Guinness World Records Primetime is a TV show based on the Guinness Book of World Records, and aired on the Fox television network from July 27, 1998 to October 4, 2001. It was hosted by Cris Collinsworth and Mark Thompson and reported on existing record-holders or on new record attempts. These new record attempts included many unusual or bizarre categories such as a 300-pound tumor, squirting milk from one's eye, covering one's self with bees, sitting in a tub of snakes, regurgitating, burping, setting one's self on fire, eating metal, worms, and ketchup, kissing cobras, acting as a human speed bump, and entering a coffin full of cockroaches. Most of these attempts never found their way into the Guinness Book. The show was met with poor ratings and even poorer reviews: viewers and critics alike were confused and appalled by the disturbing "records" being attempted.
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26 episodes
Welcome to Guinness World Records: Primetime. In the first episode we see the man with the largest tumour- growing from his face.
Runtime: 60 minBack in July 1998, Shridhar Chillal of Poona, India had his record-breaking fingernails measured on the set of Guinness World Records: Primetime. The combined length of the five nails of his left hand were found to be a staggering 6.15 m (20 ft 2.25 in). Shridhar does not grow the nails on his right hand. His ambition to grow his nails started from a young age. Shridhar's hand is now permanently disfigured from supporting the weight of the nails all these years, and nerve damage has resulted in deafness in his left ear.
Runtime: 60 minMany pople hate mice. But this is something very extreme.
Runtime: 60 minIn a very unusual episode, we see a man suck milk through a straw up his nose, then he squirts it out of his eye.
Runtime: 60 minA man who was in a terrible accident has received a miracle. He has parts of his face magnetically clipped on, so well that you can't tell if they are real or not.
Runtime: 60 minSome people are scared of bees and others are not. This man is attempting to cover his entire unprotected body, in honey making stingers.
Runtime: 60 minMost people choose to take a bath in warm soapy water. But not this man. He is taking his snakes in with him.
Runtime: 60 minThis man likes to get into small spaces. So he is inserting himself into a 5 gallon tank. Good luck getting out.
Runtime: 60 minA woman who suffered from a rare skin disease has chosen to turn her body into a work of art, by covering it with tattoos. Julia covered her body with tattoos to hide the effects of the skin disease porphyria, which causes blistering and scarring.
Runtime: 60 minWe've all seen the people with the double chins, but this guy has so much extra skin he can use it to cover his face.
Runtime: 60 minA man shot in the head with a bullet, amazingly survived, but missing a large chunk from his head. Know he goes under the operating table as it is reconstructed.
Runtime: 60 minThe strange story of a skeleton that can move.
Runtime: 60 minThis talented man has been trained to lift objects with his tounge and ears. It also looks quite freaky.
Runtime: 60 minHere we see a man who is able to walk invertly.
Runtime: 60 minA woman risks her life as she climbs into a box of explosives.
Runtime: 60 minHere is a challenge of different people who can squirt milk from their eyes.
Runtime: 60 minLarry and Danny Ramos Gomez are two of a family of 19, which spans five generations, who all suffer from hypertrichosis or ""werewolf syndrome"". Even the women of the family are covered with a light to medium coat of hair, while the men have thick hair on every inch of their bodies, apart from their hands and feet. Most forms of excess hairiness are associated with hormone imbalances but the exact causes of the hairy family's hairiness are not yet known. Scientists and researchers are studying the DNA of the boys and searching for clues as to why they are as they are. There have been rumors that the family was searching the world for a cure.
Runtime: 60 minHave you ever felt sick. Well not like this. These guys are throwing up- to break a record.
Runtime: 60 minIn a special episode, we see a man cover himself in protective clothing, and light himself on fire on top of a building.
Runtime: 60 minIn an unusual attempt to be an individual, we look at a man who has altered his body, to make him look like a Leopard.
Runtime: 60 minRemember everything you've seen. Now we take a look back at the freaky, bizzare and the just plain weird.
Runtime: 60 minBelieve it or not, this man is not a robot. He just has a craving for some nice, strong metal.
