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March 17, 2020 / 10:45 AM

'Let's Make a Deal' breaks Guinness record with giant water gun

Game show "Let's Make a Deal" broke a Guinness World Record when it constructed the world's largest water gun. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records

Game show "Let's Make a Deal" broke a Guinness World Record when it constructed the world's largest water gun. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records

March 17 (UPI) -- Game show Let's Make a Deal was presented with a Guinness World Records certificate after building the world's largest water gun.

Wayne Brady, host of the CBS game show, unveiled a water gun during Friday's 1990s-themed episode that measured 12 feet and 7.75 inches long.

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Guinness adjudicator Kim Partrick examined the water gun to ensure actually shot water and was larger than the previous record holder, which measured 7 feet 3.4 inches long.

The show previously earned a Guinness record when it unveiled the world's largest cereal bowl, which weighed in at 3,504 pounds.

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