Episode 11 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

-Aww!

-# Most poisonous frog

-Aaargh!

# And a woman with a beard

What?!

# Officially, officially, officially...

# Amazing! #

HE BLOWS RASPBERRY

Hello, I'm Ben Shires and welcome to Officially Amazing,

the show where we take great pride...

HE BLOWS RASPBERRY

..in smashing records. Get in!

'Embarrassing!'

'Well, yes!

'But rest assured, we have some truly smashing

'Guinness World Records title attempts coming up today,

'including...

'Over in America,

'this lady is head under heels for a hoppy record attempt.'

MUSIC: Army Of Me by Bjork

'This is one of the most dangerous and death-defying records

'we have ever had on Officially Amazing.

'But what is it?

'And with only three competitive clashes left, tension is high

'and our competitors are getting a little crabby.

'But first, we've got two very "ice" record attempts in something...'

-Whoo!

-Uh-oh...

-Ergh!

-SHE LAUGHS

-You're sure this enough padding, right?

-Yeah, yeah.

Great. Hello and welcome to Alexandra Palace Ice Rink,

where we're here to meet some of the London Racers ice hockey team.

That's them over there.

MUSIC: O Fortuna by Carl Orff

Hey, fellas.

GROWLING

You'll take it easy, right?

Oh, come on!

And see if they can break some puck-based records

and hopefully, not me!

HE WHIMPERS

Come on then!

Oh, nothing!

On me head, son!

Let's have it!

-Wait a minute!

-MUSIC SCRATCHES TO A STOP

What, you don't think I'm daft enough

-to actually stand in the net, do you?

-No comment!

MUSIC: In Bloom by Nirvana

'This is a seriously tough sport.

'Meet the London Racers,

'a top team in the Elite British Ice Hockey League.

'Today, two of their star players are each after a world record.

'Mason here is their Steven Gerrard long ball specialist and later,

'he's going to try and net more than 25 long-distance goals in a minute.

'But first, the team striker, Sam, is going to attempt the record

'for the most targets hit in 30 seconds.'

You're going to hit targets, but they're not just any targets,

they're tiny little 10cm targets in the corner

of each side of the goal.

They're pretty small but I'm going to give it my best shot.

What would be your three tips for hitting the targets

from that distance?

Right, the first one would be try and keep the puck central

-while you're going to shoot it.

-OK.

-Obviously, you're going to have good accuracy.

-Right, good.

And being able to hit the puck

and get it off the ice is a great help.

'He makes it sound so easy but, as you can see here,

'I can't even get it in the wide-open goal,

'let alone hit one of those tiny targets!

Well, funnily enough, Sam's a bit better than I am,

but it is really hard.

So, whilst he goes and gets ready,

let's check out the rules for this record attempt.

Fore!

'The four targets must each measure 10cm squared.

'Sam must shoot from a distance

'of at least 6.85m from the targets.

'And only direct hits will be counted. No rebounds.

'Sam needs to hit more than four targets in 30 seconds to get

'the record set by Daniel Wagstrom of Sweden over ten years ago.

'The fact it's stood for that long should tell you just how

'difficult it is.'

Sam, are you good?

A sub-zero response. Let's do this.

When you're ready.

'Sam's first attempt didn't quite go to plan.

'He was getting close with every shot.'

CHEERING

'But he only managed to hit one target in his 30 seconds,

'so he was nowhere near the four required.'

Two...one...stop!

'But, determined, he went straight into his second try.'

OK, Sam, once again, when you're ready you are free to go

and good luck.

'In attempt number two, he slowed his approach and focused

'on accuracy rather than speed

'and also wiped out one of our cameras!

'But apart from a target strike right at the end...'

-Two...one...stop!

-Yes!

'..he hadn't improved his gain.'

'Is this record beatable?'

OK, Sam, it's your last attempt, make it a good one.

'Final attempt. Here we go.

'Just 30 seconds, the time limit.

'He needs more than four.

'So far, his best is one.

'I'd cross my fingers for him but my gloves are too fat!

'Come on, Sam!'

Ugh, come on, Sam!

'Two really close ones there. He's zoning in on the targets now.

'And a hit!'

'And another hit! He's knocked it clean off.'

