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-This is the world of records. -OFFICIALLY! | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
-# Biggest -shoe, -weirdest -face, -Fastest -loo, -tightest space, longest | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
-# snake, -smallest -van, -Heaviest -cake, -tallest -man, | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
# Longest ears on a dog | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
-# Most poisonous frog and A woman with a beard -What? | 0:00:14 | 0:00:19 | |
# Officially, officially, officially, amazing. # | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
This is Officially Amazing. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
I'm Ben Shires and we have been scouring the globe to bring | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
you the fastest, longest, | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
highest, strongest, youngest, | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
and weirdest world records we can get our sticky hands on. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:44 | |
Coming up in today's show, we see some extraordinary official | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
Guinness World Record attempts, including... | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
We see perhaps the most British record attempt possible | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
as this woman tries to become the fastest chip-wrapper in the world. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
-Done. -And this juggling genius tries to bite his way to a new record. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:04 | |
USA reporter Al hotfoots it to Las Vegas to meet | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
a record breaking fire-breather. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
And this'll make your hair stand on end. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
Our Japanese reporter, Haruka, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:15 | |
is in Tokyo to find the world's tallest Mohawk. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
But first, let's meet this man as he attempts to enter the | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
record books on the back of a pram. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
It's... | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
This is Shakespeare Raceway in Stratford-upon-Avon, | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
where you'd usually see souped-up supercars. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
But today, I'm here to see something entirely different. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
A much stranger vehicle is going to try and set a new world record. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:48 | |
Isn't that right, little Ben? | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
Come on, buddy. We practised this. You now say... | 0:01:51 | 0:01:56 | |
Yes, big Ben. This is one of the silliest speed records ever. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
But it's not for dummies like you. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
All right then, smarty-pants, what is the record? | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
It's for the snappily-titled... | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
Without a baby in it, of course. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
Serial record breaker and plumber Colin Furze | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
specialises in homemade speed machines with a difference, | 0:02:19 | 0:02:23 | |
and he's recently been working on this little baby... | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
carrier. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:27 | |
Now, I'm no expert but I think I know that prams don't | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
generally come with engines attached. What is this under here? | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
This is basically a 125 cc motorbike engine. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
I've put it in the pram where you would normally | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
put your shopping or your nappies. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:40 | |
I'm kind of guessing that you don't generally put babies in this, | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
-is that right? -Not when it's going fast, no. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
You can use it as a normal pram for pushing, | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
and you could stick a baby in it if you wanted, but it's not advisable. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
Riding instead of a baby is a highly-trained stunt doll. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
Oh, she's very realistic. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
OK then, let's get the rules for this absolutely ridiculous | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
record attempt. To get a Guinness World Record, | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
Colin's creation must resemble a pram. Well, it does. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
Be capable of accommodating a baby. Aw, cute. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
Nappy change needed, I think. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
And thirdly, it needs to go fast. Very fast. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
It needs to go faster than 30 miles per hour to get to him | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
that new world record. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:21 | |
I'm not really sure what happens if it goes on the grass. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
Let's hope it doesn't. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:25 | |
Today is actually Colin's birthday, but he doesn't want jelly | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
and ice cream. He wants a world record. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
On previous birthdays, Colin has set world records for the largest ever | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
bonfire, the longest motorcycle and the fastest mobility scooter. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:41 | |
And look at that! | 0:03:41 | 0:03:42 | |
Colin has brought that very same mobility scooter along today. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:46 | |
-If you want to turn heads, then get one of these. -How fast can it go? | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
-My world record is 71 miles an hour. -That's crazy. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
But it's also officially amazing, can I have a go, please? | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
You can't have a go on this one, but I've got another one you can try. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
I like the way you're talking. So just for fun, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
in lane one it's Colin Furze on his pimped-up 125 cc | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
mobility scooter, which has five gears and twin exhausts. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
In lane two, it's me on a normal mobility scooter, | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
which has none of that, dressed as my granny. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
I hope she doesn't mind I've borrowed her best shoes. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
