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Joey Chestnut has written an entry for his yardbarker blog about tuning up for the Nathan’s finals by competing in a hot dog eating contest held at Hooterpalooza last Tuesday in Fremont, California. Joey managed to eat 43 hot dogs in 8 minutes, which is greater than the winning total at all 10 minute qualifiers held this year. Joey reveals his feelings about Kobayashi in the second half of the blog entry.
Youtube videos of the contest are available: Part 1, Part 2
There is an interview video embedded in the comments.
According to Zap2It.com, ESPN’s telecast of the 2008 Nathan’s finals will rerun immediately after the original program. This will be the only additional showing in the week following July 4.
The 2007 Nathan’s finals were rerun 7 times between July 4 and July 12.
Update Skinnyboy says he made no such comment to the initial commeter “News at Five” on his blog – ojrifkin
The eating contest held at the Collegiate Nationals in San Diego in April will be rerun on CSTV tonight at 10 pm (all times eastern) and also the following dates and times:
Wed 6/25 7:00 PM
Fri 6/27 11:00 PM
Sat 6/28 5:00 AM
It took the “winner” FIFTY MINUTES to eat FOUR NON-EGG McMuffins. Pretty much makes you want to vom, doesn’t it? You’re in good company, because according to one of the overseers of the event, the “winner” just asked if he could go throw up. He was told that he loses if he does. Meaning that the other intern who ATE THREE McMUFFINS AND THEN GAVE UP would be declared the winner.
The blog for Penn Live has an entry about the movie “Nacho Mountain”. Filming locations are currently being scouted in the Lehigh Valley. The film’s IMDB page lists Joey Chestnut, who will be performing as himself, as one of the stars. The release year is projected as 2009. Producer Dan Maher gives the following description of the plot:
He describes it as a quirky comedy about a fellow named Keefer who starts an underground food-eating competition. “When the town’s health-crazed mayor threatens to shut the tournament down, Keefer and his buddies fight to keep the contests going,” Maher explains.
A PG-13 rated teaser (probably NSFW) is available on youtube and a page for the movie has the following casting call:
NOW ACCEPTING HEADSHOTS AND PICTURES OF ANYBODY IN LEHIGH VALLEY WANTING TO PLAY EXTRAS, OR FILL CHARACTER ROLES! PLUS SIZES ARE GOOD, OBESE IS GREAT. ANy deformities (missing limbs, little people, etc.) are guaranteed screen time.
A craigslist posting has additional job information and says that principal photography will take place from July 21 to 27.
update The star of the movie, Jay Larson, has a page on ComedyCentral.com
A movie poster can be seen on the movie’s myspace page
Don “Moses” Lerman has uploaded a video he made after getting some of his original teeth removed. He says he will return to competitive eating after he receives a set of dental implants.
GainsboroughRoad has uploaded some videos of the Dickey’s BBQ sandwich eating contest.
Zap2It’s schedule for ESPN now has information about its broadcast of the 2008 Nathan’s finals. As in previous years, the programming will start at noon eastern and last an hour. The program will be rerun immediately after it concludes.
“Furious” Pete has started a contest on bodybuilding.com in which participants will submit videos of drinking from a bottle containing 1.5 liters of water. The fastest time will receive a product from Engineered Sports Technology.
Pete has uploaded a video of him drinking 1.5L in 8 seconds (He is not eligible for the prize). His goal is to break Ken Domon’s mark of 4.88 seconds from Food Battle Club: The Speed
A British documentary from 2003 about Takeru Kobayashi competing in Food Battle Club: The Speed can be viewed on youtube. The video shows Kobayashi lifting weights, practicing at a sushi buffet and training for the 1.5 liter water bottle round, which he would lose to Ken Domon.
Pat Bertoletti appeared on “The Early Show” this morning on CBS and ate 17 slices of pizza in five minutes. Most of Bertoletti’s performance was not televised.
Some links have been added to the entries about previous weekend’s contests.
CBS 4 has video of yesterday’s hot dog qualifier held at Steve’s Snappin Dogs in Denver. Donavan Busta was the winner with 7 hot dogs in 3 minutes and Matt Kish was second. It also appears that Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane competed.
update Steve’s Snappin Dogs website has a contest report. Andrew Lane narrowly missed out on second place.
Furious “Pete” Czerwinski has swapped positions with Ian Hickman in the rankings after he defeated “The Invader” 17 sandwiches to 12 in yesterday’s eating contest sponsored by Dickey’s Barbecue Pit held in Dover, Delaware.
Bodybuilding.com thread
A listener to yesterday’s Steve Dahl show called in about AMC’s showing of “Stand By Me” with on screen trivia:
6:25 Caller Ken thinks he has something to cheer Patrick up with. He was flipping through channels and came across Stand by Me. It was an enhanced version that featured trivia flashing on the screen, because the regular movie isn’t good enough?
6:26 During the pie eating scene they put up an explanation of how Anthony “Deep Dish” Bertatelli widens his esophagus for competition. Did they really call him Anthony Bertatelli or does Ken just have the name wrong?
Steve Dahl mentions the possibility of unionizing competitive eating after Pat says he has yet to receive the $500 fee from the Major League Eating video game.
The video of Krista Lander competing against two minor league hockey players in a one pound burger eating contest is now available on the CBS 7 website.
The commercial Kobayashi filmed in Vancouver last month is now available on youtube. Western Canada Lotteries’ scratch and win cards are the advertised products.
Paul Barlow competed in a short hot dog eating contest in the studio of 96.1 WKLS this morning on “The Giant Show” to promote his appearance in tomorrow’s Nathan’s qualifier in Charlotte. A video clip of his appearance is available. Paul says that Hall Hunt will also compete in the qualifier.
Kotaku reports that this week’s new downloadable games for the Wii are My Pokemon Ranch, a port of the 1980s arcade game Dig Dug and Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, a less famous game from two decades ago. There are three more possible Monday release dates for the Major League Eating WiiWare game before the Nathan’s finals.
Gal Sone had a book signing in Tokyo for her autobiography today and she has a blog entry about the appearance. Tomorrow, she will sign autographs in Osaka. The autobiography is currently #131 on the amazon.co.jp rankings (The Japanese translation of the final Harry Potter book, which will be released next month, is #1)
Tomoko Miyake’s book of photographs is now available for preorder on Amazon of Japan. The release date is June 28.
update June 9 Gal Sone’s book is currently ranked #97 on Amazon of Japan, which place it on the bestseller list. A screen capture has been uploaded (click the thumbnail below).
Gal Sone’s blog has a report about today’s Osaka book signing
Yama3 went to the Tokyo autograph session.
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