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Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 6:15pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

1984 Los Angeles: Commercials throughout the olympics for ketchup, bottled water, corn, all sorts of not really related stuff, and each ad ended with "we're Beatrice!" ... Beatrice had bought up a dozen regional food companies and for a while there it seemed like everything you ate was a "We're Beatrice!" product. It freaked out the entire state of California and I think they broke up the megafoodcorp not long after. At least they shut up about one huge company owning everyfrickinthing.

1996 Atlanta, home of major sponsor Coca Cola: Coke produced a special Olympic version of its product in a bottle with a red disc on it to distinguish it from the standard version, They ordered 100,000 cardboard cartons in which to package the 2.4 million bottles. There was supposed to be a statement, "Red Disc Version," on each carton, but the box designer apparently couldn't. decide whether disc should be spelled with a "c" or a "k," (both are acceptable, but "disc" is usually preferred) so he spelled it with both . . . and omitted the "s." The error wasn't discovered until after the Olympic Cokes had been delivered to Olympic Village. All 2.4 million bottles had to be recalled and repackaged.

True story!

Tiny typo proves embarrassing for Coca-Cola
BYLINE: Chris Roush; STAFF WRITER SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. 03F LENGTH: 233 words LOAD-DATE: July 17, 1996 What a difference one letter makes.

A typographical error has resulted in an offensive word being printed in tiny type on the side of 2 million Coca-Cola Classic 12-packs distributed throughout metro Atlanta.
After being alerted to the error by a consumer, the Atlanta-based soft drink giant and its local bottler are in the process of placing a small sticker correcting the error on 12-packs remaining in warehouses. Coca-Cola spokesman Rob Baskin said the boxes with the faulty spelling should be sold by the end of the week, and the correct word has begun appearing on shelves.
"We've done everything we can as quickly as possible," said Baskin. "We regret that anybody was offended by it. We were offended by it."

Normally, the small type under the copyright information states the "red disk icon and contour bottle are trademarks of the Coca-Cola Co." In the faulty packaging, the "s" in the word "disk" has been replaced with a "c."

The packaging, which plugs Coca-Cola's Red Hot Olympic Summer promotion, has been on store shelves in the metro area for three weeks. Coca-Cola discovered the problem last week and began correcting the error. Coca-Cola has received six calls on its toll-free consumer hotline about the error. "Everybody recognizes that it was an innocent mistake," said Baskin, who wouldn't say how the error occurred. "It's obviously a misprint."
Copyright 1996, The Atlanta Constitution

*edit* Memory is a little faulty, it was 2 million 12-pack cartons, 24 million cans of Coke.

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 4:57pm

hobiejoe wrote:

who the hell remembers who sponsored the Olympics anyway?

1984 Los Angeles: Commercials throughout the olympics for ketchup, bottled water, corn, all sorts of not really related stuff, and each ad ended with "we're Beatrice!" ... Beatrice had bought up a dozen regional food companies and for a while there it seemed like everything you ate was a "We're Beatrice!" product. It freaked out the entire state of California and I think they broke up the megafoodcorp not long after. At least they shut up about one huge company owning everyfrickinthing.

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 4:37pm

Manbird wrote:

Knikken Knokken Wm-78v Sublimated Sorensen Filter:
Proud Sponsor of the 2012 Summer Olympics

you're my hero

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 4:36pm

Knikken Knokken Wm-78v Sublimated Sorensen Filter:
Proud Sponsor of the 2012 Summer Olympics

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 4:21pm

geordiezimmerman wrote:

Oh don't get me wrong, the games were a great success. I always said i wanted the athletes to succeed, no matter where they were from. I mean, they're athletes and play little part, if any on who sponsors the games etc. However, what went before, the social cleansing of the area, the fact the games were sponsored by two of the most unhealthiest companies you can think of, the amount of money spent on it when we are meant to be 'in it together' etc etc still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Personally, i'd have the Olympics held in Greece every 4 years and have it funded by all countries that participate and keep all sponsorship out of it. Now it seems to be as much about the ceremonies, the sponsors than it does anything else which is a real shame.

But back to the closing ceremony. I'm still picking my jaw up off the ground, it was soooooooo bad!

Ah, well, I'm only just half way through the opening ceremony, having seen the closing ceremony already.

My boy and I saw the torch come through our town. What appalled me was not just the horrid cheap and frantic commercialism of the sponsor's vehicles, but also the sharp-elbowed desperation of what I thouht were respectable people to get to the front of the crowd. Charlie and I barely saw a thing.

I'm not a believer in karma, but it was amusing (OK, wildly wonderful) that back at work, towards the end of the lunch service, a family asked if we could seat 10. As it happened, we could, and it turned out that they were celebrating one of the family carrying the torch, a lad who couldn't play soccer any more so became a referee for his local youth league, and yes, he'd be pleased to let Charlie hold his torch.

The sharp elbowed wankers and the horrid commercialism worried me about the Olympics, but the sheer niceness of people won me over - my boy has a memory to treasure, I had my faith in people restored, and who the hell remembers who sponsored the Olympics anyway?

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 3:17pm

hobiejoe wrote:

Been out of the country for most of the shin-dig, catching up now.

My view, as a paid up grumpy bastard, is that the games caught the popular imagination, and by popular I mean everyone including the Daily Mail.

Even if you don't enjoy athletics then at least the notion that the Daily Hate has to celebrate the success of Mo Farah is an enormous step forward?