So, who do you think is going to go fastest? | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
Maybe I can psych him out by looking tough. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
No, I can't psych him out by looking tough. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
Three, two, one, go! | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
There goes Colin, really put the hours into that machine, | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
whereas I have not. And it's blatantly clear to see now. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
He's whizzing off into the sunset, | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
there's no whizzing as far as I'm concerned. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
Slow and steady wins the race. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
Or not. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:45 | |
So, we've seen that Colin's scooter is incredible, | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
but can his pram get him another world record? | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
He's making his final preparations. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
Will the mechanical masterpiece make it up to the magic 30 miles an hour? | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
Will Colin get another world record? | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
Well, we're not going to tell you now. We're only five minutes into | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
the show. We'll come back later to find out. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
Time now to go over to America and to this man, | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
our US reporter, Al Jackson. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
He's about to meet a record holder who is... | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
Uh-oh. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:24 | |
Thanks, Ben. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:29 | |
Welcome to Las Vegas, USA, where I'm going to meet | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
one of the hottest record breakers there is. I'm excited. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
So are they. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
Now I understand why my friend Ben was too chicken to come meet | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
this world record holder. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
I mean, it's officially weird. It's officially scary. Officially ugly. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:48 | |
Fire is really dangerous and not something to mess around with. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
This man is a professional fire-breather, but even he needs to | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
be extremely careful, otherwise | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
that lovely long hair will get singed. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:04 | |
Antonio Restivo may look like he's in a rock band, | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
that's because he's in a rock band. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
No, not really. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:11 | |
Antonio is actually the world's highest fire-breather. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:16 | |
In 2011, he recorded the highest flame ever blown by a fire-breather. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:21 | |
It was a massive 8.05 metres in length. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
That's longer than a fire engine, | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
something Antonio probably needs from time to time. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
Making a flame that high takes a lot of training, | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
so we won't be trying to beat his record today. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
But he's still got plenty of hot stuff to show us. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
First though, I've got one question I have asked this man of fire. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:43 | |
-So, Antonio, why do you do this? -Because I love fire. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:49 | |
SCARY MUSIC | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
You should do that any time a guy comes up wanting to | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
-date your daughter. "What were you saying?" -"What do you mean? | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
"I'm sorry, I didn't hear that clear." | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
Obviously, none of us should ever play with fire. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
But because Antonio's a trained professional with over 20 years | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
experience, he's agreed to give me some training. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
I have a special technique that we're going to go through. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
-I'm going to teach you how to train to be a fire-breather. -I'm excited. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
-Yeah. -All right! Time to become Al Jackson, breather of fire. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
-All right, Antonio. It's time for the big moment. -Yeah. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
I want to see how you train. I want all the cool stuff, like, | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
-bring it on. -You want to learn how to be the best fire-breather? | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
-I want to learn right now. -Here it is. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
-These are...balloons. -Balloons, yeah. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
Got to blow it up in one breath. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
Balloons are not what I had in mind. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
You only get one breath to do it, now. So when you start, | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
you only get one shot. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:41 | |
-I think this is broken. -What's up? | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
-This one's broken. -That one's broken? | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
-Take that one. Try that one. -I got this. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
Sadly, I can't even blow one up. I quit. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
Let's make sure that there's nothing faulty. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
Clearly, I'm not destined to become Al Jackson, fire-breather, after all. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
In my defence, I started that one for you. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
Although using balloons might seem like a long way from an | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
eight-metre-high fireball, they're Antonio's secret weapon. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
Practising with them increases the size of Antonio's lungs. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
I think this one likes you. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:14 | |
Which makes him able to breathe fire bigger | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
and longer than anyone else in the world. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
So that's Antonio Restivo, the world's highest fire-breather. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:30 | |
