Costas Watch: Day 5

     We've had to make it through a fifth day now without Bob Costas welcoming us to the Fortress of SolitudeInternational Broadcast Center.  Luckily, the greatest medical professionals of our time have finally come to a completely scientific reason for Costas' absence:

     That's a really good thing, because as we all know, it is necessary to know the cause of something before we try to treat it.  However, just because we know how to fix something, doesn't mean there's any hope of fixing it.  WE ARE FACING A DISASTER HERE, PEOPLE!  Get worried, get panicked!  Because without Costas around to guide us through the Olympic Games, I am deeply afraid that the State of our Union going forward could be depicted in this picture:

     While NBC has so far fielded a good spread of fill-ins, Bob better get back quick if we ever want this great nation to be the America of our forefathers again.