I feel like if they just stuck to a scary obstacle course and didn't feel the need to involve flinging around animal corpses the show probably would have been 10x more popular.

i truly think the "theres one more thing" line is actually funny and i had to smile every time.

I use to work this show years ago as a ride and show attendant. Octopi ended up in the audience at least twice a week

I did 2 challenges in 1 show when I went with my niece and nephew. First was the spin a wheel and have that animal crawl on your face while in a glass container. My niece spun the wheel and it landed on scorpions (which was my most feared on the list). Second was to drink the mealworm and cricket smoothie which actually didn't taste bad, but I was spitting out cricket legs for a while after. There's a video and photo of both parts on my parent's Facebook accounts somewhere. I was going through some serious depression at the time and wanted to give them a story they could tell about me if I were to off myself.

I remember back when i went to universal for the first time (2018-19ish), me and my older sis walked down past the fear factor arena. It felt like I had stepped into a whole other area, as that and the kidzone area were eerily quiet and empty, with quite literally nobody around. Felt like a twilight zone episode imo.

I will say that it’s interesting that despite the merger of NBC and Universal, we haven’t really seen a lot of NBC properties in the Universal parks. You have this, the Jimmy Fallon ride in Orlando, and tapings of some NBC shows in Hollywood because of the backlot, but that’s about it.

Great video! It's interesting the comparison you drew between Fear Factor Live and the American Idol Experience and how they struggled to recreate reality TV. I never saw either but did see the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire show which I remember liking. One thing I think worked vs these is that the top prize was a Disney Cruise which felt like a decent enough prize to make the stakes feel a bit more legit.

I competed and won this during the summer of 2017. I was at universal with my family as a high school graduation trip and signed up as a joke. It was me and this guy doing it. All I got was a Tshirt that I still have as a weird trophy

YOOO I did this in person! I wasn't one of the main contestants for the show; but was picked for the team bug eating during one of the breaks. For my show we did win the bug eating and won a fear factor live cup. 😂😅 (Super fun when you have hay fever and just can't taste anything lol)

I had a coworker with that shirt before, I asked him if he was on Fear Factor, he said yes but no, he was at the Universal Show in Orlando 😂 so I already knew what that prize would be. I mean he had a cool story to tell

I won this show 7 times at Universal Studios Florida. It was ridiculously fun and they usually needed contestants for the show. It quickly became a very frequent hobby lol. I was in the last show ever but lost in the finals

Holy shit I remember seeing this in person years ago. It was by far the craziest and most out of place attraction at Universal

I did this and won back in 2005. That gave me the “fear factor champion t-shirt” and 4 dual-park comp tickets with no expiration date. Fun fact, I used the tickets over 15 years later and they still honored them!

I never saw the show myself, but my dad and brother did when we visited for the first time in 2014. We didn’t go back to Universal again until this year, and I was surprised to see that the theater was completely abandoned.

My only hope is that they don't take out MIB. It's been a favorite since they took out most of the originals. The only rides that can compete are Mummy and ET.

You forgot to mention that the theater does get used for shows during HHN. But apart from that, that's pretty much it.

I think these two this were better off being just a TV show and not an interactive event at a theme park

It is used for the Halloween horror nightmare show every HHN season.

Fantastic video. I love your calm, soothing tone. You did your research. In facts its inspired me to do my own Theme Park trivia/history trivia. Excellent video once again 👏👌💓😊

Most recently the theatre has been used for Horror Nights for a stage performance

Your channel is unreal, loving every upload

I will never forget when I got called up to the stage for this

I was in the small minority of people who absolutely loved this show. I grew up watching fear factor and loving the wild and insane nature of the show. Whenever I went to the Universal, I'd make it a necessity to attend this show. Hell, I wanted to be a part of it, but couldn't because I was too young, and by the time I turned 18, the show was closed down and removed. Yes, this show was not meant for everyone, but for me, it was like actually stepping back into my childhood and experiencing Fear Factor the way it was intended.

I member going to UO as a kid one year with my sister and dad. He entered into this show as a contestant and won the whole thing!! You’d think they would’ve given him a free meal or something but nope they don’t give any prizes for winning it lol.

I still have the map with the fear factor ad on it with the show times and what not from 2006

I won the show in 2005. Got 4 free tickets back to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure! I had no idea they stopped giving away free tickets so shortly afterward!

George I love your videos so much, the explanations you give and the detail and hard work that goes into every video does not go un noticed. I have watched every video, never stop you’re amazing

I did this in 2005 on my 21st birthday. I was one of the first 2 eliminated 😂. Was hoping to make it to the end so I could do the obstacle course.

I was 13 when we saw this and we all loved it. Also was the first time i saw those edible baked crickets to buy outside of the attractions, i got some that were cheddar cheese flavored and honestly just tasted like burnt popcorn.

My brother was chosen to be part of the show at universal. He didn’t win but it was pretty interesting

My brother and I did this! We beat the other guy in the first comp, then were competing against each other for the other challenges. I beat him in the hanging, we tied the second challenge, and then he beat me with the octopi challenge. I was SO COLD going up the ladder to get to the car, I felt like I was going in slow mo

Dude you don’t even get an eighth of what your channel deserves. Amazing stuff dude. Keep it up.

me and my husband have done this! they put my head in a box and put scorpions on my face and he had to do the car obstacle!

