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Link Buffet: May 7, 2008
- Beautiful Brian’s thoughts on Badlands Booker’s possible comeback. (He thinks that Tim Janus will compete in the Shea Stadium qualifier)
- Musician Dan Bern trains for and wins a hard boiled egg eating contest (he thinks that the female who ate 65 eggs is 8 years old) (via Ugly Dude Food)
- Megamunch has a blog entry about his participation in City Chase, which had a dog food eating segment
- Wing Tut to do Cleveland brownie eating contest and 5K Race for the Cure in Pittsburgh on Sunday. He is seeking donations for the Race for the Cure.
- Article about eating contests at Fitchburg State College
- 8.5 month pregnant woman competes in taco eating contest
- Videos of Scozzy Bone at the Acme Oyster Eating contest: video 1, video 2
- Dallas Nathan’s qualifier to be held at Plano Sam’s Club
- Skinnyboy competes in Denver CE meetup group burger contest
- CE: sport / not a sport debate in New Mexico State student paper
Badlands Booker records segment for history.com
HungryTravels.com reports that they recorded an interview and mock hot dog eating contest with Eric “Badlands” Booker in which Booker ate 11 HDB in 3 minutes for history.com. History.com is the website for the History Channel. The blog entry does not say if Booker’s material will be televised or appear only on the web.
Badlands Booker youtube page
Badlands Booker has started a youtube page at http://www.youtube.com/user/badlandsbooker The page has clips of Bookers appearances on “Wife Swap, “Attack of the Show” and the hard boiled egg eating contest from the “Glutton Bowl”.
Link Buffet: March 17, 2008
- “Badlands” Booker is Sonya Thomas’ featured eater for the second quarter of 2008
- Page on the eating contest at CollegiateNationals.com – only the winner of the qualifier will appear in the finals
- A press release for Phoenix Battle of the Bone says it is restricted to amateurs. The rules appear to make no such restriction
- Lufkin, TX tamale festival runs out of tamales, but still manages to put on a tamale contest.
- Joey Chestnut’s matzoh ball contest victory mentioned in the Vallejo Times Herald
- Nashua, NH hot dog contest report
- “Stretch” eating contest at Missouri University
- Group burger challenge attempt at Mount Airy, NC
“Battle of the Buffets” viewable online
Video from the Travel Channel’s “Battle of the Buffets”, in which Badlands Booker, Cookie Jarvis and the LeFevres competed can be viewed on the Travel Channel’s website
Beautiful Brian sings the blues
BeautifulBrian.com has a bluesy song on his website about the travails he experiences. The first verse of the song goes:
I came in as an eater I do the best i can
I never made no money but i dont give a damn
I get the blues when im not eating Im an eater till i die
Dont care how i finish , It aint about a piece of pie
BeautifulBrian.com also has a review of Badlands Booker’s fourth CD.
Badlands Booker picture on The700Level
Philadelphia sports blog The700Level.com has no recent Wing Bowl coverage, but there is some competitive eating content in the form of the picture of a helmeted Badlands Booker illustrating a blog entry about the burger Eagle Brian Westbrook devised for Chili’s Restaurants. Westbrook’s burger has extra-thick applewood-smoked bacon, slices of smoked Cheddar, Swiss, and Provolone, sauteed onions and jalapeno-ranch dressing.
Sonya Thomas interview & 2004 Thanksgiving videos
The Major League Eating youtube page has been updated with two segments from the Tour de Gorge programs produced for HDNet. George Shea interviews Sonya Thomas before a meatball contest. Brian Seiken makes an appearance in the interview to discuss his dream about Sonya and Dale Boone. There is also footage from the 2004 Thanksgiving Invitational won by Badlands Booker in which Cookie Jarvis, “Hungry” Charles Hardy, Tim Janus, Don “Moses” Lerman, Brian Seiken, Dale Boone and others competed.
Hungry & Focused IV contents
An announcement about Badlands Booker’s fourth album is available after the jump
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Paul Barlow makes artwork for H & F 4
Hungry & Focused 4 is now available for purchase on Badlands Booker’s myspace page. Paul Barlow made the artwork above for the CD. A T shirt with the above image can be purchased on Paul Barlow’s zazzle page.
More MLE videos on youtube
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.
