
Pilot/Special:
Airdate: May 2, 1997 Daredevil skydivers
sit inside a car thats been thrown
out of an airplane; a young boys
amazing recovery after surviving a
catastrophic head injury; a man creates
amazing soap bubble sculptures using
ordinary soap and water; an Extreme Games
bicyclist does two complete backflips
over the heads of audience members; and a
behind-the scenes look at Nissans
extraordinary "Toys"
commercial. Click for details.
Show #1 Airdate: August 1, 1997
Co-host Leanza
Cornett dives with Caribbean reef sharks
and hand feeds them; an extraordinary boy
from Florida loses both arms and legs to
bacterial meningitisbut not his
spirit and zest for life; mind boggling
feats from Chinas "Far East
Circus" whose members defy gravity
and physics; a blindfolded man
licks postage stamps to determine which
country they came from; a cat that rides
a motorcycle; and an "up close and
personal" look at whale sharks
the gentle giants of the deep. Click for details.
Show #2 Airdate: August 8, 1997
A man pushes his
wheelchair-bound wife 26 miles during the
Chicago Marathon in an extraordinary
story of perseverance and love; human
"Spider Man" Dan Osman climbs
straight up a 400-foot cliff in five
minuteswithout rope, harness or
tools of any kind; a two-year-old
dribbles basketballs; Japans
greatest pool "trick shot"
artist; a cat that steals golf balls; and
a "message in a bottle" that
was found and delivered after 54 years. Click for details.
Show #3 Airdate: August 15, 1997
Co-host Leanza
Cornett goes 100 mph in a speed boat with
Americas best off-shore powerboat
racer; a summer camp where children
disfigured by burns go to become
"ordinary" kids; speed chainsaw
ice carving; Bob Munden the
worlds fastest quick-draw artist;
and a man from Pennsylvania who turned a
wild chipmunk living in his backyard into
a star. Click for details.
Show #4 Airdate: August 22, 1997
In the Florida
swamps, a man swims with and wrestles
live alligators; a familys love
restores hope (and eyesight) to a
Romanian orphan; a dog that scuba dives;
world champion "double dutch"
jump roping; a gorillas life is
saved by ground-breaking neurosurgery;
and a paraplegic becomes the worlds
best off-road truck racer. Click for details.
Show #5 (Special Episode: Medical
Miracles) Airdate: August 29, 1997
A Philadelphia boy
born with his heart outside his
body; a helicopter pilot suffers an
extreme head injury and becomes a world
class sculptor; a surgeon overcomes a
catastrophic brain injury and returns to
the operating room; a man has two hearts
beating inside his body; and doctors and
nurses in Minnesota who advocate the
"healing power" of music form a
unique orchestra to serenade their
patients. Click for details.
Show #6 Airdate: September 5, 1997
New York artist
does incredible portraits of rock
starsin less than two minutes; a
man befriends a 1400-pound grizzly bear;
a daredevil jumps from an airplane while
holding the straps of his parachute in
one hand; a miracle baby survives after
hes born with a beach-ball-sized
tumor attached to his head; the
worlds only rocket-powered
street luge; a cat that eats with a fork;
ordinary citizens team up to rescue a
beached humpback whale. Click for details.
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