The eating contest held at the Collegiate Nationals in San Diego in April will be rerun on CSTV tonight at 10 pm (all times eastern) and also the following dates and times:

Wed 6/25 7:00 PM
Fri 6/27 11:00 PM
Sat 6/28 5:00 AM

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(from Mark Schrimsher) CalorieLab has a short book review in English of Gal Sone’s recently released autobiography.

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The Southtown Star has an article about the Chicago competitive eating scene focusing on Pat Bertoletti and the upcoming Bartolini’s meatball eating contest.

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(From Deadspin) The July 2008 edition of Penthouse will have an article about the Wing Bowl which can be read online (pictures are basically safe for work). The article focuses more on peripheral activities than on the eating competition.

The best composite of Wing Bowl attendees is this: They’re the men who get kicked out of sporting events—the boorish, drunken slobs who curse too loudly, start fights too easily, harass women too aggressively, and make watching a game uncomfortable for 90 percent of the other spectators. Even in Philadelphia, whose fans have a nationally known reputation for classlessness, this crowd is vile. Philly fans earned their rep for, among other offenses, throwing snowballs at Santa Claus in 1968, cheering when Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin lay motionless on the turf with a neck injury in 1999, and behaving so poorly at the old Veterans Stadium that the city was forced to assign a judge to the Vet on Eagles game days.

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The Salisbury (NC) Post has an article about the “Apple Ugly” eating contest that will be held on July 4. A qualifier will be held on June 30. Dale Boone is an expected entrant. Boone says that he will also compete in the Elizabethton, TN hot dog eating contest on July 4 and that he is a member of a another competitive eating organization:

He allowed his contract to run out with the International Federation of Competitive Eating and now belongs to the World League of Competitive Eating, which he considers a step up because of all the international competition.

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Results from IFOCE.com & “results”

1. “Nasty” Nate Biller 25 HDB (20 at end of regulation, 5 in 2 minute eatoff)
2. Kevin Ross 24 (20 at end of regulation, 4 in 2 minute eatoff)
3. Ken Mansfield 18 (from Florida)
4. Timm Dilling 15
4. Chris Floyd 15

update TexasStumps has a blog entry about the contest with pictures.

DallasNews.com has an article about the qualifier with a video

update #2 The blog for the Dallas Observer has an entry about the qualifier with videos which reports that Kevin Ross had a post contest reversal. (from Daniel Rodrigue)

WFAA has an article about the contest

Youtube also has a video

update #3 D Magazine’s Sidedish blog has an entry about the contest

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From MosesNews.com

1. Allen “The Shredder” Goldstein 23 HDB
2. Damon Serignet 16 HDB
3. 8 HDB

update SCNow has an article about the contest

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From IFOCE.com:

1. Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos: 19.25
2. Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough: 18.5
3. Larry “The Legend” McNeil: 17
4. “Super” Paul Barlow: 16

NewnanNow has an article about Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough which says that Larry McNeil will also compete.

Paul Barlow is another expected entrant, and he did an on radio contest yesterday

update AJC.com has a contest report.

update #2 Star94.com has a gallery of the qualifier and Paul Barlow’s in station promo contest (from Paul Barlow)

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• Dallas Observer interviews Timm Dilling and veterinarian Jim Clawson
• Next UEPa meeting scheduled for R U Hungry? at State College, PA July 12 or 13
• Captain Lou Albano vs. King Kong Bundy pie eating contest from 1985 WWE Halloween Special
• Sales video for Don Lerman’s dentures
• Pat Bertoletti videos on Yardbarker: post Wing Bowl drinking with Steakbellie, Promo for Spike TV Ham & Eggs contest
• Beautiful Brian on Scozzy Bone
• Brooklyn Stinky Cheese eating contest preview
• Egg McMuffin eating contest for Bank of America interns. Megamunch’s office probably has better eaters:
  

  It took the “winner” FIFTY MINUTES to eat FOUR NON-EGG McMuffins. Pretty much makes you want to vom, doesn’t it? You’re in good company, because according to one of the overseers of the event, the “winner” just asked if he could go throw up. He was told that he loses if he does. Meaning that the other intern who ATE THREE McMUFFINS AND THEN GAVE UP would be declared the winner.

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The blog for Penn Live has an entry about the movie “Nacho Mountain”. Filming locations are currently being scouted in the Lehigh Valley. The film’s IMDB page lists Joey Chestnut, who will be performing as himself, as one of the stars. The release year is projected as 2009. Producer Dan Maher gives the following description of the plot:

He describes it as a quirky comedy about a fellow named Keefer who starts an underground food-eating competition. “When the town’s health-crazed mayor threatens to shut the tournament down, Keefer and his buddies fight to keep the contests going,” Maher explains.

A PG-13 rated teaser (probably NSFW) is available on youtube and a page for the movie has the following casting call:

NOW ACCEPTING HEADSHOTS AND PICTURES OF ANYBODY IN LEHIGH VALLEY WANTING TO PLAY EXTRAS, OR FILL CHARACTER ROLES! PLUS SIZES ARE GOOD, OBESE IS GREAT. ANy deformities (missing limbs, little people, etc.) are guaranteed screen time.

