The Big Show

The Calgary Stampede closes every night with a great big gala spectacular called "The Big Show". Throughout the Big Show there is original music with lines like "This is the Big Show!" over and over again. I was surprised they didn't say something like "We are 55% through the Big Shoooooow!" There was also one dancer with a massive rack.

At the rodeo, one of the guys stood up and started describing how they get the horses to buck, or something, and how it doesn't hurt them. Then he said "Anyone that tells you that we hurt animals at the rodeo, you tell them you heard otherwise from a real cowboy that knows what he's talking about." He sure does, no animals hurt at the Stampede on his watch. Now, I'm not an animal rights kind of guy, just sayin' these ones would still be alive if it weren't for the old Stampede.

Which brings me to my next point: How much of a hick do you have to be to be into the rodeo? Like, seriously, you stay on a bull for 8 seconds or whatever, how is that cool? It's cool when they go flying, don't get me wrong, but what's the point?