OhnoZone.net, a fan blog for skater Apolo Anton Ohno, has a response to this website’s post about the ESPN.com poll

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Kobayashi’s rival in “Man vs. Beast” is not the only competitive eating bear. Toonzone.net summarizes the pilot episode of “Utica Cartoon” by Fran and Will Krause which ran on the Cartoon Network in 2001.

When Dan Bear and Micah Monkey learn that they can get free hot dogs by beating the current hot dog eating record at their local diner, they are up for the challenge. Dan Bear reigns as hot dog champ by consuming loads of free hot dogs, continually beating his own record. For awhile he enjoys the free franks until beating the record becomes too much even for him.

The episode is availabe in quicktime format at frankrause.com (Low quality 16MB) (Medium quality 31MB) The clip is about 7 minutes long.

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Matt Sears says he produced a rap video in which Eric “Badlands” Booker makes a guest appearance which will debut on February 22:

Awhile back, I shot a rap video with ego trip’s The White Rapper Show’s break-out reject, Miss CKC. Joining us on the m-i-c were comedian/rapper Baron Vaughn, competitive-eating champ/rapper “Badlands” Booker and beat-boxer/force of nature Shockwave.

Well, the premiere is upon us. Mark your calendars. It’s not to be missed.

February, 22 2007 – 9:30P

WORLD PREMIERE OF “CHIPS” at VIDEO GAGA
Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre – 307 West 26th Street (8th/9th Aves.)
New York , NY
Cost: $5

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An ESPN.com poll for the 5 members of the 2006 All-Sports team (which is still open) is the subject of a thread on a forum for fans of speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno. Some commenters helped put their hero in the #1 position in that poll and knock Kobayashi out of his early lead:

Whoa! You definitely CAN vote more than once, with rapid-fire! Just ‘refresh’ the voting results page and click ‘Retry’ when you get the message. I was able to vote again with just 2 clicks – about once per second. Within about 5 minutes I think I single-handedly brought David Eckstein from 1.3% to 1.4%! (Of course I voted for Apolo, too). (I know, I’m a techno-idiot, so if you already know this you can call me stupid – go ahead, I can take it…)

(A commenter on the thread thinks that Sonya Thomas should have been in the poll also)

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The AICE news page says that the producers of “Supernanny” are developing a program about people more than 50 pounds overweight transforming their physiques and lives.

The home page for the new program can be found at http://www.ricochettelevision.com/newprograms/

Auditions will be held around the country over the next several weeks. The page above says that entrants should be able to spend up to 10 weeks away from their job and family, which is not mentioned on the AICE page. The winner will receive a cash prize, but no amount is listed.

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The Pittsburgh public television station, WQED, will show an episode of the “Dave & Dave” show about the Pittsburgh Wing Championship Series on February 20 at 7:30 pm.

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There is at least one instance of dog food eating predating Don “Moses” Lerman’s Wing Bowl qualifying stunt. It was in one of the episodes of the second season of the 1970s sitcom “Good Times”

In one of the second season’s comic centerpieces, the Evans family avoids eating a neighbor’s meatloaf because they think it’s made with dog food. The scene is played as hilarious farce, but the acknowledgment of a poor old woman living on dog food gives the sequence an underlying bite.

MosesNews.com has a post about the dog food controversy

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All competitive eating programs ever broadcast on ESPN (except for the US Open) will be rerun on ESPN2 starting at 2pm eastern:

2:00 2006 Brat Eating World Championship From Sheboygan, Wis. CC
2:30 2006 World Hamburger Eating Championship From Chattanooga, Tenn. CC
3:00 2004 Hot Dog Eating Contest At Coney Island, N.Y. CC
3:30 2005 Hot Dog Eating Contest At Coney Island, N.Y. CC
4:00 2006 Hot Dog Eating Contest At Coney Island, N.Y. CC

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heartattackgrill.com says a webcast reality show will begin filming at the restaurant in March.

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The page for the pretzel eating contest on pretzeltwister.com says that the mini pretzel contest between Tim Janus and Seaver Miller will not be broadcast until sometime in February.

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(From “Luther”) Sonya Thomas and Eric “Badlands” Booker will appear on Animal Planet’s Most Extreme – Battle of the Sexes at 7pm eastern and also at 2am eastern this morning. The program was originally televised in 2004. Sonya Thomas’ presence page describes the appearance:

Tuesday, October 19, 2004: Appeared with Eric “Badlands” Booker on Animal Planet’s “Most Extreme: Battle of the Sexes.” Our cheesecake performance was inserted to facilitate the #2 animal entry in the top 10.

