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| Rabi Lamichhane (left) is presented a certificate by a Guinness World Records official after Lamichhane set a world record for hosting the longest talk show in Kathmandu. (AFP) |
Kathmandu, April 15 (Reuters): A Nepali television host has earned the Guinness world record for the longest television talk show in a marathon discussion about the founder of Buddhism which lasted more than two days.
Rabi Lamichhane, a former TV journalist from Nepal turned manager of a fast food restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland, returned to his homeland to talk on air non-stop for 62 hours and 12 minutes, a feat certified by the Guinness World Records as the longest marathon talk show.
“It was not difficult physically but sometimes I found it hard to concentrate,” Lamichhane told Reuters after emerging from the studios of a local TV station.
The 36-year-old host talked with politicians, artists, diplomats, businessmen, social workers and journalists about contemporary issues mainly in Nepali with English sub-titles on his Lord Buddha was born in Nepal show to beat the the Guinness record of 52 hours set in 2011 by two people from Ukraine. Guinness World Records allowed a break of five minutes every hour. It was not clear how many people watched the show.