Episode 10 Officially Amazing

This is the world of records.

# Officially...

-# Biggest...

-Shoe!

-Weirdest...

-Face!

-# Fastest...

-Loo!

-Tightest...

-Space!

-# Longest...

-Snake!

-Smallest...

-Van!

-# Heaviest...

-Cake!

-Tallest...

-Man!

-# Longest ears on a dog

-Aw!

# Most poisonous frog!

-# And a woman with a beard.

-What?!

# Officially, officially officially...

-# Amazing! #

-Eh, ah!

Welcome to Officially Amazing, home of the most incredible

records and record attempts from across the globe.

If you want something fast, we've got the fastest!

If you want someone strong, we've got the strongest!

And if you want Ben Shires to look like a bit of a wally,

then hang around.

Here's what's coming up on today's show.

Thanks, Haruka, I think!

And boy, do we have some gobsmacking Guinness World Records

title attempts for you today.

What do you do when life gives you lemons?

Catch them all blindfolded, obviously!

Stand by for some feats of fruity fantasy.

Will Al guess this woman's record breaking talent?

Probably not, but it is mind-bendingly brilliant,

I can assure you!

And will these motorcyclists survive the...

Keep watching to find out.

But first, I'm off to bed.

Yes, really! For something...

Officially British.

-HE YAWNS LOUDLY

-Hello, everyone.

Just getting an early night tonight

because we've got a big day ahead of us tomorrow, haven't we, Ted?

HE YAWNS

And I need my beauty sleep cos this money-maker needs to look sharp.

Anyway, night-night Ted. Mwah! (Sweet dreams.)

LOUD SNORING

ALARM RINGS HE YAWNS

What's going on? I'm not ready.

I've not brushed my teeth or changed my... AL!

Oh, Ben! You're not in bed,

you're in a bed race.

Yes, bed races in fancy dress are an actual thing.

I was surprised too.

And yes, those weird trolleys are in fact competition standard beds.

But hey, anything that features an Oompa-Loompa in shades

is cool in my book.

And today, the Knaresborough Bed Race will witness two teams

attempting a brand-new World Record.

-Ben, are you dressed yet?

-MUMBLING:

-All right, all right, Al.

I'm almost there. Give me a chance. Ugh, back in the game!

Today, we're here to see a bed racing sprint.

Two elite teams are taking on a new record

for the fastest 200 metre bed race.

The track starts up there

and ends over that side of the river.

Let's go and meet the teams who are taking part.

Meet bed race champions the Harrogate Harriers

and their passenger Charlotte.

And local heroes, the Knaresborough Striders,

who will be shuttling Abigail.

They'll be competing against each other in the race for the record.

It's the combination of beds, speed, rivers and lunacy that we've

all been waiting for and finally, that moment is here.

-Who's ready to break a World Record?

-ALL: Yeah!

I thought so!

To show you how gruelling the course is,

we hired a premier athlete to demonstrate.

But he couldn't make it, so Ben will have a go instead!

Now, the racers will start here and they're off! We're going.

It's quite a jog. Er, all the way down this track.

It's muddy underfoot and they're going to be going at quite a pace.

And remember, they're also going to...

-PANTING:

-Ooh, they're also going to have a bed.

And luckily, they get to the river and they think,

"Oh, I don't have to push a bed through a river, do I?"

Yes, you do. Here goes.

Ugh!

The teams will sprint to the river

and fearlessly tackle the slippy incline...

-BEN SQUEALS

-..before heroically crossing

the treacherous waters without ruining their hair.

And scaling the muddy bank with superhuman strength!

BEN GIGGLES AND SQUEALS

How you feeling, Ben?

Ugh, I'm tired and I'm wet and I'm squelchy in the feet.

Ugh!

Yes!

Well, I think I handled that with dignity.

While I dry off and the teams get ready for their record attempt,

Haruka's got a puzzle for you.

