Boiling Points

Boiling Points

"Boiling Points" is a prank reality television show, much like the format used on Candid Camera. It is broadcast on MTV in the United States. In each half-hour episode, annoying situations are set up and deliberately inflicted on one or more young adults who are unaware that they are being tested. Examples include poor or incompetent service in a store or restaurant, being accosted by a date's ex-love-interest while out together, and unprovoked rudeness from a total stranger.

While being watched via hidden camera, the subject of the show must refrain from displaying a temper or storming off for a predetermined length of time. If he or she passes, a prize of $100 cash is awarded on the spot.

Typically, the Boiling Point time on each segment is anywhere from 3 to 20 minutes. Most often, people lose because they use obscenities in their confusion and/or anger.

The cast includes improvisers Alison Becker, Jonathan Blitt, Colton Dunn, Rebekka Johnson, Billy Merritt, Missy O'Reilly and Eric Wippo.

Unusual Occurrences

*In a skit involving Blitt serving pizza slices intentionally flipped upside-down on to a plate, one mark responded to being told to pay again if she wants a new slice by throwing both the drink and the pizza on to Blitt.

*Johnson was playing a casher at a supermarket who was irritating a customer by talking with a cellphone ear piece while scanning items for a her. The customer lunged over the counter and attempted to snatch the ear piece.

ee also

* Breaching experiment
* "Prankville" - A similar series airing on Country Music Television


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