- Game shows sometimes are really fun,
but also really dangerous.
Today I am reacting to some of the worst injuries
that have ever occurred on some of the most fun game shows.
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Let's get started. Peewoop.
Steven Harvey.
Oh, I just wore that exact same suit on stage
at the HLTH Conference, delivering little pearls of wisdom.
- Tell me something you'd hate to have happen
while you're making love in an airplane bathroom.
- What did he say? - What did he say?
- [Sam] Things you would hate to happen
while you're making love in an airplane bathroom.
- Turbulence.
- It accidentally went number two, in the wrong direction.
- In the wrong direction. What's the right direction?
Going number two.
- [Contestant] Makes sense. - Misfire.
- Misfire. He's saying a lot of words right now.
- Number two. (buzzer blaring)
- I'm sorry. (taser sizzling)
- Oh.
Did he just tase him?
- He tased his ass.
- We're gonna have to try harder, team.
- A taser is pretty dangerous,
but not for the reasons most people think.
Tasers are dangerous because when you get tased,
your muscles involuntarily contract,
therefore you can fall and have a concussion,
all sorts of brain injuries.
The idea of your heart getting really impacted by a taser,
unless it's some like incredibly strong taser
or it's really close to the heart,
or you're doing it for an extended period of time.
By the time the current actually reaches your heart,
it's pretty weak
and it's not gonna be able to do much damage.
In fact, when we look at patients who have been tased
and we look at their muscles' enzymes,
which are released when muscles are damaged,
we don't see an elevation.
So while the muscles are involuntarily contracting,
we don't see damage to the muscles happening in most cases,
- [Host] Unfortunately, Ash and Tony,
it's time to see what the Celeb Booster 7000 does best.
- [Contestant] Okay. - [Host] Up you go.
- What is, what is happening? - Oh, shoot.
- Oh! - Oh.
- Are these venomous?
And I know to say venomous now, not poisonous,
because everyone has left me a comment
that I need to stop saying poisonous.
'cause poison is what you take in by mouth.
Venom is what happens when a venomous snake bites you.
- [Host] Interesting.
- Sorry. Are these venomous?
- [Sam] Non-venomous. - Non venomous.
So they're chilling.
- Oh my God.
- Oh! She got hit in the face. Right in the face.
I mean, there's risk here.
I mean, without even second guessing myself,
infection 'cause you're creating an open wound.
Even tetanus can occur here.
And I know some snakes can lose a tooth
and you can get a retained tooth in there.
Woo, all our game shows that we had on our tour
that I really hope you're coming to the live show
November 17th at City Winery in New York City.
- [Reporter] One of these triumphant arm waves
dislocated Henry's shoulder.
- No way!
- [Reporter] When it was to spin the wheel,
his wife Alice had to do it for him.
As the show posted on Instagram,
"He won a trip to Hawaii and the ER."
- [Mike] That's incredible that he's fist pumping that hard,
that he dislocated his shoulder.
There has to have been some prior history of dislocations
'cause when you have a history of a dislocation,
you actually create ligamentous laxity.
And when you have laxity in the meaning that they're loose,
the shoulder is more likely to pop out of the socket.
And if your rotator cuff muscles
and the musculature in that area,
the stability muscles, are not strong,
that's another risk factor.
So maybe we need to do some shoulder stability work.
Other contestants have hurt themselves.
- No way!
(wheel beeping)
(contestant yelps) Oh, I saw the ankle.
I saw the ankle. I don't think that she tore anything.
And I don't think she broke anything
'cause the mechanism of injury was pretty mild.
But if she fell and did it that way,
she could easily have an avulsion fracture on the medial
or the inside portion of her ankle
'cause that deltoid ligament is so strong.
Or as my nephew said in the Dr. Mike Nephews video,
"the delta plate."
- The delta plate is very strong and it won't bend.
- What is a delta plate?
- You don't need to know.
- [Reporter] Nobody's safe.
Definitely not the announcer.
- Oh, maybe you shouldn't have run backwards
with dress shoes on a treadmill.
I'm pretty sure that's in the warnings.
- [Drew] Oh, oh. - Oh, oh.
- [Reporter] The host, well,
Drew Carey is in constant danger
of being hugged to death.
That show is more dangerous than I thought.
I thought "Fear Factor" or something would be worse.
Or "American Ninja Warrior."
- [Narrator] The enthusiastic dedication
of fan-favorite Ninja Michelle Warnky Buurma
seems to be unbreakable.
- Whenever they say "unbreakable,"
it's like they're jinxing the person that's competing.
- [Narrator] Warnky seemed barely fazed
when she was struck in the face on the ring swing.
