InsideToronto.com: George Tsioutsioulas, producer and director of The Story of Furious Pete, says his interest in competitive eating was sparked when Sonya Thomas won a contest at the Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival.

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  1. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    April 8, 2010 @ 4:01 pm

    Makes perfect sense: littlest eater … female … ready-made proverbial David and Goliath(s) story. Powerful stuff!

  2. Sonya Fan said

    April 8, 2010 @ 5:06 pm

    “Black Widow” v. “Furious” I’d pay to see that. First event held in the Philippeans, Pete chooses the food and time limit, we’ll call it the “Filla in Manila.” Second event held in Zaire, Sonya chooses the food and time limit, call it the “Grumble in the Jungle.” The last and deciding event at Caesar’s Place, Las Vegas, food and time limit chosen by an independent body — Eatingmania I “The Vomitorium.” I can dream can’t I?

  3. Anonymous said

    April 8, 2010 @ 6:09 pm

    I think Pete would easily sweep all events. He’d just too good.

  4. Anonymous said

    April 8, 2010 @ 6:41 pm

    I don’t know. They are two warriors.

  5. Sonya Fan said

    April 9, 2010 @ 12:19 pm

    If Sonya chose oysters and 10 minutes, I’d give her the edge. But Pete would probably get her in a long contest of a high volume food like Grits. Whatever, it would be interesting.

  6. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    April 9, 2010 @ 1:08 pm

    As BB implied in his Bits and Pieces earlier this month, Sonya has gotten a second wind as of late. She’s won, what, a half dozen contests since last September? And she finished ahead of some top three eaters in the process.

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