Brian Damage
08-06-2009, 11:06 PM
A budding actor watched every episode of TV sitcom Friends back to back - and stayed awake for 84 hours.
Steve Misiura sat through all 238 episodes of the American comedy and smashed the existing world record of 72 hours for watching TV non-stop.
He said: 'I love Friends, but this did indeed hurt. At around 72 hours I wanted to die.'
The 31-year-old suffered nausea, stomach cramps and hallucinations during the sponsored Friends-a-thon, which will help pay his fees for acting school.
'I started hallucinating,' he said. 'I was saying to my friend, "What's happening to this room? The wall keeps disappearing."
'I was also getting quite delirious and not knowing what I was doing, but it helped that every hour I was updating my photo log.'
As well as posting photos on his website, he kept a log of the cameo appearances in the show by Brad Pitt, then Jennifer Aniston's husband, Bruce Willis, Jennifer Saunders and Jean Claude Van Damme.
The 31-year-old suffered nausea, stomach cramps and hallucinations during the sponsored Friends-a-thon, which will help pay his fees for acting school.
Steve invited friends to join him at his flat in Brixton, south London, at different stages of his marathon effort, ate apples to ward off fatigue and set alarms every five minutes to keep him awake.
After 41 hours, the first signs of a real struggle set in.
He wrote on his log: 'Heartburn, dermatitis on hands, mad twitches and heavy eyes…. I'd like to go to bed but have another 50 hours to watch.'
At 67 hours he said: 'Near the end of season 8… Rach is being evil to Ross, Joey is being evil to Chandler, I might be evil to Gaz and Mus [his friends]… I should be hating this by now, but I love it. Has dementia set in?'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204679/Friends-fan-watches-record-breaking-TV-marathon-watches-84-hours.html?ITO=1490
Steve Misiura sat through all 238 episodes of the American comedy and smashed the existing world record of 72 hours for watching TV non-stop.
He said: 'I love Friends, but this did indeed hurt. At around 72 hours I wanted to die.'
The 31-year-old suffered nausea, stomach cramps and hallucinations during the sponsored Friends-a-thon, which will help pay his fees for acting school.
'I started hallucinating,' he said. 'I was saying to my friend, "What's happening to this room? The wall keeps disappearing."
'I was also getting quite delirious and not knowing what I was doing, but it helped that every hour I was updating my photo log.'
As well as posting photos on his website, he kept a log of the cameo appearances in the show by Brad Pitt, then Jennifer Aniston's husband, Bruce Willis, Jennifer Saunders and Jean Claude Van Damme.
The 31-year-old suffered nausea, stomach cramps and hallucinations during the sponsored Friends-a-thon, which will help pay his fees for acting school.
Steve invited friends to join him at his flat in Brixton, south London, at different stages of his marathon effort, ate apples to ward off fatigue and set alarms every five minutes to keep him awake.
After 41 hours, the first signs of a real struggle set in.
He wrote on his log: 'Heartburn, dermatitis on hands, mad twitches and heavy eyes…. I'd like to go to bed but have another 50 hours to watch.'
At 67 hours he said: 'Near the end of season 8… Rach is being evil to Ross, Joey is being evil to Chandler, I might be evil to Gaz and Mus [his friends]… I should be hating this by now, but I love it. Has dementia set in?'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204679/Friends-fan-watches-record-breaking-TV-marathon-watches-84-hours.html?ITO=1490