Herb's "1980" - question need help!

[stolfstolf]

as you might recall, due to jimmy carter's boycott of the 1980 summer olympics in moscow, NBC's coverage was reduced to next to nothing...but i believe they had a little...my question is, was herb's "1980" used with any of that? anybody know? mucho thanx in advance, guys! ---stolf

 

[Steve Sidoruk]

My recollection is that there was less que nada.

 

[Harry]

I don't really recall any coverage by NBC that year. I suppose it's possible that they did something like a nightly wrap-up show, perhaps late night after Johnny Carson or something like that, but I don't know if they would have used "1980" for that kind of coverage.

Checking google, I come up with this article in Time Magazine that indicates that there was essentially no coverage at all, except perhaps within newscasts.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924130,00.html

Harry

 

[stolfstolf]

yeah, i heard there was some film but no regular coverage...and many stations wouldn't run even film clips...so i would be justified in saying herb's cut went "unused," right?...

BTW, here's a joke that was told in the CCCP...

At the opening of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Brezhnev begins his speech: “O!” Thunderous applause. “O!” More thunderous applause. “O! O!” A standing ovation. An aide leans over and whispers: “You don’t need to read the Olympic Rings…”

 

[Captain Bacardi]

NBC did use a lot of the Rise album during their NBA game broadcasts in 1980. Usually it was a segue as they went into commercials during the games.



Capt. Bacardi