Oh don't get me wrong, the games were a great success. I always said i wanted the athletes to succeed, no matter where they were from. I mean, they're athletes and play little part, if any on who sponsors the games etc. However, what went before, the social cleansing of the area, the fact the games were sponsored by two of the most unhealthiest companies you can think of, the amount of money spent on it when we are meant to be 'in it together' etc etc still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Personally, i'd have the Olympics held in Greece every 4 years and have it funded by all countries that participate and keep all sponsorship out of it. Now it seems to be as much about the ceremonies, the sponsors than it does anything else which is a real shame.

But back to the closing ceremony. I'm still picking my jaw up off the ground, it was soooooooo bad!

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 3:09pm

geordiezimmerman wrote:

Personally i'd be buying my agent a house for not allowing me to be put through that shambles! {#Eek}

Been out of the country for most of the shin-dig, catching up now.

My view, as a paid up grumpy bastard, is that the games caught the popular imagination, and by popular I mean everyone including the Daily Mail.

Even if you don't enjoy athletics then at least the notion that the Daily Hate has to celebrate the success of Mo Farah is an enormous step forward?

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 3:09pm

I did like the occasional theme of Classic Album Art. I'm not sure how many there were but the Pet Shop Boys made me laugh, knowing no one would get it. Then the Lennon that Alexandra pointed out last night, the Pink Floyd... what else did I miss?

I thought the Annie Lennox bit was doing this album cover but now that I look at it I don't know wtf is going on but it looks like she's riding some bagpipes or something.

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 2:53pm

hobiejoe wrote:

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I bet the above are quite pleased to be involved

And I rather think the missing might well be having serious chats with their agents.

Personally i'd be buying my agent a house for not allowing me to be put through that shambles! {#Eek}

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 2:42pm

michaelgmitchell wrote:

Browsed around. Apparently, Jagger made it very clear early on that they were not interested. And Elton was on the original committee for the musical planning, but had a falling-out for whatever reason.

Another angry old man. {#Mrgreen}

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 2:40pm

Loved the Elbow music!

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 2:32pm

geordiezimmerman wrote:

Maybe try this. http://christt.com/words/closingceremony/

Jessie J, One Direction, Kaiser Chiefs? I mean, seriously!

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I bet the above are quite pleased to be involved

And I rather think the missing might well be having serious chats with their agents.

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 2:07pm

michaelgmitchell wrote:

It's a dead link. But it's good to get your perspective. And yes, I thought one track would have been enough for Georgie Boy. The new track was lame, indeed. And what's with the over-exposure of the Jessie Somebody-or-Other?

Maybe try this. http://christt.com/words/closingceremony/

Jessie J, One Direction, Kaiser Chiefs? I mean, seriously!

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 2:06pm

i boycotted the olympics, except when i was watching

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 2:05pm

lily34 wrote:

i agree.
and i wondered about the stones, too.

Browsed around. Apparently, Jagger made it very clear early on that they were not interested. And Elton was on the original committee for the musical planning, but had a falling-out for whatever reason.

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 2:04pm

geordiezimmerman wrote:

This as in the link i provided. I think he gets it absolutely spot on. I'm in the UK and everyone i've spoken to thought the closing ceremony was an absolute joke! Same old same old, let's drag out Brian May for ANOTHER awful guitar solo, let's show some John lennon singing Imagine, let's not show ANY of the multiculturalism that is London, possibly the most diverse city in the world when it comes to music. The games were held in Hackney, an area of such diverse musical talent it beggars belief that this was ignored. Shocking really! But as long as they squeeze in George Michael to sing his latest single then all is ok. Awful! Bloody awful!

It's a dead link. But it's good to get your perspective. And yes, I thought one track would have been enough for Georgie Boy. The new track was lame, indeed. And what's with the over-exposure of the Jessie Somebody-or-Other?

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 2:00pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

NBC didn't miss The Who. it was on after the local news break.

Yes, I know. Still ... a half-hour of murders and mayhem on local TV, then BACK to the fun.

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 1:57pm

michaelgmitchell wrote:

Sorry, Geordie, not sure what you mean. This, meaning RP? It sucked? Do you mean the NBC fiasco of free-edit and missing The Who? I'm north of the 49th. CTV had it all live before supper. As they did the entire two weeks. A shame for my American friends how NBC handled the programming, but we all knew they'd package it for the advertisers.

This as in the link i provided. I think he gets it absolutely spot on. I'm in the UK and everyone i've spoken to thought the closing ceremony was an absolute joke! Same old same old, let's drag out Brian May for ANOTHER awful guitar solo, let's show some John lennon singing Imagine, let's not show ANY of the multiculturalism that is London, possibly the most diverse city in the world when it comes to music. The games were held in Hackney, an area of such diverse musical talent it beggars belief that this was ignored. Shocking really! But as long as they squeeze in George Michael to sing his latest single then all is ok. Awful! Bloody awful!

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 1:57pm

michaelgmitchell wrote:

Sorry, Geordie, not sure what you mean. This, meaning RP? It sucked? Do you mean the NBC fiasco of free-edit and missing The Who? I'm north of the 49th. CTV had it all live before supper. As they did the entire two weeks. A shame for my American friends how NBC handled the programming, but we all knew they'd package it for the advertisers.

NBC didn't miss The Who. it was on after the local news break.

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 1:47pm

geordiezimmerman wrote:

You must have been watching a different closing ceremony to many people. This website crashed as so many people trying to read it.
It pretty much sums up what i think too.
LINK

Sorry, Geordie, not sure what you mean. This, meaning RP? It sucked? Do you mean the NBC fiasco of free-edit and missing The Who? I'm north of the 49th. CTV had it all live before supper. As they did the entire two weeks. A shame for my American friends how NBC handled the programming, but we all knew they'd package it for the advertisers.