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Ted King In "The Bodyguard"

Posted on 6 October 20094 July 2021 by cosmo

An aging champion struggles to regain his form. A brash rookie refuses to conform to the ways of the peloton. Together, they can overcome the forces arrayed against them—but only if they first conquer the demons within. The Bodyguard is the timeless tale of a bond forged between two men in the quest for victory in professional cycling.

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My homage to The Empire Brokeback, made entirely of footage from Cervelo’s excellent Beyond The Peloton documentary series. The not-exactly-memorable trailer to The Bodyguard (1992) is here for comparison.

I had planned to hold onto this and set up a World Premiere during Ted’s big appearance in Boston next week, but I realized the video quality might not hold up at higher resolution. Tagged as HTRWW so it would appear in the podcast.

thoughts on “Ted King In "The Bodyguard"”

  1. LeGimpe says:
    6 October 2009 at 10:29 am

    I hope you are ashamed of yourself. Most people could make the joke and then just leave it alone, but no, you have to waste hours compiling this just to subject me to urban yodeling resemebling the disgusting sounds of lady cats in heat. You are sick man, sick.

    OK,OK, it was kinda funny.

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  2. ted says:
    6 October 2009 at 12:02 pm

    I’m reading all this on my blackberry while riding. I can’t wait to get home and watch it.

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  3. cosmo says:
    6 October 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Sweet. Lemme know what you think.

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  4. Bob T. says:
    6 October 2009 at 1:38 pm

    That was beautiful, man! When Ted looked over at Carlos during that team meeting, there was such commitment, dedication, and … love, in his eyes, that it was … it just …

    …I’m sorry, I promised myself I wouldn’t cry.

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  5. Funrunrobbie says:
    6 October 2009 at 3:33 pm

    Its not pro racing you butterfly boys should be doing, its ballet dancing for the girlies

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  6. keith w says:
    6 October 2009 at 3:35 pm

    classeic!!!! what a wienie iamtedking is lol

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  7. Tj Burke says:
    6 October 2009 at 4:54 pm

    I secretly know teddy wishes it was the beaches theme

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  8. kkhart says:
    6 October 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Okay, you have waaaaay too much time on your hands. Thankfully, your oeuvre is always amusing.

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  9. conifer says:
    6 October 2009 at 9:52 pm

    Respect.

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  10. Lauren G. says:
    6 October 2009 at 10:15 pm

    Cosmo, You are too good at these, and possibly driven by a deep love for TK. Remember your retrospective from a month or so back? That’s all I’m sayin’.

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  11. Hulkster says:
    7 October 2009 at 6:55 am

    i think teddy should change his blog to ‘iamtedqueen’ after seeing that one.

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  12. Ted says:
    7 October 2009 at 5:31 pm

    “Ted Queen” …? Wow. Your wit is endless.

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  13. cosmo says:
    7 October 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Have you ever met the Hulkster? Dartmouth ’04 with abnormally long legs, rides for Indy Fab, unashamed to bust out the weave on the big climbs…

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  14. Dolomite says:
    7 October 2009 at 11:44 pm

    That was pretty damn funny.

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  15. Tom says:
    15 October 2009 at 10:10 am

    The Champaign-to-face-wipe cut was brilliant! (1:54)

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  16. Joao Correia says:
    8 February 2010 at 2:12 pm

    Oh that was good. There are so many places I can go with this but I will just stop right now. I wish I had that soundtrack at Bessges in the room.

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Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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