CHEERING

'This is record-breaking pace.

'Sam just needs to keep his cool.

'Oof! Hit the post!

'Come on, Sam, the clock is ticking.'

Yes! 'Another hit.

'Two more to break the record.

-'Last few seconds. Can he do it?'

-Three...two...one...

-Stop!

-'Oh, and that's time!

'We think he hit at least three targets

'but let's get confirmation from official adjudicator, Liz.'

Well, that was brilliant, Sam. Perhaps not a record there, Liz.

Unfortunately not. So close! Your highest was three.

-A great, great effort. Well done.

-But you did great, Sam,

and in our eyes you're absolutely Officially Amazing, so well done.

Join us later, when Sam's team-mate Mason will be

taking on another puck-filled challenge.

But for now, let's join Haruka for something...

Uh-oh!

Ha!

Ow!

'This is the lovely, green land of Yeovil, Somerset. Lovely, green

'land that these people are covering with material for a record attempt.

'But what is it?

'Longest sleeping bag for a snake?

'Biggest blowtorch used to make massive toast?

'Or highest altitude for a balloon skywalk?

'Yes, I think that might have given it away at the end,

'but it is indeed highest altitude for a balloon skywalk.

'And when I say high. I mean really, really high!'

MUSIC: Up, Up And Away by The 5th Dimension

'This brave British man is Mike Howard and he's going to try and

'walk along this plank between these balloons,

'21,400 feet up in the air.

'That's over four miles in the sky

'and almost as high as you fly going on your holidays.

'Not a nice height to fall from.

'He's got to walk 15 feet between the balloons

'and the plank is only just over 7cm wide.

'Those there are harnesses to catch him if he falls,

'but I certainly still wouldn't risk it.

'This high up, the air's really thin,

'so he's wearing an oxygen mask to help him breathe.

'I thought it was a moustache warmer. But I was wrong.

'Ooh, this is so scary!

'He's nearly there.

'This high up, it's easy to get dizzy and fall off.

'But he's done it! A new world record for Mike.

'Incredible!

'21,000 feet up and he's just walked between two hot air balloons.

'Right, let's get him down now and....'

MUSIC FADES ABRUPTLY 'What is he doing?

'A blindfold? Surely not!

'The lack of oxygen must be affecting him.

'I'm not sure he's thought this through.

'It's not even a record attempt. He's doing it just for fun!

'Mike's using the middle-of-the-night toilet technique.

'Hands out in front, slow shuffle, don't stub your toes.

'Ooh, slight wobble.

'He's over four miles up in the air,

'so even with his oxygen moustache, he'll be getting dizzy.

'Ooh, almost fell!

'Steady, Mike!

Oh, no, he's fallen!

'Wow! That shows how dangerous this is.

'Safely in the basket and with a world record in the bag.

'Well done, Mike!

'Time to head home.'

Have a great day.

'You too, Mike!'

Whoo!

'What a cool, but terrifying, way to finish.

'Right, time now to fill up on your karaoke quota for the day,

'with one of our favourite record-based songs.'

Huh! Huh! Huh!

Whoa!

Aaargh!

SHE LAUGHS

'Meet Bria Roberts.

'Bria is the epitome of health and fitness.

STRETCHING NOISE

'Ugh!

'Ow!

'Ew, no!

'Aside from her athleticism, Bria is also a Hollywood actress,

'appearing in blockbusters like Spider-Man 3.

'But today, she's not climbing walls or constructing webs.

'Bria's using her sensational stretchiness

'to try and break a world record.'

We're at a baseball field,

but your record has nothing to do with baseball?

-That's right.

-So, explain that to me.

I'm doing jump roping with a leg behind my head.

Nothing to do with baseball!

When did you realise you could put your leg behind your head?

-When I heard that there was a world record for it!

-OK!

Then I was like, "OK, I'm going to try that!" and I tried.

'Bria actually already holds the record for the most skips

'with one leg behind the head in one minute, with 29 skips!

'She trained for two months for her original attempt.

'Can she re-break the record today?'

What can go wrong out there

when you're trying to attempt this record?

Well, the past few days actually, I had a few things go wrong.

one was that I hurt my toe really bad

-cos the rope got stuck on it and I fell over.

-Oh.

