Thousands of foamy confectionaries lie primed on tables across the studio set. Hundreds of extras pace on the spot anxiously in overalls, hairnets, and diving goggles. The whistle blows: what is about to become the Guinness Book of Records-approved world’s largest pie fight has begun.

I took a hit. In point of fact, I believe I took about sixty.

That’s how it went down on the 17^th of September at ABC Studios on New York’s Upper West Side. The record attempt was part of the “Live with Regis & Kelly” show – I was there and I saw the pies fly. I took a hit. In point of fact, I believe I took about sixty. I couldn’t discern friend from foe – I merely sought to cover everything that moved with pie. I believe I did my country proud. Or my team. Or, like, whatever… I was just tossing pies and fast, alright?

If this sounds completely ridiculous to you (and frankly it should), there was a more serious note to the proceedings. The supplier of the pies (which, as a side note, probably set an impromptu record themselves as the most delicious ammunition eve) was Stew Leonard’s, who donated $10 for every pie thrown to the Meals on Wheels Association of America!

Well done chaps, and congratulations also to the cameraman who managed to record the following through a torrential stream of flying pie: