VideoJug has videos on "How to Cheat to Win an Eating Contest" and "How to Succeed in a Hot Dog Eating Contest" (without cheating)
The Bell House in Brooklyn will host what is billed as the world's first caviar eating contest on September 18 as part of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival. (Youtube has a video of an informal caviar eating contest from 2009.)
Top Story Weekly has a video of a sketch set at the women's division of the Nathan's finals in which competitors are heckled during pre-contest interviews. (probably not safe for work)
AOL Weird News has an article (via Stallion Italian comment) about the lack of a big budget competitive eating movie that contains an interview with independent filmmaker Niko Hronopoulos, producer of the "The Eater" a twelve minute parody of competitive eating. A Wing Bowl movie and a competitive eating film by Josh Heald, writer of "Hot Tub Time Machine" were in production around 2005-06, but both projects have apparently been tabled.
In last night's episode of The Colbert Report, a feud between Jimmy Fallon and the host about their Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavors concludes with an ice cream eating contest.
Two attempts at competitive eating related humor: Chestnut & Kobayashi vs. IBM's Watson (via email) | MLE hoping to avoid lockout
b michael and sady doyle have sketched out a competitive eating film called Eating Harvard. Projected actors for the movie include Bill Murray, Robert Downey, Jr., Amy Poehler and Method Man & Redman.
Lucy Bauer, who appeared in a commercial for Kentucky Fried Chicken last year, stars as a competitive eating coach in a video to promote Give Forward's burrito eating contest on July 28.
The Colbert Report did a segment on the 2010 Nathan's finals.
Competitive goldfish eating “mockumentary” debuts
The Story of Furious Pete is not the only competitive eating film to debut at a Great Lakes film festival this month. Jared Mobarak has a review of Bad Fish a “mockumentary” about competitive goldfish eating which was screened on April 16 at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. The protagonists are members of NICCAGE (The National and International Community of Competitors in the Association of Goldfish Eating). The film includes footage from the Buffalo Wing Festival.
Crazy Legs Conti appeared in a video produced by the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy group. (via Todd Bieber email)
A trailer for a competitive eating "mockumentary" called Buns Unleashed is available on youtube.
Link Buffet: January 12, 2009
- Review of Quest for the Golden Hot Dog
- 4 person USA vs. Canada team slider eating contest in Toronto on February 8, 2009. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski will captain the Canadian team
- List of all Wing Bowl 17 finalists on 610WIP.com. “Obi Wing” and “Damaging” Doug are the only repeat competitors at this moment I am aware of
- Wrestler “The Executioner” sets restaurant record by eating 10 pattie burger
- Picture of menu at Wintzell’s Oyster House which lists the current oyster eating records (Men – Joe Evans: 403, Women – Julia Ward: 280)
- Picture of Sonya Thomas and Rickey Henderson (on right) from the 2005 San Diego Golden Palace qualifier. Rickey Henderson is expected to be announced as one of the new baseball Hall of Fame members today
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