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Marlene Wigginton appeared on Fox 2 this morning to talk about her victory in the women's division of Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in St. Louis.
Click2Houston televised a gyro eating contest to promote Niko Niko's World Gyro-Eating Championship on Sunday.
Members of the UCLA cheer and dance teams attempted the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama & Papa's pizzeria. The attempt will appear on an upcoming episode of NBC's First Look.
The National Geographic show None of the Above is seeking competitors for a hot dog eating contest to be recorded in Las Vegas on May 12.
Kobayashi segment on CBS’ Sunday Morning
The authors of Freakonomics appeared on CBS’ Sunday Morning earlier this week to promote their new book, Think Like a Freak. A segment about Takeru Kobayashi doubling the Nathan’s record appeared in the video (starting around 3:50) (via Free Kobayashi)
Waterstones has a display of the UK edition, which has hot dogs on the cover in reference to the Kobayashi material.
Bear's Smokehouse will appear on an upcoming episode of NBC's First Look hosted by Audrina Patridge.
A restaurant called "Man vs. Food" will open in London tomorrow. Customers will receive a free first round of drinks.
The Brooklyn Cyclones will hold a cereal eating contest as part of its Seinfeld night on July 5 (the 25th anniversary of the debut of the pilot in 1989). In other Seinfeld competitive eating news, Keith Hernandez commented on a woman eating the $25 D-Bat dog at last night's Mets-Diamondbacks game in Phoenix.
Tim Janus (without makeup) and Crazy Legs Conti competed in a pizza eating contest on Mike & Mike on ESPN2/ESPN Radio this morning against Mike Greenberg. They (and Pete Davekos) also competed in a wing eating contest on the program against Mike Golic in 2008.
The Korean Times has an article about new drama series based on the phenomenon of meokbang, online streaming of the consumption of large meals.
Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles will compete against Melanie Iglesias in a donut eating contest in Off the Bat on MTV2 at 11pm eastern tonight. update April 9 A video of the contest is available
Nathan's finals reruns will be televised on the Extreme Sports Channel in the UK from April 21 to April 28. The French Extreme Sports Channel will televise the finals starting on May 12.
TVLine has two pictures from Sunday's episode of The Simpsons of Lucas Bortner, a competitive eater voiced by Zach Galifianakis. Update April 4 Youtube has a clip from the episode
Former MLE employee Ryan Nerz, author of Eat This Book and MarijuanAmerica, has been named chief cannabis correspondent for Fusion and will host "The Cannabusiness Report" on the new cable channel owned by ABC and Univision. (Ryan Nerz and Jason Fagone continue to share a topic despite moving on from competitive eating; the author of Horsemen of the Esophagus has written articles about marijuana for Grantland.com and The New Republic.)
In Sunday's episode of The Simpsons (Luca$) Zach Galifianakis will guest star as an aspiring competitive eater that Lisa will date. Her family will encourage her to look for other potential boyfriends.
Jimmy Dykes, who has served as a reporter in broadcasts of the Nathan's hot dog eating finals on ESPN, has been named head women's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas.
In the latest episode of Welcome to Sweetie Pie's, a program on the Oprah Winfrey Network, "The Beast", a 6 pound burger challenge at The Backyard Grill in Houston, TX, was attempted. Nicole Doty was the only person who has previously completed the challenge.
Shine.Yahoo.com has a segment from yesterday's Arsenio Hall Show of a wing eating contest substituted for Miki Sudo's scheduled appearance, who was allegedly sick after her flight to Los Angeles. update March 27 Examiner.com has an audience member report
ArsenioHall.com lists Miki Sudo as a guest on tonight's episode (syndicated, see the station finder page for times & channels)Â update Arsenio Hall has posted a request for competition for Miki who can get to his Los Angeles studio this afternoon.
The bratwurst eating contest episode of MTV's Beavis & Butthead is currently available on youtube.
Next week's schedule for The Arsenio Hall Show lists Miki Sudo appearing on the Tuesday, March 25 episode. (syndicated, check listings for times & stations)
On last night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ashley Judd claimed to be a big eater who can eat the entire menu at Perini's, a steakhouse near Abilene, TX and challenged the host to an eating contest. (video link).
HyperVocal reports that a Nazi-themed Christmas party was held at Gasthof Zur Gemutlichkeit, site of the eating challenge at the Minneapolis episode of Man vs. Food. The event was put on by WWII Historical Re-enactment Society Inc.
In tonight's episode of Wahlburgers, "Nacho Extreme" competed in a "divotburger" (grass & dirt) eating contest.
Phoenix.craigslist.org has a request for an "amateur extreme eater" to eat a 100 ounce steak on March 11 or 12 in Apache Junction, AZ for an upcoming Japanese television program. The participant will receive $300.
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