At this very moment, three former college buddies are marooned on the balcony outside of Manhattan's Professor Thom's, watching every episode of "Lost" in attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most consecutive hours spent watching the television.

Some might say this attempt puts the "boob" in "boob tube," but it's all in the name of charity. You might even call it a lost cause (Ba-dum-CHING!).The "Lost"-a-thon's goal is to raise awareness of and generate $100,000 in donations for three awesome charities: The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Doctors Without Borders and The Nature Conservancy.

If all goes as planned, Mike Berlin, Alex Green and Aaron Rosenthal will be watching over the din of Second Ave. traffic straight through the "Lost" series finale on Sunday, racking up a grand total of around 94 straight hours of watching Jack, Sawyer, Locke, Hugo and that guy they killed off first season who's now on "Vampire Diaries." Guinness allows for one five-minute break every hour for bathroom usage (and interviews), but otherwise, these guys must keep their eyes on the TV prize.

If this were "Lost," we'd give you a big cliffhanger right now, but read on to find out what we learned on our visit with the jump-suited team.

When we caught up with the guys around hour 12 of the marathon, they were still in good spirits, but Aaron predicted that they are "basically gonna be walking zombies and totally incoherent by Sunday." They didn't consult any actual physicians before committing to the feat, but they consulted a more reliable source (the Internet) to learn about the effects of sleep deprivation and claim that there will only be short-term effects.

As far as how they plan on staying in the record-breaking game, we tried to stump them with all sorts of potential hitches, but they really seemed to have every possibility covered. They have all the episodes on two different hard drives as well as back-ups on DVD and Blu-ray.

They're being sponsored by Rockstar Energy Drink and Awake gum, so they've got all the uppers they need. They have two jumpsuits apiece donated by My Jumpsuit, so along with fresh undie changes daily, they'll even be semi-hygienic. And in case you're wondering about their butt discomfort situation, according to Alex, "Ben Gay is on the way."

Right now, the biggest worry for these "Lost" fans is reaching their $100,000 goal. So far, they've raised under 900 bucks for the three charities, but they've reached out to some of the show's producers and writers and are really hoping to get some high-profile pledges by the time the weekend is up.

After the series finale Sunday night the (hopefully) record breakers have arranged for a car to pick their incoherent zombie asses up, but at least one of them (Mike) thinks he might live it up a while longer and see what happens -- especially since Professor Thom's is planning a big party around the event, complete with a pig roast.

If you can't make it down to Professor Thom's to pay the team a visit in the next three days, you can still donate, and there's also a live stream of the event, because, really, what's more riveting than watching other people watch TV?