Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

Jake Bronstein coaxed a Mattress World employee into saying the word “mattress” 15 times during a single phone call beating the previous record by 3 “mattress” mentions.
CRITERIA TO BEAT RECORD:
- record must be attempted by an individual (no teams)
- spelling of “mattress” does not count

EDITOR’S NOTE: The first call goes to voice mail. It probably should have been edited out. Skip it over and watch history in the making!

Lauren Rodwell coaxed a Mattress World employee into saying the word “mattress” 12 times during a single phone call.

The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 atWieden+Kennedy‘s 28th annual Founders’ Day party. Universal Record Database co-founders Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event.

CRITERIA TO BEAT RECORD:
- record must be attempted by an individual (no teams)
- spelling of “mattress” does not count

Don’t just watch the records, set the records: This week, naked banana equals win. Fun.

LINK: URDB.

Don’t just watch the records, set the records: This week, reversal of pants equals prize. Get to it.

LINK: URDB.

Josh Cohen unscrewed the cap off his plastic Miller Lite beer bottle 18 times while listening to the theme song from Perfect Strangers.

CRITERIA TO BEAT RECORD:
- can use both hands
- cap must be tightly back screwed back onto bottle each time
- cap must be fully removed from bottle each time
- any type of beverage bottle is acceptable (beer, soda, water, etc.)

“Sometimes you just get a feeling like you need some kind of change.”

Reid Cohen took a pile of 216 BuckyBalls and assembled them into a sphere in four minutes, 48.69 seconds.
CRITERIA TO BEAT RECORD:
- balls must begin in a jumbled pile
- 20 nine-ball triangles must be used to create sphere
The Cube record has been set and re-set 6 times. Get in on this one before the Michael Phelps of Buckyballs sets it at impossible levels.

WHEN: January 19, 9PM
WHERE: Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC
WHAT: Universal Record Database, recently named URLesque’s 2009 Site of the Year, is an open platform for world records, built on the philosophy that everyone on earth can be the world’s best at something. The “World Record Appreciation Society” is that special time of the month when it all comes to life on stage as records are set before your very eyes. This instalment promises to be one of the best; Brooklyn jazz trio Blastoff!!! will serve as house band, loads of familiar faces (did someone say famous?), and plenty of new ones, all writing themselves into the history books together. Best bit of all? This time around it’s a fundraiser for the “Yes, We Care” Soup Kitchen in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Tickets are $12 but are going fast. Very.

LINK: Joespub.

Steven Yalowitz took one minute, 4.75 seconds to pronounce the word “fresh.”

CRITERIA TO BEAT RECORD:
- no pauses or breaths allowed while setting the record.
Got a cam on that computer? Today is the day you make history! Fffffrrrressshhh.

Timothy Bost bounced a golf ball behind his back 84 consecutive times using a golf club.
EDITORS NOTE: I love URDB because most anyone can set most any record. I think even Tiger Woods will find this one a stunning triumph of ability though.

Dennis Cameron recited the entire English alphabet in 2.78 seconds, smashing the old record for the Fastest Recital of the Alphabet by almost a full second.

EDITORS NOTE: I know it seems rough, but this one is prime to fall… take a shot and write yourself into the history books.