Japanese TV and the Olympic closing ceremonies

Okay, so the Beijing Olympics closing ceremonies are on, and the Japanese announcers WON'T SHUT UP.

The bit where the London 2012 crew did a cultural presentation was odd, but interesting. It started with a modern dance performance...representing a queue at a bus stop. They laid a zebra crossing down on the track and everything. A double-decker bus (marked "London--Beijing--London") pulled up, and everyone jostled to get on board...but they all fell to the track as a girl got off the bus.

She walked to the zebra crossing where she was presented a soccer ball (this will be relevant later), then a crossing guard walked her back to the bus -- on the backs of the people who were waiting in line. (?!)

Then the top of the bus opened up and out, and some famous British singer who I don't know popped up on a lift and sang some wordless song. This was followed by Jimmy Page on a scissor lift, and they swung into "Whole Lotta Love". And THIS is where I noticed that the Japanese announcers weren't shutting up.

There are a lot of moments of drama in a closing ceremony, and each one was ruined by the Japanese commentators over-explaining everything. I don't need to hear a brief history of Led Zeppelin, I just wanna hear Page and (singer's name here) do the song!

Anyway, after that, another scissor lift popped up with the aforementioned little girl standing next to David Beckham, who took the ball and kicked it into the crowd of athletes, while the modern dancers had all grabbed LED umbrellas (rains a lot in London, explain the NHK people) which lit up to show animated London 2012 logos.

The ceremonies are still on, AND THE NHK PEOPLE ARE STILL TALKING TOO MUCH!!! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!

They just showed a dance routine on a large climbing structure mid-field; the Chinese dancers were wearing body suits that were silver in back and red in front, so that as they twisted on the bars, they would create swirling patterns. As soon as it started, the NHK guys started shouting "OH AMAZING! THE UNIFORMS ARE RED IN FRONT! IT'S MAKING PATTERNS!"

I wonder if they're using the NHK radio feed for audio by accident?

(-_^)

Edited to add: Okay, it's gotten a little better. The announcers shut up for three whole minutes just now.