It's nice to know that through all the devastation that Covid caused throughout the world, there is this one tiny microscopic piece of silver lining. Let's hope they put something better in its place!

Everybody who won the show in the Orlando version were all supposed to get 4 comp tickets to the park and the T-shirt. I only know this because my sister worked at the show in 2007-2009.

Another great video!

My class went to Universal Orlando for our senior class trip and a friend of mine participated in this and actually won it. I did that eating challenge with the blended stuff and fun fact we werent actually eating what was grinded up in the blender. They swapped out whatever it was under the table with something else. It was gross but wasnt you take a single sip and have to start barfing gross.

I remember always seeing the show stage but i never went to one, cant wait to learn how they did it all

Joe Rogan with hair. What a time.

Nice recsp; thank you for the video credit!

I thought my entire life that the bug shake had to be fake

I AM GEORGE BROWNINGS STRONGEST SOLDIER

Fear Factor is comin back soon.

I tried explaining to my gf that I went and saw fear factor live, she didn’t believe me, whole rabbit hole later she is now jealous I went to universal as a kid

I have seen your doctor line Orlando probably 8 to 10 times. I’ve completed five×1. Was on the watch, exciting despite narrator. Although he is correct about losing it as the show had gone out of several years earlier. They should look into re-creating any other popularshow in that space. I think they could pull it off with a scale down version of the amazing race.

I think Joe Rogan's brain was all in his hair

This is like memory lane! My dad participated in this when I was a kid 😂

Funny story, I was actually a huge fan of the tv show as an elementary school kid (then again, I was weird, I was never raised to hate bugs or snakes, and I started raising tarantulas not to eat, but as pets as an 8 year old thanks to the show 🕷️) but when I saw the depths to which Joe Rogan had sunk to as an adult, I couldn't help but feel that a part of elementary school me had died that day. 🤦🏼‍♀️ that wasn't fun!

If you participated in the show it was amazingly fun If you sat and watched it, it was fine lol

My dad went 2 for 2 winning both and only lost the 3rd time he entered because he tore his acl during the eel tank bean bag toss

I was there in 2016 when it was still open, but didn’t watch it. I wish I would have because the next time I was there was 2022 and I had long been closed by then.

i wanted to do fear factor so bad, i vowed that the day i turned 18 i would go and participate. i turned 18 in summer of 2020 :(

Get up, it's time for a George Browning deep dive!

I'm an Orlando local and won this back around 2017, i still have my tshirt and complimentary framed picture in the gear. I will always be nostalgic about this attraction

Knight Bus ride!

wait did they get paid for the bug shit edit- a mug lmao and a shirt wow

Saw this in person back when I was in high school. By brother even participated in the show which was wild. He didn't win though lol

Oh considering the so called "rapid fire fans" just ended up acting as air conditioning, considering my reception to hot weather I would be going circuits on this ride 😅😂

I swear this guys video quality is better ever video quality

Fear Factor seems an awful lot like I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here!

"we used to be a country..."

Alicia Stella mention 💯💯💯

My stepdad was on this in the late 2000's and won. He got a free t shirt.

my dad went on the show he was the only brit it was so funny he did quite well ahaha

Brother if you only spoke spanish there was a latin version airing in LA called win the green were if you won you got a green card to stay in the states, well it was actually an immigration lawyer many considered it a humiliation ritual for the possibility of becoming a permanent resident wild times the early 00s

It a old show. Scary

Not sure what Rogan is up to these days. I think he does a little podcast or something.

I’m Mr. Frog. I ate the bug.

seeing joe rogan with hair is INSANE

Idk what to comment . Its my birthday as of typing this 🎉

What some people is ready to do for the attention...or a t-shirt, if the world were a more mentally healthy place that attraction would never have had a single volunteer.

I'll always remember these as the "Bill & Ted" stages

whoa, that host looks like if Joe Rogan stopped taking testosterone and it caused all his hair to grow back 🏋🏽‍♀

I participated back in 2017, and I have to say it was incredible! 1) yes it did take quite some time out of my day. But having gone to universal as a kid, and not being allowed to participate until I turned 18. I went as an adult knowing that I wanted to participate. So I went in with the expectation that I would spend some time at this show. 2) by 2017, they had it down to a science, everything was laid out before the show even started. They did make some references that were a bit dated. For example, we couldn’t say as a contestant “I’m going to b**t (contestant)” because we weren’t Chris brown. But other than that, it was pretty easy to understand. 3) the show is heavily controlled, at the time they said “just toss the octopus, you’ll be disqualified if you launch it into the audience” “you’ll be disqualified if you grab an eel” and “you can’t slip off the car in the final challenge.” So we unless you were terrified of heights, you really didn’t have much to worry about. They did make us shower afterwards, which was kinda weird but apparently Florida law has a thing about handling animals namely squids. 4) the age was definitely showing, the building didn’t fall down at the end, a lot of the signage had shown its age from being in the sun. So a refresh was needed, but unfortunately due to Covid, it was made apparent that this show was doomed. As a fan, I would have loved to participate in it again, I still have the shirt I won. But ultimately it was time for it to go, and I still miss it every time I walk by the stage it’s on.