TV Tribulation
Posted January 3, 2007 12:00 pm.
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Everybody’s good at something. And if that something happens to be sitting on a couch watching television for almost two days straight, so be it.
That’s what Jason Pisarik excels at, and the native of Lombard, Illinois went 39 hours and 55 minutes in front of the tube to defend his title as couch potato king of the United States.
Pisarik accomplished his sports-viewing title early Wednesday at the Ultimate Couch Potato Contest at the ESPN Zone sports bar, but his championship mark didn’t even come close to cracking the world record, which is currently set at 69 hours ad 48 minutes and held by Canadian Suresh Joachim.
Pisarik went head to head with Chicago graduate student Noah Manly, who conceded almost 40 hours into the competition. The contest ended just before 2 a.m. Wednesday and started at 10 a.m. Monday.
“I think they came to a respectable agreement and decided to finally end it,” ESPN Zone spokesman Brian Hanover. “It was gruelling.”
For his troubles, Pisarik received prizes totaling almost $5,000, a portion of which was a 42-inch, high-definition television.
You know, just in case he hasn’t watched enough.
