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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.
The appearance of JulietLee.com has been updated and the new WriteNow page on julietlee.com describes how that site is produced. Juliet also responds to her critics.
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
The Daily Light reports that 8 year old Vincent Doblado successfully used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge a piece of pizza caught in his friend Ian Nance’s throat. The children were competing in an unsupervised pizza eating contest.
“It’s a blessing to know that my son didn’t panic and that he knew exactly what to do,†said Alexandro Doblado, Vincent’s father. “I can remember one day Vincent coming home from school and asking me about the Heimlich maneuver. I explained to him what it was and its purpose but little did we know that he was going to have to actually do it on someone one day. It’s just a blessing that he kept his cool and that he knew what to do.â€
The associated press reports that Tim Janus ate an entire Thanksgiving meal to draw attention to New York City’s hungry. The article reports that Major League Eating has given $10,000 to hunger related charities over the past two weeks.
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”
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
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.
(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.
There are now 15 videos on http://www.youtube.com/user/majorleagueeating I think that most if not all the videos were originally on majorleagueeating.com There are profiles of Badlands Booker, Don “Moses” Lerman and Cookie Jarvis in addition to footage of recent contests.
The following request has been made on craigslist:
Are you a big eater? Can you do it fast? Have you always wanted to be on National TV in an eating contest??
If you think you can compete, you have the opportunity to eat a Thansgiving Dinner as fast as you can on a Morning TV Show this Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. You will be competing against a former eating champion!!
Please contact me, Matt, ASAP at morningshowmatt@hotmail.com, reply to this post, or call (212) 301-5312.
(From competitiveeatingnews) Cleveland.com reports that a fire on November 8 destroyed a building owned by Chris Abatsas which housed his adult entertainment club, Monroe’s Cabaret, and a dry cleaners. No injuries were reported but a witness believed someone was trapped in the fire. Two other fires have destroyed buildings in Cleveland this month, one started several hours after Abatsas’ building burned and one the week before. Abatsas did not have insurance. The cause of the conflagration is unknown, but police will investigate it as if it was arson.
A 1999 article in the Cleveland Scene reports efforts by the police to shut down Monroe’s Cabaret due to alleged drug transactions and safety inspection violations.
Fox TV article & video
Valerie Bromann drove to the Krystal Square Off from Chicago and wrote a contest writeup and a trip report for her blog. She also has galleries of the contest and her road trip
Valerie also attended the Chicago jalapeno contest in September and has a contest report and gallery from that event.
(From Pat Bertoletti) The commercials for Thursday’s “Turkey Bowl” contest have been uploaded to ifilm.com. Commercial #1, Commercial #2
The “Without a Trace” episode about a missing champion chili eater will be rerun on CBS tonight at 8pm.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Nelson Peltz, responsible for Heinz’s co-sponsorship of the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest finals, is a champion of consumption himself with regards to his Palm Beach estate’s water usage:
Consider Nelson Peltz. The investor and food magnate’s oceanfront estate, called Montsorrel, is among the island’s biggest water consumers. His 13.8-acre spread, which combines two properties, used not quite 21 million gallons of water over the past 12 months — or about 57,000 gallons a day on average — at a cost of more than $50,000, according to records obtained from the local water utility. That compares with 54,000 gallons a year for an average single-family residence in Palm Beach, says Ken Rearden, assistant city administrator of West Palm Beach. (West Palm Beach supplies Palm Beach’s water.)
The estate uses 21M / (365 * 24 * 60 * 60) = .67 gallons of water per second, so it consumes 27.3 gallons of water in the 41 seconds it takes for Joey Chestnut to drink a gallon of milk.
(from Pat Bertoletti) A segment from the German science show Galileo about Pat Bertoletti’s victory at the Waffle House waffle eating contest can be viewed at http://www.prosieben.de/wissen/multimedia/videos/videoplayer/45464/
BeautifulBrian.com has a report on Joe Menchetti’s behavior at the Black & White Cookie Contest, a preview of the Opie & Anthony egg nog drinking contest and a summary of the year in competitive eating.
The online Wall of Fame at HeartAttackGrill.com has been restored. There is also a new picture of record holder Joey Chestnut on the home page.