Eh, heh! Eh!

Oh!

Welcome to China, for a World Record title attempt.

But can you guess the record? Is it...

..or...

Yes.

All the happy dancers and sparklers

obviously means today's

record attempt is...

The angrier, more lethal cousin of...

..we saw last series. SHE SCREAMS

This is how it works - this is the sphere

and these are the motorcyclists.

They've got to get as many of them

riding around inside the sphere as they can.

Ben knows from the last series just how deathly a sphere

full of motorcycles can be.

Oh, get me out of here!

As you can see, it's very dangerous, but don't worry, for today's

attempt, we've got China's

best doctors poised and ready.

Let's check out the rules.

All bikes must be moving within the sphere at the same time

and they have to keep moving

for at least 30 seconds.

To set a new World Record,

the Puyang Haoyi Acrobatic Group

need eight motorcycles in the sphere.

But they are going to attempt

a treacherous ten!

Going in one at a time, they start with four riders in the sphere.

This is all precisely planned.

Each bike knows where they have to go.

But if one gets it just slightly wrong,

let's just say it's not called a...

..for nothing! Be careful, guys!

That's now five bikes cycling at the top

and that's ten bikers now in the sphere.

Then they all ride for 30 seconds.

Ridiculously dangerous.

20 seconds left.

Every rider has to keep to exactly the right speed

and exactly the right part of the sphere to avoid disaster!

Five seconds to go. Can they do it?

They've done it! Breathtaking record breaking.

And for surviving death, they get a certificate.

How come he gets it? He wasn't even in the sphere.

Unbelievable! Back to you, Ben!

Thanks, Haruka.

Back in Knaresborough,

both teams are ready to contend the fastest 200 metre bed race.

Here are the rules.

The course must be 200 metres long

and at least 10 metres of the course must be through water.

The team must consist of six people pushing the bed,

plus one passenger on the bed

throughout the race.

And to set a new World Record, the time to beat is...

There's a World Record up for grabs.

-Do we think we're going to get one?

-ALL: Ooh, yeah!

Yeah? And, out of the two of you, which team's going to reign supreme?

THEY SHOUT AT SAME TIME

Well, I think that was a consensus of no consensus.

Well, if you guys are all ready,

I think it's time to get set for this record, all right?

-ALL: Yeah!

-Excellent.

Because this is a time trial record,

the teams will run the course separately, against the clock.

-Knaresborough, are you guys ready?

-ALL: Yeah!

-Harrogate, are you ready?

-ALL: Yes!

Three, two, one, bed race!

And they're off!

Harrogate Harriers in red.

And Knaresborough Striders in blue.

The beds are flying down the opening sprint.

Charlotte and Abigail have to hold on tight there.

If they come off, it's race over.

And they've reached that steep, muddy river bank. Wow!

They're not hanging about.

How did Charlotte and Abigail stay on?

GIRL SCREAMS

-Both teams have wet the bed!

-IRONIC DRUM ROLL

Knaresborough were just ahead as they hit the water,

but catastrophe!

They've been pulled off course by the river and got stuck in a tree!

Will those seconds in the branches cost them?

No such problems for Harrogate,

they're charging through the water and reach the river bank first.

Aqua-mazing!

But oh, Harrogate are struggling to get the bed up the muddy bank.

And so are Knaresborough.

But look at the magnificent muscles on show!

Straining those sinews to get a kid, in a bed, out of the river.

Don't slip, boys. Come on!

Back with Harrogate and disaster has struck!

They've lost a team-mate to the river. But what's this?

Oh, a valiant rescue.

In bed racing, no-one gets left behind.

And look, with Knaresborough powering through,

they're right back in it.

It's neck and neck going into the final straight.

Both teams giving everything to that sprint finish.

Extraordinary scenes!

Over now to Official Adjudicator Anna, to see

if either team beat three minutes 45 to claim the new record.

