The MLE Chowdown that was televised on Spike TV in 2007 will be rerun on Fox TV Asia on August 25.
The MLE Spike TV programs (except for the Savannah St. Patrick's Day contest) can still be viewed online in their entirety at http://www.spike.com/tag/mle even though the Spike TV MLE page was deleted. (via http://twitter.com/Perazza)
MLE page on spiketv.com down
The page which formerly had videos from the Major League Eating shows recorded in Las Vegas, http://www.spike.com/show/23406 is now empty. (Cached page)
“Ham & Eggs” draws 863k viewers
The New York Post’s television column lists the ratings for last Sunday’s contest on Spike TV:
* Spike’s “Ham N’ Egg” gorgefest snared 863,000 viewers during halftime of Sunday’s Super Bowl – a Spike record for a competi tive eating event. Winners: Eric Denmark (61 hard- boiled eggs), Joey Chestnut (7.14 lbs. of ham) and their cardiologists.
Pig skin contest is #1 UK comedy video
The English network ITN uploaded footage from the Spike TV pig skin eating contest to youtube, and today that clip is the most viewed British video tagged as comedy. (The clip is the #19 comedy video regardless of country of origin.) Beautiful Brian has also uploaded video of the entire pig skin contest.
A full list of the video’s honors is available after the jump:
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“Ham & Eggs” teleblog
update The full “Ham & Egg” program is available on Spike TV’s MLE page
Ham contest results
1 Joey Chestnut 7.14 lbs. in 8 minutes
2 Pat Bertoletti 6.34
3 Tim Janus 4.1
4 Tim Brown 3.34
5 Rich LeFevre 3.24
6 Hall Hunt 3.00
7 Juliet Lee 2.98
8 Juris Shibayama 1.7
The ham standings are announced as the new rankings, which would put Juris Shibayama at #8 and ahead of Bob Shoudt, Sonya Thomas, Chip Simpson and Kobayashi.
Hard boiled eggs contest
1 Erik Denmark 61 eggs in 8 minutes
2 Chris Abatsas 59.5
3 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 49
4 Allen Goldstein 48
5 Arturo Rios 43
6 Steakbellie 40
Erik Denmark’s result is announced as a new world record despite being less than Sonya’s amount (65) and in a longer time (6:40 vs 8:00)
Screen captures of the rankings and the teleblog follows after the jump:
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Tim Janus wins pig skin contest
Pig Skin results from IFOCE.com:
1. Tim Janus, 14.3 oz in 6 minutes, $2500
2. Russ Keeler 12.7
3. Crazy Legs Conti 11.8
4. Pete Davekos 11.6
5. David “Brickhouse” Braunstein 8.2
6. “Nasty” Nate Biller 8.0
7. Brian Seiken 7.6
8. Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki 6.0
updated with results from beautifulbrian’s contest report Brian was originally announced as the 3rd place finisher and will have a contest video up later today.
update #2 The Times of Malta? has a Reuters news video
update #3 VH1’s Best Week Ever blog has a contest report with some pictures. (VH1 and Spike TV are both owned by Viacom) (Thanks Caroline Pierce)
“Ham & Eggs” videos on SpikeTV.com
Some video clips from Sunday’s “Ham & Eggs” program can be viewed at Spike.com. The titles and descriptions of the clips follows:
Pat Bertoletti – Pat Bertoletti is determined to maintain his dominance of MLE.
Kobayashi’s Defeat – The eaters of MLE discuss Kobayashi’s defeat at the Turkey Bowl
Turkey Bowl Upsets – Check out a recap of the upsets from the MLE Turkey Bowl
Cinderella Stories – Juris Shibayama and Gravy Brown share their MLE Cinderella Stories.
IFOCE Pig skin eating contest Thursday
(From “Pig Skin”) A pig skin eating contest will be held at Hawaiian Tropic Zone in Times Square on Thursday at noon to promote the “Ham & Eggs” contest that will be televised on Spike TV during the Super Bowl halftime show. The total purse is $5000. Registration for 8 slots will open tonight at approximately 10pm.
update a press release is available. Tim “Eater X” Janus will compete, former NFL punter Sean Landeta will serve as guest judge and the contest will be six minutes long.
No “Ham & Eggs” on spike.com
We are now a week away from the air date of the final installment of the Las Vegas Chowdown trilogy and there appears to be no mention of the program on Spike TV’s Major League Eating page or home page.
The air date & time are not on the home page of ifoce.com either. Viewers need to click on the link labeled “It’s official” to obtain the details, and the air date in the final paragraph of that page is listed as “January 3”.
Kobayashi out for “Ham & Eggs”
Yahoo.com has a press release promoting the “Ham & Eggs” contest that will be televised on Spike TV during the halftime of the Super Bowl. The announcement verifies Kobayashi’s report that he was unable to participate in the contest:
As soon as the first half of football’s biggest game ends, Spike TV will cut directly into “MLE Chowdown: Ham N’ Eggs” with the under-card event of hard-boiled egg consumption. Eight of the top eaters will go egg-for-egg in an effort to break the world record held by Sonya Thomas of 65. Then, the world’s top eight eaters will step to the plate for whole spiral-ham eating. This eight-minute competition includes Joey Chestnut, Patrick Bertoletti, Tim “Eater X” Janus, Juliet Lee, Tim “Gravy” Brown, Rich LeFevre, and Juris Shibamaya. The legendary Kobayashi will not participate due to an injured jaw.
Sonya Thomas achieved her egg record in 6:40 so the egg competitors will have to beat that time to break her record.
Kobayashi, Sonya, Bob Shoudt, Chip Simpson and several non-IFOCE eaters would probably dispute the claim that the world’s top eight eaters will participate in the ham contest.
