In an episode of Hulu's new supernatural stoner comedy web series Deadbeat, the ghost of deceased competitive eater Hiro Tamagachi (based on Takeru Kobayashi) wants to have the rabbi who received his stomach organ face off against his arch rival Johnny Praline in Oinky's hot dog eating contest near Times Square. (previous instances of a Mr. Praline in a comedy series)
Competitve Eating in “The Simpsons”
Tonight’s episode of The Simpsons, “Luca$”, in which Lisa dates an aspiring competitve eater named Lucas Bortner is not the first appearance of competitive eating in the animated series. Eating challenges from previous episodes:
- 72 Ounce Steak at The Slaughterhouse, a restaurant inspired by the Big Texan. “Maximum Homerdrive” (clip)
- Chili with Guatemalan Insanity Peppers, “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer” (clip)
- 10 Foot Hoagie (turned rancid), “Selma’s Choice” (clip embedded in link)
There is also an eating challenge level in the Simpsons video game and the Simpsons comic book had a story titled “Man vs. Beast vs. Food”.
On a recent episode of the Conan O'Brien show, a 72 ounce steak from the Big Texan was shot by a catapult at a basketball goal outside the Dallas Cowboy stadium (site of this weekend's Final Four).
The New York Cosmos have a video of Takeru Kobayashi competing (as "Busboy Kevin") against midfielder Peri Marošević in a chicken wing eating contest. More April 1 links: Buffalo, NY awarded competitive eating expansion team | Florida food truck to take over Nathan's Coney Island location and eating contest. update April 2 Yahoo! has a blog entry with more about the prank
In Sunday's episode of The Simpsons (Luca$) Zach Galifianakis will guest star as an aspiring competitive eater that Lisa will date. Her family will encourage her to look for other potential boyfriends.
The bratwurst eating contest episode of MTV's Beavis & Butthead is currently available on youtube.
Huffington Post has a blog entry titled "Black Hole's Appetite Awes Competitive Hot Dog Eaters"Â about George Shea's request for use of the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.
FunnyOrDie.com has a list of Oscar picks and mini movie reviews reportedly by Joey Chestnut.
Molly Schuyler appeared on yesterday's episode of Tosh.0 on Comedy Central. update Omaha.com has an article
Jerry Seinfeld visits Nathan’s, calls hot dog contest “disgusting”
In the most recent episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s web video series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, he travels to Coney Island with Todd Barry. While dining at Nathan’s (10:38 mark) they have the following conversation: (via Bensonhurst Bean)
JS: Have you ever seen that disgusting Nathan’s hot dog eating contest?
TB: I don’t understand why you would want to be good at that
JS: Well they dip the hot dog in the water
TB: Yeah
JS: The dryness is what slows down the consumption
TB: It prevents them from having 73 hot dogs in two minutes. Gotta wet em. All I can think about is what happens after.
JS: It must be just unbelievable. Joey Chestnut, right, I believe he is the champion.
TB: Oh, is that who it was? I knew it was a guy from Japan for a while.
JS: Kobayashi. Are you surprised that I know these names?
TB: Yeah, I have only watched it a few times.
JS: I don’t think I have ever seen it, and yet I know the names of the winners.
Vulture.com has produced an animation of the Star Trek pie eating contest described in last night's episode of Breaking Bad.
Mirror.co.uk picks up parody story as factual
update June 24 Huffington Post UK has an article about the parody.
The Mirror has pulled its story without any commentary. The Daily Mail and The Sun have also ran the story and quietly deleted their articles.
The Globe and Mail and MSN ran the story, but have corrected their articles.
Uncorrected articles are still accessible on Examiner PerezHilton.com Daily Star and NewsTalkFlorida.com .
Mirror.co.uk reports that Kevin “The Mighty Rib” Shalin passed into a coma after eating 413 biscuits at Red Lobster. The story originated on Rock City Times, which bills itself as Arkansas 2nd most unreliable news. Kevin Shalin admitted the story was a parody on his facebook.
According to The Onion, Dusty's Kitchen in Columbus, Ohio has made its Colossus Burger challenge a regular menu item because too many patrons were completing it within the 30 minute time limit. The 10 pound "Colossus" will now be known as "The Classic" and a the weight of the challenge burger (now called "The Leviathan") has been increased to 40 pounds.
The 2009 competitive eating comedy Nacho Mountain can be viewed in its entirety on youtube.
The episode of Cheap Seats where the Sklar brothers commentate on ESPN's 2005 telecast of the US Open of Competitive Eating can be viewed on youtube.
The episode of ESPN's Cheap Seats where the Sklar brothers commentate on the telecast of the 2004 Nathan's finals can be viewed on youtube.
BBC America has a blog entry about an upcoming program, British Man vs. Food. The host will be Arthur Richerman and the inaugural challenge will be Harridge's "Born to Be Mild" challenge, where diners will take afternoon tea at an improper hour.
Steve Miller has a review of the 2009 low budget competitive eating comedy Nacho Mountain. He thought the eating contest scenes were funny, but the remainder of the movie could have used a stronger script.
In a interview on Comedy Central's The Daily Show former Republican presidential candidate is asked to provide an inspirational message to an American wing eating competitor seeking to regain the world record. (On the subject of The Daily Show and wing eating contests, I thought there might be a segment about correspondent Aasif Mandvi competing in the Hooters wing eating finals, but it does not look like that will materialize.)
Salon.com reports that hard boiled egg eating will be a demonstration sport in the 2016 Olympics following an effort by the Society to Promote Eating Worldwide (SPEW).
Takeru Kobayashi appears in a recent College Humor video (language may not be safe for work.)
TheStuffTV has a video about a puppet attempting to eat a burger challenge.
Johnnie Excel's appearance (as Johnnie Ellison) in the "Meal or no Meal" segment of Tuesday's Tonight Show with Jay Leno where he drank a squeeze bottle of mayonnaise can be viewed on hulu (starts at 10 minute mark).
Screen.yahoo.com has a parody of The Hunger Games trailer titled The Hungry Games.
Naader Reda has produced a video titled: "Sh*t Competitive Eaters Say".
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