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Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas will participate in a hot dog eating contest on LIVE with Kelly and Michael on July 1.
Jeff "The Beast Man" Butler reportedly did not show up for a hot dog eating contest on WKYC this morning. update Video of contest (via Joseph Cerulli)
The "Battle of the Big Eaters! World Championships" recorded last month in New York City will be televised on TV Tokyo this weekend. A team of Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli, Tom Gilbert and Stephanie Torres will face off against a Japanese quartet consisting of Takuya Yakamoto, Ayari Sato, Tomoko Miyake and Hitomi Sato. Teams representing Germany and Thailand will also compete. (clip) (via All Pro Eating Facebook).
The Daily Herald reports Taco in a Bag will appear on NBC's First Look following the June 21/22 episode of Saturday Night Live. Hostess Audrina Partrige will undergo a competitive eating "boot camp" under the tutelage of Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown. The West Dundee, IL restaurant will also appear on the July 27 episode of Chicago's Best on WGN.
The ESPN schedule for July 4 now lists live coverage of the men's & women's Nathan's finals on ESPN3. Coverage of the women's contest will begin at 11:15 am Eastern. ESPN2 will show the men's contest tape delayed at 2 pm.
In the made for Nickelodeon movie Terry the Tomboy (debut June 21 8/7c) the protagonist has to decide between winning a pie eating contest at the county fair or acquiring a boyfriend. Trailer video
The Atlantic has a report on last month's Eastern Shore Wing War asking the question "Is Competitive Eating a Sport?" containing quotes from Crazy Legs Conti, Juliet Lee, "Wild" Bill Myers and Eric "Badlands" Booker. Jason Bernstein of ESPN is also interviewed; the decline of competitive eating ratings and coverage on that network is not mentioned.
Former Man vs. Food will play on the "Rest of the World" team in Soccer Aid, a charity game with teams of former players and celebrities to benefit UNICEF that will be played Sunday in Manchester. The manager of that side will be Jose Mourinho of Chelsea (Adam Richman might be the first American to be coached by "The Special One"). In the July 2014 UK issue of Cosmopolitan, Richman poses nude with a soccer ball strategically placed to exhibit a 70 pound weight loss.
2014 Nathan’s finals to be tape-delayed on ESPN2
update June 6 The new poll asks what change you would like to see to have the Nathan’s finals covered live.
The July 4 TV Schedule for the ESPN networks is now available and lists the broadcast of the Nathan’s finals at 2pm eastern on ESPN 2. This means the men’s contest will be tape delayed (as in 2012) since the event starting time is noon eastern.
At that time ESPN will be showing the men’s Wimbledon semifinals and ESPN2 will be showing the first quarterfinal of the 2014 World Cup. (If that competition goes to overtime / penalty kicks, it will cut into the Nathan’s program). A rebroadcast is scheduled for July 6 at 1pm eastern.
ESPNU will be showing a rerun of the NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, so the Nathan’s finals could be shown live on that channel. The ESPN3.com schedule does not list the women’s contest; hopefully that will be added.
The July 4 schedule on NathansFamous.com appears to confirm that the telecast will be tape-delayed.
update The early World Cup quarterfinal on July 4 will have a team from group E or F vs. G or H. Germany vs. France appears to be the most likely matchup. The USA could play at that time in the extremely unlikely event they win Group G.
The Pit in Durham, NC was robbed after posting a "No Weapons, No Concealed Firearms" sign in its window. The Raleigh location of the barbecue restaurant appeared in the North Carolina episode of Man vs. Food
WCCB has an interview with Ronnie Hartman about competitng in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Charlotte. Crazy Legs Conti and Damien Boykin are also expected. The article incorrectly says this will be the first Charlotte Nathan's qualifier; Concord Mills was a previous site.
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.)
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