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The logo for the chili contest in Sunday’s “Without a Trace” looks like 80s McDonald’s character Mac Tonight with a severe sunburn. See also http://youtube.com/watch?v=bucLVkXXnBM Mac Tonight has returned to Singapore McDonald’s in CGI form – see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDOoNpR6lzI

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CompetitiveEatingNews.com says that Tim “Eater X” Janus and Seaver Miller will appear on the Tyra Banks show to promote the Pretzel Twister contest. The episode will be recorded today and might air tomorrow.

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Here are some brief clips from last night’s episode of “Without a Trace” about a missing chili eating champion:

Chili Eating Contest 3.9 MB
Questioning of Eater’s brother 2.7 MB
Interview with reporter 3.7 MB
Chili Contest Fix 1.6 MB

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The missing person in tonight’s episode of “Without a Trace” (CBS 10 pm Eastern, might be delayed due to NFL playoff) is a competitive eater who vanishes after winning $5,000 in a chili eating contest.

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The covers of the Japanese translations of Horsemen of the Esophagus and Eat This Book are similar, but not as alike as the US versions:

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from an email from Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz:

Koby is CHOKING.

What a difference a day makes. With 398 Thousand votes already cast, Koby went from FIRST to FOURTH place and is falling fast.

Which FIVE athletes make up your 2006 All-SportsNation Team?

52.3% Apolo Anton Ohno: Speed skater won a gold and two bronze medals at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.

44.0% Tiger Woods: Despite the loss of his father, finished 18 under par at the PGA Championship continuing his dominance of the field.

43.9% LaDanian Tomlinson: Explosive back is having the greatest offensive season ever by almost any standard.

43.9% Takeru Kobayashi: World hot dog eating champion (53 3/4) now holds the record for hamburgers (97). What will he scarf down next?

43.0% Reggie Bush: Heisman trophy winner has shown flashes of brilliance in the NFL, scoring four touchdowns against the 49ers.

Go to http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/ballot?event_id=2646 to vote before Koby suffers a reversal and is DQ’ed to 6TH place.

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(From Joe Menchetti) The missing person in the January 14 episode of “Without a Trace” (CBS 10 pm eastern ) is a competitive eater who disappears after a chili contest.

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R Suzuki has a summary of a program in which Natsuko “Gal” Sone and Takuya Yamamoto went to Japanese buffets. The total a la carte price of the food they ate was kept track of and the buffet cost was subtracted from that amount. Gal Sone saved 81520 Yen ($689) and Yamamoto saved ($788) The weight gain was also computed. Gal Sone gained 7 kg (15.4 lb) and Yamamoto gained 9.2 kg (20.2 lb) The calorielab blog also mentions the program

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Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has uploaded the clip from the Nascar parody “Ricky Bobby” in which the protagonist refers to Kobayashi at http://youtube.com/watch?v=uyVj0FFL-Pw Kobayashi is not mentioned by name, only as “that Asian guy who holds the world record for eating all those hot dogs in a row” Ricky also mentions two other great champions: Don Shula and Rue McClanahan.

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The Andrews Air Force base website has an article about Sonya Thomas, who manages the Burger King at that location. The article says that Sonya was filmed for a documentary to be televised on the National Geographic Channel in 2007 called “The Science of Speed Eaters” Tim Janus and Loren Yarbrough are also expected to appear in that program.

Updated Big Fish DC, the production company, has a program description:

In this thrilling hour, we’ll take viewers inside the bellies of competitive eaters and see how the human body can be pushed to its gastronomical limit. We will follow an up and coming southern eater, Bubba, a father of two, as he tries to reach the big time in speed eating. We’ll meet famed 105 lb. Sonya “Black Widow” Thomas – a woman who out eats men four times her size. We’ll follow a champion eater as for the first time, the medical community studies the physiological changes that allow a person to consume over 50 hotdogs in ten minutes, with no apparent ill effects. NCG goes inside the world of competitive eating and brings viewers what until now, has never been seen.

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(From R Suzuki) “Horsemen of the Esophagus” has been translated into a Japanese version. The cover has been changed and now contains a photograph of Bill “El Wingador” Simmons at a Wing Bowl.

In other “Horsemen” news, the release of its paperback edition is scheduled for May 22, 2007.

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In his latest blog entry, Kobayashi says his recent trip to New York City included a filming session. He does not say if this will be another for another Saturday Night Live sketch or a different program. Sonya Thomas, who is praised by Kobayashi as the top female competitive eater and the one holding the most records also apparently attended the session, but it is not mentioned if she will appear in the program.

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In his latest blog entry, Kobayashi says his recent trip to New York City included a filming session. He does not say if this will be another for another Saturday Night Live sketch or a different program. Sonya Thomas, who is praised by Kobayashi as the top female competitive eater and the one holding the most records also apparently attended the session, but it is not mentioned if she will appear in the program.

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Takeru Kobayashi appears on ESPN.com’s ballot for the All SportsNation Team along with names like LeBron James, LaDanian Tomlinson and Zinadine Zidane. The top five vote getters will be named to the team.

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