Anytime you see French cops Rollerblading down the street as part of their actual duties, you are one step closer to the state of TV perfection.

With the upcoming Olympics in China, we can expect great TV moments. But who knew the debacle that is the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Torch Relay Global Tour would be so damned entertaining.
I have never had so much fun watching the awkward crumble of a highly touted event as when I was watching the contrived “respect my authoritay!” foolishness that is the running of the Olympic torch.

The London madness was amazing with its righteous indignation on both sides, but then when the Paris protests forced the torch to be doused several times and hidden away in a bus, well, that was hilarious.

Then, in 'Frisco, we got treated to stumble, stop, jog, stop, shuffle, GET on the bus! OUT of the bus! Shuffle, tiptoe, pass the torch, stop, and repeat.

The torch relay failure playing out on cable news is only going to get better because the Chinese government's “everything is fine, nothing to see here” mantra only magnifies its glaring problems.

 Sure, China's treatment of Tibetans, Darfur, the Dalai Lama, Corn Flakes, the environment , puppies and whatever else sucks, but the food's great. Plus, their “come see our greatness” attitude guarantees great TV during the games, even if it's all absolutely scripted and false.
Let's just hope their thugs will stop with the standard, stony-faced, self-denying, whiny cries of “Olympics are not about politics! Olympics are about sport! You hear us? Sport!”

Since when have the Olympics not been about politics? From the first games when Greek city-state athletes competed to prove their city's dominance to the charged games of the Cold War, the games have always been about politics.

Now get on with your fiasco torch rally and debacle games and give us some good TV. Maybe break out your tanks and run over some poor slob for holding a sign. Just stop whining about the TV coverage.