53-YEAR-OLD MAN TO WATCH TV FOR 99 HOURS

53-YEAR-OLD MAN TO WATCH TV FOR 99 HOURS

IRVINE, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- Could you stomach watching TV for 99 hours straight? Believe it or not, that's what one couch potato will attempt starting today at 3 p.m. Eastern time at a California shopping mall. 53-year-old Chris Canole hopes to set a world's record for the most consecutive hours watching TV in a recliner. In 1980, he set the world's record for the longest continuous conversation for 99 hours. Canole admits the TV watching record may be tough to pull off because he'll have to suffer through soap operas, TV wrestling and "Jerry Springer." If all goes well, Canole will get out of his Lane recliner Sunday evening around 6 p.m. EDT.