Olympic Games: What is your ideal opening ceremony?

A brass band - but I think that might be in the pipeline already as Elgar's 'Nimrod' is on the programme.
And how can you have an English opening ceremony without Cliff? [tongue in cheek emoticon]

Please not Macca!

Let's have a massive spectacle, which should be as sensational as many pop concerts and light shows manage to do these days. When you think about the massive elephant Take That brought out in a recent show, multiply that by 10, with fireworks, a section by the bands and cavalry who are so good at trooping the colour, and if they've got to produce Macca and Sir Cliff, parachute them out of an aircraft so when they land they're too knackered to utter a note!

Ha, ha! Or shoot them from a cannon...

Are we talking about The Royals again?

I'd like to have those massive puppets that I've seen in parades before, or War Horse ones.

Yes, the War Horse ones are amazing - a few of those would be so impressive in a ceremony.

So...massive puppets of the royals and maybe politicians shot from a cannon. Spectacular!

Ooh yes, royals as puppets. Massive Spitting Images puppets would be good, but can't see them getting away with that at an Olympics event x

Roy Hattersley spitting into the crowd rounded off by a rendition of The Chicken Song.....

I'm wishing I had a ticket for this event now! I knew GNs would come up with a real spectacular.. seriously the giant puppets idea would have been brill...different athletes! Zara on warhorse etc gets 2 for 1 as well so economical.. a semi royal and an athlete!!

you can have a ticket, nanaej. All grans welcome!

definitely NOT David Beckham-he doesn't even live here anymore, and would open an envelope if there was any chance of a camera. Agree about Cliff and Macca as well-enough is enough.

Macca's doing the closing ceremony. Surely they won't have him at the opening as well.

Oh, Gawd....not another rendition of Ob la di!

Should be opened by Chas & Dave doing trad London songs..cor blimey!!

Lambeth Walk? A good old knees up?

soop and nellie!

I will sort through my repertoire,where's my buddy soop

A pipe band, it always makes me feel emotional, especially when abroad. Okay, I know lots of you wont like that, but I do!!!!!

Can't run to a pipe and grandmanorm but we did have a good one man band for the GN birthday party can you play a tunexx

Got recorders! Will that do?

Aaaaargh. I got it wrong. Macca is closing the opening ceremony. (:P