Many people have wondered why Seaver Miller has not appeared in any IFOCE events since the pretzel contest on the Tyra Banks show after making a strong run at the IFOCE rookie of the year in 2006. Paul Barlow has solved this mystery and sent the following email reprinted below with Seaver’s permission. It is too bad that Seaver will not be able to compete in another eating contest, but fortunately the condition which has led to his retirement appears to be under control.
I have been in contact with Seaver Miller a few times over the last several months, and with his blessing, can now reveal what happened to our favorite foraging fireman.
Initially, I thought maybe he was going to be on a reality show, and was secluded somewhere outside the U.S.A. Visions of him “stealing my spot” on Survivor filled my head, and after I’ve sent in 13 videos, I thought maybe the producers called IFOCE headquarters looking for a young, handsome substitute great eater, instead of being stuck with an old, handsome, mediocre eater to put on their show. Was this to be yet another TV appearance denied???
Turns out, I was once again, extremely wrong….a pattern that repeats throughout my life (just ask my wife). Seaver told me, around April, that he had a mysterious-possibly deadly aliment that would keep him out of action indefinetly. He didn’t want to tell me what it was, fearing the worst. I still wasn’t quite sure if this was true, and that he said this just to avoid my jealous reality contestant wanna-be wrath. It was true, and Seaver has gone through a lot this year.
It turns out that he went to the doctor, and they found pollups(sp?) on his lymph nodes – which, at the time, caused him to be worried about cancer, among other terrors. The scond time we talked, he was still figuring out what was going on, and I was worried, he sounded like a man who was really playing survivor – for his life, not for TV. He swore me to secrecy, and I kept my word, only “hinting” to Hall Hunt – who I know has a direct connection upstairs – so Hall could put Seaver in his prayers. My upstairs connections are pretty much destroyed after 38 years of being an insane bachelor, who has since been “shackled”, and forced to be a good father, and wanna-be good eater.
My next calls to Seaver resulted in answering machines, which scared me more. Either he blocked me out, or maybe he was in some hospital, or some cemetary plot, or on some island getting voted out. Finally this week, I heard from the hydrant harraser, and now the mystery has been solved with both good news, and sad news for all faithful fireman followers.
It turns out, Seaver has what is called a “lazy intestine”. This basically means the thing doesn’t process food like it should, so it keeps him messed up – stomach wise. He does not have cancer, but is on a lot of medication, so competitve eating is out of the question. He informed me this also eliminates him from any reality shows, so my spot on Survivor is still open. I am certainly glad he is as OK as possible, and hope he can at least attend some of our events – Seaver is a great guy with a nice family, and in his brief, but star-studded role, in our galaxy of gluttony, he was a welcome addition.to any contest….even though his presence meant I would finish eighth instead of seventh. Hurrah for Seaver “The Acheiver” Miller, may his life torch stay lit for a long time!
SupersizedMeals.com reports that a 725 pound (329 kg) burger was constructed on the German science show Galileo. A special piece of equipment was built to cook and flip the patty. The video can be viewed at http://www.prosieben.de/wissen/multimedia/videos/videoplayer/45015/
The links in the blog sidebar have been updated. If you have an unlisted competitive eating related link that you would like added, or if your link was removed and you would like it reinstalled, please email the URL. Only links which have been inactive for several months have been removed.
Hungry Sisters KSO IV galleries: Part 1, Part 2
Pro CE column in U of Oregon paper. Russ Keeler is quoted.
Article about the Borough, a Raleigh, NC restaurant which hosts a monthly eating contest.
Anti Cayman Island conch fritter contest editorial
62 year old spicy chili eating champion from India
Eating contest for Corgi dogs
MTV In N Out burger eating contest video (from Laura)
Anti – CE rant on youtube , not safe for work (from Beautiful Brian)
The attempt by “Baby Huey” to break Joey Chestnut’s record of a gallon of milk in 41 seconds from Beautiful Brian’s latest show can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev9fNcmEwU0
“Sweet” Jill Stoler has started a blog at http://missgluttonsbliss.blogspot.com/
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Apple Pie Eating Contest |
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Big Momma Challenge |
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Hot Wing Eating Contest |
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Stone Crab Eating Contest |
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Wing Eating Contest |
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