So, injuries I guess are something.

But, right now, I'm just going to think

absolutely nothing's going to go wrong, it's going to go great

and I'm going to walk away with the record.

'Bria's attempting the record just before the evening's

'baseball game begins.

'And the crowd is gathering already, so the pressure's really on.'

'Say what?'

'Now, we all know professional athletes have their pre-match

'superstitions and rituals.

'But Bria's is a little unexpectedly unhealthy sounding.'

The blueberries are awesome. The sugar, love it!

It's also good to have something in your system for the energy.

'You, erm, not going to order one for Bria, Al?'

'Shut up, Ben!'

'One leg must be behind the neck and touching the neck at all times.

'If Bria loses balance, she's allowed to put her foot down

'and reposition herself, but the clock will not stop.

'Only full 360-degree revolutions of the skipping rope will be counted.

'And Bria is hoping to beat her previous record of 29 skips.'

How are we feeling?

CHEERING

Are you guys ready to see a world record set right here?

Let's put our popcorn down and clap it up for Bria!

CROWD CHANT "BRIA!"

'She can get into position before her time begins.

'There you go. 29 skips in one minute to beat.'

Let's go, Bria!

'Oh, no! A tangle right at the start.

'Is her sore toe holding her back already?'

She's fine.

'Look at that focus!

'Straight back in the game and skipping at a superhuman pace!

'Spider-Man would be proud.

'She needs more than one skip every two seconds to beat her record,

'but she's tangled.

'Bria can stop and adjust

'but the clock will keep ticking.'

-Go Bria!

-Let's go, Bria!

'Look how difficult this is.

'The balance and strength needed to skip on just one leg.

'Then the flexibility required to put the other leg behind your head

'and keep doing that for a whole minute. She's flying now.'

20 seconds.

-'Oh, another readjustment, costing precious time.'

-We love you, Bria!

'Four more skips, but she's caught her toe again. Come on, Bria.'

50 seconds.

'Can she get another few skips in during the final 10 seconds?

'She must be exhausted and just want to skip to the end.' And time!

All right, she is exhausted. I want you guys to clap it up.

When have you ever seen anything like that? That was awesome!

'Sensational skipping from Bendy Bria.

'She did so well, but did the tangles

'and pauses to reposition cost her precious skipping time?'

Official adjudicator Ben, tell us how she did.

So, Bria, as you know, the record previously stood at 29 skips.

With that attempt, you achieved a total...

-..of 33!

-Yeah!

-CHEERING

-It's a Guinness World Records title!

'33!

'She demolished her old record

'and skipped into the record books with a brand-new one.'

New world record right here. 'Officially Amazing.'

'Right, it's that time of the show now, it's...'

CRASH

There are now only three events of this titanic tussle left

for Sizzling Steve,

US Ray

and Mr Cherry

to become the champion of...

So far in the competition,

Cherry and Ray are in the lead

with 3½ wins each

and the Sizzler is just behind on 2.

But today is the really important one,

the pivotal moment in the competition.

If Cherry or Ray win, they will be in pole position

going into the last two events

and the worst they'll be able to do is come second.

But if Steve loses today,

he can no longer win the competition that means so much to him.

On his home turf, too. With tension at its peak,

who will come out on top?

Without further ado,

let's hand over to Al to find out what they'll be attempting today.

Today's record? Fastest human crab walk. Ray, show them the pose.

'Absolutely CRABULOUS.'

That's cool.

But before we get to that, we have the decider to figure out

who's going first.

Thank you. All right, let's see what we've got here.

Blindfolded fruit...?

'Yes, as ever we first have to compete in the decider to establish

'the order in which our competitors will take on the crab-walking event.

'And today's decider was a fruity one.

'We had 30 seconds to guess as many of these 15 fruits as we could

'by touch alone - whilst blindfolded!

'Not as scary as Mike's blindfolded balloon walk,

'but tough nonetheless.'

Erm, Kiwi fruit.

Must be an orange. Banana. Strawberries!

Banana. Apple. Kiwi fruit. Erm, pomegranate. Cherry. Pear.

'Al was terrible at it, only getting four of the fruits.'

-Pieces of paper.

-'They're physalis, Al!

-'Also known as Cape gooseberries.'

