Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme, Get on up, it ‘s bobsled time! — the movie Cool Runnings, based on the 1988 Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team is how many people — including current Team USA Olympic bobsledders we re introduced to the sport. Saranac Lake Native John Morgan is an 11-time Olympic bobsled broadcast analyst. Morgan actually d haa small role, playing himself in Cool Runnings. Although the film is almt os 30 years old, Morgan says he still gets recognized, and it is a career highlight. <I’M THE BIGGEST FAN OF THE JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM ON THE PLANET. I GET RESIDUS AL FROM THE MOVIE STILL. I JUST WISH THERE WAS ONE OF THOSE EVERY OLYMPICSWI. TH MY 11, NOT THAT I’M NOT WELL OFF NOW, BUT THE JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM HAS BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD TO ME.> Morgan went on to say that the ’88 Jamaican team was portrayed as a bit of a novelty, but make no mistake. This
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Northern New Yorker still benefits from classic Olympic film
Updated: 11:49 PM EST Feb 2, 2022
‘Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme, Get on up, it’s bobsled time!’The movie Cool Runnings, based on the 1988 Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team is how many people, including current Team USA Olympic bobsledders were introduced to the sport. Saranac Lake native John Morgan is an 11-time Olympic bobsled broadcast analyst. Morgan actually had a small role, playing himself in Cool Runnings.Although the film is almost 30 years old, Morgan says he still gets recognized, and it is a career highlight.”I’m the biggest fan of the Jamaican bobsled team on the planet. I get residuals from the movie still. I just wish there was one of those every Olympics. With my 11, not that I’m not well off now, but the Jamaican bobsled team has been very, very good to me,” Morgan said.Morgan went on to say that the ’88 Jamaican team was portrayed as a bit of a novelty, but make no mistake — his 2022 Jamaican Olympic bobsled team is no joke.
‘Feel the Rhythm, Feel the Rhyme, Get on up, it’s bobsled time!’
The movie Cool Runnings, based on the 1988 Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team is how many people, including current Team USA Olympic bobsledders were introduced to the sport.
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Saranac Lake native John Morgan is an 11-time Olympic bobsled broadcast analyst. Morgan actually had a small role, playing himself in Cool Runnings.
Although the film is almost 30 years old, Morgan says he still gets recognized, and it is a career highlight.
“I’m the biggest fan of the Jamaican bobsled team on the planet. I get residuals from the movie still. I just wish there was one of those every Olympics. With my 11, not that I’m not well off now, but the Jamaican bobsled team has been very, very good to me,” Morgan said.
Morgan went on to say that the ’88 Jamaican team was portrayed as a bit of a novelty, but make no mistake — his 2022 Jamaican Olympic bobsled team is no joke.
