Big!
American TV series or program
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Genre | Reality Television |
Written by | Larry Law |
Directed by | Alan LaGarde |
Presented by | Frank Payne |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Original Productions |
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Network | Discovery Channel |
Release | June 1 (2004-06-01) – December 2, 2004 (2004-12-02) |
Big! is a television program series in which an episode consists of a team of engineers manufacturing the world's biggest items (usually a household item that is normally hand carried, scaled up to proportions that make the items unusable without JCBs and cherrypickers) for the sake of setting world records.
The devices have to function to qualify.
The series originally aired on Discovery Channel in 2004. It is currently airing on The Science Channel weekday mornings.
Cast
- Frank Payne
- Eric Scarlett
- Reverend Gadget
- Lisa Legohn
- Wink Eller
- Christoff Koon
Episodes
- 101: Blender
- 102: Popcorn
- 103: Electric guitar
- 104: Motorcycle (01)
- 105: Motorcycle (02)
- 106: Giant claw (game)
- 107: BBQ
- 108: Clippers
- 109: Wood Cuckoo Clock – The team did not achieve an official Guinness World Records. Stuart Claxton, the Guinness World Records representative said that it didn't qualify because the team used styrofoam to create portions of the clock; a material which would not be found in a "genuine" Cuckoo Clock.
- 110: Toaster – The team did not achieve an official Guinness World Records. The team had to disable one side of the toaster to stop breaking the switch on the generator, the bread was only toasted near the center, and the toaster didn't properly "pop" the toast up.
- 111: Espresso machine
- 112: Treadmill – Stuart Claxton, of Guinness World Records, certified the team's creation as the World's Largest Treadmill.
- 113: Vacuum cleaner – Stuart Claxton of Guinness World Records certified the team's creation as the World's Largest Vacuum Cleaner.
External links
- Big! at IMDb
- Original Productions site
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- How the Universe Works (since 2010)
- Gold Rush (since 2010)
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- Alaskan Bush People (since 2014)
- Gold Rush: White Water (since 2018)
- BattleBots (since 2018)
- Expedition Unknown (since 2018)
- Growing Belushi (since 2020)
- Survive the Raft (since 2023)
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