Seconds into his first telecast of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, NBC anchor Bob Costas acknowledged the four-eyed elephant in the room and explained to viewers that he was wearing round spectacles because of a minor eye infection. Seconds into his third telecast of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Costas was forced to acknowledge another visual issue, but this time it was something he hadn’t broached earlier and turned into a hot topic on Twitter.

Costas introduced Saturday night’s coverage by saying:

Hi everybody, Bob Costas in Studio A at the International Broadcast Center, a studio some have likened to Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. Unfortunately for me, the eye infection is not getting any better, so for the time being I’m still stuck with Clark Kent’s glasses.

The NBC set really does look like Superman’s secret fortress, if Superman’s fortress was a place used to throw it to tape-delayed figure skating and segments involving Mary Carillo eating at Russian restaurants. While he’s chilling with Superman, maybe Costas could ask him to spin the earth on its axis so we can go back in time, well before anyone had ever conceived of slopestyle.

In three nights of Olympic telecasts, Costas has dropped references to a cartoon (Peabody and Sherman) and comic books. At this rate, he’ll have Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and World of Warcraft banged out by the beginning of next week.