HearUsTalk produced a video of Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin attempting to eat five sandwiches from the “grease trucks” on the campus of Rutgers University in under 45 minutes.

update Adam Richman had the following response to Pat’s feat: “Yeah but does he have the dopest TV show on the planet? I’m gonna go with…no.” (via DJnewstyle, who was blocked by Adam Richman)

update #2 Apr 6 11:34 am Craig noted that Adam Richman deleted his response, but it is still in the Google Cache

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When Falls the Coliseum has a post about the Gormandizer, a competitive eating superhero appearing in three 1974 issues published by the Hues Corporation, who used its comic book business as a means to launder illegal drug money. The Gormandizer’s power and its origins are described:

The Gormandizer was Frankie Franklin, a competitive eating champion whose specialty was hot dogs. In the first issue, Frankie accidentally ingests hot dogs that have been irradiated by nuclear waste. Rather than dying of radiation poison, Frankie gets super powers, with the ability to eat anything at all, from nuclear waste to oil, to Twinkies.

The Gormandizer’s main rivals were an insane dentist called the Toothmaster and the Lunchlady, who had the following secret agenda:

The Lunchlady is the wife of a powerful political figure who has taken it upon herself to “reform school lunches,” by replacing the foods that kids like to eat with foods that have been treated with a chemical that turns them into mindless zombies. Her plan is to introduce this tainted food into our general food supply, so that, as is the case with most supervillains, she can take over the world.

Picasa gallery of the Gormandizer

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Enter The Man-Cave has a review of Nacho Mountain. The reviewer purchased his DVD of the movie from the films creators at a hotel bar.

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IFOCE MC and Eat This Book author Ryan Nerz did an interview for Salon.com Nerz thinks the popularity of competitive eating is plateauing and calls the Wing Bowl “a version of hell on earth” which may not be his most controversial statement:

Why do so many people like watching people gorge themselves?

It’s this uniquely American spectacle that is half sport and half magic. People can’t wrap their heads around the idea of eating 69 hot dogs in 10 minutes, so it does have an element of magic. Though, if you want to be pessimistic about competitive eating, it’s also a kind of a freak show. It’s a little bit like watching a train wreck and you try to hide your eyes and peek through your fingers.

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