THE FEAR FACTOR FILE
STUNT: TOUNGE BOB AND TRANSFER
LOCATION: DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, CA
DESCRIPTION: Best friends must each, separately, bob for 5 pig's tongues in either a vat of animal fat or dead fish and oil. They must then transfer the tongues by mouth to their partner who will then drop it into a bucket. The friends that can transfer a total of 10 tongues in the shortest amount of time will win a prize.
FEAR FACT
- The producers choose to use pig's tongues because of their close resemblance to the human tongue.
- People who suffer from asthma frequently have an unusually high sensitivity to bad smells.
- The smell on set was so wretched that the crew was forced to wear protective masks during shooting.
BEHIND THE SCENES PRODUCTION PHOTOS

Dead fish floating just bellow the oil slick in a Fear Factor made environmental disaster.

Line Producer Kevin Wehrenberg confers with Stage Manager Edison Layne while Lighting Designer Oscar Dominguez takes time out to phone a friend.

Associate Segment Producer Erin O'Brien prepares several gallons worth of animal fat for the stunt.
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