I’m now even less interested in the upcoming Olympics.
I really haven’t felt much excitement about the Beijing Olympics but now News.com.au tells me that The Dream is over for Roy and HG.
The Dream has been a great show, helping to inject some humour into the endless hours of sporting action.
The show is being replaced by a morning programme titled Yum Cha, hosted by Kylie Gillies and Andrew Daddo. I really enjoy watching Andrew Daddo but it just won’t be the same.
The satirical late-night program that helped Seven rebrand itself as a cheeky yet competent network is a victim of time zones and Beijing security.
Beijing will be two hours behind the east coast of Australia, with many event finals stretching into late night, which is when Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson won fans during the 2000 Sydney, 2002 Salt Lake City and 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
I’m sure I’ll still keep an eye on some of the results, specially the cycling, but without Roy and HG to spice things up a little there seems even less reason to get excited about the games.
What about you? Are looking forward to spending hours in front of the box to watch all your favourite events?
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I’m dissapointed to hear about roy and hg not hosting, but I am a real sportaholic so I am definately looking forward to the sporting side of things. Hockey is my favourite but I basically enjoy them all.
I’m still somewhat interested in the sporting side of things but it’s all become too political.
Think I’ll be giving it a miss. The OIC has lost all credibility in my eyes by ignoring the morality of the relationship between sport and politics.
Absolutely right, Alex.
I’m tired of people saying that sport should be seen as separate from politics. That may be the case but we can’t ignore the approval that the world is being seen to give by all turning up for the event.
Karyn and I are planning to not watch it. Our bit of protest.
i was disappointed by this news too. I used to record the dream so I could watch it at a reasonable time. The dream and the freestyle gymnastics is about all I try to watch 🙂