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Vancouver.craigslist.ca has a request for Canadian competitive eaters to compete in the qualifier for Battle of the Big Eaters 4 in Vancouver in September. The selected competitors will face teams from Japan, the USA and another country later in the fall in Dallas. Entrants appearing in the qualifier will receive $200 and those that compete in Dallas will get an additional $500.
Rob Reiner & “Lardass” on “Stand by Me” pie contest
Entertainment Weekly has an interview with director Rob Reiner and Andy Lindberg, who played “Lardass” about the filming of the pie eating contest scene in Stand by Me, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
LINDBERG: The first time the crew tried the vomiting effect, they used a power washer. They filled the reservoir and just rocketed it out, and 500 pounds per square inch of pressure went on the guy to my left. But that didn’t work. The stream was too fine. Finally, after experimenting, they got four or five guys to press down on a giant plunger on top of a cylinder, which pushed all five gallons of pie filling up a vacuum hose through my shirt collar and out from the tube taped to the side of my face.
Matt Stonie will appear on Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon on NBC at 8pm tomorrow.
Three women faced off in a hot dog eating contest on yesterday's episode of the Jerry Springer Show. At the conclusion, the competition devolved into a food fight (and almost an actual fight).
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez announces that he will be the model for the cover of a book written by Jordan Silver.
mitarai_108 produced a cartoon of characters from Captain America: Civil War competing in a hot dog eating contest.
There was a donut eating contest between Khalil Roundtree and Cory Hendricks on last night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter on Fox Sports 1. The loser had to have makeup applied. There was also an eating contest between Khalil Roundtree and Miesha Tate on TUF Talk after the show. (via Will Millender)
Japanese competitive eaters on “Matsuko Deluxe” show
Takeru Kobayashi appeared on today’s episode of Matsuko Deluxe a show starring a plus-size transvestite. Additional guests include:
- Takako Akasaka, 3rd place in 2000 Nathan’s and first woman to exceed 20 hot dogs in a Nathan’s July 4 contest
- Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota 3rd place in 2004 Nathan’s and winner of 3 out of 4 Food Battle Club contests
- Kaz Arai 2000 Nathan’s winner and 2001 Nathan’s runner up
The Onion's AV Club produced a video of the English band Basement attempting a chili pepper challenge.
Core Media Group filed for bankruptcy due to the decline of its most visible property, American Idol. The company also owns Sharp Entertainment, the producer of Man v. Food
Vice.com's new documentary "How American Men Are Redefining Masculinity" opens with Wayne Algenio attempting the MotherLoad Sloppy Joe challenge at Lunch Box in Staten Island with host Gavin Haynes.
Guinness World Records has a clip from an Italian television program where "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and two challengers attempted to break the record for eating a 12 inch pizza (a fork and knife is required). The record has since been broken by Filipino Kelvin Medina with a time of 23.62 seconds.
Today is the 10th anniversary of the publication date for the hardback edition of "Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream" by Jason Fagone.
Au.tv.yahoo.com has a video of the Melbourne-based trio "The Chew Crew" appearance on Sunrise today.
An amateur hot dog eating contest at Smithfield Foods headquarters in Smithfield, VA will be televised on the April 21 episode of NASCAR Race Hub on Fox Sports One.
The rightful champion of the 2014 World Pie Eating Championship in Wigan, England was the dispute in today's episode of Judge Rinder, a UK court show (video) update Episode link (UK only)
Iello Games has a picture of cards used in Tem-Purr-A, a game about competitive eating cats. 
Footage for a documentary about Joey Chestnut will be recorded at a hot dog eating contest at the Las Vegas Spirit Fest on Saturday.
Moeno Azuki won TV Tokyo's "Queen of Gluttony" program for the second year in a row.
According to amazon.com, today is the 10th anniversary of the release of "Eat This Book", the official IFOCE/MLE book by Ryan Nerz, who was working for Shea Communications.
Reddit.com has a thread about the 10000+ daily calorie consumption claimed for The Flash.
Darren Rovell of ESPN has posted a complaint about Burger King's use of the "Polish Punisher" in the ad promoting its hot dogs instead of an actual competitive eater. The "Polish Punisher" is played by actor Dave Maulbeck, and the ad has ran nationally at least 1,233 times according to ispot.tv.
Cartoon Network's Adult Swim produced an animation where Batman and Superman face off in a hot wing eating contest and other competitions. (via comicbook.com)
Jenn Cheng, the 3rd place female in the eating contest at the 2015 New York City Dumpling Festival won tonight's episode of Chopped College Edition on the Food Network. update March 17 MCall.com article about the runner-up
Nela Zisser's interview on The Morning Show can be viewed on Yahoo. Daily Mail has an article about the appearance.
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