Re: Meeting at the basho

[Lawrence Rogers <rogers@hawaii.edu>]

On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Doreen Simmons wrote:

> At 00:24 97.12.10 -0800, Charles Finberg wrote:
> >If Kawika-san and Robanoumi meet at the basho, on behalf of the whole ML, I
> >request that they do something goofy together where we can see them on
> >camera!  Preferably on a day when Dave Wiggins is announcing!
>  
> In your dreams, pal!  NHK policy is that the announcers never draw
> attention to anybody in the crowd who isn't there officially (especially
> when it's the person with two heads....)

Right, but in the old days, say twenty years ago, the outfit that produces
Sumo Digest -- not NHK -- used to have its cameras zoom in on attractive
women spectators quite a bit.  Cheering gaijin females were especially
popular. I don't watch the Digest these days, but I doubt they do many
such close-ups now.

Larry Rogers
Hilo, Hawaii