You know, I can understand the physical stuff, since I’m sorta afraid of heights and sorta claustrophobic. That would be “overcoming your fears” which is actually a good premise.
BUT…
What the HELL is this nasty stuff they make people eat? I see them gagging and it’s all I can do not to puke. What in God’s name are they thinking? That has nothing to do with fear and everything to do with being straight up gross.
And these people…are they so desperate for attention that they’re willing to make total fools of themselves on national television? Where do these people come from?
I know this is old news, but this is the first time I ever troubled myself to watch any of it, and I’ll tell you what, I’m never watching it again. I’m just repulsed by the whole thing.
Cow spleen, intestine, and snout skin, complete with fur. All of which was raw, by the way.
I eat raw bacon, raw steak, sometimes even raw chicken (all on occasion, I might add), but raw organ meats, digestive system, and fur is where I draw the line.
I thought for sure that last girl to eat the nasty stuff was either going to chicken out or blow chunks, the way whe was blubbering before her turn. Then she goes and kicks everyone’s ass.
Yeah, I never understood how eating nasty food fits the premise of the show, either. If they were eating something that could kill them, like Fugu or undercooked chicken or something, that would make more sense.
Anyhow, I remember one show a couple of years ago where each contestant had to eat a boiled buffalo testicle, still in its… um… skin. Veins and everything. Then when the first guy bit into a testicle (it was about the size of a baseball), there was this sort of squishy popping sound and juice squirted out. Yummy.
Makes me afraid to watch the damned show. (which I wouldn’t do anyway)
I saw a show once on the training to become the British equivilent of a Green Beret. One requirement was to be able to overcome their revulsion and eat disgusting things. What they had to eat was earthworms on scrambled eggs. They actually showed them cooking it up. The scene haunts me to this day…
some people are afraid of bugs… what better way to “conquer” that fear than, uhm, eat them burp From what I have seen of the show, the driving force is to do things you never thought you could do, jumping from moving boats, eating truly disgusting “food”, etc. And the people that managed to do it, imagine how good they must feel about themselves (once their stomaches have settled at least ) because of what they managed to do.
Disgusting yes, fear-free, IMHO no!
Rearding the stunts being down with safety equipment - I’m sure its still damn scary being at any height, safety equipment or no.
I was going to enter our local FF, but unfortunantly work commitments prevented, but next time…
I’m pretty sure they aren’t raw. They used to have this part of their website where they would describe each week’s gross stunts, and where they came up with the ingredients (Chinatown mostly). Anyways, generally they would boil the heck out of the random organ parts. Makes them safe, but probably worse to eat than raw.
I saw this show once a couple weeks ago, and it was couples competing. The gross-out was that they had to transfer live giant hissing Madagascar cockroaches from one container to another using only their mouths.
Then the losing couple got a thousand bucks, by each eating one.
Personally, I think there should only be Celebrity Fear Factor. Who wants to see nobodies humiliate themselves? It’s only interesting when the New American Royalty degrade themselves for the masses. Kill your idols, indeed.
) because of what they managed to do.