mdowling 0 #1 January 5, 2004 (a cross post in case it gets buried quickly in talkback) The debut of the MTV show Boiling Points on Monday (jan. 5) is supposed to include a segment they taped at Skydive Jersey Shore this summer. They conned a bunch of people into thinking they got a cheapo skydive and kept upping the ante with outrageous things like duct taping the passenger to the tandem master (one huge guy, by the way - see pic attached.) Two of the people involved in the spoof wound up making actual skydives later that afternoon. We provided that footage (one of the tandems was shot by me) to MTV. Hopefully, they'll use it to show the fun side of actually getting to jump from planes in addition to the pranks they played on the unsuspecting wuffos. Boiling Points airs at 4:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. eastern time tomorrow. One of the MTV folks from the show said that'd be the time the skydiving bit aired. I'm sure they'll rerun the show ad nauseum in true MTV fasion over the weekends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #2 January 5, 2004 Your file has no suffix in the name, thus we don't know what software to use in order to open it and view it... What kind of file is it? Jpg? Html? Pdf? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #3 January 5, 2004 It is a .JPG. You should be able to open it right in a browser; otherwise, download and open in MS-Paint or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #4 January 5, 2004 Why no one thought of doing this? __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ncrowe 0 #5 January 5, 2004 I've actually already seen this bit. It aired about 6 months ago , this was back before i had any interest in skydiving and it was still hilarious. The scary part was that a few of the people didnt even try to back out even when the big guy was going to use duct tape. Scary.... "Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aero04 0 #6 January 6, 2004 I watched it today. Wasn't too impressed. I just didn't find it all that funny. The other bits were pretty funny though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #7 January 6, 2004 QuoteThe scary part was that a few of the people didnt even try to back out even when the big guy was going to use duct tape. Scary.... And even worse, they then rewarded the dumb ones that didn't have enough sense to say "no", by giving them $100 for being stupid. Such is the fare of MTV... Just like "Bam", and "Jackass". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aero04 0 #8 January 8, 2004 You know, that's a good point. I guess it pays to be a dumbass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
