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In a pancake eating contest on tonight's episode of "Riverdale", big eater Jughead was defeated by Archie. The program this season has been rebranded as "Rivervale" to hint that it might be set in an alternate universe.
Larry David and comedian Patton Oswald faced off in a hot dog eating contest on tonight's episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" on HBOMax.
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate in today's NYC mayoral election, competed in several Nathan's Famous finals in the 1990s, finishing 3rd in 1994. He appeared in "Footlong", a 2002 documentary about the hot dog using the 1998 Nathan's circuit as its framework which can be viewed on youtube. In interview starting around the 8:15 mark, he claims that defending champion Hirofumi Nakajima has been surgically altered with digestive enzymes.
Joey Chestnut was the guest star on a 2020 episode of "Scooby Doo and Guess Who?" in which Scooby and Shaggy crash a hot dog eating contest where Joey is facing off against "Big Eddy". Boomerang Africa has a clip of his appearance (starts at 3:00)
"Glizzy Gladiator", a fictional movie project about a former hot dog eating champion's comeback, has hit its fundraising goal on kickstarter. Pledges will close today.
CBR.com has compiled a list of the 10 female anime characters with the biggest appetite.
The Food Network has disavowed Josh Denny, the host of "Ginormous Food", for his comments about the new Texas anti-abortion law and says his episodes will no longer be available. He is not the only food challenge show host to make controversial comments about abortion. In January 2019, Adam Richman called for violence against a Covington (KY) Catholic High School student attending the March for Life in Washington, DC.
Barstool Sports produced a "mockumentary" about a milk chugging contest held at Kennesaw State in suburban Atlanta.
Mary Bowers appeared on tonight's episode of America's Got Talent and attempted to eat her way out of a wedding cake she was encased in.
"Battle of the Super Eaters", a 2019 program from the British network Channel 4 starring Leah Shutkever, Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran and Kyle Gibson, can be viewed on youtube.
TMZ.com reports that Henry "Nacho" Laun, famed for his eating challenges on the A & E series "Wahlburgers" and also a competitor in the 2015 Wing Bowl, died from a cocaine overdose.
NickiSwift.com has an article asking "Whatever Happened to Adam Richman?"
Leah Shutkever appears in today's Ripley's Believe It or Not comic strip.
TMZ.com reports that Henry "Nacho" Laun was hospitalized after being found unconscious parked at a gas station in Massachusetts. He did several food challenges on the A & E series "Wahlburgers" including eating a divot from a golf course. He competed in the 2015 Wing Bowl using the name "Nacho Extreme".
Actor Charles Grodin passed away at the age of 86. The hamburger eating contest he competed in from Beethoven's 2nd in 1993 is on of the more famous competitive eating scenes in cinematic history.
The Good, The Bad, The Hungry, a 2019 ESPN documentary about the rivalry between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi, will become available on Disney Plus UK on May 14.
Leah Shutkever appeared on today's episode of "Game of Talents", a British gameshow in which people guess the secret ability of the show's guests. She ate sausages to display her speed eating ability.
"UK Chilli Queen" Shahina Waseem faced off against Jordan North in a pepper eating contest on today's episode of "Game of Talents" televised on the British network ITV.
Randy Santel attended the Collective Convention in Jacksonville, FL to promote his comic book, "Atlas Rising", starring himself and Mitch Dombrowski.
Mashed.com has an interview with Adam Richman about his favorite and least favorite restaurant challenges he attempted while host of Man v Food.
"Greedy Cats" is a new game for Android and iOS featuring competitive eating cats. The game score is not solely based on eating contest results, it also depends on dressing the cats appropriately. "Greedy Cats" is not the first game about cats in eating competitions, the card game "Tem-Purr-A" was released in 2016 (game trailer) update Touch Tap Play has a strategy guide about the game.
An upcoming episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is casting for competitors for a hot dog eating contest for a shoot in the Los Angeles area on February 22.
Maria Makkonen produced a comic strip starring Finnish competitive eater Jesse Pynnönen.
A 4channel.org post claims that Marlon Brando challenged Paul Newman to an egg eating contest at a Hollywood party in 1968. The competition was inspired by a scene in "Cool Hand Luke" in which Newman's character attempted to eat 50 eggs. After the challenge was declined, Brando ate eggs solo, eventually finishing with 51 eggs. The story was from the book "True Hollywood Tales", published in 1997.
Kate Ovens' latest video was inspired by the restaurant scene from the 2004 comedy "White Chicks". Actor Terry Crews, one of the diners in the scene, praised the video. (clip from movie)
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