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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 1:32 AM
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rofl, a mime fixed the last pillar of the cauldron in BC Place.
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 1:35 AM
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lol that was clever and genius!
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 1:36 AM
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Yep, that was a good way to kick things off and poke fun at what happened. Good job
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<3 that was so good
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 2:14 AM
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Loved the opening of the closing
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 2:44 AM
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Did Furlong just say "you were the wind beneath our wings"? I just threw up in my mouth.

And be a little more gracious to our visitors, rather than making it almost all about Canada.
     
     
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Rogge's teeth must be on edge when Furlong speaks French.
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 2:55 AM
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haha its painful

his speech was good but his delivery was horrible he doesn't know when to pause or give it life
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Excellent and friendly? What a hoser.
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 3:09 AM
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they should have prompted the audience to laugh at the appropriate spots.
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 3:31 AM
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like when nickelback came out?
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will they be doing fireworks outside BC Place at the end of the ceremony???
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 3:34 AM
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like when nickelback came out?
trying to understand why the censored the song... so much sexual innendo at teh show that there is no way they can make it less than pg-13 now.
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will they be doing fireworks outside BC Place at the end of the ceremony???
they did some at the beginning
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 3:42 AM
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Why did they kill the energy with Alanis MorrisetteÉ
     
     
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word on the street: Neil & Shatner duet to end the show
     
     
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 4:00 AM
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that ending was anti-climactic
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 4:03 AM
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Old Posted Mar 1, 2010, 4:13 AM
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they should have closed it with a big singer instead it felt like it just ended on the cusp of something more
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Martin Short was in the program giude. WHERE WAS MARTIN SHORT?

Other than that, I thought it was a clever Closing Ceremony. I loved the beginning.
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