Obsessedtv.com has a video of an interview with Crazy Legs Conti (via twitter)

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update #3 Results from http://twitter.com/rpshea/status/1680901215

1. Crazy Legs Conti 25 HDB
2. Ralph (RJ) Frasca 14 HDB
3. John Gerrish 12 HDB

update #2 97.9 has announced the contest is over, but did not mention the winner

update http://www.979cprrocks.com/ is broadcasting from the qualifier site.

Rich Shea is on the gulf coast and will post results from the Nathan’s qualifier on http://twitter.com/rpshea

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• MosesNews.com will return to covering competitive eating
• Crazy Legs Conti podcast on Strangeland Radio
• Video of eating contest with #9 ranked “MILF”
• Arkansas Krispy Kreme eating contest results – video
• Laredo jalapeno eating contest on February 20 or 21

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Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page which reports that she will appear in an episode of My Life in Food on the Food Network along with Pat Bertoletti and Crazy Legs Conti. The program will document their preparation for the 2008 Nathan’s finals. The expected broadcast date is January 10.

The program page on the Food Network’s website has the following description:

My Life in Food takes an intimate look at individuals whose lives have been transformed through food. From people with debilitating food phobias, to those searching for a fountain of youth through what they eat, to an entire city attempting to lose a thousand pounds, we examine the powerful force of food.

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• Gallery and full results from 2008 Wookey Hole Caves Big Eat
• Volvo from the movie Twilight awarded in pie eating contest held on the Tyra Banks Show. The episode will be broadcast on November 28.
• Report, gallery and video from Skinnyboy’s office pizza contest
• Video from another offfice pizza eating contest. Kim almost finishes a 26 inch pizza.
• Crazy Legs Conti authors a section of The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster

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Crazy Legs Conti is a guest on the “Fat Guys at the Movies” podcast co-hosted by Kevin Carr. (His segment begins around the 34 minute mark.) Crazy Legs mainly talks about his movie watching record attempt, but he does reveal some unconventional attire he wore during a Johnsonville bratwurst contest.

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• Video of Crazy Legs Conti’s withdrawal from the Netfllix movie watching record attempt
• Pat Philbin will adopt the nickname “Jumbo Slice” for the Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest
• NY Magazine thinks the Famous Famiglia pizza contest is today
• Gallery of the b.good Garlicky Greens eating contest
• 990 pound Mexican Jose Luis Garcia dies of heart failure (picture on right is of his gravesite)

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Gothamist reports that Crazy Legs Conti has started his attempt to break the current Guinness continuous movie watching world record of 120 hours 23 minutes. He is watching the movies with 5 other competitors, including the current record holder, in a temporary glass structure in Times Square. 10 minute bathroom breaks between movies are allowed, but sleeping is not. The winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize.

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Crazy Legs Conti was a surprise guest on College Humor Live recently and attempted to consume Michael Phelps’ typical breakfast in under 5 minutes. Video, Gallery

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Badlands Booker has uploaded to his youtube page a clip from a segment the Canadian show Careers TV about his competitive eating career. Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti also appear.

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• Hall Hunt article in U of Florida student paper. Hall had a bad knee while he ran a marathon last Saturday. An article about Erin Andrews appears in the same issue.
• Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus appear in music video by Low Water (myspace)
• Wing Tut previews the contests he will MC this weekend. Samatha Brown of the Travel Channel might compete in the Italian sausage contest.
• MissBusyLady contemplates a Burritozilla attempt
• News items after May 8 removed from IFOCE home page
• Article about Randy Harrison, participant in the US Open of Competitive Eating
• WLOCE registration is open (from Crawfish comment)
• MTV’s video game blog has footage of the first two minutes of the MLE game
• Blog entry about Pauliesaurus challenge. The current prize is $250.

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• Article about Juris Shibayama in The Tennessean
• Crazy Legs Conti profile in The Examiner
• Another poster with Dale Boone on it
• AOL fanhouse live blog
• Youtube video from yesterday’s weigh-in
• Examiner article about competitive eating health risks. Tyler Cymet, a doctor of osteopathic medicine at Northwest Hospital who says he treated competitive eaters is quoted.

