I don't think I've ever watched Modern Pentathlon in my life, but I might start if Ninja gets added in place of equestrian. I see Tom's point about 'gentlemanly pursuits', but it's the 21st century, for Brak's sake. Ninja is multi-disciplinary, requires a good balance of cardio, upper body & lower body strength...and NBC's certainly not going to complain, as long as they're producing ANW. (Look for Matt & Akbar, presumably, to handle the call, should this come to pass.)
On Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 7:01:19 PM UTC-4 Tom Wolper wrote: > The modern pentathlon is my favorite Olympic event that I never watch. The > competition was created by taking the disciplines a gentleman was expected > to be proficient at: shooting a pistol, fencing, riding a horse, swimming, > and running. Some part of me just loves the fact that over a century later, > with all of the changes in assumption of what masculinity is about, as well > as the class assumptions about a gentleman, the event still exists. I did > watch a bit of it in the previous summer Olympics but it confounded my > expectations by being too modern. > > If they replace equestrian with an obstacle course I will feel a bit of > loss at the end of gentlemanly proficiency but it’s not like I follow the > sport or will start or stop watching the competitions. > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 5:43 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I vote for the course from Takeshi’s Castle, aka MXC. >> >> https://youtu.be/vZMd_PSEuRk >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 2:28 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Modern pentathlon, which has been contested in the Summer Games since >>> 1912, suffered a black eye when an equestrian coach at the Tokyo Games >>> punched a pentathlete's horse... while other changes to the sport are being >>> considered, today was scheduled to feature a test run of a "NW" course in >>> the capital city of Turkey, involving past show competitors and >>> pentathletes, to ostensibly be seen by the sport's federation... >>> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ninja-warrior-los-angeles-2028-summer-olympics-1235172248/ >>> (link) >>> >>> >>> B >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/01d3d8cb-8439-4fe4-ae72-c82044b61559n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/01d3d8cb-8439-4fe4-ae72-c82044b61559n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A9KnYXtenWDmMxmO%2BCVBXeU1m%2BH22dJHHvu7MxcyRSaA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A9KnYXtenWDmMxmO%2BCVBXeU1m%2BH22dJHHvu7MxcyRSaA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/96719c59-1b4a-4f77-b7d0-419ac05990a2n%40googlegroups.com.
