Fellini meets the Olympics

Sure, we like a ginormous spectacle as much as the next guy, so the closing ceremonies of the Olympics last night were high on our must-see list.

Never mind all the carping about lip synching, kid switching and fireworks faking from the opening show a few weeks back. So? Bring on the humanity! Or, come to find out, the inanity.

We're just relieved today to see that we weren't the only ones who hated the Zhang Yimou-meets-Fellini display that included Jackie Chan singing, giant drums flying and a zillion sleigh bells ringing. (That ad infinitum tink, tink, tink sound just made us itch!)

And we get the London connection and all -- the torch passing to the 2012 games -- but that scene with a warbling Leona Lewis caught in some "Alice in Wonderland" growth spurt? It wasn't any better when she shrunk down to regular size to serenade Jimmy Page. We'd venture a guess that a live version of "Whole Lotta Love" had never suffered such an indignity, even in Zeppelin's most pharmaceutical-fueled days.

Glad that's over.

Here's your brain teaser for the day: Did Led Zeppelin ever win a Grammy? And how about that Leona Lewis? Answer after the jump.

Zeppelin is one of the most famous bands to never have won a Grammy. To make up for the oversight, the Recording Academy doled out a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2005 to the surviving members of the band (that would be three of the four).

Leona Lewis? She could get nominated in '09 for the first time. So far, the closest she's come is performing at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy bash.