Officially amazing and the guy I'm going to call the next time | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
I can't light the barbecue. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:34 | |
Thanks, Al. Now it's time for Haruka to give you a quiz in... | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
This is part of a Guinness World Record holder, | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
but what is their record? Is it - the world's hairiest chest? | 0:08:47 | 0:08:51 | |
The world's most expensive poodle? | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
Or the world's biggest Afro hairstyle? | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
Well, if you're shouting out poodle, then you can now feel justifiably... | 0:08:56 | 0:09:00 | |
wrong. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
Because it's the world's largest Afro, measuring 16 centimetres tall, | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
21 centimetres wide, and 1.39 metres all the way round. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:11 | |
It belongs to American Aevin Dugas. She might spend a fortune on shampoo, | 0:09:11 | 0:09:15 | |
but has probably never had to buy a pillow in her life. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
And talking of super-sized records, what about this British beauty? | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
It's the world's heaviest onion, | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
weighing in at a massive 8.15 kilograms. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
It was grown by the UK's very own Peter Glazebrook. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
He's the one on the left. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
It's huge and perfectly formed, unlike this monster. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
Argh! | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
Weighing 7.85 kilograms, that's the world's heaviest parsnip. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
You'd need a lot of gravy to wash that down with your Sunday lunch. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
Look, it's attacking its owner! | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
And finally, from something hideously ugly, that's the parsnip, | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
not the man, to something cute. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:56 | |
Aw. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:57 | |
This is Bruschi, who has the largest eyes of a dog, | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
measuring 28 millimetres in diameter. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
Bruschi can look fierce, but not when he's dressed as a bumblebee. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
-Aw. -Thanks, Haruka. I'm off to meet a man who's... | 0:10:07 | 0:10:11 | |
There are loads of people who love breaking Guinness World Records. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
Today, we're going to meet one of them. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
This is Chayne Hultgren, who's also known as the Space Cowboy. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
So how's he going to try and become officially amazing today? | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
Wish I could juggle. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
Well, the new world record is for the most bites taken from apples | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
whilst juggling them in a minute. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
Yes, it's the biting apple juggle record attempt. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
To get it, the Space Cowboy must take 100 bites or more | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
from his three apples in a minute. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
He must use two hands to juggle with | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
and must take a bite out of a different apple each time. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
Them's the rules, here we go. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
This is the moment of truth. | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
Hopefully, we're about to set a new world record. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:02 | |
Craig here is the official adjudicator, | 0:11:02 | 0:11:04 | |
he's going to be counting how many bites you to take. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
-So, if you're feeling ready, are you? -I was born ready. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
-Craig, are you ready? -I'm ready. -And are you at home ready? Good. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:16 | |
Three, two, one, go. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
It's a great start. Look at those hands and those jaws go. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
The Space Cowboy there, using a different apple for each bite. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
He's read the rules, that's good. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
Oh, he's nearly dropped one there, but it didn't touch the floor | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
so he's OK to carry on. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
Remember, he needs to do at least 100 bites in the 60 seconds | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
to set a new record. That's a lot of bites and a lot of mess, | 0:11:39 | 0:11:43 | |
but there's no rule you that says you can't be messy, so he's OK. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:47 | |
He has to keep up that rhythm to make sure he's biting | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
a different apple each turn. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
30 seconds. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
I really hope he's still hungry. Time's almost up. Can he do it? | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
Five, four, three, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
two, one. Stop. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
That's nice. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:12 | |
OK, that's it, it's a minute. He had to beat 100 to get the record. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:17 | |
Craig, has he done it? | 0:12:17 | 0:12:18 | |
He did 108. That's a brand new Guinness World Record. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
CHEERING | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
Well, congratulations. It's a new world record | 0:12:30 | 0:12:33 | |
and it's officially amazing. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
CHEERING | 0:12:35 | 0:12:36 | |
We'll see the Space Cowboy again soon for another record attempt. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
But somehow, I don't think even he would fancy this next one. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
And that's because it's... | 0:12:43 | 0:12:44 | |
This is a forest in Finland. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
These are people slapping themselves in a forest in Finland. But why? | 0:12:54 | 0:12:59 | |
Well, I can tell you it involves these, | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
and plenty of them, mosquitoes. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
Those buzzy, whiny little flies that bite your ankles | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
when you're on holiday. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
Believe it or not, these people are actually taking part | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
