Pumpkin surplus is a bonus for those inclined to hurl things, and this fact is not lost on the Science Channel, who present a new "Punkin Chunkin" special hosted by Zach Selwyn and Mike Senese. The World Premieres is Thursday, November 26 at 8 Pm (Et/Pt) Zach Selwyn is a television host, actor, writer and singer-songwriter. Selwyn entered the hosting arena in 2004 after besting over 20,000 contestants to become a finalist on Espn's SportsCenter competition show .Dream Job.. Mike Senese has never met a piece of machinery he wasn.t dying to take apart. Graduating from remote control vehicles to robotics to reviving a 39-foot, 26-ton 1963 caboose, he immersed himself into the dynamic worlds of physics, electronics and mechanical...
- 11/18/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Every week on Catch It Keep It, we present a challenge to a team of three builders/contestants: Use science, engineering and ingenuity to protect a dazzling prize from a devious machination that is designed to utterly demolish it.
Salivating football fans who can't wait for Sunday's season-opening NFL games will love this week's episode. The prize: tickets to the 2009 NFL Pro Bowl in Florida. The challenge: Move a football through a unique obstacle course inspired by five of the most extreme forces that football players have to face. Let's take a look:
Extreme cold:
The NFL Way: The coldest game on record is the 1982 Afc Championship game — aka, the "Freezer Bowl." Twenty-seven mph sustained winds at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium brought the temperature down to minus 37 degrees, and unsurprisingly, the hometown Cincinnati Bengals defeated the warm-weather San Diego Chargers 27-7.
The Catch It Keep It Way: We've submerged a football in liquid nitrogen for 48 hours.
Salivating football fans who can't wait for Sunday's season-opening NFL games will love this week's episode. The prize: tickets to the 2009 NFL Pro Bowl in Florida. The challenge: Move a football through a unique obstacle course inspired by five of the most extreme forces that football players have to face. Let's take a look:
Extreme cold:
The NFL Way: The coldest game on record is the 1982 Afc Championship game — aka, the "Freezer Bowl." Twenty-seven mph sustained winds at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium brought the temperature down to minus 37 degrees, and unsurprisingly, the hometown Cincinnati Bengals defeated the warm-weather San Diego Chargers 27-7.
The Catch It Keep It Way: We've submerged a football in liquid nitrogen for 48 hours.
- 9/11/2009
- by Mike Senese
- TVGuide - Breaking News
I'm frequently asked: "How did you get on TV? And what the hell is an Engineer of Destruction?"
The second part is easy to explain. Engineer of Destruction is my title on Discovery Science's brand-new series, Catch It Keep It. On the show, I devise a new and daunting method of destruction each week that threatens to demolish an awesome prize.
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The second part is easy to explain. Engineer of Destruction is my title on Discovery Science's brand-new series, Catch It Keep It. On the show, I devise a new and daunting method of destruction each week that threatens to demolish an awesome prize.
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- 9/4/2009
- by TV Guide News
- TVGuide - Breaking News
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