Er, well, I can confirm that there is a new Guinness World Records

achievement today.

But which team?

There's only seven seconds difference, it was very close.

And the fastest team today was...

-Harrogate Harriers.

-THEY CHEER

Well done! In a spectacular feat of record breaking,

both teams demolished the target time.

Knaresborough got...

but Harrogate Harriers set a new World Record of...

And Charlotte did it all without even getting out of bed.

Now, let's join Al in America for something...

Huh? Whoo!

What!

Argh! Oh!

I'm Al Jackson and I have one mission in life -

to travel America and guess the mystery records

held by the people I meet.

So far, I've failed to guess every one of 'em!

I mean, how do you guess this stuff?

Don't worry, Al, I have faith. Today you WILL finally guess a record.

Meet Mama Lou.

She holds a powerful World Record.

And, Al, because you're so rubbish, Mama Lou has a clue.

OK, the clue is - it involves this.

-Just a regular apple?

-Uh-huh.

This is a regulation standard, from a tree apple?

What other kind of apple is there?

So, that's your clue.

Five questions. Go!

Does it involve putting an arrow through this?

No.

Does it involve you balancing this on a body part of yours?

No.

Do you juggle these? Do you maybe like alternate

and you can eat two apples at the same time, like really quickly?

No.

Can you smash this with a part of your body part?

-Yes.

-What? Yes?

I think you might get this, Al. You're very, very close!

I know it! This is my last question.

-You crush this apple...

-Yes?

-..faster than anybody on the planet...

-Yes?

Remember this moment, people, I think

Al is about to finally guess a record.

..in between your knees. You can just crush it like a machine.

-No.

-Oh, Al!

Completely and utterly wrong, as usual.

Show us what you do, Mama Lou.

AL LAUGHS

Yes, Mama Lou holds the World Record for...

A staggering ten!

But that's not all. Mama Lou can tear apart a pack of cards

-and a phone book!

-Urgh!

It's an olden day's thing, ask your mum and dad.

She can bend an iron bar. Crumbs!

-GLASS SHATTERS

-Even her kisses are super strong.

Today, Mama Lou will be attempting to break the World Record for...

That's turning this

into this!

Using just the hands.

Here's Al to demonstrate.

All you have to do is just...

Start it...

Roll it...

MUSIC SCREECHES TO HALT

Let's just do the rules.

The frying pan must have a maximum diameter of 28 centimetres

and the rolled pans cannot measure

more than 24 centimetres in circumference.

The current record is a flabbergasting five frying

pans rolled in one minute.

So, Mama Lou is attempting six pans today.

Ah, can you feel that? It's record-breaking time.

Mama Lou, how are you feeling?

-I'm ready. I'm ready.

-Are you ready for a count in?

Yeah. Yeah.

All right.

Three, two, one, begin!

Oh, my word! Whoa! There we go!

She just folded up a frying pan!

-It's made of metal, people!

-SHE GRUNTS

Get it, get it, get it!

-Urgh!

-Yeah. All right! Looking good.

On to number two. There we go.

And it looks like she's struggling a bit.

-There you go!

-Urgh!

-Get it!

She's losing vital seconds. World's strongest woman.

World's strongest woman! Show 'em what's up.

But just look at what she's doing. There we go, yeah!

-Urgh! Yeah!

-Perfect. Good.

-We're on our third pan.

-Urgh!

-Yeah!

Rolling up a real, actual frying pan like it was a ham wrap.

A frying pan!

-Dig deep. Dig deep!

-Urgh!

-30 seconds left.

-Urgh!

Dig deep! That's 30 seconds gone.

She's not going to make it if she keeps up this pace.

Come on, Mama Lou!

Perfect! Good! Get this record, let's just get it! We're right here.

-20 seconds left.

-There we go.

Wow! That's more like it. Superfast!

But remember, they have to be rolled up tight enough to count.

-Ten seconds left.

-Let's go.

