Eaten alive---anyone watching tonight?

[Oh Haha]

Probably hyped like most shows but we are going to watch the dude get eaten by a frikkin' anaconda.


One thing I am curious about> Does the snake crap him out?

[Instrument 41]

What a fool.

[Neilk]

Can I get the cliff notes on what happened?

[tctnd]

I'll only watch if the show's producer will do it without the suit.
regards,
Phil

[HardDrive]

In a word, no.

[Nostril Cheese]

I'm rooting for the snake.

[Oh Haha]

Argh. We stayed up until 10:30 but nothing had happened. My son was disappointed.

We will catch it online after school...I know the outcome but don't want to spoil it for him.

[911SauCy]

What's the outcome!?

[sand_man]

Please...please...please spoil it for us!

[recycled sixtie]

I watched some of the program on tv but not the part where the man was swallowed. It was on Facebook too. This is not the kind of thing I would want my child to watch. They must surely think what is this world coming to?
Guy

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by 911SauCy

What's the outcome!?

The same as Geraldo and Al Capone's "vault".

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Thanks for reminding me why I don't bother with TV.

[emcon5]

Sorry, no interest in anything involving Honey boo boo or her mom.

[willtel]

They should have named the show "Gummed Alive".

[sammyg2]

No, i did NOT watch it. But I read about it this morning, just what I expected.
But at least it pissed off the PETA-wackos so it wasn't a complete waste of time:

Discovery special fails to show man getting ‘Eaten Alive' by snake
By Lisa de Moraes
• Published December 08, 2014 •

Paul Rosolie, we’re sorry to report, was not eaten alive by an anaconda on Discovery's special, "Eaten Alive." He got hugged and kissed instead. When the snake hugging proved too much for one of his lower arms — Rosolie had insisted on taking off the lower-arm section of his special crush-proof suit for mobility sake — he bailed.

Twitter was not amused:


The guy won't break his arm for science. #EatenAlive #uncle #bruts

— John Mitchell (@mitchabov) December 8, 2014


Geraldo prob just watched #EatenAlive and high-fived himself. His "Al Capone's vault" special is no longer the biggest letdown in TV history

— Harrison Golden (@harrisongolden) December 8, 2014


Next on Discovery…"Finding the Tooth Fairy" where I spend two hours looking for the Tooth Fairy, give up and get a burrito. #EatenAlive

— Matt Lindner (@mattlindner) December 8, 2014


#EatenAlive – should have been called nibble my nose.

— opie radio (@OpieRadio) December 8, 2014


WAIT THE SNAKE DIDN'T EVEN EAT THE GUY? I've been #EatenAlive by exactly as many anacondas as the host of this ridiculous show?

— David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) December 8, 2014


I guess calling this "Getting Squeezed Really Hard" didn't sound as enticing. #EatenAlive

— Bobby Frasor (@BFrasor) December 8, 2014


Hey @discovery, can I have my own show? #EatenAlive pic.twitter.com/OLEZykn1sx

— BarstoolTrent (@BarstoolTrent) December 8, 2014


This was probably not what Discovery had in mind when, early on in the telecast, it tweeted:

After watching post your reaction using #EatenAlive and you could be on TV and win a prize pack! https://t.co/2or42ih0zC

— Discovery (@Discovery) December 8, 2014


Last month, Discovery and Paul Rosolie had asked the media to swallow a whopper — Rosolie would attempt to be eaten alive by an anaconda, for all the anacondas out there who have no voice. Some bit.

In "Eaten Alive," Rosolie said, he would attempt to be swallowed by a 25-to-27-foot anaconda that slipped through his hands and nearly dragged him to the bottom of the floating forest that happened on his one and only previous expedition to this secluded part of the Amazonian jungle. But one hour and 40 minutes into the two-hour special, Rosolie was seen failing entirely to capture that anaconda, and they instead had to use some understudy welterweight anaconda they had lying around because, Rosolie explained, he was still intent upon getting crushed and swallowed by an anaconda, for the sake of the snakes.

While failing to produce much drama, the special did cough up some great anaconda-theme ads, including a Man Up Moment repeat of a moment during the special in which Rosolie dives into the water in pursuit of a snake — brought to you by Every Kiss Begins with Kay Jewelers — as well as an ad mocking the show while plugging an online contact lens store. That company nicked the show again in its own tweet after the telecast was over:

At least in our spot, someone was actually inside the snake! #EatenAlive #NeverRunOutOfContacts http://t.co/Zzy8EENe2b

— 1-800 Contacts (@1800CONTACTS) December 8, 2014


In its news release, Discovery Channel described Rosolie as snake researcher and conservationist who has dedicated his career to studying the Giant Green Anaconda.

In an interview with adventure travel web site Curious Animal, published May 16, Rosolie described thusly his research and conservation work on the worlds largest anaconda:

"I have a six-foot arm span and I jumped on a snake where I couldn't wrap my arms around the snake. That's a giant snake…She kept moving with me on her back, so I was riding an anaconda and she didn't even seem to mind.”

Rosolie said he was in extreme danger when he hitched a ride on the back of the snake for research purposes, we now know adding, "I don't know why I jumped on it, except I was so excited and amazed to see an animal like that. I think I just needed that experience of getting to touch it."

Last month, while Discovery Channel said Rosolie would “attempt something no one has ever dared: to be EATEN ALIVE," Rosolie himself floated his I did it for the Rain Forest and all its living creatures defense:

"I've seen first-hand how the Amazon Rainforest is being destroyed. It is so rampant that we may be the last generation with the opportunity to save it. People need to wake up to what is going on. What better way is there to shock people than to put my life on the line with the largest snake on the planet, the Green Anaconda?" he asked rhetorically, since he'd previously been compelled to reveal the stunt already had been shot, and the snake had survived his publicity stunt, in response to the growing din of critics. Discovery Channel tried to drown that din, by announcing that the anaconda that attempted to dine on Rosolie was alive and well. Discovery added that the Lumpy Ninja get-up Rosolie wore during his attempt to force himself, meal-wise, on the snake who was just minding her own business in the floating forest, was built to ensure the snakes safety just as much as it was to protect Rosolie's life. This, in response to nearly 38,000 signatures on a Change.org petition to persuade Discovery Communications to dump this special it describes as made-for-TV animal abuse. PETA weighed in too.

[GH85Carrera]

I saw the promotional clips constantly since I watch a lot of TV shows on the many Discovery owned channels. I had zero interest in wasting my time watching it. It was right up there with the Bigfoot, UFOs, aliens, ghost hunters, or Honey Boo Boo crap they put on. I do like many of their shows but that one was not even on my radar it was put on the avoid at any cost list.

[Head416]

So if it had worked, how were they planning to get him out without hurting the snake? I wouldn't think he could just go all the way through without being digested, but I realize I don't know too much about an anaconda's digestive system. And how long would he have been inside? I assume he had some breathing apparatus, but how long of an air supply? I can think of lots of questions, but didn't actually care enough to watch. Glad I didn't.

[stealthn]

Stupidest show ever, poor little snake

[Rick Lee]

I hope everyone who watched it was sorely disappointed. They deserve it.

[Oh Haha]

Tough crowd.


My son is enamored with snakes so he wanted to watch it. I hate snakes but had to "man up"(get it ) and watch it with him.

Jake thought the best part was the commercial for 1800contacts.

I won't pile on the snake dude, though. He did more than I will ever do regarding snakes.