-'Whatever, Ben!

-'You only got seven.'

-'Yeah, well, Haruka was the best

'and won the competition by correctly identifying

'nine fruits in total.

'So, Team Japan got to choose whether to go first,

'second or third in the crab-walking challenge.

-'And of course, they picked...'

-Last.

-Third.

Third, please!

'So, Cherry will learn from Ray and Steve's attempts.

'Ray has to go first, because Al thinks paper is a fruit.

'But before kick-off, it's pre-match chat time.'

So, Steve, to become the crab, you have to do become...well,

a crab, right? Get into its mind-set.

Yeah, you have to properly think about being a crab.

So you have to think about people giving it all that all the time?

Yep.

'Oh! A pinch of sarcasm from Steve there.

'But I've never seen my man Ray as ready he is today.'

Show me the crab pose - let me just see it. That's good. All right.

Now, when you're training for... Show me the pose.

OK. When you're training for the crab walk,

like, do you do a lot of upper body, a lot of lower body?

-Like, what do you do? Show me the pose.

-Full body right here.

-I get in the spirit of the crab. And I walk.

-Oh, my goodness.

That's really cool. Show me the pose.

-You saw it here first. Show me the pose.

-'Impressive.

'But Cherry-san isn't just limited to the way of the crab.'

Well, Cherry-san, I know you've been practising really hard

with your crab walk.

Can you walk as any other animals?

Oh, crab walk...

Gorilla walk!

'Gorilla walk?!'

'Hm. Well, I'm not sure that's the best way to prepare

'for a crab-walking competition.'

-Gorilla walk.

-'Gorilla walk.'

But anyway. Let's get the rules.

Competitors must travel the whole 20-metre distance in this

standard human-crab position.

Head first, like so, using only their hands and feet.

If any other part of the body touches the floor,

the attempt is void.

The clock only stops when both feet have crossed the finish line,

and the time to beat is just 7.84 seconds,

set by American Cameron Jones.

So, them's the rules. Let's get crabby. Ray's up first.

The mini muscular man mostly manages magnificently in

the physical records. This could be very fast indeed.

-'You've seen his pose.'

-Are you ready for some action?

-I'm ready!

I double flagged it, cos I'm ready for some action.

-You ready?

-I'm ready for some action!

-Show me the pose.

-Ready?

-Oooh!

On my count...

3, 2, 1, go!

Let's go, Ray. Come on, baby.

There you go. Keep going. 'Oooh, Ray looks quick. He's lost a shoe!

'Both shoes, in fact.' Yeah! 'And BOOM!

'He may have finished shoe-less, but that time will be tough to beat.

'Does the Sizzler have what it takes?'

'Well, let's find out.

'In the past, Steve has proved that the more athletic challenges

'aren't really his forte.

'But there's always hope.

Yeah, come on, Steve!

Now, Steve, without getting too alarmist about this,

-Ray was pretty good, wasn't he?

-He was.

You can talk the talk, but can you crab-walk the walk?

-We shall find out.

-Let's do this.

-'A battle cry from the Sizzle-oid!'

-OK.

All right. 3, 2, 1, go!

Come on, Steve.

'Not as quick out of the blocks as Ray.

'That's quite obvious.' Think crab!

'Steve makes for quite an awkward crab, in fact.'

Speed, agility, endurance...

Have you got any of them, Steve?

'Maybe he's less of a sprinter and more of a distance crab?'

Yes! Steve, come on!

'Or maybe he's just terrible at this altogether...'

-Yay!

-'Don't pity him, Haruka! Moving swiftly on...'

'It's Cherry time!

'And to prepare for this record, a devoted Cherry-san actually

'went to train with a former crab-walking record-holder in Japan

'who advised him to wear gloves in the hope of gaining extra

'purchase on the ground.

'He is serious about this. Expect something special.'

Hey! 3, 2, 1, go!

SHE SPEAKS JAPANESE

'Wow! He's quick!'

SHE SPEAKS JAPANESE

'And quick as a flash, he's over the line.'

Oooh!

'If you didn't know any better,

-'you'd say he actually was a crab.'

-'The gloves worked.

'The technique was terrific.

'This could be very good news for Cherry indeed.'

