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Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Steel!
Taking the Dom Joly baton of Trigger Happy TV’s public pranking and running with it rather perversely towards the realm of the sado-masochistic ways of Jackass is a show that candidly sums up the guts that its participants must have in just three words… Balls of Steel.
The Mark Dolan presented Balls of Steel started life on Channel 4 back in 2005 and courted controversy before it was even broadcast. At the War of the Worlds London premiere Tom Cruise was squirted by a water pistol disguised as a microphone as part of one of the stunts from the programme; this action promptly caused a media outcry. However, three years on and the show is still going strong and Tom Cruise, well…
So what is it about Balls of Steel’s special guests showing how keen they are to prove themselves by performing death-defying stunts, holding their nerve during hidden camera set-ups, and being juvenile and stupid in the presence of celebrities that make the show so popular? Keep on reading, as we present you with the top ten most viewed Balls of Steel clips on e4.com. Oh yeah, don’t try any of these things at home!
Number 10: Shocking Stuff, 709 Views
The Pain Men, consisting of Pancho and Matthew from Dirty Sanchez, really know no bounds when it comes to the pain threshold. In this lovely clip Matthew electrocutes Pancho in the testicles. Yes, the testicles…
Number 9: Graphic Artist, 712 Views
The Annoying Devil certainly is a devilish character. In this vid he takes one of the most stunning sights in Britain and, well, gives it a willy. Art attack this is not…
Number 8: Ride With The Devil, 717 Views
Yep, his second appearance in the top ten certainly cements the Devil’s general annoying nature, as he takes his extremely evil looking Smart Car and causes havoc with it…
Number 7: Staple Diet, 764 Views
The Pain Men are back! It’s been a bad day in the office for Pancho and he takes out all his anger on Matthew by stapling his tongue to a pile of paper. Pain rating 10…
Number 6: Propositions of a Window Cleaner, 791 Views
The Balls of Steel character ‘Big Gay Following’ is certainly not backwards in coming forwards. Here he tries to seduce the window cleaner with the non-to-subtle words, “Alright mate, fancy a bum?”…
Number 5: Naked and Steamy, Views 802
A man turns up at steam fair wearing nothing but a bobble hat and a backpack. What could be funnier than that? A burly man chasing said man with a stick…
Number 4: The Odd Couples, Views 824
Alex Zane proves he’s not all cuddles and curls in this clip, as he oversees contractually obliged contestants to tongue elderly, plump women. This is wrong. So wrong…
Number 3: Escalating Violence, Views 887
Neg, Balls of Steel most antagonising participant, really can wind people up, and strangely they don’t seem too fond of him mocking them with the words, “Come on fatty! Whoop, whoop!” The repercussions of this actually lead Neg to be put in the world’s deadliest ever headlock…
Number 2: Talking Dirty, Views 928
The general public loved this clip, but the celebrity contingent in Cannes were not to keen. Well, would you be if you were confronted with ten inch microphone shaped like a penis…
Number One: Dirty Devil, Views 1088
The Annoying Devil may well be damn annoying, but hey, you guys love him and made this clip number one! Ever tried crossing a river of poo? No? The poor members of the general public in this prank have…
Watch Balls of Steel, Channel 4, Friday, 23:05.
