# Did the Olympics Forget to Advertise? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 12, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627 "2010-02-12T00:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/21 "2010-02-12T06:53:59Z")
whenever i hear the “el nino” phrase i always think of Chris Farley. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoHz56jWGY) oh, and on the advertising on the Winter Olympics… CTV the canadian broadcaster of it is way over done. There’s this song commercial that runs for like 5minutes. I swear i hate seeing that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/22 "2010-02-12T07:42:09Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > You should have been watching the Super Bowl on a Canadian feed. I said it elsewhere on these boards, but I’ll repeat it here: while Americans got the famous and fun and interesting Super Bowl commercials, we in Canada were treated to nonstop Olympic commercials featuring our Olympic athletes, for whom we are supposed to cheer. Frankly, after that plus the glut of similar ads we’ve had over the past year, I’m almost ready to cheer for the USA, just out of spite. I believe… I’m gon’ kill somebody by the end of the Olympics after hearing that theme 587 times. ---
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/23 "2010-02-12T08:36:07Z")
it’s this commercial that pisses me off. It’s SO damned long. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RKXZT1d6PTw/hqdefault.jpg "Theme Song - 2010 Olympics - I Believe (CTV Commercial - Nikki Yanofsky)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXZT1d6PTw) I’m pretty sure it’s also the same one that pisses off many other Canadians because it’s always on. ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/24 "2010-02-12T14:01:50Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > You should have been watching the Super Bowl on a Canadian feed. I said it elsewhere on these boards, but I’ll repeat it here: while Americans got the famous and fun and interesting Super Bowl commercials, we in Canada were treated to nonstop Olympic commercials featuring our Olympic athletes, for whom we are supposed to cheer. Frankly, after that plus the glut of similar ads we’ve had over the past year, I’m almost ready to cheer for the USA, just out of spite. So true. By the end of the superbowl, my wife phoned the MIL to sarcastically ask “Do you believe”? Stupid tagline. It’s become a household joke… Do you believe a country that never bothered to put any money into supporting amateur athletes can suddenly win tons of medals after a four-year investment? Maybe they have enough money this time because the Olympics are at home, they won’t blow the budget sending the non-athlete sports officials to the games. Seriously, in the last summer olympics they said they would only finance athletes and send them to the games if they had a hope of winning a medal. Well, there goes half your medals, since several every games seem to be surprise wins. IIRC it was 8 years ago they had to cut back on sending athletes because they needed the money to send Olympic and sports big shots to the games to schmooze the rest of the (non-athlete) elite. In the last summer olympics, Byelorussia was ahead of us in the medal count for a while… ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/25 "2010-02-12T14:06:15Z")
To see the curling championships! (Yawn) and what about such thrillers as biathlon? And ice dancing! The thrills go on! I want to see the men’s downhill, and the hockey…and that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/26 "2010-02-12T14:13:03Z")
> [@BMada](#): > > it’s this commercial that pisses me off. It’s SO damned long. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXZT1d6PTw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXZT1d6PTw) > > I’m pretty sure it’s also the same one that pisses off many other Canadians because it’s always on. Youtube is blocking it in the US. Is it hosted on some other site where I can see it? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/27 "2010-02-12T14:36:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I love the Winter Olympics. My favorite. But they never seem to show my beloved ski jumping. All I remember getting last Olympiad was the highlights. Maybe they’ll have it live this year. They have sports like that on the other channels such as Bravo, USA, etc. And they might very well have it live on the NBC website. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/28 "2010-02-12T15:08:24Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Hi neighbor! Where are you? I can’t even get to the grocery store without running down half of Switzerland. > > Sorry if you had money riding on Switzerland - things don’t look good. I’m in Victoria. 🙂 I can watch the fuss from over here. I hear Vancouver is incredibly clean these days, though. I will probably watch the opening ceremonies tonight, while doing laundry and folding it and mending and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/29 "2010-02-12T15:15:53Z")
NBC is losing enough money by covering the Olympics, they figured they wouldn’t waste money on advertising. Conan is laughing his head off! ---
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/30 "2010-02-13T07:15:48Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Youtube is blocking it in the US. Is it hosted on some other site where I can see it? [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth\_place\_medal/post/Is-quot-I-Believe-quot-the-anthem-for-the-Vanc?urn=oly,218856](http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Is-quot-I-Believe-quot-the-anthem-for-the-Vanc?urn=oly,218856) “I Believe” is the song title Nikki Yanofsky, a 16-year-old Canadian “jazz-pop” singer she sang O Canada in the Opening Ceremony. There’s a youtube video there. I highly doubt any americans can see it, if they blocked it on its site so fast. Seems like NBC doesn’t want you guys to see what CTV is doing for the olympics. Try and use all the above info to find the song or 3minute video that was used as a commercial for the winter games. It’s one of the longest things i ever seen on TV. I’m a channel changer when commercials air and i usually bounced back to see if that commercial was over like 20times. That thing is like an eternity. addition. I just saw in the google searches that “The View” (american TV show has the exact same link on their website.) Perhaps you should be able to see it. > **[Watch The View TV Show - ABC.com](https://abc.com/show/70207ea9-cb32-454b-a519-b40106227e32)** > > Watch the official The View online at ABC.com. Get exclusive videos, blogs, photos, cast bios, free episodes ---
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/31 "2010-02-13T07:21:33Z")
not sure if you can see it here. [http://www.redbalcony.com/?vid=26390](http://www.redbalcony.com/?vid=26390) [http://crazymotion.net/i-believe-nikki-yanofsky-ctv-olympic-song/wvrCA0HK-yO0jAy.html](http://crazymotion.net/i-believe-nikki-yanofsky-ctv-olympic-song/wvrCA0HK-yO0jAy.html) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627/32 "2010-02-13T22:40:08Z")
> [@BMada](#): > > Nikki Yanofsky, a 16-year-old Canadian “jazz-pop” singer I’m actually a pretty big fan of Nikki. I’ve even DL’d a few of her songs. But her performance at the opening ceremony was underwhelming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-olympics-forget-to-advertise/528627.md?page=1)