The listings for Good Morning America say that host of Man vs. Food, Adam Richman, will appear on Good Morning America on December 23. It was announced that Richman would appear on the December 3 show, but I do not think he was on that episode.

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• Pictures from 2005 have been added to the Major League Eating flickr gallery
• Video clip about the Buffalo Wing Festival contest containing a Sonya Thomas interview
• Kobayashi highlight video clip
• Man vs. Food videos playlist on youtube
• Gal Sone and Tomoko Miyake have late birthday parties

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Episode slideshow, location list and commercial

This week’s challenge restaurant, Juan in a Million, has an online Wall of Fame for its breakfast taco challenge, but it does not appear to have been updated since about 2002. The actual current record is held by the “Hong Kong Hero” who ate 7 breakfast tacos in 2004.

Other links: yelp thread about Adam Richman’s attempt in September (contains spoilers), Dining in Austin review

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• As of 10:30 am eastern, Wing Bowl 17 tickets appear available on ComcastTix.com Here is the direct link to the ticket buying page
• Pat Bertoletti ranks his favorite Chicago pizzas
• “Kid” Cary DeGrosa has a new column about OJ which embeds a video from September 2007 (from “Beautiful” Brian email)
• (from Wasted Food) Rich Shea podcast (starts at about the 50 minute mark) Shea continues to assert that competitive eating is the world’s fastest growing sport, but admits he has no factual basis for that statement.
• Encounter (in English) with Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara at a restaurant
• Cameron McKirdy (now known as “Consumption”) has updated his website http://www.deathbyconsumption.com/
• Adam Richman of Man vs. Food to do a live online video chat on Wednesday at 11 pm eastern
• Mario’s Flying Pizza in Galveston, TX to celebrate reopening after Hurricane Ike with eating contests Wednesday

update As of 1:30pm eastern, upper level Wing Bowl tickets appear to be available

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The schedule for Man vs. Food until the end of January is now available on the Travel Channel’s website. One new episode a week will be shown from now on instead of two. A new episode will be televised on Christmas Eve at 10 pm eastern (no new episode will be shown on New Year’s Eve)

• Dec 17 Austin – Juan in a Million – breakfast tacos
• Dec 24 Chicago – Lucky’s – overstuffed sandwiches
• Jan 7 Atlanta – Big Pie in the Sky Pizzeria – 11 pound Carnivore Challenge pizza
• Jan 14 Boston – Eagle’s Deli – 12 pound Eagle’s Challenge Burger
• Jan 21 New York City – Brick Lane Curry House – Sphicy Phall Curry
• Jan 28 New Orleans – Acme Oyster House – 15 dozen oysters

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• Samples from Beautiful Brian’s remixed holiday CD are available on reverbnation
• Wendy’s Baconator eating contest held in the Philippines. There were three divisions: heavyweight men, lightweight men and women
• BeefJerky.com finds eating contest sanctioning fees too expensive
• Picture of Dale Boone receiving the 2003 IFOCE Rookie of the Year. Rich LeFevre and Crazy Legs Conti were the runners up
• Travel Channel clip about the Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest
• The “Acidic Jew” qualifies for the Wing Bowl by eating 10 lemons
• The youtube page hosting Wing Bowl 17 stunts

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Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page which reports that she will appear in an episode of My Life in Food on the Food Network along with Pat Bertoletti and Crazy Legs Conti. The program will document their preparation for the 2008 Nathan’s finals. The expected broadcast date is January 10.

The program page on the Food Network’s website has the following description:

My Life in Food takes an intimate look at individuals whose lives have been transformed through food. From people with debilitating food phobias, to those searching for a fountain of youth through what they eat, to an entire city attempting to lose a thousand pounds, we examine the powerful force of food.

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Galleries and a promo clip for tonight’s Man vs. Food episodes are available on the Travel Channel website.

Quaker Steak and Lube Atomic Hot wings, Pittsburgh, PA

• Home Page Quaker Steak & Lube has over 30 locations, mainly in the eastern United States
• Menu (.PDF format)

Quaker Steak and Lube has over 20 types of wing sauce at various degrees of spiciness. A list of the sauces and their hotness level is available after the jump. The Atomic Wings Adam Richman will attempt on tonight’s episode are rated at 150,000 Scoville Heat Units. All You Can Eat wings are available on Tuesday night.

