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Will Millender has uploaded his appearance on the Discovery Channel's Dirty Money where he competes in a hot dog contest to obtain a discount at a flea market. (via twitter)
Mirror.co.uk reports that Freddie Starr was hospitalized for food poisoning after eating a fermented egg in a gross food eating contest on the British version of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. In addition to the egg, the 68 year old comic also consumed a pig’s anus, cockroach milkshake, camel toe, turkey testicle and mice tails to win the contest.
Hulu has Thursday's episode of Bones about the investigation of the death of a competitive eating champion.
Johnnie Excel describes what it was like to serve as technical advisor for the eating contest scenes in tonight's episode of Bones.
Youtube has a mini-documentary about The Gluttony Games in Thursday's episode of Bones containing interviews with Johnny Excel, Naader Reda, Aaron Ybarra and others (via Johnnie Excel facebook)
A clip from Thursday's Bones episode of a hot dog eating contest held at the "Gluttony Games" is available on youtube. Johnny Excel is one of the competitive eaters. (via gather.com)
The commercial promoting the competitive eating themed episode of Bones that will be televised on November 10 is available on youtube. (via gather.com)
Scripps Network chairman on Man vs. Food format change
KnoxNews.com reports that ratings for Man vs. Food:Nation have declined, but were decreasing before the change from Man vs. Food. Ken Lowe, chairman, president and CEO of Scripps Networks, owner of the Travel Channel, has more on the reasons why host Adam Richman no longer does eating challenges:
I can tell you the decision to tweak it was driven mostly by the concerns for Adam. The format was very hard on him, and he came to us and we had a conversation about how we could keep the format going without continuing to be such a heavy health concern for him. And we’re obviously willing to do that. But I think just like a lot of series in television, there’s a certain arc, and I think the arc of that particular format is just by nature two to three years.
update Broadcasting & Cable reports that the Travel Channel’s ratings were down almost 15% in the third quarter and the decline is primarily due to Man vs. Food: Nation slumping. The new poll asks what do you think is the main reason for the ratings decline.
The FreeKobayashi twitter announces that Takeru Kobayashi will be a guest of The Daily Show tonight on Comedy Central at 11 pm. update The clip containing Kobayashi's short appearance is available online (via Free Kobayashi twitter)
The Carnegie Deli's pickle eating contest will be the focus of tonight's episode of Family Pickle on the RLTV cable network.
Epic Meal Time announces that it will record a pilot episode for a possible television series on the G4TV network.
The 93 ounce Gravedigger burger at Champions Sports Bar & Grill will be the challenge for Wednesday's episode of Man vs. Food: Nation featuring Green Bay, WI restaurants. The burger was originally called the Gilbert Brown burger, who wore 93 for the Green Bay Packers. Two students from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will attempt the challenge.
GuinnessWorldRecords has video from a Japanese television program where Kobayashi attempted to break the Guinness record for burgers by eating 10 burgers in 3 minutes. (Audience video from the record attempt in New York City in August 2010)
New Times reports that Rib Line in San Luis Obispo, CA experienced a dramatic increase in business after Naader Reda completed its Brahma Bull challenge on an episode of Man vs. Food: Nation.
The Travel Channel's Truck Stop Missouri is holding a barbecue eating contest in Columbia, MO on Saturday. update Oct 28 The truck stop's facebook has more info about the contest.
SpoilerTV.Co.UK has pictures from the November 10 episode of Bones where the cast will investigate a death at an eating contest. (None of the pictures show an eating contest.) Gather.com analyzes the pictures.
Omaha.com has an article about Matt Price attempting the "Pig Wing" Challenge at Starsky's on tonight's episode of Man vs. Food: Nation. Randy Santel is the only person to have completed the challenge.
Two customers ate ten pound prime rib steaks in under an hour at Ward's House of Prime in Milwaukee for an upcoming episode of "Food Paradise: Big Beef Bonanza".
Six high school coaches competed in a 6 pound steak eating contest at Kelsey's Steakhouse in Valparaiso, Indiana that will be televised on an upcoming episode of "Steak Paradise" on the Travel Channel.
The Travel Channel's "Food Paradise" will be recording an attempt to create a 350 pound burger today (Oct 20) at Mallie's Sports Bar in Southgate, MI.
“Bones” competitive eating episode November 10
A press release announces that the competitive eating episode of Bones, titled “The Hot Dog in the Competition” will be televised on the Fox Network on November 10. Johnnie Excel and other competitive eaters are expected to appear on the program. A synopsis of the episode from the press release:
The Jeffersonian team identifies the remains of a competitive eating champion just days before the start of the Gluttony Games, a premiere eating competition with a $10,000 prize at stake. The remarkable work of the exceptionally brilliant new squint and former juvenile delinquent Finn (guest star Luke Kleintank) links obscure evidence found in the belly of a snake with laws of physics in order to solve the crime. Despite his undeniable virtuosity in the lab, Finn is met with hostility and skepticism, leading Cam (Tamara Taylor) to question her decision to give him a chance to start anew. Meanwhile, Booth is caught off-guard by an announcement Brennan makes about their baby. To diffuse the tension between them, the couple agrees to experiment with putting themselves in each other’s shoes.
Tonight's episode of Man vs. Food:Nation will feature Cincinnati restaurants. Adam Turer (interview) will attempt the 5.5 pound 110 Reuben sandwich at Izzy's.
The Travel Channel has posted some pictures of eating challenges submitted to the Man vs. Food: Nation facebook wall, including photographs of Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen and Jeremiah "Fit vs. Food" Foster.
The Man vs. Food: Nation eating challenge picture contest closes today. Photos should be posted on the MvF facebook wall and the top pictures will appear on travelchannel.com.
Tonight's episode of Man v Food: Nation will feature food trucks. The challenge will be the six pound burrito from the White Rabbit Truck in Los Angeles, which has only been finished by Aaron Ybarra and Naader Reda. The Taco Bus in Tampa will be another visited restaurant.
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