Only ten seconds left and it's the final pan.

Look at the strength in her fingers.

-Everything you got!

-Five, four...

-Everything you got.

-..three...

-Everything you got!

-..two, one.

-Stop!

-All right!

It went right down to the last second,

but was the final pan rolled in time?

And are they all within that 24-centimetre circumference?

-Official Adjudicator Ben measures the pans.

-I'm nervous!

The record to beat was five frying pans rolled in one minute.

I can confirm that you've achieved a total...

-..of six frying pans.

-Yeah.

It's a brand-new Guinness World Records title.

-Congratulations! Mama Lou did it.

-I did it!

New World Record holder, yes!

She did it!

A stupendous show of strength from Mama Lou.

Six frying pans in one minute.

It's a brand-new World Record.

Now, I don't know about you,

but when I see a woman bend pans with her bare hands, I need music!

Hey!

# What's cooking?

# Hey!

# Delicious

# And strange!

# I hope you're in the mood

# For some record-breaking food

# People tell me, please

# Can I tell ya 'bout some cheese?

# The Casu Marzu was a delicacy for some

# But it's the world's most dangerous cheese

# I wouldn't let that near my tongue!

# This decomposing curd's filled with the maggots of cheese flies

# And they're alive when you eat it!

# I wouldn't give that a try

Hm.

# That cheese is funky!

Hm.

-# Record-breaking food

-Hm.

# Let's do it! Hah!

# Now, if you like to throw your food

# You might be really keen

# On the largest annual food fight

# It's called the Tomatina

# 38,000 Spanish cats They threw tomatoes all around

Argh!

# 125 tonnes of fruit make juicy rivers flow through the town

# Now, food can be delicious

# And I tell you something incredible

# There's a record for the fastest car

# That's also edible!

# In 2012, Mike Elder,

# He built a car made out of cake

# If you get hungry while driving

# Make sure you don't eat the brakes!

-Argh.

-Hm.

-# That's tasty!

-Hm.

-# Delicious!

-Hm.

-# Nutritious!

-Hm.

-# That's good for you.

-Hm.

-# Record-breaking too!

-Hm.

-# That's amazing!

-Hm.

# Now, food can grow almost everywhere

# It don't matter about the place

# But in 1995, some astronauts grew the first food in space

# Up there in the stratosphere,

# Five potato leaves they grew

# Maybe one day we'll be growing veggies on the moon

-# Let me tell ya now

-Hm.

-# Zero gravity food, y'all!

-Hm.

-# Space carrots!

-Hm.

# Nutritious and spacilicious!

# Record-breaking food!

# Mm...going to get me something to eat! #

Never before has music made me so peckish, but no time to snack.

-Amazing!

-Take a deep breath, it's...

Ergh, ergh!

-Oh, oh!

-What!

This is Ding, a Chinese fireman and Ding has a powerful pair of lungs.

He can blow a hot water bottle up till it explodes.

Wow! Ding can blow eggs upside down.

Look! He's blowing eggs upside down!

He's already got a World Record for this.

And now, Ding and his mighty lungs are going to attempt

a brand-new World Record.

If you thought blowing on eggs was a bit niche,

-Ding is attempting the record for...

-HE INHALES DRAMATICALLY

HE SIGHS

That involves blowing this balloon to popping point

with this massive fire hose in less than ten minutes.

Ding is blowing. And blowing. And blowing. And blowing. And blowing.

You get the gist!

It's a lot of hose to fill with air, but gradually, very gradually,

the balloon is getting bigger and bigger, until...

Boom!

The balloon is popped and Ding is a World Record holder,

because it only took him seven minutes and 49 seconds.

Incredible blowing skills.

-Well done, Ding!

-PHONE RINGS

Ooh, hang on, sorry. Hello?

What?

What? Ugh!

That was Al. Some guy called Brian Jackson in America has just done

the same thing in 53.2 seconds.

A mere seven minutes faster!