The Ohio Deli Dagwood Challenge Columbus, Ohio

• Columbus Dispatch article about tonight’s episode
• Sopressata blog entry about a group attempt at the Dagwood Challenge. The record for the challenge was 6 minutes by John Matko in March (picture on right).
• Video of a challenge attempt by Columbus Underground

The Thurman Cafe Columbus, Ohio

• Home page
• CMH Gourmand blog entry about the Thurman Cafe’s burgers
• Paul “Porkslap” Arcaria had a 4.5 pound burger named after himself after he completed it in October.

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The blog for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub reports that the Travel Channel will be recording at that restaurant on Thursday. The program is not mentioned, but it might be for another episode of Man vs. Food.

The new poll asks if you think Brad Sciullo completed the giant Belly Bruiser burger at Denny’s two months ago. This picture is only documenation of the Belly Bruiser at an intermediate stage of completion I have seen. Kate Stelnick has several pictures documenting her attempt at the Olde 96er burger and Lori Weiss had an eyewitness report for her challenge.

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Here is some additional information about the challenges featured in the Man vs. Food episodes which debuted on December 3:

Big Texan Steak Ranch 72 ounce steak Amarillo, Texas

• BigTexan 72 ounce steak statistics home page
• 72 ounce steak challenge webcam
• List of all finishers 1991-2005 in the eatfeats.com database
• BBC article about the Big Texan Steak Ranch
• Amarillo.com article about Joey Chestnut breaking the Big Texan’s 72 ounce steak record
• News video (without audio) about Joey Chestnut breaking the record
• Former Big Texan record holder Frank Pastore’s blog entry about Joey Chestnut breaking his record. Pastore was a Cincinnati Reds pitcher when he broke the record for the seventh time in 1987 and is now a conservative talk radio host.
• Video clip from 2000 episode of Ripley’s Believe it or not about the Big Texan starring Rich & Carlene LeFevre

Big Foot Lodge Sasquatch Burger Memphis, TN

update Dec 22, 2008 The Big Foot Lodge changed its name to Kooky Canuck and its challenge burger is now called the Kookamunga Challenge to settle a lawsuit with a California restaurant

• The Big Foot Lodge’s page about the challenge
• The Big Foot Lodge’s Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame. Joey Chestnut is the current record holder at 7 minutes 36 seconds. Roger Robinson has completed the challenge 3 times in 2008.
• Memphis Commercial Appeal article about Jeremy Payne becoming the second finisher of the challenge
• Memphis Flyer article about Pat Bertoletti becoming the first person to finish the challenge
• The picture of the burger below was photographed at a ball in Memphis, so it is probably the Sasquatch Challenge burger. According to the photographer, the woman holding the burger completed it.

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As he mentioned in a comment, Brian Seiken has posted a myspace blog entry about rereleasing the holiday CD from last year after having it remastered by Eric “Badlands” Booker. The CD will be mailed for free to IFOCE members who have sent in their mailing information.

In another myspace blog entry, Paul Barlow says he is looking for another nickname to commemorate his 7th year in competitive eating.

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• Time lapse videos of the challenges attempted on Man vs. Food December 3 and post-challenge press conferences are available on travelchannel.com
• Steakbellie is looking for freelance web / graphics work. Good luck with the job search SB
• Does “Furious” Pete have a new best friend in chemical form?
• Latke eating contest at Zan’s Deli returns December 21
• Josh & Lynette complete the Fenton’s banana split challenge Part I, Part II
• Pictures from Gal Sone’s 23rd birthday party Thursday

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The home page for Man vs. Food reports that host Adam Richman will appear on Good Morning America tomorrow to promote the debut episode.

Several promotional videos for Man vs. Food are available on youtube:

• Big Texan 72 ounce steak challenge
• Suicide hot wings
• Series commercial

update The Boston Herald has an interview with Adam Richman

update #2 The program home page has slideshows of tonight’s episodes and the Chicago Sun-Times has an article

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An episode of the Canadian television show Corner Gas in which the aftermath of Lacey’s unexpected victory in a pierogi eating contest is one of the plot lines can be viewed online: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

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(From The Dish) The segment about the Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona that was televised on CBS News Sunday Morning is now available on cbsnews.com. Bill Geist of CBS News attempts the Quadruple Bypass Burger challenge, which reportedly contains 8,000 calories.

