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Business Insider has a mini-documentary about Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry's preparation for Norm's hotcake eating contest held in Las Vegas in November. January 26, 2025 at 8:25 am by
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The audience Q & A session after the premier of "No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story" has been uploaded to youtube. The panel consisted of five time champion Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, WIP Radio Host Angelo Cataldi, director Pat Taggart and producer Frank Petka. January 13, 2025 at 1:06 am by
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The ESPN Throwback youtube channel has uploaded a video of the 5 hot dog overtime eat-off session between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi at the 2008 Nathan's Famous finals. January 6, 2025 at 1:00 am by
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An episode of "Hurl!" a competitive vomiting deferral program that aired on the G4 Network in 2008, has been uploaded to youtube. Participants tried to be the last person to throw up. January 3, 2025 at 12:37 am by
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The A & E Network has uploaded the series "Airline", an unscripted program about Southwest Airlines passengers, to its youtube channel. In the May 16, 2005 episode, "A Hard Days Flight", Don "Moses" Lerman travels cross-country to compete in the Golden Palace grilled cheese eating contest in Venice Beach.
January 1, 2025 at 1:26 am by
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Josh Brett produced a mini-documentary titled "Why Competitive Eaters Don't Get Fat" containing interviews with Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Adam Moran, Leah Shutkever, Katina DeJarnett, Nela Zisser and others. The brief segment about intentional vomiting appears at the end (around 10:20) and consists of clips of eaters denying that they reverse. December 27, 2024 at 2:36 am by
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December 26, 2024 at 1:26 am by
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Mashed.com has compiled a list titled "Man V Food Challenges That Got Gross". December 23, 2024 at 12:19 am by
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The latest BWAAA! podcast is about the "Fat and the Furious" episode of "King of the Hill" that was televised on November 10, 2002 in which Bill attempted to qualify for Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson guest starred as competitive eating fans. December 13, 2024 at 1:16 am by
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The Kickstarter to publish a graphic novel of the 2018 competitive eating web comic "Eat Fighter" has reached its funding goal of $3000. Orders will be accepted until the Kickstarter closes on December 12. CBR.com has a 13 page preview of the volume. December 9, 2024 at 12:44 am by
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"Battle of the Super Eaters", a 2019 Channel 4 documentary about UK competitive eating starring Leah Shutkever, Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran and Kyle Gibson can be viewed on the I Love Docs youtube channel. November 22, 2024 at 2:33 am by
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November 13, 2024 at 4:33 pm by
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A Kickstarter funding page has been started to publish a graphic novel of “Eat Figher”, a 2018 webtoon with a female competitive eater protagonist. $3000 must be raised by December 12 for the project to go forward. The volume is expected to have 250 pages and has the following synopsis:
Eat Fighter is a competitive eating, zombie murder epic that follows Missy, a thirty-something fitness nut who throws away her kale and step-counting ways to become a superstar on the competitive eating circuit. Following the lifestyle of her late brother, who was a champion competitive eater himself, she embarks on a quest to Seoul to become the World Champion Eat Fighter. But eating barrels of barbecue and acres of apple pie doesn’t come without a price—so what’s Missy’s secret as to why she can eat as much as she wants and never gain a pound?
A video trailer for the project has been produced.
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Philly Voice has a review of the new documentary "No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story", which debuted last week at the Philadelphia Film Festival. October 31, 2024 at 11:12 pm by
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A 2013 episode of "Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy" in which Larry MCs a Quadruple Bypass Burger eating contest at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas will be rerun Saturday on The Nest network at 4pm Eastern. Miki Sudo was one of the competitors. October 30, 2024 at 7:11 pm by
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October 27, 2024 at 4:36 pm by
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ScreenRant.com has a post about director Tim Burton’s request for Joey Chestnut to have a cameo role in Beetlejuice 2. Chestnut turned down the offer to focus on training for a contest, most likely Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest in 2023.
During Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2 commentary feature, the director speaks about the creative nature of developing the latest batch of dead people seen in the afterlife. Among the group is a man who died during a hot dog-eating contest, one of the first afterlife characters Burton created, and someone Betelgeuse is sitting next to while in the waiting room in the sequel. Burton’s Beetlejuice 2 commentary reveals he actually wanted famous hot dog contest eater Joey Chestnut to play the afterlife character, but the competitor was too busy training for an upcoming event.
Burton shared that he was inspired by Chestnut’s record-breaking events when creating afterlife characters, so he decided to add someone who died as a result of eating too many hot dogs. When Beetlejuice 2 started filming, Chestnut would’ve been prepping to compete in the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest held every Fourth of July.
