![]() VEDANTAM: At 2:00 in the morning on January 8th, 1964, Randy broke the world record. That really helped me because that was, like, afresh of something different and new to keep me going. GARDNER: And he rented a car, a convertible, and we drove around in that. His name - and this will feel like a pun - was William Dement. VEDANTAM: A few days into the wake-a-thon, a sleep researcher from Stanford University showed up. GARDNER: I mean, it was crazy, where you couldn't remember things, it was almost like an early Alzheimer's thing brought on by lack of sleep. VEDANTAM: Did you start to feel like your mental faculties were slipping, that it was harder to answer questions, it was harder to remember something to formulate a phrase or a sentence? Tangerines or oranges seemed to take the nausea away. GARDNER: I noticed that in the morning I was really nauseous, and that's when I stumbled on eating citrus for some reason. He stayed away from beds and tried to stand as much as he could. GARDNER: If you're on your own, you're going to succumb. And asked them to stay awake on rotations around the clock to help him stay awake. GARDNER: Bruce McAllister, and Joe Marciano. The idea he came up with? Going without sleep for 264 hours, exactly 11 days - long enough to break a world record. ![]() VEDANTAM: If he wanted to win the science fair here, he'd have to pull out all the stops. When we came to this town, San Diego, I thought, boy, this is a big city. GARDNER: I was a kind of a science nerd when I was young. VEDANTAM: In every town he lived in, Randy entered the science fair. RANDY GARDNER: I'm the oldest of four siblings in a military family. It was the last in a long line of childhood moves. SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: Our story begins in 1963, when Randy Gardner moved to San Diego. And because of that, scientists were able to learn something about the price we pay when we don't get enough rest. Decades ago, a teenage boy named Randy Gardner stopped sleeping for 11 nights. 6/10.And this next story is about something we think about a lot at MORNING EDITION. It's quite forgettable, though, and it isn't exactly a genre defining experience. Ultimately, the picture is relatively enjoyable when it's underway. Still, it gives the movie an undeniable charm. Their relationship is a decent amount of fun, but it's a bit frustrating because it never really evolves (and barely has any consequences). The flick's focus is certainly on the odd 'in disguise as each other' dynamic that keeps its charismatic leads on their toes. At the same time, it isn't all that important. It's almost impossible to follow, in a sense, because it just sort of happens. The plot, for instance, is all over the place. ![]() Most of it is just pure nonsense, though. It's entertaining enough, I suppose, for a bit of brainless fun, and I will admit that it has one or two genuine laughs. It's just very by the numbers and isn't all that compelling. I mean, it's not like the movie is boring or anything. It owes practically all of its success to its two stars, with Lawrence and Smith's constant banter being pretty much the only interesting thing in the entire affair. 'Bad Boys (1995)' is your typical orange-and-teal, hyper-sexualised 90s action flick.
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