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A review of Robin Williams' final film, A Merry Friggin Christmas reports that one of the characters is a competitive eater.
America's Got Talent is looking for competitive eaters to appear on its upcoming season.
The trailer for the upcoming season of FX Network's espionage cartoon, Archer has a brief clip of a hot dog eating contest.
Lime Kiln Club Field Day, a never-released 101 year old film containing a watermelon eating contest scene, will debut tomorrow at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The movie is believed to be the oldest surviving film with a majority African-American cast.
Tim Janus contributes his wing eating tips to Eat More Better, a new book by Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful podcast.
A video of the final round of the Glutton Bowl is available on youtube. Takeru Kobayashi ate 10 pounds of cow brains to win the contest.
The Otago Daily Times has an article about New Zealand composer Jeremy Mayall, who claims to possess 15 competitive eating world records.
Oregon Live has an article and video about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at yesterday's Portland State game where he ate 16 slices of pizza in under 2 minutes. The appearance made #10 on ESPN's top 10 list for October 18. update A video of the top 10 list is available (via Robbie Parness)
Several videos of outtakes from the Hungry competitive eating documentary are available on youtube including clips of Pat Bertoletti, Brad Sciullo and Dave "US Male" Goldstein.
Takeru Kobayshi appeared on KATU to promote his appearance at tomorrow's Portland State football game.
KWCH has a video where Steve Larson, winner of the Andover (KS) Days hot dog eating contest for three years in a row, displays his competitive eating techniques.
The Cheap Seats episodes where the Sklar brothers commentate on the 2004 Nathan's finals and 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating can be viewed on youtube.
Emma Dalton appeared on the British network ITV this morning and was the first person to finish the giant breakfast challenge offered by the Wonder Cafe. She has a twitter at https://twitter.com/emmadalton16 update Metro.co.uk has an article. update #2 The Daily Mail also has an article.
Adam Richman was the guest on the debut episode of Men in Blazers, NBC Sports Network new soccer show.
The Telegraph has an article about Trek vs. Food, a tour by the UK travel company TrekAmerica, which will start in New York City, finish in New Orleans and stop at several Man vs. Food restaurants along the way.
The Hungarian film Taxidermia, which has a segment about an aging competitive eater, is ranked #9 in Pop Matters list of the 10 best body horror films of all time.
The Hundreds has a report on the taco eating contest held Labor Day in Redondo Beach, CA sponsored by Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce. The original count was Pat Bertoletti 141 tacos, Takeru Kobayashi 140 (Kobayashi won by 8 after debris deductions.) Naader Reda and shokutsuclub have videos.
On Friday's episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon challenged actress Glenn Close to three eating contests: spaghetti (using kitchen whisks), nachos (using salad tongs) and pie (hands-free).
The episode of The Simpsons where Lisa dates an aspiring competitive eater voiced by Zach Galifianakis will be rerun tonight at 8 pm.
Just Kidding Films produced a documentary about Jimmy C Lin.
Southern California Public Radio has an interview with Jeff Cerulli and Barry Rothbart about their documentary Hungry.
Colin "The Conqueror" MacLaurin reports that teams from the USA, Japan, China and Australia will face off in "Battle of the Big Eaters 2" in New York City in mid-November. An Australian qualifier will be held in Sydney on October 12. Molly Schuyler was the star of this spring's "Battle of the Big Eaters 1"
A screenplay for a Wing Bowl movie titled "Wingman" has been produced by MAJA pictures. They hope to film at Wing Bowl 23.
Chef David Chang faced off against Jimmy Fallon in a hot wing eating contest on Friday's episode of The Tonight Show.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear and answer questions at the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary Hungry in Los Angeles August 30.
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