I don't think that before the 1984 games in Los Angeles, there was all this big to do at the opening ceremony.
The Olympics are a sporting event, not an international jazz hands festival.
London, 1948.
Parade of competitors.
Welcome speech.
Light Olympic flame.
Release a few war ravaged pigeons.
Just get on with the thing.
We should look back to how hosted the games so well in '48, not try and compete with a costly Chinese freak show.