Tag Archives: Olympics

Jimmy Kimmel On The Biathlon At The Winter Olympics

The Win­ter Olympics are under way in Canada. They showed the biathlon, a com­bi­na­tion of cross-country ski­ing and shoot­ing rifles, which is known to Sarah Palin as com­mut­ing.” — Jimmy Kim­mel on the biathlon at the Win­ter Olympics

Jay Leno On Chicago Not Hosting The 2016 Summer Olympics

The sad­dest part about Chicago not get­ting the Olympics? For­mer Gov. Rod Blago­je­vich already sold 10 front row seats for a hun­dred grand apiece for the open­ing cer­e­monies.” — Jay Leno on Chicago not host­ing the 2016 Sum­mer Olympics

Nate Beeler Cartoon — 08.05.2008

An oldie, but goodie car­toon from Nate Beeler on China’s polit­i­cal and media oppres­sion while host­ing the 2008 Sum­mer Olympics.

Chen Qigang On The Beijing Olympics Lip-Synching

The audi­ence will under­stand that it’s in the national inter­est.” — Chen Qigang, chief music direc­tor of the Bei­jing Olympics open­ing cer­e­mony, on why the Chi­nese gov­ern­ment had one girl sing while a cuter girl lip-synched for the inter­na­tional audience

Conan O’Brien On China’s Assurances Of A Safe 2008 Summer Olympics

The gov­ern­ment of China guar­an­teed that the Bei­jing Olympics will be safe. They know the Olympics will be safe because they’ve already writ­ten the next three weeks of news sto­ries.” — Conan O’Brien on China’s assur­ances of a safe 2008 Sum­mer Olympics

Conan O’Brien On China’s Tough Police Stance At The 2008 Summer Olympics

The Olympics are right around the cor­ner. China has announced that pro­test­ers will be allowed to assem­ble in des­ig­nated ‘protest areas.’ Or as they’re com­monly called in China, jail.” — Conan O’Brien on China’s tough police stance at the 2008 Sum­mer Olympics

U.S. Women Win Bronze In 4x200M Freestyle Relay

Natalie Cough­lin, Alli­son Schmitt, Car­o­line Bur­ckle, and Katie Hoff take the bronze for the U.S. in the 4x200M Freestyle Relay at the 2008 Sum­mer Olympics.