"Friends" Fan Stays Awake 84 Hours to Watch Every Episode of the Sitcom - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

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/arti....html?ITO=1490

catlover79 · 08-06-2009, 11:14 PM

Must be nice to have all that time on your hands.

Marvo301 · 08-06-2009, 11:19 PM

That's just crazy!!!

Zoneboy · 08-06-2009, 11:19 PM

^^Oh dear God not again.

^^

Lucky him, I couldn't get through 10 minutes of the first episode without falling asleep.

Chocoholic · 08-06-2009, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Lucky him, I couldn't get through 10 minutes of the first episode without falling asleep.

Same here. Sorry, but I never got the appeal. That guy has amazing stamina though.

Schmoopie · 08-07-2009, 03:41 AM

I don't think I could ever stay up for 84 hours straight. No way would I do it for "Friends" . The problem with watching a beloved show for hours is that after a while you get sick of it. Last summer I was taping "Little House" off of cable and editing them onto DVD's. Yep, it would have been a heck of a lot easier to buy them, but I didn't want every single episode. Well, now I'm sad to say that I'm sick of that show because of my marathon. The only show I would probably never tire of by doing a marathon would be "Seinfeld". I can watch those a million times over and always find something funny in every episode!

MrRetro_08 · 08-07-2009, 04:08 PM

Now thats deadication to a show. I don't think I would of managed that.

robyrob · 08-07-2009, 05:18 PM

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...suffered nausea, stomach cramps and hallucination...

that happens to me too when i watch friends!

catlover79 · 08-07-2009, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

that happens to me too when i watch friends!

Ditto!!

browneyes106 · 08-09-2009, 12:16 AM

That's pretty crazy. As much as I love tv shows I could never watch my favorites for 84 hours straight.

08-06-2009, 11:06 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	"Friends" Fan Stays Awake 84 Hours to Watch Every Episode of the Sitcom 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/arti....html?ITO=1490
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08-06-2009, 11:14 PM	#2
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08-06-2009, 11:19 PM	#3
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08-06-2009, 11:19 PM	#4
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08-07-2009, 03:41 AM	#6
Schmoopie Keep Calm and Love Snoopy Forum Star Join Date: Jul 13, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, Washington Posts: 15,697	I don't think I could ever stay up for 84 hours straight. No way would I do it for "Friends" . The problem with watching a beloved show for hours is that after a while you get sick of it. Last summer I was taping "Little House" off of cable and editing them onto DVD's. Yep, it would have been a heck of a lot easier to buy them, but I didn't want every single episode. Well, now I'm sad to say that I'm sick of that show because of my marathon. The only show I would probably never tire of by doing a marathon would be "Seinfeld". I can watch those a million times over and always find something funny in every episode!
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08-07-2009, 04:08 PM	#7
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08-09-2009, 12:16 AM	#10
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	That's pretty crazy. As much as I love tv shows I could never watch my favorites for 84 hours straight.