Euro 2008 Final--The Preamble Is, Er, Not Going to Win Over Skeptical Americans

Okay, they had twirling balloon Christmas-tree creatures that reenacted the results of the entire tournament along with waltzing Mozarts in white-face and a pretty lame pop band. At times, the scene from above looked like some odd version of twister being played by limbless if colorful one-celled cone organisms.Anyone else find this a bit odd?And, er, now the match has begun...why is it Giants versus Tinies?Jeff