in the world mosquito killing championships. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
# Another one bites the dust. # | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
It seems incredible, but it's absolutely true. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:21 | |
It started 20 years ago and it's an annual contest held in | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
Pelkosenniemi, Finland. The aim is simple, | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
to kill lots of mosquitoes using just your hands with | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
no weapons or chemicals allowed. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
Competitors simply use themselves as bait. So in terms of skill, | 0:13:33 | 0:13:38 | |
all you need for this one is to look tasty to a mossie. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
Some people clearly think the more flesh available, | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
the better your chances. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:45 | |
Contestants then sit in the forest and wait to be bitten. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
And when one does come to bite them, they splat it. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
# Another one bites the dust. # | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
They then run to the judges' table | 0:13:55 | 0:13:56 | |
and show them their squashed mossie as evidence. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
And as for the judges, well, the very latest insect storing | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
equipment and digital counting technology... | 0:14:04 | 0:14:07 | |
has all been abandoned in favour of a long bit of polystyrene, | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
some sticky tape and a pair of tweezers. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
OK. So it's quite basic and a little bit strange, | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
but I've tried it myself, you know, and I was soon bitten by the bug. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:22 | |
But it's no laughing matter for these guys. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
The judging table is even guarded by police. As we're in a forest, | 0:14:24 | 0:14:28 | |
they must be from... Special Branch. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
And here he is. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
The world-record mossie killer, Henri Pellonpaa, | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
who killed an impressive 21 mosquitoes in the five minutes | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
allowed, setting a brand-new world record, earning him | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
a trophy, and hopefully, some soothing cream for his bites. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
And what's more, this spectator clapped so much, | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
he killed enough mossies to come fourth. So well done him. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
Humans using animals there to break a world record, | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
but sometimes it's the animals who set records of their own. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
It's time for the animalympics. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:05 | |
# It's the animalympics These animals are going for the gold | 0:15:05 | 0:15:10 | |
# The brawn of the faun of nature Heroes who have stories | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
# To be told | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
# Luciali was a tortoise You'd expect him to be slow | 0:15:15 | 0:15:20 | |
# But back in 1977 He gave racing a go | 0:15:20 | 0:15:24 | |
# He was quickest over the course Of five and a half metres | 0:15:24 | 0:15:29 | |
# He finished in 43.7 seconds What an incredible creature | 0:15:29 | 0:15:33 | |
# But to win more than once You got to dig down deep | 0:15:33 | 0:15:38 | |
# That's what Lamborghini did He was a super speedy sheep | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
# He won 165 races on a farm In Buckinghamshire | 0:15:42 | 0:15:47 | |
# I bet he's hard to catch When a sheepshearer comes near | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
# It's the animalympics Where the best of the beasts | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
# Are brave enough to fight Zoological legends | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
# The greatest animal athletes All right! | 0:15:57 | 0:16:01 | |
# Now some record-holding creatures Are tiny rather than big | 0:16:01 | 0:16:06 | |
# And small ones don't come cooler Than a jumping guinea pig | 0:16:06 | 0:16:11 | |
# Patch, he hails from Reading And has beautiful long hair | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
# And in 2011 he jumped 22 centimetres in the air | 0:16:15 | 0:16:19 | |
# What goes up must come down And you won't believe your eyes | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
# At the story of Miss Piggy And her record longest dive. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:28 | |
# 3.13 metres through the air Flying porkus into snout | 0:16:28 | 0:16:32 | |
# Whoever said that pigs can't fly Had better just watch out | 0:16:32 | 0:16:37 | |
# It's the animalympics Only the amazing pass the test | 0:16:37 | 0:16:42 | |
# And they're ready for glory Nature's titans are here | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
# To be the best. # | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
That poor chicken. Well, he should have been quicker. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
Officially fast. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
Part two. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:56 | |
We're back in Stratford, where preparations have been | 0:16:58 | 0:17:02 | |
going on for a high-speed challenge with a difference. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
Normally, powerful supercars go up and down this track, | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
but today something rather different is about to race down it | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
because plumber and inventor Colin Furze | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
has been warming up what he hopes will be the world's fastest pram. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
He's been preparing for this for a year | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
and is now just minutes away from his world record attempt. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
So let's hope he's built his pram properly. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
Man and machine must reach a speed of 30 miles per hour. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
If they don't, or if that pram breaks down, | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
Colin will not be going home with a Guinness World Record today. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
Just waiting for the green light now. Come on, Colin. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
Oh, that's it, he's off. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:49 | |
Well, he's already going faster than any pram I've ever seen. Oh, dear. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:55 | |
I imagine our stunt doll has just filled her nappy there. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
The front wheel there lifting off the ground, | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
