Ultimate Slip 'N Slide

[penguincatfish]

Originally set to premiere Sunday, August 8 on NBC after the Olympics before moving to its regular time on Mondays, with 10 episodes.

The show has been cancelled.

Production shut down early June with a week left of filming when around 40 crew members got sick.

Hosted by Bobby Moynihan and Ron Funches.

Press release from May 6 - www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/05/06/nbc-makes-a-splash-with-the-new-competition-gameshow-ultimate-slip-n-slide-based-on-the-classic-summertime-staple-458212/20210506nbc01/

Featuring pairs of siblings, best friends, couples and co-workers, teams from all walks of life will compete in multiple hilarious rounds of games, including Human Pong, Body Bowling, Cornhole, Bocce Fall and many more. The two teams that make it to the final challenge will take on the Big Slipper, a colossal multi-part slide meant for only the bravest and boldest players as it determines who will earn the title of Slip 'N Slide champion and take home the cash prize.

[penguincatfish]

Production shut down on June 2 with a week left of filming after at least one crew member tested positive for giardia, a parasite that causes an intestinal infection and leads to explosive diarrhea.

Up to 40 crew members got sick.

Testing showed the water in the area was clean, but the dirt around the slide was a problem. Continuing would disturb the ground and contaminate the water.

The show cost $18 million. The set cost $6 million. The show was 7 weeks through filming with a week left.

www.yahoo.com/entertainment/questions-ultimate-slip-n-slide-after-explosive-diarrhea-shut-down-production-005108668.html
people.com/tv/nbc-halts-production-on-ultimate-slip-n-slide-amid-report-of-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak-on-set/
www.insider.com/nbc-halts-production-ultimate-slip-n-slide-crewmembers-explosive-diarrhea-2021-6

[tyler]

Yikes. A week left of filming and needing to stop. It sounds like a total disaster. With it set to premiere after the Olympics originally, I had high hopes. But the more I hear about it, the less and less it seems interesting. The big slide is smaller than the one on Cannonball. And this giardia thing stopping production and getting 40 crew members sick.

The big question is with one week of filming left is what was supposed to happen the last week and how many weeks into it were they. If it was supposed to build towards a finale and that was the finale that would be best case scenario. Worse case scenario is that was the week the final round of each episode would take place. I'm not sure if it is savable.

[penguincatfish]

Looks like the show has been pulled from the schedule.

people.com/tv/nbc-pulls-ultimate-slip-n-slide-from-schedule-after-giardia-outbreak/
deadline.com/2021/07/ultimate-slip-n-slide-premiere-delayed-nbc-olympics-1234785663/
www.avclub.com/diarrhea-incident-continues-to-spell-problems-for-ultim-1847217396

[penguincatfish]

Name a better duo than mud and parasitic outbreaks.

www.runnersworld.com/news/a20811303/post-mud-run-illnesses-in-france-the-latest-such-incident/
abcnews.go.com/Health/hidden-cost-extreme-obstacle-races/story?id=23625173
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-36833814
www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-19179992
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6694362/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32564515/
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6317a2.htm

Or going blind in one eye at 23.

www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-loses-sight-in-eye-after-mud-run/
www.insideedition.com/11992-investigation-potential-dangers-of-mud-run-races

Or drowning as a 30 year old who can run a mile under 5 minutes.

www.menshealth.com/health/a19535274/mud-run-risk-factors/
www.today.com/health/mud-runs-bring-risks-all-filthy-fun-1C6867236
abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/texas-mud-race-death-doesnt-stop-next-months-race-in-houston

[penguincatfish]

The show has been delayed indefinitely.

An interesting thing is that the property is a frequently used location for multiple productions.

www.thewrap.com/ultimate-slip-n-slide-nbc-will-not-air-summer-premiere-date-giardia-outbreak-diarrhea/

Another thing thing to think about - the original backyard toy has a history of being recalled, discontinued, broken necks, and death.

uproxx.com/tv/nbc-wont-air-ultimate-slip-n-slide-after-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak/
www.mentalfloss.com/article/594061/slip-n-slide-dangerous-history

[Ninja Warrior Ryan]

This whole thing is a mess lol. But not surprised it ended up pretty much not happening. I'm not sure it would've been that interesting anyways.

[penguincatfish]

The article I posted that said it was being delayed was from Monday. Just yesterday, it's being reported that the show is now cancelled.

RIP.

deadline.com/2021/08/the-ultimate-slip-n-slide-not-moving-forward-at-nbc-1234810769/
people.com/tv/ultimate-slip-n-slide-scrapped-at-nbc-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak/