curling events and I think except for the wacky “uniforms”, it’s a stretch to call this sport live.

   Posted by karan  on  02/20  at  07:29 AM

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