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Kentucky.com has a profile of Bartley Weaver, IV, who will compete in NBC's Titan Games. He hopes to be the first person to have professional status in bodybuilding and competitive eating.
WNKY.com has an article about Bartley Weaver IV competing in "The Titan Games" on NBC. The series will debut May 25 and be hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
The Sklar brothers posted a clip about Dale Boone from the 2005 Alka Seltzer US Open of Competitive Eating that was originally used in their "Cheap Seats" program.
The New York Post reports that Adam Amin, who has been a commentator for ESPN on recent Nathan's Famous finals, will be leaving for Fox Sports.
The 2006 Krystal Square Off will be replayed on ESPN at 1:30 pm Eastern on May 2.
George Chiger and Joel Hansen briefly appeared on Saturday's "Melissa Seals the Deal" sketch on Saturday Night Live around the 2 minute mark. (Original video by Joel Hansen of a 151 ounce milkshake challenge at the Lunchbox in Staten Island).
Ronnie Hartman appeared on "Hot Ones: The Game Show", a program on TruTV in which competitors eat hot wings and answer trivia questions.
The Athletic has an article (behind a paywall) about Takeru Kobayashi competing in a hot dog eating contest against a bear in Fox's "Man vs. Beast".
"Hamilton" playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda was disappointed he missed Joey Chestnut in a Zoom group chat started by Katie Nolan of ESPN to determine who could bring in the most famous participant. (Joey appears around 3:50). Mike Golic Jr took credit for delivering Joey Chestnut.
Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXIX, which opens with Homer taking on Cthulu in an oyster eating contest (for "The World Series of Gluttony") can be viewed in full online.
2006 Krystal Qualifier circuit
The 2006 Krystal Square Off will be rerun on ESPN2 at noon Eastern. Here is how the field for that event was selected:
2006 Qualifier Winners
| 2006 Aug 27 | 1st | 62 | 8 min | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Krystal Square Off qualifier | Chattanooga, TN |
| 2006 Sep 4 | 1st | 52 | 8 min | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | Krystal Square Off qualifier | Jacksonville, FL |
| 2006 Sep 10 | 1st | 52 | 8 min | Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt | Krystal Square Off qualifier | Nashville, TN |
| 2006 Sep 17 | 1st | 48 | 8 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Krystal Square Off qualifier | Knoxville, TN |
| 2006 Sep 24 | 1st | 53 | 8 min | Chip “The Phenom” Simpson | Krystal Square Off qualifier | Atlanta, GA |
| 2006 Oct 1 | 1st | 53 | 8 min | Tim “Eater X” Janus | Krystal Square Off qualifier | Memphis, TN |
| 2006 Oct 8 | 1st | 37 | 8 min | Dale “Mouth of the South” Boone | Krystal Square Off qualifier | Perry, GA |
| 2006 Oct 15 | 1st | 38 | 8 min | Crazy Legs Conti | Krystal Square Off qualifier | Jackson, MS |
Defending champion bye: Takeru Kobayashi
Wild cards (4): 1) Rich LeFevre 51 2) Seaver Miller 41 3) Justin Mih, 36 4) Arturo Rios, 36
ESPN2 announced it will rerun the 2006 Krystal Square Off finals at noon Eastern Sunday followed at 1pm by the 2006 Johnsonville Brat Eating World Championship held at Sheboygan, WI's Brat Days festival. The programs are part of ESPN8: The Ocho, an entire day devoted to non-traditional fields of competition.
Hot Ones: The Game Show, in which competitors eat spicy items and answer trivia questions, debuted on TruTV last night. The premier episode can be viewed online.
Hint Water has sponsored an ad to be broadcast during today's Super Bowl set in the aftermath of a pie eating contest. update The commercial had the highest percent of negative emotion expressed by viewers of the broadcast (18.1% negative) according to a study done by RealEyes, beating out ads by Amazon Prime and Donald Trump
Monsters and Critics has a post about the steak eating challenge incident in last night's episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star. A woman drank so much water trying to finish a 96 ounce steak she suffered water intoxication and needed emergency assistance. (video)
The January 27 episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star will have an emergency at a steak eating contest. The original 9-1-1 set in Los Angeles had a crisis at an insect eating contest on its October 22, 2018 show. This is not the first steak eating contest incident on a Fox program. The March 28, 1999 episode of the Simpsons (Maximum Homerdrive) had a fatality after a steak challenge went wrong.
Joey Chestnut, Adrian Morgan and Mike Golic Jr. faced off in a beignet eating contest in New Orleans MCed by Katie Nolan of ESPN to promote tonight's college football championship game.
“King of Gluttony” 2020 video
Youtube currently has the full program of TV Tokyo’s “King of Gluttony” program in which Miki Sudo, Darron Breeden, Max Suzuki, Angela Sato, Hatsuyo Sugawara and others competed. (I will not post any spoilers until later today). Update Results of the final round are in the comments. Takeru Kobayashi and Nobuyuki Shirota appear as commentators, but do not compete.
update Jan 16 Miki Sudo has posted some Instagram galleries: Part 1 | Part 2
Miki Sudo, Darron Breeden, Max Suzuki, Angela Sato and Takeru Kobayashi appear in a promo video for "King of Gluttony" that will be televised on TV Tokyo on January 12. Kobayashi is not shown eating, so he may not be a competitor. Screen captures:
Miki Sudo appears in a picture promoting the "King of Gluttony" program that will be televised on TV Tokyo on January 12. Darron Breeden (in the back row) might be another competitor. Japanese entrants include Max Suzuki, Angela Sato and Hatsuyo Sugawara. (link to picture) update Miki Sudo confirms she will appear.
"“El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer", a 1997 episode of the Simpsons in which a Homer's spicy chili challenge induces hallucinations, is #7 in Time Magazine's list of the top 10 episodes of the animated series.
The latest Fink Beats the Stomach episode has an interview with Oliver Brooks, the stage master for the Nathan's finals.
EOnline.com has a video of three humans facing a bear in an eating contest from the debut episode of Man vs. Bear Tha will be televised December 4 on the Discovery channel. In 2003, Takeru Kobayashi had a hot dog eating competition against a bear in Fox's Man vs. Beast
Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle ate 14 cannolis to win today's eating contest at SopranosCon in Seacaucus, NJ.
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