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Adam Richman reported that his production van was broken into and many items were stolen at a M1 truck stop in Barnet, England while traveling between London and Birmingham. The former host of "Man v Food" was recording the second season of "Adam Richman Eats Britain". October 26, 2024 at 6:42 pm by
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The trailer for "No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story" can be viewed online and includes clips of Jason Kelce, Joey Chestnut and Molly Schuyler. On Pattison has an article about last night's premier of the documentary at the Philadelphia Film Festival. October 23, 2024 at 3:21 pm by
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NJ Arts has an article about the new documentary, “No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story” which includes an interview with contest co-founder Angelo Cataldi. He discusses the medical personnel (or lack thereof) at the event:
Which was a good thing because, until 2007, the only medical personnel at Wing Bowl was Dr. St. George Hunt, a local veterinarian. “He couldn’t Heimlich anyone,” says Cataldi. “Basically, he neutered cats. I ended up with two of them.”
He laughs. “It was a joke.”
Yes, a big ha-ha, until Ice Cream Man showed up. “A guy came in for an eating stunt. He wanted to eat two gallons of ice cream, and we thought that was cool,” says Cataldi. “So, the guy ate the first gallon of ice cream fine. He was feeling good.”
But a few spoonfuls into the second gallon, his lips started turning blue. “By now, the guy is shivering and he’s moving slower. We ended up calling 911. He was in some physical jeopardy at one point. And that was the day we were told all eating stunts had to be approved by the legal department and that there had to be doctors on duty at the event — things we should have been doing all along.”
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October 16, 2024 at 7:43 pm by
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“No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story” will debut at the Philadelphia Film Festival on October 22. Another screening will take place on October 26. Directory Pat Taggart and producer Frank Petka will hold a Q & A session following the screening. The synposis:
A hilariously captivating retelling of Philadelphia’s infamous Wing Bowl, spiced with colorful commentary from iconic eaters, organizers, and celebrities, as they recount the event’s wild journey from humble beginnings to an unbelievable spectacle. Featuring legendary tales of eaters like the notorious Wing Bowl villain “Damaging Doug” with his larger-than-life aura, and the shocking moment when Matt “Sloth” Dutton delivered the most artistic vomit in event history, all amid the chaos unleashed by the rowdy, alcohol-fueled audience. Reigning champion “El Wingador” reflects on his moments of glory and the journey to reclaim his title after it was unexpectedly nabbed by the small-but-mighty outsider Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas. No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story is a thrilling look at an electrifying era of trash talk, out-of-control crowds, and mouth-watering wings that took hold of the City of Brotherly Love, birthing a cultural phenomenon that will never be forgotten—from the first bite to the final wing.
It will be interesting to see if Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas was interviewed for the film. As far as I know, she has been radio silent for the past six years.
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Fox News has an article about a segment recorded in March 2023 for a new Netflix documentary, "Will & Harper", in which Will Ferrell attempts the 72 ounce steak at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX and uses the challenge table to promote transgender rights. October 6, 2024 at 9:20 am by
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Netflix is seeking extras for a hot dog eating contest scene that will be filmed in Atlanta this week for an upcoming comedy series. The pay will be $100 a day. September 23, 2024 at 8:20 am by
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September 20, 2024 at 5:36 pm by
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The Philadelphia Inquirer and NBC Philadelphia have articles about an upcoming documentary about the Wing Bowl titled “No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story”. The assertion “No One Died” may not be 100% accurate. Fino “Chili Dawg” Cachola passed away soon after qualifying for the Wing Bowl in December 2004. An excerpt from “Horsemen of the Esophagus” by Jason Fagone chronicles the final weeks of Cachola’s life. A previous Wing Bowl documentary that followed six competitors in the 2005 Wing Bowl, “Swallow Your Pride”, has disappeared from the internet after being available on youtube. A few clips can be viewed on the film’s channel.
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August 23, 2024 at 2:19 pm by
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TVLine announces that there will be two undercard competitions for “Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef” that will be streamed on Netflix from Las Vegas on September 2: Matt Stonie and Leah Shutkever will face off against opponents who have yet to be named. This will be Matt Stonie’s first public eating competition since a Draft Kings event in April 2021 and Leah Shutkever’s first public competition since the Highway 55 burger eating contest in June 2018. The broadcast co-hosts will be actor/comedian Rob Riggle and WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Garcia. Cari Champion and Chris Rose will be the announcers for the competitions.
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The "I'm a Competitive Eater" episode of MTV True Life can be viewed on youtube. The program documents the competitive eating careers of Takeru Kobayashi, Tim "Eater X" Janus and Ian "The Invader" Hickman in the summer of 2005. Watch (or record) it quickly; it may not remain up forever. July 30, 2024 at 10:44 pm by
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USA Today reports that the audience for Nathan's hot dog eating contest on ESPN2 fell to 831,000 after attaining about a million viewers the previous two years. The decline is attributed to the absence of Joey Chestnut.
July 13, 2024 at 2:44 am by
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