A craigslist posting has additional job information and says that principal photography will take place from July 21 to 27.

update The star of the movie, Jay Larson, has a page on ComedyCentral.com

A movie poster can be seen on the movie’s myspace page

The lead female role has yet to be cast

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(Via Deadspin) A website for the G4 Network’s competitive vomiting deferral show, Hurl has been set up. A trailer and gallery are available. The show will debut on July 15.

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Don “Moses” Lerman has uploaded a video he made after getting some of his original teeth removed. He says he will return to competitive eating after he receives a set of dental implants.

GainsboroughRoad has uploaded some videos of the Dickey’s BBQ sandwich eating contest.

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Zap2It’s schedule for ESPN now has information about its broadcast of the 2008 Nathan’s finals. As in previous years, the programming will start at noon eastern and last an hour. The program will be rerun immediately after it concludes.

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The Dallas Observer continues its series about entrants in the Plano, TX Nathan’s qualifier with an interview with “Nasty” Nathan Biller, who is getting a master’s degree in sports business at New York University.

update The Fort Worth Star Telegram has a short preview. Walter Duke is one of the expected entrants

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The new poll asks how you think Kobayashi will finish in the upcoming Nathan’s finals (his not competing is an option)

Kobayashi has a blog entry about the commercial he filmed for Western Canada Lotteries

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(From Consumerist.com) The Telegraph reports that a burger costing £95 ($185) sold by a London Burger King was certified by Guinness as the world’s most expensive burger. The British burger appears to be normal size (its weight is not listed) ABCNews reports that the burger contains Wagyu beef, organic mayonnaise, white truffles and pink Himalayan rock salt and has an Iranian saffron bun. All proceeds from the sale of the burger will go to the charity Help a London Child.

At least three American restaurants have more costly offerings:

• $399, Absolutely Ridiculous Burger, Mallie’s Sports Grill & Bar
• $379, Beer Barrel Main Event Charity Burger, Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub
• $320.95, 8th Wonder Deluxe, Clinton Station Diner

The sandwiches from Mallie’s and Denny’s have received acknowledgement from Guinness as the world largest commercially available burgers, so the records organization must have been aware of them.

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“Furious” Pete has started a contest on bodybuilding.com in which participants will submit videos of drinking from a bottle containing 1.5 liters of water. The fastest time will receive a product from Engineered Sports Technology.

Pete has uploaded a video of him drinking 1.5L in 8 seconds (He is not eligible for the prize). His goal is to break Ken Domon’s mark of 4.88 seconds from Food Battle Club: The Speed

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• Parody about Kobayashi and Badlands Booker using their stomach capacity to smuggle heroin
• Pat Philbin’s head is the subject of a bodybuilding.com thread (Picture on the right is the picture originally in the thread)
• Yardbarker blog entry about Pat Bertoletti’s appearance on “The Early Show”
• Spectator report of Mattituck strawberry shortcake contest and Booker’s & BB’s musical performances.
• Blog entry by Dallas qualifier entrant Chris Floyd
• Megamunch’s report on his office “Six Pack Challenge”
• Videos of the Denver hot dog qualifier
• Paul Barlow to do on-air hot dog contest on Star 94 on Friday about 8AM

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The blog for the Dallas Observer has an interview with Marc Laureys, who says he hopes to reach the mid 20s in the Nathan’s qualifier in Plano, TX. The entry also says that the #29 (Kevin Ross) and #30 (Nate Biller) ranked IFOCE members are expected.

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MyrtleBeachOnline has a preview of Saturday’s qualifier at Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, SC listing Allen “Shredder” Goldstein and Richard Foley as expected entrants.

Another page on MyrtleBeachOnline reports that park admission (costing $50 or $39 for SC/NC residents) is required for qualifier spectators and that the finals will have a $20,000 purse like last year.

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A British documentary from 2003 about Takeru Kobayashi competing in Food Battle Club: The Speed can be viewed on youtube. The video shows Kobayashi lifting weights, practicing at a sushi buffet and training for the 1.5 liter water bottle round, which he would lose to Ken Domon.

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Don “Moses” Lerman announces that he is now formally receiving offers for three of his partial dentures. His asking price is $1,000 for each denture.

Lerman does not say if the dentures include the rights to whatever DNA may be found on them should a buyer be interested in creating a clone

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The Dallas Observer is starting a series of blog entries about local entrants in Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Plano, TX with an interview of Bryan “The Chazzer” Lipchitz whose nickname is based on the Yiddish word for pig.

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(from email) Jake’s Hamburgers will sponsor a hamburger eating contest over the next two months. The finals will take place at a Wilmington Blue Rocks game on July 25 and award $1000 to the winner. Qualifiers will be held at the following locations:

Chadds Ford, PA Rt 202 June 23, 2008
Newark, DE Rt 273 June 24, 2008
Wilmington, DE Kirkwood Hwy June 29, 2008
New Castle, DE Rt 13 June 30, 2008
Dover, DE Rt 113 July 7, 2008
Elkton, MD Rt 213 July 8, 2008
Bear, DE Rt 40 July 14, 2008
Claymont, DE Philadelphia Pike July 21, 2008

The entry form states that tickets for the qualifier must be purchased at the site and that finalists will have to pay an additional $20 to compete in the finals.

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• Interview with Jill Stoler in CheapAssFood.com
• Logo made for “Furious” Pete
• Regrets email from Crazy Legs Conti
• Austin, TX Veggie Dog contest Saturday
• French supermarket chain Carrefour sponsors eating contest for Thai children

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