Late night television is filled bizarre moments and stuff you never thought you'd see.
In many cases, the Guinness World Records are plenty bizarre, too. Sure, you have the regular stuff - Cowboys Stadium played host to the largest basketball crowd in history last month (108713) - but you also find records for sitting in containers of ice (1 hour, 12 minutes) and fitting straws in your mouth (264).
And of course, this guy, who can pull a car the farthest with his ear. I couldn't find the distance, but I'm just impressed the guy didn't take one step and go down in a heap.
Well, a certain NBA fanbase got their piece of the World Records last week, taking part in one of the oddest in-game stunts I've seen across any of the major leagues. It was hilarious (unintentionally?) and a tiny bit creepy, but I guess it's easier to stomach when there's 20,000 other people doing the same thing.
But I should back up... have you seen Snuggies?? If not, you're missing out.
Not on the product, of course, but on the comical ways to picture people wearing them. Basically, Snuggies are blankets with arm holes, because, you know, regular blankets get in the way of everyday activities... or something like that. It's probably better if you just watch the commerical below - it's well known to late night viewers, along with the Slap Chop and ShamWow:
Yeah... I thought it might be a joke the first time I saw that, but nope, it wasn't, and the Cavaliers promotions staff somehow managed to get an entire arena to go all Hogwarts on the Pistons. A significant amount of men became slightly less manly that night, but hey, they're in the record books.
"Fans attending Friday's game between the Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons set a world record for the largest gathering of people wearing fleece blankets.
All fans in attendance had a Snuggie placed on their seats prior to the game. During a timeout in the first quarter, fans were asked to wear the wine-colored blankets with arms for five minutes as a clock on the scoreboard counted down. Most everyone complied – except for one fan wearing a Celtics jersey and another who thought ahead and brought a Pistons Snuggie. The rest of the sellout crowd of more than 20,000 turned the Q into a sea of red blankets, counting down the final seconds and cheering as the world record clock expired.
An adjudicator from Guinness World Records attended the game to make the record official.
Danny Girton Jr., an adjudicator executive with Guinness World Records, said there was no existing record, so the records management team opened a new category for Friday's event.
Girton said he was looking for four parameters in order for the record to become official: At least 250 people have to participate, they must all wear their own Snuggie, they need to wear it for five minutes and they all must be the same color.
All of the Cavaliers players were given their own personalized Snuggie. Shaquille O'Neal's needed 9 feet of material – 2 to 3 feet more than a typical Snuggie for the 7-foot-1 O'Neal. Rookie Danny Green wore his Snuggie on the court for pregame shootaround."
Fun? Weird? I dunno. Maybe a mix of both? Is LeBron now embarrassed enough too leave?
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