Roger Guy English

Roger Guy English, also known as Teenangel, disc jockey and film critic who achieved seven Guinness World Records in San Diego County in under a three year period during the 1970s.

Early life English was born in 1950 in Orange, California. He attempted a major in cinematography at San Diego Mesa College and was a literary student at University of California, San Diego, but dropped out. He wrote two books, which he was unable to sell.

World records In 1970, English walked from his home in La Jolla, California, to Vancouver, Canada, Upon returning home, crowds deemed him a local celebrity. English was tipped to do a publicity stunt to help build his popularity. This started his desire to attempt setting world records English set the Twist record at 102 hours, 28 minutes and 37 seconds which began on July 11 and continued through July 16th in La Jolla. He set the record for water treading for 18 hours, 28 minutes and 37 seconds in a La Jolla pool. he did not sleep for 12 days, 5 hours and 15 minutes. smoked cigarettes and played Monopoly with friends. but was held up because of weather and damage to a camper and rowboat. On December 27, English set a joke telling record over 5 hours and 15 minutes at Winner's Circle Lodge in Del Mar. for seven days in a Mission Valley trailer. In 1989, English was a disc jockey in San Diego. In 2021, filmmaker Tyler J. French recorded over 60 hours of footage of English for a documentary about him called Full Tilt Boogie, Daddy-O. The film was submitted to Sundance Film Festival. .

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