- [Host] Oh my goodness, I think she banged her head.
- She did? I missed it.
- [Narrator] On closer inspection,
it was clear that she had a nasty cut
just above her left eye.
- What? Do you see it?
- [Narrator] There's no time to waste cleaning up.
- It's so fast - [Narrator] Warnky ended up
with both a glaring streak of blood
and a huge smile on her face
by the time she completed the course.
- That's one of the hardest challenges right there,
doing the half pipe.
I did that on "Tough Mudder."
- [Narrator] It quickly became iconic among ANW fans.
- Whoa, that's badass.
But I will say that was a really minor injury.
It was so superficial,
but definitely cool enough to win her like badass imagery.
- [Narrator] Nebraska native Maggi Thorne
is known for bouncing back from anything.
But viewers saw this ninja take a particular wall up
on the diving boards during Season 11's
Oklahoma City Finals.
- Oh. - [Host] Hold on.
- Is that person FaceTiming?
- [Narrator] She brutally face planted
against one of the boards,
but was able to get her bearings
before falling on the second half of the course.
- I felt like I was more worried
about her breastbone here, the sternum,
- [Narrator] True to form,
Thorne accepted injury and defeat with grace.
But it was later determined
that she had suffered a traumatic brain injury
from her tumble.
This required extensive physical and speech therapy
that cost her an appearance on season 12.
- Wow. - [Narrator] Nonetheless,
she returned the following year,
fully recovered and eager to inspire more fans
with a resilience.
- Brain injuries are no joke.
You gotta be really careful.
And if you're having a lot of them add up,
that's when you should have a conversation with your doctor
as to whether you should continue
because the next one may be long lasting, chronic,
maybe even lethal.
- "Gladiators" was an amazing show
whereby contenders from the British public
could come on and face - Oh, this is cool.
- I kind of wish they'd bring this back
instead of influencer boxing.
Not because I don't like influencer boxing, I love it,
I just think most influencers suck at boxing.
Shots fired.
- Just a basic tug of war,
but at a height upon platforms.
- When the tilt started, you always had to think positive.
- You gotta keep your balance.
Thinking positively ain't gonna help if you're off balance.
(whistle blaring)
- [Host] Oh, she's lost the rope. She's lost her footing.
- Oh! That could be a bruised spine.
- I was out of action for a good 10 months, completely.
And then slowly but surely, after rehab,
you were able to get back into the gym.
- Months and months of lying flat in the back,
months of rehab.
- See, I think if we were to have one
of these injuries happen today,
there would be much less than months and months
of laying on your back.
I think there would be movement, gentle mobility early on,
which actually speeds up the healing process.
- [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, it's "Catch Phrase."
- [Nick] The producers backstage, I was in my dressing room,
and they came in and they said, "Nick, bring the energy up.
You gotta make it your show.
Do something that everyone's gonna remember."
- All producers say that,
but like a little guidance would help.
- I came on with so much energy
that I lost my footing at the top of the stairs.
- Oh, I saw the slip. - Fell down
and broke my leg in three places.
- What? I felt like it was ankle. like lower tibia.
- Actually that happened yesterday.
And I've just come back from hospital.
- [Audience] Aww.
- Do you think they had a sign? "Say 'Aww.'"
- [Audience] Aww.
- In best show business tradition, the show must go on.
So welcome to Crutch Phrase, I'm Nick Weir,
and I'm plastered.
- That's actually kind of funny.
Stairs are the best and worst human invention.
So many injuries, so many fatalities, but so much freedom.
(patriotic music) (eagle screeching)
- Over the last couple of days,
I'm noticing that my wisdom teeth are coming in.
- Oh, I know what that's like.
I had to get all four of my impacted wisdom teeth taken out.
- [Victoria] This is stinging, horrible pain,
and this completely sucks.
- [Mike] Yeah, so it irritates your gums,
creates enormous pain from the tooth.
If they're impacted and they're putting pressure
on one another,
you can get infections in there.
You can even form something known as a cyst,
which can actually become so bad that they need to go in
and surgically remove a part of your jaw.
And removing impacted and crowded wisdom teeth
is even more of a procedure
than typically pulling wisdom teeth 'cause pulling,
obviously you pull, but these you have to cut into the gum
to actually get them out.
Frequently, you develop something known as chipmunk cheeks
because they get so swollen either at the acute stage
or even in your recovery stage after the procedure.
- Victoria, are you okay?
- Hey, somebody's gotta get in here.
Somebody's gotta get in here. Get a medic in here.
- Check for her pulse.
