For a minute, I thought you might be talking about The Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Games_(Australian_TV)), which was a series centred on the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) in 2000. It satirised corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratism within the Australian Public Service, and unethical behaviour within politics and the media.
It was hilarious. And not just "oh, that's amusing" but "tears-streaming-down-your-face, stomach-hurts-from-laughing" kind of funny.
One of the best moments I remember was when the committee realized that the allocated space for the 100-metre track was 10 metres too short, and they couldn't lengthen it because it would run into the stands. Someone suggested leaving it at 90 metres, but they nixed that idea when they realized that every runner would be setting world records. Someone else suggested that they redesign the track, and lay it in a circle instead. LOL
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Date: 2008-12-02 09:18 pm (UTC)It was hilarious. And not just "oh, that's amusing" but "tears-streaming-down-your-face, stomach-hurts-from-laughing" kind of funny.
One of the best moments I remember was when the committee realized that the allocated space for the 100-metre track was 10 metres too short, and they couldn't lengthen it because it would run into the stands. Someone suggested leaving it at 90 metres, but they nixed that idea when they realized that every runner would be setting world records. Someone else suggested that they redesign the track, and lay it in a circle instead. LOL