he doesn't want to be doing wheelies at this stage. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
Well, it looks fast but is it fast enough? | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
There's a speed camera on that track that will tell us | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
just how fast he goes. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
And look at him go! He's as cool as a cucumber with a pram. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:15 | |
Nothing seems to rattle this man. Come on, Colin. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
That's it. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:21 | |
He's crossed the finish line but was he going fast enough when he did? | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
CHEERING | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
It's the moment of truth. What do you reckon? | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
Has Colin's pram won him another world record? | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
OK, Colin, let's get the helmet off. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
Colin built that the pram from scratch and he pushed it to | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
the limit, but did he and his magnificent machine go fast enough? | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
-Over to official adjudicator Gaz how to find out. -Well, Colin... | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
I'm happy to say that with 53.46 miles per hour, | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
you are a Guinness World Record holder here today. Congratulations. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:57 | |
Colin's done it. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:02 | |
That's the second record we've set on the show today. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
If you thought hanging off the back of a speeding pram was | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
hair-raising, wait till you see what our Japanese reporter, Haruka, | 0:19:10 | 0:19:14 | |
has got in store for us. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:15 | |
It's... | 0:19:15 | 0:19:16 | |
Konichiwa. I'm Haruka Kuroda, and welcome to Tokyo, Japan. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
Let's talk hair. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
Gaga, Beckham, Chezza Cole, and even our own Ben Shires. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:38 | |
They're all famous fashion icons who are trying to reinvent | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
new hairstyles. Some are better than others. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
But when it comes to hairstyles that really do stand out | 0:19:45 | 0:19:49 | |
from the crowd, there's one man who towers above the rest. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
Meet Kazuhiro Watanabe. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
A world record holder with seriously tall hair. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
So, Kazuhiro, your hair looks quite interesting now, | 0:19:58 | 0:20:03 | |
but it's not exactly what I was expecting. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
HE SPEAKS JAPANESE | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
-TRANSLATION: -'It's not ready yet, love. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:10 | |
'I'm going to get it washed and then lie down over there.' | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
So whilst Kazuhiro gets his hair done on the floor, I'm going to have a | 0:20:13 | 0:20:17 | |
slightly more conventional freestyle in a comfy chair. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:21 | |
Konichiwa. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:22 | |
SHE SPEAKS JAPANESE | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
I'll have what he's having. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:28 | |
What does your wife think of your hair? | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
'My wife's always asking me to get it cut.' | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
So what would you do if you wake up and you were suddenly a bald man? | 0:20:44 | 0:20:49 | |
'Well, I'd go back to bed and sleep it off.' | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
If you want to recreate the world's tallest Mohawk, | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
here's what you'll need - | 0:20:56 | 0:20:57 | |
One head with hair, lots of it. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
Six and a half years to grow it long enough, | 0:21:01 | 0:21:04 | |
a truckload of styling products, | 0:21:04 | 0:21:06 | |
three pairs of hands and four hairdryers. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
And two hours to spare, | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
because that's how long it's taken to | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
create Kazuhiro's record-breaking barnet. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
But finally, we are ready to hit the streets. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
Here he comes. That's the top of Kazuhiro's hair, | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
and that's top of his head. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
A whole 113.5 centimetres below it, | 0:21:26 | 0:21:30 | |
making Kazuhiro the proud owner of the world's tallest Mohawk. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:34 | |
To be honest, I'm pretty pleased with my own Mohawk, even if it is | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
a whole metre shorter than Kazuhiro's. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
Let's see what the people of Tokyo think of his record-breaking hairdo. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
Well, clearly they think Kazuhiro is really cool. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
But would they still think the same if they'd seen him | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
leaving the salon earlier on? | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
CIRCUS MUSIC | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
I think not. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
In spite of his comedy waddle, | 0:21:58 | 0:22:00 | |
Kazuhiro is still the owner of officially amazing hair. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
Ben, as impressive as your quiff is, you've still got a long way to go. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:09 | |
All right, Haruka, I'm doing my best. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
Enough with your hair-raising Japanese records, | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
back to good old Blighty now for a record attempt that is... | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
Officially British. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:19 | |
Who's up for a record that involves a bit of rapping? | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Not that kind of rapping. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:32 | |
Where did you even come from? Go on, beat it. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
No, the type of wrapping I'm talking about is for chips. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
The Americans, yes, they do it bigger, they do it bolder, | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
better? No. We do it properly in the UK with a tasty, | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
if slightly greasy, snack food. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:52 | |