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• Nacho Mountain trailer, probably not safe for work
• Ian Hickman’s page on videojug.com. He is listed as the competitive eating expert on that website and has at least 9 interview clips.
• Michael Phelps to appear on 60 Minutes this Sunday. He says his actual calorie consumption during training is 8,000-10,000 and not the reported 12,000
• Kielbasa eating contest in New Orleans Saturday
• Kevin Carr is attempting to start his own religion
• Pumpkin pie eating contest tonight in New Oxford (York area), PA
• Article about Tiffany Kuhne, who was awarded a Volvo used in the movie Twilight after winning a pie eating contest on the Tyra Banks show

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• Gallery and video of the 42 inch pizza at Big Lou’s Pizza in San Antonio.
• The Heart Attack Grill segment was televised yesterday on CBS News’ Sunday Morning. I have not been able to track down an online clip.
• Video of an attempt at the Spike’s hot dog record in Boston. An unnamed woman is still was the record co-holder with 14 hot dogs in 90 minutes.
• Video of the pie eating contest for the case models on Deal or no Deal last Friday (Another video)
• Jo “Gavonne” Rose has a report on the Firehouse wings contest he competed in.
• Hatsuyo “The Witch” Sugawara eats 6.3 kg of (13.8 lb) of curry in 15 minutes. One of her competitors was the masked “Mr. Oh” who has a blog entry with some pictures from the contest.

update The Spike’s record challenger broke the store record with 15 hot dogs. Congratulations.

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• Gallery and full results from 2008 Wookey Hole Caves Big Eat
• Volvo from the movie Twilight awarded in pie eating contest held on the Tyra Banks Show. The episode will be broadcast on November 28.
• Report, gallery and video from Skinnyboy’s office pizza contest
• Video from another offfice pizza eating contest. Kim almost finishes a 26 inch pizza.
• Crazy Legs Conti authors a section of The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster

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A gallery of the wing eating contest held during Mike & Mike in the Morning in which Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti and Pete Davekos competed against co-host Mike Golic is available on ESPN.com

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A listing of tonight’s television highlights reports that a Thanksgiving eating contest will be held for the models on tonight’s episode of “Deal or No Deal” (NBC, 8pm eastern)

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A trailer of the Travel Channel’s Man vs. Food has been embedded on the program’s home page. An interview with show host Adam Richman is also available.

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A trailer for the web series Quest for the Golden Hot Dog can be viewed on youtube. The 60Frames production will be a parody of the world of competitive eating. A clip from the series of an interview with two hot dog girls (Bunettes) is also available.

TubeFilter.tv has more on the series including a cast of some of the characters:

In the trailer, the competitors are introduced as they all ram hot dogs. There’s the novice rookie played by Jeff Sloniker. There’s the Asian natural (likely a nod to Kobayashi himself), but played by a woman, Micki Ann Maddox. Armen Weitzman plays the role of the sitting legacy. Jeff Davis is the Hungry, Hungry Hipster And Demorge Brown is the Black Bomber, and he’s well, black.

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• Video of Kobayashi’s TV appearance after he defeated Joey Chestnut in Singapore
• The Man vs. Food message board on travelchannel.com has some eating challenges I was not aware of
• Presentation about competitive eating tonight at a benefit for the Brooklyn greenway
• Sheep’s butt eating challenge on The Amazing Race
• Video of Hatsuyo Sugawara’s victory in this spring’s okonomiyaki eating contest
• New Jersey pasta eating contest report
• Video of a high school cross country team’s pizza eating contest – results: #1 Caleb 27 slices, #2 Miranda 20 slices

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A live blog is currently being conducted for tonight’s screening of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary “Swallow Your Pride”. At least two (and possibly three) of the six protagonists of the film are in attendance.

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(From Kevin Ross email) A web page has been set up for the Travel Channel series Man vs. Food. The program will feature Adam Richman traveling around the country to attempt restaurants’ eating challenges. The first two episodes will be televised on December 3 and the locations will be Amarillo, Texas (Big Texan Steak Ranch) and Memphis (The Big Foot Lodge). A list of all locations is available on the website.

Earlier this year, a producer placed a casting call on eatfeats for a host for the show.

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