One of the NBC announcers absolutely comes to life when he sees the chubby baby stir from its sleep. “Now that’s what I call a rude awakening!” he chortles.
It’s a great moment, one of many the London Olympics gave us. You know, if you set aside all the controversy in swimming, badminton, fencing, boxing, gymnastics, cycling, more swimming, ping-pong, soccer, soccer again, and judo, among other events (off the field, there was also this, and a cyclist getting killed by a media bus, etc.), this was surely the best Olympics ever.
(Chinese video hosting sites have blocked this video because it thinks it violates Olympic and/or NBC Universal copyright. We’ll see how long it lasts on YouTube.)