Posted
4:51 PM
by Gene
Before the twerp Dick Ebersol, before even Roone Arledge, there was
Bud Greenspan. (Of course before Greenspan there was Leni Riefenstahl, but that's another story.) On the one hand by all accounts he was a brilliant documentarian; on the other he must be blamed in part for the up-close-and-personal garbage that has overwhelmed THE GAMES. On the third hand people could believe in it because there was no reason not to, as THE GAMES could still put on the pretense of being virginal.