'Well, there's little doubt that Steve's last, but I'd say

'it's just too close to call between Team Japan and Team USA.

'Let's get the result. 7.84 seconds to beat.'

Anna, please tell us - tell me! -

there was a world record broken today.

-Yes, there was!

-All right!

CHEERING

I felt it in my bones.

I knew something special had happened out here.

-Let's just get right to it. All right.

-It was so close.

There was less than a second in it, but today's winner...

is Japan!

CHEERING

'So, it's a crabtastic victory for Team Japan.

'Ray's 8.16 seconds was so close,

'but not quite good enough.

'And Mr Cherry's 7.78 seconds

'beat the original record by just

'six hundredths of a second.

'Such fine margins at this level of record-breaking.'

I win! I took it, I took it! Took it, took it good!

Good, took it good, took it good, took it good!

Good, took it good - GOOOOOOD!

'How does that affect the scores at the end of this vital event?'

Well, after 11 events,

Team Japan take the lead

with 4½ points.

Team USA are on 3½

and Team UK are on 2,

which sadly means Steve

can't win this series.

But can still come second,

playing for pride.

CHEERING

'The next two events are going to be nail-biting.

'As is today's final record attempt,

'as we return to the ice in London...'

Whoo! Ha-ha!

Uh-oh...

Ah!

'Welcome back to Ally Pally in London,

'where earlier we saw super-striker Sam narrowly miss out

'on the record attempt for most targets hit in 30 seconds.'

Now, it's time for the second record, and this one promises

plenty of pucks in the goal and some cheeky slap-shots to boot.

'Meet Mason.

'He's the ice-cool speed shooter who'll be taking on this

'record for most ice hockey pucks shot in a minute.

'Here are the rules.

'The player must shoot from behind

'the blue defensive zone line.

'That's a massive 18m

'from the goal.

'About twice as long as a bus!

'Only pucks that go in the goal will count

'and Mason needs to score at least

'25 goals within the 60 seconds

'to set this brand-new record.

'I can't even score one from about a quarter of the distance.'

It's record-breaking time. Let's get it on. Mason, you ready?

-London racers, are you ready?

-ALL: Oh, yes!

Let's do this.

'All the pucks are lined up for him to score with.

'The goal is 18 metres away and it's tiny.

'It only measures 1.83m by 1.22m, so he needs to

'be both fast and accurate if he wants to break this record.'

-Go!

-'And off he goes.'

Come on, Mason!

'Goal!'

'And another!'

'Oh, he's off to an incredible start!'

'No room for error, he needs to score more than one every

'three seconds to have a chance of getting this record.

'Oh, no, he's missed that one!

'He's keeping a good pace so far.

'That's 30 seconds gone and 17 goals scored already.

'18 metres from the goal

'and nearly every puck's hitting the back of the net. Stupendous!

'Mason's now coming to the end of the first line of pucks,

'still on record pace to beat 25, he needs to keep this up.

'But what's he doing? Starting to work backwards?

'He looks a little awkward and that's missed,

'so now he moves to the other end of the pucks.

'This is chaos and it's all costing him valuable time,

'with only a few seconds left.'

-Stop, stop!

-'He was on record pace,

'but did doubling back cost him?

'Time to hear the result from official adjudicator Liz.

'The minimum required was 25 goals.'

In one minute, you achieved...

34 goals! We have a new world record!

'Fantastic! Mason beating the target

'by an Officially Amazing nine goals,

'showing he's a hotshot sharp shooter.

'And as cool as ice.'

'And after all that record-breaking skating,

'it's nearly time for us to... Hold on a minute!'

Aaaaaah!

'We've booked this rink until 6.30!

'Stop! No, noooooooo!'

'Phew! I feel a bit flat after all that.

'I could do with a lift home.

'Oh, thanks.

'Join us next time for more Officially Amazing world records

'and world record attempts like these...'

# Well, Ben got squished but we couldn't have wished

# To see cooler stuff on the ice

# Our sharp-shooting guys gave two records a try

# And Mason broke his - NICE!

# We have no idea how Bria skips with her foot behind her ear

# Mike here tried to beat a record at 21,000ft

# And Cherry now holds the record for speedy crab-walking!

# It's all Officially Amazing! #