Guinness World Records Primetime
tv show

53 total episodes
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3 seasons
First Aired July 27, 1998
Genres:
Overview
Guinness World Records Primetime is a TV show based on the Guinness Book of World Records, and aired on the Fox television network from July 27, 1998 to October 4, 2001. It was hosted by Cris Collinsworth and Mark Thompson and reported on existing record-holders or on new record attempts. These new record attempts included many unusual or bizarre categories such as a 300-pound tumor, squirting milk from one's eye, covering one's self with bees, sitting in a tub of snakes, regurgitating, burping, setting one's self on fire, eating metal, worms, and ketchup, kissing cobras, acting as a human speed bump, and entering a coffin full of cockroaches. Most of these attempts never found their way into the Guinness Book. The show was met with poor ratings and even poorer reviews: viewers and critics alike were confused and appalled by the disturbing "records" being attempted.
Most Sausages Swallowed
Season 3 - Episode 12 - 1h 0m
Air Date
October 04, 2001
Overview
Indeed, it all started as a gag for Jimmy, who would swallow whole frankfurters as a party trick. But he soon sniffed out success in 2001 as a Guinness World Record holder, swallowing six sausages – without biting or chewing – on the set of Guinness Rekord TV, Sweden. Later the same year he broke his record on Primetime, sucking down seven sausages in a minute – three of them in just 10 seconds!