LET THE RECORD SETTING
BEGIN.
A PROFESSOR CLAIMING HIS SPOT
IN THE RECORD BOOKS BY AN
ATTEMPT AT THE LONGEST LESSON
EVER.
HE IS EIGHT HOURS IN AND HE IS
TRYING TO MAKE IT TO 30 HOURS.
Reporter: ON YOUR MARK, GET
SET, GO.
NOW WE ARE PROUD TO
INTRODUCE OUR FATHER.
Reporter: AFTER A HEARTFELT
INTRODUCTION BY HIS CHILDREN
THE CLOCK STARTED TICKING AT
THIS PROFESSOR OF HISTORY.
HE SET OUT TO ESTABLISH A RECORD
NEVER SET BEFORE.
WILL TRY TO SET A WORLD
RECORD, THE WORLD'S LONGEST
HISTORY LESSON.
Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT, 30
HOURS OF NONSTOP LECTURING
TOTALING 500 PAGES OF NOTES AND
MORE THAN 1600 SLIDES.
WE ARE COVERING ALL OF TEXAS
HISTORY SAYING WE ARE STARTING
WITH CAVE PEOPLE AND COMING UP
INTO LAST WEEK.
NORMALLY TAKES 14 WEEKS TO
TEACH HAS BEEN CONDENSED INTO
ONE MARATHON OF A LECTURE.
THERE ARE RULES TO ALL OF THIS.
GUINNESS HAS WITNESSES THAT
ARE HERE WHO WILL BE OBSERVING
THE STUDENTS AND MYSELF TO MAKE
SURE THEY'RE NOT JUST AWAKE BUT
THEY'RE ENGAGED.'S BUT THERE
MUST BE 10 STUDENTS PRESENT AT
ALL TIMES, -- ENGAGED.
Reporter: THERE MUST BE 10
STUDENTS PRESENT AT ALL TIMES
AND EVERY HOUR OF LECTURE EARNS
STUDENTS A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK
WHICH CAN BE STACKED.
WE HAVE IN TRAINING A YEAR
AND PREPARING ABOUT A YEAR.
Reporter: IT IS AN ATTEMPT
TO RAISE MONEY FOR AN ONLINE
RESOURCE FOR ALL THINGS
HISTORICAL IN THE LONE STAR
STATE.
ALTHOUGH THE ENERGY WAS OBVIOUS
HERE AT THE START, EVEN THE
DOCTOR KNOWS SUSPECTS AND
COFFEE CAN ONLY HELP SO MUCH.
I THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN
HERE AT SOME POINT, THEY WILL
HIT A WALL AND YOU HAVE TO
DECIDED TO KEEP GOING FORWARD.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH
THE LIVE STREAM GOING ON RIGHT
NOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CLICK ON THE STORY AT OUR
WEBSITE AT DFW.CBSLOCAL.COM.
THE 30 HOUR MARK, BY THE WAY
WHICH THE PROFESSOR IS SHOOTING
FOR WILL BE ASKED TO 8:00 P.M.
TOMORROW, SATURDAY.
THEY STARTED AT 8:00 IN THE
MORNING AND IT WILL GO AWAY --
IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY TILL
THEN.
I CHECKED OUT THE ONLINE
STREAM, IT WAS REALLY COOL.
GOOD LUCK TO.
