Does watching Jack Bauer try to outwit and outgun terrorists bent on destroying the United States with nuclear weapons stress you out? Do you feel your heart start to race when 24 has one of its trademark torture scenes?
A 35-year-old fan of 24 agreed to allow himself to be hooked up to a heart rate monitor in a hospital while he watched 24 to find out just how stressful viewing an episode of the counter-terrorism drama really is, a Fox TV affiliate reported.
Unfortunately for the folks at Fox -- who likely would've loved to have found the guy's heart pound wildly during a tense Jack Bauer scene -- "his heart rate and blood pressure barely budged," according to MyFox Austin. I wonder if he was watching one of the recent, lackluster 24 episodes. If he'd been watching the amazing first four hours of this season, however, I'll bet they'd have different results.
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4-04-2007 @ 6:46PM
Viv said...
Amen to that. I bet if the guy watched Jack Bauer go all Hannibal Lecter in one of the first couple of episodes he heart rate would have shot up for sure.
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4-04-2007 @ 7:09PM
C C said...
Stressful? Are they kidding? I watch 24 to unwind. And I'm a female!
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4-04-2007 @ 8:56PM
matthew said...
See .. their problem is, they should have gone with a 34 year old guy. Once you hit 35 your heartless
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4-05-2007 @ 6:41AM
Bash said...
*hands matt some apostrophes*
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