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Four-time NBA champion, three-time Finals MVP, 14-time All-NBA selection, basketball Hall-of-Famer and overall large human being Shaquille O’Neal is taking on a new challenge: Sharks.
Shaq Does Shark Week is a one-hour Shark Week special that will premiere Sunday, July 22, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery Channel. If you don’t have cable or can’t get to a TV, you can watch the Discovery Channel online via Philo TV, a cable-free, live-TV streaming service.
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Preview
The Big Aristotle has conquered a lot of opponents throughout his career, but according to the Discovery Channel’s description of this special, Shaq “doesn’t do sharks.” It’s a good thing for him, then, that he’ll have the help of comedian and ex-Marine Rob Riggle as he prepares at Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Shaq will also be in a cage for the dive.
“Full disclosure, I thought I was hosting ‘Shaq Week,'” says Shaq in a promo, “but that doesn’t exist.”
To be honest, it’s pretty disappointing that Shaq Week doesn’t exist, but this should suffice. The 7-foot-1 big man is usually pretty entertaining in anything he does, but when he’s out of his comfort zone, that’s when hilarity typically ensues.
For what it’s worth, Diesel has shown us before on national television how comfortable he is in the water–he once beat Michael Phelps in a race with just a slight head start–but we’ll see what happens when sharks enter the picture.
Throw in Riggle for a little bit of a Buddy Cop comedy situation, and this should serve as a good start to the always entertaining Shark Week.