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Eating contests are one of the activities held during the Yule Festival in Lord of the Rings Online. The foods used include pies, eggs and mushrooms.
Slims Last Chance Saloon in Seattle announces it will hold a pepper eating contest later today that will be recorded for an upcoming episode of Stan Lee's Superhumans.
Artie Lange's pizza eating contest from a 2003 episode of the Howard Stern Show can be viewed on youtube.
The correct course of actions to undertake when someone is choking in a cupcake eating contest will be the topic of the January 9 episode of Do or Die on the National Geographic Channel.
Jason Fagone on writing “Horseman of the Esophagus”
Jason Fagone has a blog entry for Nieman Storyboard about the writing process for Horsemen of the Esophagus where he describes the transition to his second book (which would wind up being Ingenious)
But sales were poor. I think many readers were disgusted by the subject matter: It took a leap of faith to imagine that you could enjoy a book about professional overeaters.
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I told myself my second book would be different. I didn’t have an idea yet, but I wanted to try again. In 2008, I called a friend, a magazine writer and bestselling author in New York, and asked him how I should proceed. “I think it’s simple,†he said. “It’s about the topic. Pick a topic that people already like.†In other words: Don’t waste time trying to make people care about something they don’t already care about.
Tim Janus is currently attempting to watch Pharrell Williams' 24 hour music video for Happy without stopping. update Dec 10 PR Leap has a press release about the marathon.
2013 St. Elmo’s Shrimp Cocktail eating contest
update Dec 12 He Eats She Drinks has a contest video
Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry for the Huffington Post
update Dec 10 CT News has a contest report
update #2 The Indy Star also has a gallery. WISH TV has an article and video. Big City Photography has a facebook gallery.
update The Indy Star has a video
The top 6: (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 9.25 lb 8 minutes
2) Yasir Salem 5 lb.
3) Crazy Legs Conti 4.25
4) Matt Raible 4
5) Tracy Goode 3
6) Craig “The Doctor” Evans 2
This might be the coldest outdoor contest in IFOCE/MLE history. The current temperature in Indianapolis is 25F
Joey Chestnut appeared on ESPN College GameDay earlier today and picked the Big 10 championship game.
Ray Steele has interviews with Joey Chestnut and Tracy Goode.
There was a Thanksgiving leftover eating contest on last night's episode of WWE Smackdown won by Titus O'Neil resulting in two on-stage reversals after he was forced to enter the ring after his victory. (Post match reaction | episode recap)
Jamie McDonald will compete in a Hobbit menu eating contest at the New Haven, CT Denny's on December 9. He will face teams of two or three in a "Radagast’s Red Velvet Pancake Puppies" eating competition.
There will be a Thanksgiving food eating contest on the November 29 episode of WWE Smackdown according to PW Mania.
Yasir Salem appeared on the Australian program The Daily Edition.
Variety reports that The Writers Guild of America is wants to unionize programs produced by Sharp Entertainment including Man vs. Food. The final episode of that show was recorded in late 2011; its termination was announced in February 2012.
Possible outtakes from “Hungry” documentary
At least two people were interviewed for the Hungry documentary that are not listed in the credits for the film. Perhaps the outtakes could appear on a DVD if one is produced.
- Dave Wagner was interviewed about his video of Crazy Legs Conti being credited with a controversial victory in the 2010 Nathan’s qualifier in Escondido, CA.
- Grace Lee says she was filmed for the documentary before competing in the 2011 women’s finals in which she would receive a 20 hot dog deduction which would could her the $1,000 fifth place prize.
Brightest Young Things has a positive review of the film.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear on VH1's Big Morning Buzz at 10 AM today, presumably to promote the release of the documentary Hungry.
Red House TV has placed a casting call for the biggest eaters in the United Kingdom.
Articles by the Irish Independent and Mid Ulster Mail both list Randy Santel as the star of the now cancelled program Man v Food. Randy is currently doing an eating challenge tour of Europe and was the second person to finish the breakfast challenge at Murphy's Law in Athlone, Ireland.
According to TheWrap.com, Tim "Eater X" Janus appears in the background of the latest "This Is SportCenter" commercial on ESPN (around the 15 second mark).
Medium.com has a transcript of the segment of Fox TV's Man vs. Beast where Takeru Kobayashi faced off against a bear in a hot dog eating contest.
Bill "El Wingador" Simmons announced an intention to write a tell-all autobiography after he gets released from prison. The new poll asks who (for people active 2005 and earlier) do you think could write the most interesting autobiography.
Pivot.tv has an interview with Barry Rothbart (starts at 37 minute mark), co-director of the documentary Hungry. Clips of Brad Sciullo from the film are shown during the segment.
Juris Shabayama’s Tesla Model S catches on fire
TeslaMotors.com has an account from Juris Shibayama on how his Model S caught on fire after he ran over a detached trailer hitch on an interstate highway. He says he believes that the Model S is a safe vehicle and would purchase another one. (via Silicon Beat)
In another competitive eating / high mileage car crossover, Horseman of the Esophagus author’s Jason Fagone second book Ingenious was released earlier this month. Ingenious describes the quest to produce an automobile that can exceed 100 miles per gallon.
Philly.com has an interview with Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, who says he hopes to enter the Intensive Supervision Program which would truncate his seven year sentence for trafficking drugs to less than 12 months. When he is out of prison, he hopes to compete against Jamie McDonald in a future Wing Bowl and write a tell-all book. update The article made the cover of The Daily News.
The Queens Chronicle has an interview with Barry Rothbart about his documentary Hungry that will debut on November 15 at Doc NYC.
CNN.com has a video of Anderson Cooper 360 crew members competing in a White Castle Burger eating contest.
New simplified Hungry poster
A new poster for the competitive eating documentary Hungry which removes all images from the previous poster except for a hot dog. Credits are listed on the new poster; Takeru Kobayashi, Brad Sciullo and Dave Goldstein are the competitive eaters receiving billing.
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