[Nathans_Dad]

Did anyone else see this last night? I was channel flipping (since my wife goes to Bible study on Monday nights I can't watch 24 until she gets home...grrr...) and came across this 2 hour show. 2 hours? To watch a guy in a big fish bowl?

To summarize for those who didn't see it, basically the guy put himself in a big glass sphere filled with water in New York for 7 days. Why someone would do this is beyond me. So anyhow after the 7 days he is supposed to hold his breath for 9 minutes and free himself from handcuffs to get out of the fishbowl.

So they have this big 2 hour special leading up to the big 9 minute breath hold. I was flipping back and forth and there was some cool street magic that they had tape of him doing at times, but most of it was them in Liberty square (I think that was the name) talking about this dude in the water. They had doctors there talking about how his skin was pickled and how he got food through tubes, etc, etc, etc...the whole time I am thinking "so what??"

What is so special about some guy deciding to take a bath for 7 days? It isn't amazing, it's stupid.

Then to top it all off he didn't make the 9 minute breath hold, he had to be pulled out of the water after 7 minutes. It was sorta like the Geraldo Rivera special about Al Capone's vault. Two hours of worthless leadup to a letdown outcome.

Honestly the flamingly gay guy on Deal or No Deal last night was much more entertaining...