ebay is offering a Notorious B.O.B trading card for $80. (via twitter)
The documentary The Story of Furious Pete is now available for purchase on furiouspete.com
Craiglist has a hot dog costume signed by Takeru Kobayashi for sale at $80.
Hofmann Hot Dogs has produced a one minute commercial starring Takeru Kobayashi. Awful Advertisments has a blog entry about the ad.
Syracuse.com has an article about Hofmann's Hot Dogs strategy to become a national frankfurter brand which includes signing Takeru Kobayashi on as an endorser and minority investor. The company plans to hold hot dog eating contests on college campuses. (via Teri Weaver)
NBC Sports Off The Bench has a blog entry about the twiter feud between Joey Chestnut and Frank Zaccanelli, CEO of Hofmann Hot Dogs with more background information. Details about the Hofmann competitive eating event at the Texas State Fair that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in have not been finalized.
A craigslist poster in Florida is selling a T-shirt signed by many 2012 Nathan's finalists including Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt and Juliet Lee for $200.
Kobayashi / Hofmann partnership details
Syracuse.com and DMagazine have articles about Takeru Kobayashi’s press conference this morning where his partnership with Hofmann Hot Dogs was officially announced. Some notes:
- Takeru Kobayashi will own 50% of a new division Hofmann has created to produce a Kobayashi-branded hot dog.
- Hofmann is planning to open a restaurant in Dallas, possibly as soon as September. (Cowboys legend Roger Staubach is another Hofmann part-owner, so that might be the reason for the location.)
- Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog contest against a “ferocious competitor” at the Great New York State Fair on August 25.
Syracuse.com reports that Hofmann Hot Dogs has added Takeru Kobayashi as a business partner / brand ambassador. The partnership will officially announced at a press conference at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino. Kobayashi might compete in a Hoffman hot dog eating contest at the New York State Fair.
Andrew Lazarchik has posted a picture of the new Nathan's championship belts Wildcat Belts has produced for the 2012 finals. The Pepto-Bismo logo no longer flanks the Nathan's medallion on the women's belt (picture of 2011 belt), apparently confirming rumors that Pepto-Bismol is no longer a Nathan's sponsor.
Tim Brown announces that the Glutton Force Five food truck he is operating with Pat Bertoletti will be at the Chicago Ribfest this weekend.
GameDesignerBen has posted a picture of a board game titled Guts of Glory, described as a "post-apocalyptic competitive eating card game."
Time Out Chicago has an article about Glutton Force Five, the food truck owned by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown. To promote the truck, Bertoletti and Brown are planning a "Gluttony Tour" in which they will attempt every Chicago eating challenge in less than 48 hours.
Takeru Kobayashi appears in a new video promoting Eight O'Clock Coffee where he drank 42 cups. Comedian Jim Breuer, formerly of Saturday Night Live, served as co-host.
DVDs for Man v. Food: Nation are available for purchase on amazon.com and will be released on April 10. A press release says the set will include the 25 episodes previously televised so the two final episodes that will air on April 11 will not be included.
Joey Chestnut endorses Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs of Denver in a commercial.
Spreadshirt is selling new Will "The Champ" Millender T-shirts (fixed) with Will's new logo on them. (black shirts)
Spreadshirt has a line of Kobayashi T-shirts with a Philadelphia theme.
Joe Menchetti sets NYC Dumpling Festival record
update 11:15 Ekavet has a flckr gallery. Will Millender has videos of the women’s contest and first heat of the male contest. Feeding the Dragon has a video of the second heat won by Joe Menchetti.
update 2:41 Miss Korea BBQ reports that Joe Menchetti won the men’s contest with a total of 69 dumplings, breaking his record of 66. Will Millender reports that he took 3rd w/ 45 and that Dave Brunelli was runner up with 60. Marcos Owens was 4th with 44.
update 2:30 Floria Lee has repeated as the women’s winner with a total of 37 dumplings.
update 2:20 Will Millender reports that Dave Brunelli is the current leader of the men’s contest with 60 and that Joe Menchetti broke the stairs to the stage, which others confirm.
Today’s eating contest at the NYC Dumpling Festival should start at 2pm. Will Millender reports he is at the contest site along with Joe Menchetti, Mike Longo and Marcos Owens. Floria Lee and Olia Zaitseva will attempt to fill the top two spots in the women’s contest for the third straight year.
The shirt Will Millender is wearing at the contest displaying Mike Longo’s severed head can be purchased online.
"Furious" Pete T-shirts with the Peta (People Eating Tasty Animals) logo are available for purchase.
DonSturdy.com has started a merchandise page at http://donsturdy.storenvy.com/. One of the available items is a "Food Fighter" shirt for women.
Boston.com reports that Shaquille O'Neal has joined the Oreo Double Stuf Racing League and competed in a contest at the Prudential Center last night. A mystery competitor nicknamed "The Hooded Menace" will be revealed this weekend.
DVDs of the second season of Man vs. Food is available for purchase today.
The planet Bismoll in the DC Comics universe
Joey Chestnut will compete in the final contest of this summer’s Pepto-Bismoll Challenge series at the Buffalo Wing Festival today against two teams of five amateurs, but he is not the biggest eater associated with the pink liquid. In the DC Comics Legion of Super Heroes series, all natives of the planet Bismoll can consume any amount of any organic or inorganic material. The name Bismoll is reportedly a pun on Pepto-Bismol.
The two most famous Bismollians are Matter-Eater Lad (first appearance 1963) and Calorie Queen (first appearance 1975), who has been modified so her strength increases in proportion with the amount of matter she consumes. Some panels from the comics:
Matter-Eater Lad / Calorie Queen links
- Major Spoilers Matter-Eater Lad history
- Cosmic Teams Matter-Eater Lad profile
- Comics Alliance ranks Calorie Queen as its favorite Legion of Super-Heroes member.
- Adam P Knave blog entry about Calorie Queen
Youtube has a commercial for Cool Beer starring "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and his girlfriend filmed at an expensive restaurant.
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