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• Video of a Joey Chestnut training session for Time Magazine (link fixed)
• Video of a Pat Philbin training session with QVC qualifier footage for TVJersey
• Pictures from the weigh in.
• podcast of Crazy Legs Conti on WFAN this morning
• Interview with Joey Chestnut’s mother
• Pat Bertoletti profile in The Regional News
• Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein article wins a prize
• History of competitive eating by Time Magazine
• Sonya Thomas is one fan’s favorite
• Nathan’s odds by covers.com – article thinks contest will be 12 minutes
• Fox News video of Atlanta bacon contest (from Paul Barlow)
• Juris Shibayama comments on the Wall Street Journal blog

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The new issue of The Village Voice has a long article about Crazy Legs Conti and Tim “Eater X” Janus. The roommates will also be profiled in an upcoming issue of Italian Vogue

updated removed sentence about 33 gram bun

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• Podcast of Crazy Legs Conti promoting the Hot Dog Safari (Crazy Legs Conti’s appearance begins around the 32 minute mark)
• Spectator report from the Carnegie Deli pickle contest
• Gallery from the Philadelphia Nathan’s qualifier
• Joey Chestnut’s hometown, Vallejo, is bankrupt
• Jill Stoler apologizes to Beautiful Brian Nation
• MLE game not coming out this week according to joystiq
• Tomoko Miyake promotes Tobu Department Store’s new buffet (blog entry)

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Crazy Legs Conti has posted his food diary from May 16 to May 22 to New York Magazine’s food blog. The diary includes his practice session for the Three Brothers pizza contest next week, which will not allow dunking.

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(from an email) Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus appeared on this morning’s edition of “The Today Show” and competed in a one minute watermelon eating contest and then demoed the Major League Eating video game. The video can be viewed online.

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• Gallery of Saturday’s contests in Brunswick, GA from Bruce Pobanz
• Sonya Thomas thinks the new 10 minute duration will make it difficult for her to become the first woman to break 40 HDB
• Don Lerman believes “food pervision” companies have stolen his “interlectial propery”
• Article about local competitors at Chicago Nathan’s qualifier
• Preview of the Pittsburgh Nathan’s qualifier. Brian Subich is the only listed expected entrant
• Milia Mahfoud, the only female entrant, won a pancake eating contest at the Kingsburg Swedish Heritage Festival.
• Humble Bob has some pictures of the gyro contest on his home page
• Skinnyboy had a drunk fan while he attempted a hot dog challenge
• Article about Crazy Legs Conti in the Monterey Herald
• Calendar lists New Orleans Nathan’s qualifier on June 4 (a Wednesday) at Metairie
• Jamie of Hungry Sisters will be an assistant for Hog Happenin in Lincolnton, NC, which will have some eating contests
• $175 burger containing gold flakes
• Video of pizza eating contest from G.L.O.W. wrestling between Matilda the Hun and Mount Fiji

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The blog for the Village Voice has an entry about this afternoon’s watermelon eating contest at Rockefeller Center between Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti. Conti won the six minute contest by one bite. After the first contest completed, Conti and Janus had a virtual watermelon eating contest by playing the Major League Eating video game. The blog entry closes with an announcement that an article about Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti will appear in the Village Voice this summer.

IFOCE.com also has a report about the event.

update AppScout has a blog entry about the event with pictures and videos, including a recording of the performances of Beautiful Brian and Badlands Booker.

update #2 Serious Eats has a gallery and MTV has a blog entry.

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Crazy Legs Conti was interviewed by Midtown Lunch to promote his midtown lunch today at a watermelon eating contest at Rockefeller center:

Place you discovered thanks to Midtown Lunch: Back to sushi – I relied on Midtown Lunch to give me the rundown on how fast the conveyer belt moved at Sakae Sushi (not fast enough for me) and the crowd at the Todai buffet. Regarding Todai, pickle eating champ Beautiful Brian Seiken is planning an outing to Todai’s plentiful buffet. You need a sizable guy like Beautiful Brian to anchor himself front and center at the sushi bar, then other NYC gurgiators like Nasty Nate Biller and me can form a wedge and really get behind the sneeze guard to take the buffet down. If the head chef isn’t crying into the steam table in an hour, we haven’t done justice to Midtown Lunch!

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The web site for the Hot Dog Safari announces that a hot dog eating contest between Crazy Legs Conti and two couples will take place at that event on June 1 at Suffolk Downs in suburban Boston. The entry form states that the couple must be married or engaged and that the accepted pairs will be notified by May 15. The winner will receive $1000 in gift certificates, the loser will receive $500 in gift certificates.

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The Los Angeles Times has an article about the impact of competitive eating on eaters’ health. Crazy Legs Conti is quoted and says that he and Tim Janus have hired a yoga instructor to help their eating. George Shea says that most eaters do not train for contests.

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