And here in Maltby near Rotherham is where it's all about to happen. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:57 | |
But before I witness the magic, I need to get rid of my rubbish. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
Right, let's you and me | 0:23:12 | 0:23:13 | |
take a look at a little something that makes Britain great. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
This record is the ultimate potato challenge, | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
the pinnacle of food parcelling, | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
A death-defrying attempt. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
Only a valiant and wise wrapping warrior would take on such a task. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
-Meet Stephanie Celik. Let's hope she's -haddock -enough practice. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:35 | |
I for one can't wait to find out the trade secrets from this brave | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
contender. This sounds like it's quite an intense record. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
What kind of training do you have to undertake to reach the top? | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
Not much. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:47 | |
Do you have any coaches, any special kind of people that come in, | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
get you trained up for this, any breathing techniques maybe? | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
-Not really. -Nothing like that? -Just natural. -Are you a machine? | 0:23:55 | 0:23:59 | |
Not really, I just like to be fast. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
Awkward! | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
If Stephanie wants to set a new Guinness World Record, | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
she'll need to wrap five portions in under 60 seconds. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
And stick to these rules - | 0:24:10 | 0:24:12 | |
Each of the five chip portions must include salt and vinegar, | 0:24:12 | 0:24:16 | |
each must weigh at least 350g, | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
and they must all remain tightly wrapped. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
By my calculations, it's going to be about one portion every 12 seconds. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:25 | |
-Is it possible? -It is. -Excellent. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
That's the kind of confidence you need to break records. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
Let's give it a go. OK, I'm going to count you down from three, | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
and then we'll do this. Three, two, one, go. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
And she's off. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:40 | |
Nothing attracts a crowd like a woman wrapping chips and boy, | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
is she wrapping chips. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
Official adjudicator, Manu there, watching the wrapping like a hawk. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
A hungry one. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:51 | |
Remember, she needs to wrap five portions in under one minute to | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
set a new record. And let's look at that again to make sure she's doing | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
everything correctly. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
There we can see the salt and vinegar going on. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:03 | |
Looks like a good-sized portion to me, so hopefully the weight is OK. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
Some tight wrapping there. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:10 | |
HE MOUTHS | 0:25:12 | 0:25:13 | |
Remember, each portion must stay wrapped. One chip has escaped. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
Oh, oh, there goes another. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:25 | |
Might this mean the portion is underweight? | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
Time is nearly up. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:31 | |
-Stop. -This is going to be very close. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:37 | |
Manu's going to go off and weigh those chips. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
Hopefully, it's going to be worth the weight. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
Oh, the crowd looks tense. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
That's either because they're watching the weighing | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
or they're hungry. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
-How do you think it went? -I'm hoping it went all right, I'm hoping. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
Time-wise, it's always difficult to judge a minute. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
Do you think you were within the time? | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
I'm hoping I was within the time. I think I was. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:02 | |
OK, the tension is rife. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
Manu, has she done it? | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
Well, so we've weighed the chips and you're well in there. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:16 | |
So the weight is fine. They have remained closed. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
Well, that's two things she's got right and we know the salt | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
and vinegar went on. So all that matters now is the time. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
Did Stephanie wrap all the chips in under one minute? | 0:26:26 | 0:26:30 | |
The 60 seconds was the time to beat. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
And you well within two seconds, but which side? | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
It's actually 58.04. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
CHEERING | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
-Look at that. Stephanie, how do you feel? -I feel absolutely amazing. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
Can you stomach to see any more chips ever again? | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
-I'll be back in the morning serving my chips. -There's a true champion. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:57 | |
Officially tasty and officially amazing. Well done. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:01 | |
-Thank you very much. -Well, what a way to wrap up the show. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:06 | |
See you next time for more Officially Amazing records. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
# If you're looking for tips on Wrapping chips with | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
# A record-breaking speed | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
# Stephanie wrapped five portions In 58 seconds, yes indeed | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
# Antonio breathed fire And nobody does it higher | 0:27:18 | 0:27:23 | |
# Space Cowboy juggled fruit And got a new world record to boot | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
# And Colin's pram was The quickest of them all | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
# It's all Officially Amazing. # | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
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