So no one told him life was going to be this way, but it was, at least for a few days. A gentleman in Brixton, South London named Steve Misiura watched every single episode of Friends in a non-stop marathon. That's 84 hours of Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Joey, and Phoebe loving, fighting, and drinking coffee. He actually broke the world record for watching TV, which was at 72 hours straight. I think this is a record someone here at TV Squad should try to break.
Of course, this being the age of the web, he kept a blog about it and uploaded pictures from the event. The picture above is Steve about 80 hours into his marathon. He began to hallucinate and get various ailments.
I think it would have been OK, record-wise, if he had interrupted his marathon at some point. He could have just used the excuse "I was on a break!"
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
8-07-2009 @ 12:32PM
RichK said...
That is one scary picture.
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8-10-2009 @ 7:08AM
PinkThenRed said...
How did he pee or go #2?
8-10-2009 @ 8:17AM
Tmarie#2 said...
tht pic is scary he needs help
8-10-2009 @ 10:40AM
Tigerlily said...
I agree about the pic. That show sux! How did he do it? Yikes...
8-10-2009 @ 10:55AM
tiffany112788 said...
he looks horrible. You know he didn't have to do this, if he's trying to get attention dont do this.
8-07-2009 @ 12:34PM
Red Sox fan said...
I'd start to hallucinate and twitch after watching just one episode of that crap.
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8-10-2009 @ 10:30AM
al said...
lol. i hear ya bud. i watched about 2 episodes with my wife and i don't think i cracked even a smile at any of the humor. it's not funny at all.
8-10-2009 @ 11:51AM
Nicole said...
Exactly. Friends is boring. I could watch all family guy episodes and b e laughing my butt off from Stewie
8-07-2009 @ 1:13PM
tunaman said...
Jeez - I can only imagine!
I once had a Twin Peaks marathon - the original pilot on Laserdisc, the first season from the VHS box set, and the second season of episodes I'd taped off Bravo (complete with Log Lady intros). I think it was something like 29 hours straight!
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8-07-2009 @ 2:56PM
Happy Steve said...
I'm pretty sure he would not be alive today if he also watched all of "Joey" immediately afterward also.
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8-07-2009 @ 3:20PM
Europa said...
Of all things he could have picked he picked that???????
Well, like they say, there's no accounting for taste.
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8-07-2009 @ 4:16PM
Nathaniel said...
Ooh, I SO want to beat that record. I wonder if I can get some DVD distributor to sponsor me...
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8-10-2009 @ 6:07AM
KC111 said...
Did this guy eat or drink anything while he was doing his tv watching marathon? If he didnt get up to stop watching tv in order to eat and drink he probably began hallucinating because of his lack of food and water....
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8-10-2009 @ 1:05PM
mike said...
he was hallucinating because of the lack of sleep he had...80 hours without sleep causes hallucinations,also makes you feel tense and worried.
8-10-2009 @ 6:22AM
fknhippie said...
sad
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8-10-2009 @ 11:36AM
amythystkitty said...
I usually hallucinate and start to have various illnesses when I watch "Friends", too. Most of the illnesses include symptoms like nausea and the irrational need to shake some trendy 20-something until their teeth rattle and tell them to grow up. And I agree with Happy Steve - if he'd been forced to start watching "Joey" immediately after, the hallucinations would have gone to psychosis and we'd be reading about the guy's suicide attempts.
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8-10-2009 @ 7:49AM
ten said...
No, I do not believe it. If I "see' verification in G Book of World Recs then I will accept this---and really! the picture??? Ridiculous! And I am not even a Friends fan-it's ok...
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8-10-2009 @ 7:43AM
Maggie said...
that's a waste of energy! JEEZ people!
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8-10-2009 @ 7:54AM
Michel said...
Watching 1 episode of Friends is enough to make you sick. What an awful show and none of them could even act.
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8-10-2009 @ 11:50AM
Nicole said...
maybe thats the point See how long you can go watching a horrible show marathon :D