Despite the emergence of Spieth as a major challenger, and Watson's thrilling attempts to repel the young pretender, viewing figures nosedived.
Skydiving has been around for many years, and we've already seen a few professional thrill seekers attempt stratosphere-level jumps.
Attendance and handle figures for the Belmont spring meet, on the other hand, were expected to continue to drift downward despite the 80,162 fans who visited the track on June 6 to witness Real Quiet's thrilling, but unsuccessful, attempt to become racing's 12th Triple Crown winner.
Of course, Charley was not completely thrilled with my attempt.
But now after the latest 39 KM long jump by Alan Eustace, a company known as "Orbital Outfitters" is creating a suit and equipment that can allow any daring thrill seeker to attempt this dangerous feat.
An important part of the pleasure of a movie is the sense of shared discovery — the feeling that what's surprising in the viewing surprised the filmmaker as well, and the thrill of witnessing that attempt at something new.
We were thrilled with our first attempt at adding Brussels sprouts to the Crockpot.
The group of women were thrilled and reportedly attempted to take photos with the uniformed cops.
She laments a society that insists on copying everything from master paintings to suitcases, while Mastroianni's artist explains that for him the thrill is in attempting to recapture the gesture of a genius.
Thornton Delehaney of the New York Evening Post wrote, "[T]he story tries to out-Frankenstein Frankenstein, and so earnest is it in its attempt to be thrilling that it overreaches its mark all along the line and resolves into an unintentional and often hilarious comedy".
We could watch Nicolas Cage being picked over for ticks, see which Arquette sibling makes nasty on the carpet, thrill as the judges vainly attempt to shave Paul Thomas Anderson, or count how many whacks of a rolled-up newspaper it takes to subdue yappy Jack Black.
