OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XV {1988 CALGARY OLYMPICS} {1988/02/28}, PART 10 (TV)

Summary

This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games from Calgary. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:

Anchor sports commentator Jim McKay presides throughout this portion and introduce various events and highlights.

Sports commentator Al Michaels, Dick Button , and Peggy Fleming cover a special encore performance from all of the gold medalists from the figure skating events: Brian Boitano (USA), Katarina Witt (East Germany), and pairs skaters Yekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (USSR) and Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin (USSR).

McKay and sports commentator Peter Jennings covers the Closing Ceremony for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, featuring appearances by triple gold medalist speed-skater Yvonne van Gennip (Netherlands), two-time gold medalist speed-skater Bonnie Blair (USA), ice hockey player Viacheslav Fetisov (USSR), speed-skater Gaetan Boucher (Canada), skier Karen Percy (Canada), ski jumper Eddy Edwards (Great Britain), luger Duncan Kennedy (USA), figure skater Suzanne Semanick (USA), figure skater Jill Trenary (USA), alternate bobsledder Willie Gault (USA), luger Bonny Warner (USA), figure skater Natalie "Kim" Seybold (USA), and figure skater Christopher Bowman (USA).

Notable commercials and/or promos include: Alan Alda for IBM; O.J. Simpson, Arnie Palmer and Jamie Lee Curtis for Hertz.

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: February 28, 1988
• RUNNING TIME: 01:03:32
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: B:15995
• GENRE: Sports
• SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1988, Winter, Calgary; Olympics; Figure Skating, pairs mixed; Closing Ceremony
• SERIES RUN: ABC
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Commercials - Federal Express
  • TV - Commercials - Hertz rental car services
  • TV - Commercials - IBM computers
  • TV - Commercials - Lipton tea
  • TV - Commercials - Miller Lite beers
  • TV - Commercials - Texaco gas stations

CREDITS

• Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
• Al Michaels … Sports Commentator
• Dick Button … Sports Commentator
• Peggy Fleming … Sports Commentator
• Peter Jennings … Sports Commentator
• Yekaterina Gordeeva … Athlete
• Brian Boitano … Athlete
• Sergei Grinkov … Athlete
• Natalia Bestemianova … Athlete
• Andrei Bukin … Athlete
• Katarina Witt … Athlete
• Yvonne van Gennip … Athlete
• Christopher Bowman … Athlete
• Natalie "Kim" Seybold … Athlete
• Bonnie Blair … Athlete
• Viacheslav Fetisov … Athlete
• Gaetan Boucher … Athlete
• Karen Percy … Athlete
• Eddy Edwards … Athlete
• Duncan Kennedy … Athlete
• Suzanne Semanick … Athlete
• Jill Trenary … Athlete
• Willie Gault … Athlete
• Bonny Warner … Athlete
• O.J. Simpson … Talent, Hertz Commercial
• Jamie Lee Curtis … Talent, Hertz Commercial
• Arnie Palmer … Talent, Hertz Commercial
• Alan Alda … Talent, IBM Commercial