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* In an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'', Fred attempted to set the record for longest time staying awake. He missed the mark by less than a minute, yet Bubba and Roger (the son of Lamont's girlfriend) each set their own records in their efforts to help Fred along (Bubba for most repetitions of one song, Roger for marathon basketball bouncing). Note how the man from Guiness took Roger and Bubba's word for how long they'd been at their particular tasks, but wouldn't give Fred the benefit of the doubt for a minute's worth of consciousness.

* On ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', Bobby and Cindy failed to break the record for consecutive hours on a seesaw, but they set a record for consecutive hours ''by children'' on a seesaw. Plus they were in the newspaper.

* ''[[MASH]]''. Klinger decides to sit up a pole in protest about his not being allowed to leave the Army. When the others realise he's close to breaking a world pole-sitting record, Colonel Potter orders him to stay up there, even though he's decided to come down. "It's either that or swallowing 24 goldfish!" Klinger breaks the record, and is allowed leave in Tokyo instead.

* The short-lined USA sitcom "Campus Cops" featured this plot point. In it one of the main characters was trying to set a World Record for "Most Sexual Thoughts" in a 24 hour period. However with the record in sight, his machine malfunctions, and he is horrible electrocuted. While recuperating, he learns he has in fact set a new record for Most Electricity withstood by a human being.