Oh, Ding! He looks so happy too!

Let's nobody tell him and quickly head over to...

-Ah!

-Hm?

-Hah!

-Eh? Eh...

DRUM ROLL

-Eh.

-BOTH: Argh!

This series, we've taken three incredible men,

who hold a magnificent 20 World Records between them, and set them

against each other, competing for records that you can try at home.

Representing the UK, quite possibly the greatest human this small

island has ever produced - Sizzling Steve.

For Team USA, proving all the best things come in

small fleeced onesies, it's US Ray.

And with the mighty expectations of Japan on his even mightier

shoulders, I give you Mr Cherry!

This is...

With nine events played,

Ray and Cherry are ahead

with three wins each.

Early leader Steve

is behind with a slovenly two.

Let's find out what our competitors will be attempting today.

The record today is a very intriguing one...

For the first time this series, Al, Haruka and I will be working

in partnership with our legends,

as we throw the very lemons our heroes will catch.

First though, our traditional battle to decide the order in which

we would compete.

We had to decipher the ridiculously bad scribbles our team-mates

drew whilst blindfolded.

Is that a duck? It's an elephant.

In all too familiar scenes, Team Japan won!

And after Team UK handled the loss with dignity...

-HE SHOUTS:

-Steve!

-Ben, it's your fault!

..Cherry chose the advantage of going third in the lemon challenge.

But before we release the lemons, it's time for a team talk.

So, Steve, this is a record all about lemons.

If we don't bag it, are you going to be feeling bitter?

Well, the way I see it, Steve, because I'm the thrower,

I'm the helper, I'm giving you lemon aid.

Mm.

Ooh, it's still tense in the UK camp, but over at Team USA,

it's all about teamwork, baby!

We need to come up with a cohesive strategy,

so we can take out Ben and Haruka. What do you think we should do?

-We just need that mind connection.

-OK.

Little Jedi tricking and then we'll just intimidate them

-and do our thing.

-We have that connection. We can't lose.

We got this!

So, are we guaranteeing a victory right now? I think we are.

-I think we are.

-All right, you heard it here.

Guaranteed victory.

HARUKA: Nothing is guaranteed

when you're up against the citrus-sucking sorcerer of Japan, Al.

So, for the next record, I will have to throw the lemons at you.

How are you feeling about that?

-Lemon, lemon.

-HE SPEAKS JAPANESE

-TRANSLATION:

-Oh, lemons!

If you chuck the lemon willy nilly, it will bounce right off me hand.

We don't want that!

But, if you launch it thusly, gently, softly,

it should land in me waiting hand, gently, like I was your boyfriend.

So, that's a good tip. I'm feeling a little nervous about this.

How do you think we're going to do?

-TRANSLATION:

-Oh.

If there's love, my love, we will beat the record, love.

-Love me.

-Love.

Oops, sorry!

Team Japan seem to have broken with protocol and fallen in love!

Let's never speak of this again and look at the rules.

Thrower and catcher must be at least 3 metres apart.

The catcher must remain blindfolded

and the lemons can only be

thrown one at a time.

The record to beat is an astonishing 15 lemons,

caught by Ashrita, the world beater.

First to put his blindfolded fruit catching reputation on the line,

is US Ray.

-Ray, you ready to get this record, baby?

-Let's do this!

-Who are you?

-I'm US Ray!

-Say it again.

-US Ray.

-Turn to them and say it.

-US Ray.

-US Ray, let's go right now!

-Yo!

Focus! Let's go.

What was that, Steve?

Three, two, one, go!

Ready. Now!

-Sorry.

-Ready? Now!

Boom! That's one.

Ready? Now.

'Is it me or is Al just randomly saying ready and now?

'Zip it, Shires!'

Now!

'Ooh, almost had that one.

'You get nothing for almost, Al.

'There is so much pressure on we throwers today

'and Al has buckled under that pressure.'

