Morris dancers and a few sparklers?

Do you watch - or care about - the opening ceremony at the Olympic games?  Apparently the budget for the opening ceremony at next year's games in London has been doubled, and many people - myself included - are questioning whether this is a sensible and proper use of money.  The Olympics after all is a sporting event and not just an excuse for the host city to show off.  Unfortunately, that's what has tended to happen, with each host city trying to outdo the previous one, and the hope was that - particularly in the present economic climate - London would buck the trend, and put on a more low-key show.  And can there be anything more boring than the parade of athletes, which goes on forever and is the best cure for insomnia ever invented?  There's no way we could outdo Beijing, so why bother to try?