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Freek Van Asperen / EPA
Candidates taking part in a World Record TV watching contest in the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum, The Netherlands, on September 29. The winner will get a trip to Los Angeles.
Freek Van Asperen / EPA
The beginning of the World Record TV watching contest.
A Dutch television station has launched a bid to set a new world record for the length of time a single person can watch TV without a break. The Last Man Watching contest will itself be televised live, though why anybody would want to watch other people watching television for hour after hour remains unclear. According to the organizers, the current record stands at 86 hours, 6 minutes and 41 seconds.
The video at right is pretty funny, even if you don't speak Dutch.
Slideshow: Guinness World Records 2012
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@Vivian - my feelings exactly
Slow news day?
Hmm...wow.
86 hours without peeing? IMPOSSIBLE!
Must be using catheters.
And sadly they were beat out by 4 kids in Wisconsin..
LOL How as Americans can we allow this to happen???
Only we deserve this honor!!!
World record my foot.. we've got sports fans that put on adult diapers so they don't miss a minute of the action. I'm sure we've got some strung out, meth popping American that is watching a 150 hour Simpson's marathon right now.
sounds like English in reverse
What an international waste of time. Do these people not have something better to do to make their lives productive and fun? I hear there is a shortage on wooden shoes
I would like to know what in the world is so funny about the video on the right to non dutch speakers?
MSNBC had decided this is so much more important and relevant to my life than reporting on the demonstrations on Wall Street. I guess I'll check out Comedy Central or Al Jezeera to find out about the actual news.
How is that Dutch economy doing anyway?
Why anybody would ever want to watch TV for 3 and a half days straight is beyond me. I would go bonkers after only six.
Health danger ignored? Anyone aware of how much harm sitting still like that does to the body, in particular the cardiovascular system? It is illegal to offer children cigarettes so why are TV producers etc allowed to force young people to stress their minds and bodies in such a destructive manner as this and Big Brother?