The Bela Karolyi Gong Show

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gong.gifFinally got to catch a segment of the Olympic programming in the afternoon on the Oxygen channel.
Avoided it purposely for various reasons. Napping, usually, from 3-to-5 p.m. Realized I had deprogrammed it from my TiVo "favorite" channels and had no idea where to look for it. And ... I can't come up with another excuse. I had to see what women want to watch.

Lindsay Czarniak, the host. Very easy on the eyes.

Equestrian events. More equestrian. And even more equestrian. Why not just put "National Velvet" into the DVD player and kill two hours?

Finally, there's a segment at the end of the window called "Ask Bela," and that's a real showstopper. Mary Carillo, apparently done eating her deep-fried scorpion sandwich, has a gong next to her that she warned she would smack if Bela Karolyi's answers went too long.
Here's a query from Sue of Washington, D.C.: Why are all the female gymnasts so small?
Bela: "Why are basketball players so tall? For the same reason."
No need to gong him there.

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