The blurb at the bottom reports there were 100 MLE events in 2006 instead of mentioning the number last year.
“Ham & Eggs” to air Feb 3
A press release announces Spike TV’s programming for the first weekend in February. The “Ham & Eggs” contest will be televised on Sunday night:
8:30 – 9:00 PM, ET/PT
SPIKE’S MLE CHOWDOWN: CHAMPIONSHIP (NR)
The Major League Eating event will match up the world’s top
eaters, including Joey Chestnut, Eater X, and Patrick Bertoletto,
in a championship consumption contest featuring chowing down eggs
and ham.
The chowdown will be televised between WHEN GOOD PETS GO BAD 2 and WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK #3.
update The 8:30 time is an estimate. The start of the press release says that ” Spike’s “MLE Chowdown: Championship” will start exactly when the Super Bowl half time show begins.”
Rich Shea Phantom Gourmet podcast
Rich Shea’s interview on the January 5 Phantom Gourmet radio show mentioned by GJoe in a comment is available online. The interview is mainly about the buffet controversy in Louisiana, but Rich Shea does say that the next IFOCE event will be a Major League Eating program televised on Spike TV at halftime of the Super Bowl (Rich predicts that the Cowboys will be the NFC representative for that game). The program will be 30 minutes long, so “Ham & Eggs” will need to be truncated if it is broadcast.
New Poll: “Ham & Eggs” air date
The new poll asks when you believe the “Ham & Eggs” contest produced for Spike TV will be televised.
According to Crazy Legs Conti’s most recent blog entry, that program was expected to be broadcast last month:
Thursday, October 18th Spike TV 11 PM EST “Wedges and Wings”
This is the first broadcast in a three part championship series on Spike TV. One show per month for the next three months will air.
“Ham & Eggs” not on Spike TV new years schedule
New Year’s Day is probably a more appropriate holiday for a televised eating contest than Christmas, but the Spike TV schedule now extends to January 1, and the ham & eggs contest is not listed on that date or on December 31.
BestOnCable still reports that the ham & eggs contest will be televised today.
No MLE programs on Spike TV’s pre-Christmas schedule
The online schedule for Spike TV now extends to December 26 and the third installment of the trilogy recorded in Las Vegas which features ham and hard boiled eggs eating contests does not appear on it.
Spike’s programming for Christmas and Christmas Eve consists solely of James Bond movies and reruns of “Star Trek: Voyager” and “CSI”.
update BestOnCable reports that the ham & eggs contest will be televised on December 12, but other schedules do not corroborate this.
Turkey Bowl videos on ifilm.com
The full Turkey Bowl program can be viewed on the MLE page at http://www.ifilm.com/show/23406 There is also a video clip of Juliet Lee’s cranberry sauce victory.
Full Turkey Bowl results
Turkey 10/10/07
Pat Bertoletti 6.91 lbs
Joey Chestnut 6.51 lbs
Tim Janus 4.89 lbs
Tim Brown 3.76 lbs
Rich LeFevre 3.39 lbs
Arturo Rios 3.09 lbs
Kobayashi 2.46 lbs
Allen Goldstein 1.91 lbs
Cranberry Sauce 10/10/07
Juliet Lee 13.23 lbs
Hall Hunt 12.44 lbs
Juris Shibayama 11.11 lbs
Erik Denmark 10.92 lbs
Chris Abatsas 8.01 lbs
Micah Collins 7.99 lbs
El Toro 6.66 lbs
Steakbellie 6.5 lbs
Interview w/Alicia & Joey Chestnut
TimesHerald.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut and his mother Alicia to promote tomorrow’s broadcast of the Turkey Bowl (on Spike TV at 11 am and 7 pm). Joey says he intends to use the leverage he has amassed:
As for his status as the Top Dog on the planet when it comes to quick consumption of considerable quantities, Chestnut realizes that some day he’ll use his status to leverage higher fees from sponsors.
“Who said I didn’t already start that?” he said laughing, adding that a few more years and who knows, perhaps “The Joey Chestnut Story” will hit the big screen.
Mother Chestnut and son have differences of opinion when it comes to the actor playing the starring role.
“Adam Sandler,” Alicia Chestnut said.
“Matt Damon,” son grinned.
In a San Jose Mercury article, Joey says that the first book he loved was the Red Pony by John Steinbeck
update Joey is the choice for sportsman of the year for one writer on sportsillustrated.com
I will not be able to teleblog the “Turkey Bowl”
Washington Post on the Turkey Bowl
The Washington Post has an AP article about the Turkey Bowl and competitive eating in general.
The article is currently one of the top stories on the front page of yahoo.com
“The Turkey Bowl” on “The Morning Show”
Television.aol.com has a summary of today’s “The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet”
Boyz II Men perform; Relationship 101; “MLE Chowdown: The Turkey Bowl”; identity theft.
The Turkey Bowl segment will probably be the eating contest that was advertised on craigslist.
The show is syndicated so it will appear at various times. Check your local listings.
Jacksonville.com Turkey Bowl preview
(from the Hangman) Jacksonville.com has a brief article about Hall Hunt’s appearance in the “Turkey Bowl” where he will compete in the cranberry sauce undercard.
“Turkey Bowl” press release
A press release announces that the third MLE special on Spike TV, the “Turkey Bowl” will be televised twice on Thanksgiving Day, November 22 at 11am and 7pm.
“Battle of the Bird” on Spike TV on Thanksgiving
(from Erik Denmark) The MLE page on Spike TV announces that the second segment of the MLE Chowdown, titled “Battle of the Bird”, will be televised on Thanksgiving Day. A time is not listed.
Full “Wedges & Wings” results
Full results from the “Wedges & Wings” contest are available after the jump:
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