NBC’s London Coverage Takes A Walk Down Abbey Road

It seems to be the week for slightly odd teaser trailers. After the Mumford and Sons oddness yesterday, today we’ve seen NBC’s promo photos for their London Games coverage, which takes the cover of the Beatles album “Abbey Road” and puts members of the U.S. team on that famous zebra crossing. How else can they graphically represent the idea that there are Americans in London? A human pyramid in front of Big Ben?

The picture above, for example, shows Trey Hardee (decathlon), Allyson Felix, (200m), LaShawn Merritt (400m and 4x400m relay), and Sanya Richard-Ross (4x400m relay), acting out the John, Paul, George and Ringo roles. You’ll notice the VW Beetle has changed color and numberplate, for some reason.

Then there’s this one, featuring the gymnasts John Orozco, Gabrielle Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, and Jonathan Horton: