I know I said I was done with the Olympics, but

The closing ceremonies, starting with the clown mechanic "fixing" the broken piece of the torch, were definitely better than usual. After the IOC officially closed the games in its usual ridiculously solemn way, Canada's final act was so odd and over the top as to be a classic. You knew you were in for something weird when the whole section is introduced by William Shatner. The last 10 minutes in particular, with the giant Mountie and hockey player cutouts, and maple leaves with seductively attired female "stems," and the inflatable beavers pushed by lumberjacks, and moose balloons, and men running around with canoes stuck around their midsections and Michael Buble singing on a giant Mountie hat, was probably the most bizarre spectacle I've ever seen on television.