- [Contestant] I'm gonna pull you outta the bathroom though,
okay? - [Victoria] No.
- [Contestant] You're gonna hurt your head.
- [Production] We've got doctor on the way in.
- [Contestant] Keep your eyes open, okay.
- It's so hard to know what's going on in that situation.
The first thing that needs to happen is, well,
we know she has a pulse 'cause she's conscious.
But get really good vitals to make sure that you see
that she's not tachycardic or bradycardic,
fast or slow heart rate, get a blood pressure,
make sure she's perfusing her organs.
And then slowly seeing how she reacts
to getting some fluids in her, some sugar, all that stuff.
- I am a nurse, but when I do take care of people
that I know, it's way different than seeing a stranger.
- That's very true.
That's why it's advised
to never take care of your family members or loved ones
as a medical professional.
Oftentimes, that may be very difficult
to institute in real life.
- [Medic] Are you having any trouble breathing?
- [Victoria] I'm just extremely sweaty everywhere.
- That could be a sign of just a vasovagal syncope.
Or it could be that she's having a fever
and she's having an infection from an abscess
or something else going on.
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All right, let's get back to these game shows.
- [Narrator] In 2012, singer and actor Ellison
was in the midst of performing
for the beloved "Dancing on Ice."
However, her impressive flexibility gave Ellison
a big problem as she kicked the back of her head.
- Oh, with a skate!
- [Narrator] Making it really impressive
she finished her dance as though nothing had happened.
- That's props, to be able to keep composure.
Maybe she should go into boxing
'cause that's kind of how I felt.
- But afterwards, she immediately got medical help
for the massive cut on her head
as her blonde hair turned crimson.
- By the way, the scalp bleeds incredibly
because there's a ton of little capillaries in there
and we usually put staples in here, not even sutures.
Not gonna lie, they're kind of fun to put in.
- [Narrator] Thankfully, Ellison was fine
and continued competing on the show.
- See, like superficial injuries,
even if they look bad or are very bloody,
are usually not so bad.
It's when you get rattled that is the problem
'cause remember, the brain sits in a soup
and if you rattle the brain, you're hurting it 360 degrees.
- [Narrator] Already a national treasure,
Collins decided to have a go at "Splash!"
With a show all about diving into a swimming pool,
there is bound to be some injuries
from getting the angles wrong
as the celeb makes contact with the water.
- Wait, is she diving?
- [Narrator] We weren't expecting Collins' to be quite so-
- Whoa, that's that's very bloody.
That's a, that's a serious hematoma. That's a bruise.
But you know what's interesting that can happen off this,
and I bet most people wouldn't expect me to say this,
something known as a fat scar, also known as fat necrosis.
Because there's a lot of fatty tissue in women's breasts
and if you get physical trauma there,
it can cause scarring of the adipose or fat tissue.
And as a result, sometimes if you get a scan,
you'll see the fat scar, you'll feel the fat scar,
and you'd be worried about it.
But in reality, it's just the fat scar.
The patient we see this quite frequently in
is one that was involved in a car accident
where the steering wheel
or the seatbelt actually put some pressure onto the fat
causing the fat necrosis.
- Alright, Jonna, Grant. You ready?
- These shows always freak me out.
Looks like a giant sperm in the water.
(dramatic music)
- [Grant] I've, like, (beep) booted my knee.
- [Jonna] Oh no. - And I've just, like,
strained everything.
I don't know, I feel like I just like hypertension,
overturned it on one side.
- It looks pretty swollen and discolored
compared to the other one.
Remember, a lot of times you don't know what's normal
for the patients.
You have to compare it to the normal side.
"My journey came to an end
due to my dumbass over correcting my jump.
My MCL copped a serious flogging
meaning we had to pull stumps."
What? - [Sam] Australians.
- So it sounds like the MCL got strained? Torn?
I don't know Australian slang here.
Someone help me in the comments.
- [Sam] "Copped a serious flogging."
- I mean, it got beat to sh-
- There's nothing worse than having a depressed
Carol Channing at your party.
(glass breaking) (yelps)
Are you okay? - I'm fine.
- [Host] Oh my God, are you okay?
- Honestly, again,
I would probably say there is no injury there.
I would say no medical attention.
It would've been worse had he hit the corner of the table
than the breaking of the glass.
How many fingers am I holding up?
- Four. - Close enough.
- How about me? - Oh.
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♪ The way they throw themselves around ♪
♪ I'm sure that it is fake ♪
♪ The way they act you think that they're really dead ♪
♪ But can they break a neon light ♪
♪ By slamming it with their head ♪
- That's touche, touche. They're so good.
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