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12 |
16 |
7 |
35 |
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| USA |
10 |
13 |
11 |
34 |
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11 |
7 |
6 |
24 |
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| CAN |
6 |
3 |
8 |
17 |
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6 |
6 |
4 |
16 |
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2 |
4 |
10 |
16 |
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4 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
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4 |
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2 |
11 |
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2 |
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11 |
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Dave Barry Finds Humor in Games
John Daley
KSL-TV
Humor columnist Dave Barry is here for his fourth Olympic Games. And so far, he's found that there's no shortage of topics of which to give some good-natured ribbing. John Daley caught up with him.
With Dave Barry, I got a chance to compare credentials and see who has the goofier ID. Truly, it's a toss-up.
We did the famous walking two shot, which somehow morphed into a twisted dance-step.
And we talked Olympics.
He was impressed by Opening Ceremonies, and had no idea the pioneers wore ice skates.
"I always thought it was really hard to get here," Barry said. "But apparently they kind of glided into Utah. And it's not easy to get ice skates on a musk ox."
"I also didn't know there were so many giant puppets involved in the settlement of Utah."
Recent columns focused on everything from "These hats that everybody thinks are really cool, that make you look like Monica Lewinsky."
...to the gold-medal skate-gate controversy.
"The Russians get one. The Canadians get one. The guy who drove the Zamboni is going to get one. The American Trial Lawyers Association is going to set up a toll free hotline. If you think you should have won a gold in pairs figure skating, call the number and they'll file a class action lawsuit. Everyone should get a gold medal," Barry says.
Olympic leaders have always caught his eye, from the IOC...
"You'd be at the Games, and everybody else would be shivering in the cold somewhere, and Juan would go by with an entourage the size of Connecticut. And you think, 'That's just not right.'"
...to Romney...
"All I heard was that Mitt was swearing. And Mitt, if you're watching, and I know that you are, I am so disappointed in you."
Barry is syndicated in 500 papers. A movie of his first novel, "Big Trouble" is coming out. But a career highlight was the TV program.
Barry says, "There was a show based on my life. It was called Baywatch. Ha, ha."
Barry attributes his success to the decline of American civilization.
"All I'm trying to do is make people laugh. I'm not trying to give them anything useful. In fact, you'll come away from my column stupider, if you actually read it," he says.
What a treat it was talking to him. There's no doubt he's just as funny in person as he is in his columns. By the way, Dave Barry says he's really enjoying Utah and enjoying these Games.
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February 18, 2002
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