Runtime: 60 minSpecial guest star Mr. Lifto, returns to prove that he is up to the challenge of lifting, just about anything.
Runtime: 60 minWorms are normally eaten by birds. But not today. We see a bunch of young people eating ""dirty spaghetti"".
Runtime: 60 minHow strong do you have to be to pull a 8,000 Pound Trolley. Here we find out.
Runtime: 60 minAlright, so you can tell from the title that this could be quite painful for someone.
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Some people are smart, but is it really possible when you see a Man Trying to Compute Faster than Calculator.
Runtime: 60 minIn many cases deformities are tragic, but here we see someone living a normal everyday life, with three feet.
Runtime: 60 minThe internet is very popular now-days, and is used by people from 5 to 95. But who is the Most Downloaded Woman? Here we take a look.
Runtime: 60 minSome people stand out in a crowd. Especially the Woman with Longest Beard.
Runtime: 60 minImagine diving from several meters up, into a paddling pool. If this goes wrong, it could be seriously painful.
Runtime: 60 minDon't mistake this guy for a robot when you see the amount of metal he eats.
Runtime: 60 minWho wants to go around kissing deadly snakes to brake a world record. Sounds Ssscary.
Runtime: 60 minIn some countries, burping is considered a complement to the chef. But here, it is very fowl.
Runtime: 60 minKetchup is alright to put on your curly fries (maybe), but don't try drinking it, or you might turn into a tomato.
Runtime: 60 minVery simple, a man goes under the water to break the record for holding his breath the longest. Will he succeed, or just be very wet.
Runtime: 60 minThings just get weirder and weirder here at Guinness. How would you fall from the highest place possible in a Kayak. That can be left up to the experts.
Runtime: 60 minOkay, we all know what its like when you go too fast over a speed bump, but what if that bump was a human.
Runtime: 60 minGetting into Coffin Full of Cockroaches can be very tricky, if you've never done it before.
Runtime: 60 minHere we see a man, who broke the original record at home after watching it on Guinness. Now he is at the studio- and this doesn't look pretty.
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13 episodes
In this episode, we get a look at how many Contortionists can fit into a clear glass box.
Runtime: 60 minThe world's smallest dog, in terms of length, is Tiny Pinocchio, a steel-blue-and-tan Yorkshire Terrier who measured 20.3 cm (8 in) long on May 23, 2001, and 12.06 cm (4.75 in) to the top of the shoulder. The one-pound pooch, who also goes by the name of Noki, sleeps in a birdcage at the home of his owner, Linda Skeels-Hopson of St Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Runtime: 60 minYuck, here we look at the many Largest Medal Objects Removed from Human body. It is disgusting.
Runtime: 60 minHere is performed a very painful looking stunt, when we see who can open the most bottles with their teeth.
Runtime: 60 minSome real pain on the brain, when everyone takes a look at who can balance the heaviest load on their head.
Runtime: 60 minA whole lot of accuracy and precision (more like really painful) when we watch a man break a large amount of cement blocks with his head.
Runtime: 60 minSomethings chilly, when a man is completely covered in ice.
Runtime: 60 minNo, its not Pinochio its the worlds longest nose.
Runtime: 60 minLeaping over Bar from Two Stories High is not all that you would think it can be.
Runtime: 60 minWow, the World's Largest Human Standing Pyramid, wonder how many people they will need.
Runtime: 60 minSo Hanging from Flying Helicopter sounds like real fun, but after this, it will be less popular.
Runtime: 60 minIndeed, it all started as a gag for Jimmy, who would swallow whole frankfurters as a party trick. But he soon sniffed out success in 2001 as a Guinness World Record holder, swallowing six sausages – without biting or chewing – on the set of Guinness Rekord TV, Sweden. Later the same year he broke his record on Primetime, sucking down seven sausages in a minute – three of them in just 10 seconds!
Runtime: 60 minIn the last ever episode, it is an all out battle to see who can make the Highest Keg Toss.
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