Wow, where to start with this one?

NBC has indefinitely paused production of its upcoming competition show Ultimate Slip ’N Slide, reportedly after multiple people on set came down with diarrhea. No, that’s not exactly right. It was explosive diarrhea.

The Wrap reported that at least one person tested positive for giardia on June 2nd, and many reported symptoms on its Simi Valley, California, set, leading to the production shutdown.

Further intel revealed that up to 40 crew members reportedly fell violently ill during recording, resulting in “awful explosive diarrhea” that left people “collapsing” and “being forced to run into port-o-potties,” a person with knowledge of the production told The Wrap.

Insert “sh*tty situation” puns here.

Giardia is a small parasite typically found in soil, food, or water that has been contaminated with feces from infected animals or people. The parasite can be spread from person to person, but the most common way people become infected is through ingesting contaminated drinking or recreational water.

One can only imagine the amount of “recreational water” that flowed over the show’s slip ‘n slide sets.

An NBC representative told The Wrap that the outbreak occurred with just five days left to film. The would-be hosts of this well-planned show, comedians Ron Funches and Bobby Moynihan, had a little fun with the bad news via Twitter on Saturday.

Sharing a look at the image used, Funches wrote, “I love that they used a picture that makes me look proud. Did I have owner of “explosive diarrhea” water park on my vision board? No. I never dreamed that big.” Moynihan, who sports more of a grimace in the press photo, replies “You look happy. I look responsible!”

In more optimistic days the show, slated for an August 8th premiere, was described in an NBC press release as a “wet-and-wild new series [that] takes the spirit of the classic backyard slide and transforms it into a real-life water park full of gigantic slippery rides with the chance to take home a big cash prize.”

Contestants would probably now swap that cash prize for a decent night’s sleep, but neither might be attainable for now. A spokesperson for Universal Television Alternative Studios, which is producing the show for NBC, said that it is “in the process of determining next steps in order to complete production.

We imagine the cast and crew are crossing their fingers (and other limbs) wishing for a speedy resolution to this production.