The Man Who Ate The 747

A gloriously witty, wise, wacky and wonderful romantic comedy about love, life and scrap metal . . .

J J Smith is an official keeper of world records. Wherever he goes, would-be record holders vie for his attention: children gather around him, pogo-stick jumping hopefully; men claim they can break the record for remaining motionless in one place right then and there; people implore him to watch them stand on their heads.

But JJ's boss says his records are dull. Either he comes up with something special for The Book, or he's fired. So when JJ hears about someone who is rumoured to be eating a 747, he has to check it out. Soon he finds himself in Superior, Nebraska, where Walter Chubb is, indeed, in the process of consuming an entire aeroplane, hoping to impress Willa Wyatt whom he has loved ever since she was the only guest who turned up to his tenth birthday party.