Now. 'Boom! That's two! Now, that is how you throw a lemon.'

-Now.

-Oh!

-Ready? Now.

-Stop!

-Ugh!

Whoo!

All right. All right. All right.

Who's this? Who's this? "Ready? Now."

It's harder than it looks and you guys are going to find that out.

Bring on the lemons, they hold no fear for Team UK.

Whoa! Stevie, baby, are you ready to sizzle for me?

-Oh, yeah!

-OK, then.

-Three, two, one, go!

'Steve!' Come on, Steve, catch 'em.

'It's not quite what we had planned.

'Has Steve nodded off?

'I think so. Nobody's reactions could be that bad!

'A one handed catch, how's that for a reaction!

'That is why we call him Sizzler.

'A fluke.'

Panicking here.

A little bending of the knees, I've never...

This is...this is what happens... You've...

-Stop!

-Yes! Yes!

Um, do we need an official count on that one?

I think a toddler could count us in on that. That's all right.

That's great, good job(!)

'I won't lie, that was an embarrassment and a disgrace.'

Agh, gosh! That was rubbish!

Ooh, it doesn't look good for Team UK, Ben.

And it's about to get worse, here comes Cherry.

The preparation this man puts into every record is truly breathtaking.

DOOR SQUEAKS

Team Japan, leaving the best till last. Are you ready, Cherry?

LOUD THUD

-More power?

-Right, more power.

LOUD THUD WHIP CRACKS

OK!

HARUKA MUMBLES

-CHERRY SPEAKS JAPANESE

-No, no, no, no, no.

'Hang on, what's he up to now?

'Cherry can't see the lemons coming, Ben,

'so he's going to try and hear them.'

OK!

Three, two, one, go!

LEMON: Here I come! Ouch!

-'He didn't hear that one, Haruka.'

-LEMON: Ouch!

-Or that one!

-HARUKA: 'Hilarious, Ben(!)

'Yes! That's how you do it!

'Yes, another!

'Yes!

'Noooo!

'You're not throwing them loudly enough, Haruka.

'It's a blip.

'Whatever! Your aim's all over the place.

'If you throw enough lemons, some of them will be caught.

'I hope.'

THEY CHEER

Stop! Stop!

'Ooh, one more right at the end. But will it count?

'Let's find out, but I doubt you've got the World Record target of 15.'

Well, at the end of a thrilling lemon-throwing competition,

the results are in. Anna, have we broken a World Record?

Most definitely not.

Yes, it's another shambles!

Particularly from Team UK with just one lemon.

The Sizzler was livid.

-ALL:

-Ooh!

-STEVE: One?

That's, that's what the Sizzle man thinks of it.

Team UK's in meltdown. Steve's left the bunker in disgust!

Controversial scenes, Al.

But, as you know, the bunker is hermetically sealed,

so Steve's, in fact, just standing behind the cameraman in a strop.

I couldn't count the last lemon cos it was outside the 30 seconds,

so we have joint winners - USA, Japan with two each.

CHEERING

-CHANTS:

-US Ray! US Ray! US Ray!

-Japan! Japan!

Yet more drama as Japan's final lemon is disqualified.

They must share the point with a thrilled Team USA.

Nothing but bitterness for Steve. Irony is a cruel beast.

So, what does that mean for the scores?

Well, the shared victory sees both

Ray and Cherry increase their lead

over simpering Steve.

With only three events left,

can he fight his way back into contention?

Find out next time, when you join us for more rollicking records,

like these...

# Well, believe your eyes

# You've seen food fly in a record filled with zest

# But the going was tough

# And no-one really got enough to win this lemony test

# We saw a Chinese Sphere of Death

# Ding nearly ran out breath

# Mama Lou's mighty hands rolled up six frying pans

# And the Harriers went like a dream in the bed racing

# It's all Officially Amazing! #

-Steve!

-STEVE: Ben, it's your fault!