To reach his one Olympic moment, it has been a lifetime of emotional and gastronomic investment for Chad, who overcame overwhelming odds moderately crowded public schools, a high-sodium diet, a manual typewriter and a cableless childhood to emerge today as one of the world's most feared TV viewers. The Olympic flame has been extinguished. Yes, the Games finally are over. We came, we saw, we conked out.
Life is short and miserable, and then it's over.
In the meantime, I'm not watching synchronized swimming. Bob Costas again has proven he's the biggest little man in broadcasting. We've gotten the best of Bob during these Games and Costas was very good. Then again, once in a while during the Games, Costas tried to be Borscht Belt Bob, which is unfortunate, because he's no Red Buttons. You've got to love ABC's old Olympic theme music that NBC lifted.