Free T-shirt included with early purchase of Hungry & Focused IV
Emailed by Badlands Booker:
Pre-order the latest badlands booker album “Hungry & Focused 4 – Fork, Knife, and Mic” and get the new ’07 Edition Badlands Booker T Shirt free while supplies last. Offer ends on the album’s official release date: 11/21/07. Stay Hungry and focused everybody
The album can be purchased at myspace.com/badlandsbooker
Competitive eating articles from NY Times archive
Several articles about competive eating from the New York Times archive which previously required payment are now available for free (in reverse chronological order)
preview of 2005 NJ pizza contest, mentions Pat Philbin
2005 Review of Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating
Short article about Kate Stelnick (she claims to have drunk 14 glasses of water while eating the 96er)
Long 2003 profile of Carson “Collard Green” Hughes
Preview of 2003 Wing Bowl, focuses on Bill “El Wingador” Simmons and “Belly” Donna Villec
Report on the 2002 pelmeni contest
2002 preview of Nathan’s finals, mainly about the Sheas
2002 article about Don Lerman, Badlands Booker & Cookie Jarvis, calls George Shea a “competitive eater since 1988”
2001 profile of Kevin Lipsitz
Article on quick start controversy at 1999 Nathan’s finals
Report on 1999 Nathan’s finals
preview of 1999 Ben’s Deli’s matzoh ball contest
1998 article about Mike DeVito, also mentions start of the IFOCE, originally the International Federation of Hot Dog Eating
1997 interview with Ed Krachie
Report on December 1996 duel between Ed Krachie and Nakajima
1996 Nathan’s final report
1995 Nathan’s finals results
Report on 1995 Nathan’s New Jersey qualifier, contest was 10 minutes long
article on 1994 Nathan’s finals, mentions Curtis Sliwa’s participation
Report on 1990 Nathan’s, says Jay Green & Mike DeVito tied for first place
Preview of 1987 Nathan’s, registrations were still being accepted by phone on July 3
Report on 1984 women’s only pancake contest
Badlands Booker on Dave’s Detours
Badlands Booker appeared on two videos for the online interview show “Dave’s Detours”: a hot dog slam and a freestyle rap showdown.
Kobayashi visits MoMA, steakhouse & Booker concert
Kobayashi has continued his New York travelog with blog entries about a visit to the Museum of Modern Art, the Peter Luger steakhouse and a performance by Eric “Badlands” Booker. He does not mention the size of the steak he ate.
Badlands Booker performance July 6
From a Patrick Holbert email:
I’m throwing a party Friday night at The Underscore in NYC. Would you mind plugging this event on the blog since Badlands will be performing? I’m performing as well as my alter-ego Pat Miscellaneous. I’m a huge fan of competitive eating so I’m really excited that Badlands is on board for this show.
The Clams are playing as well and these guys are a riot. It’s going to be a really fun time so I’m trying to get everyone in the CE community to come out and have a good time.
www.myspace.com/badlandsbooker
www.myspace.com/patmiscellaneous
www.myspace.com/theclamsmusic
www.theunderscore.comBadlands will go on around 10pm.
Badlands Booker “Wife Swap” rerun June 4
(from Badlands Booker) The episode of “Wife Swap” in which Eric “Badlands” Booker’s wife and female boxer Jennifer Alcorn trade families will be rerun on June 4 at 8 pm on ABC. Booker has lost 90 pounds since that show was recorded in July 2006.
Badland’s Booker tribute to bunnettes
(From Badlands Booker) Badlands Booker has recorded a tribute to bunnettes and made it available on http://myspace.com/badlandsbooker
Badlands’ Nathans performances
Badlands Booker’s myspace schedule lists him as performing at the following Nathan’s contests:
05/19/2007 12:00 PM – East Hartford Nathan’s Qualifier , East Hartford, Connecticut
05/26/2007 12:00 PM – Nathan’s Philly Qualifier TBA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Free
06/03/2007 12:00 PM – Performance At Nathan’s Shea Stadium Qualifier Shea Stadium, Queens, New York
06/22/2007 12:00 PM – Performance At Nathan’s Molly Pitcher Qualifier NJ Turnpike – Molly Pitcher Rest Area, Cranbury, New Jersey
06/23/2007 12:00 PM – Performance At Nathan’s Bay Area Qualifier TBA, San Francisco, California
06/27/2007 12:00 PM – Nathan’s Civil Service Qualifier South Street Seaport – Pier 17, New York, New York – Free
07/04/2007 11:00 PM – Nathan’s 91st. Annual Hot Dog Contest Surf & Stillwell Aves., Coney Island, New York – Free
I am not sure if Booker’s planned performance at the South Street Seaport contest means that he will not compete in that event.
Booker & The Knobs on youtube
A video of Eric “Badlands” Booker performing “The Sweet Science” with backing provided by The Knobs can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGJY_LlhYYM
Badlands Booker performance tomorrow
From Badlands Booker email:
What’s good eating fans:
Don’t miss yours truly Badlands Booker this weekend as he will be performing two competitve eating themed hip hop songs over a live rock band. It happens on Saturday, April 21st. As I become a special guest to one of the hottest rock bands in New York City, The KNOBS!
If you live or will be in the NYC area tomorrow, stop by and witness the greatest Rock/Hip Hop Collabo since Linkin’ Park @ Jay-Z! At Bar Nine
Bar Nine is located at: 807 9th. Avenue bet. 53 & 54th. Streets. Show starts at 10:33 pm. I’ll see u There.
Animal Planet Sonya vs. Booker cheesecake contest rerun
(From Rhonda Evans) The episode of Animal Planet’s “Most Extreme” titled “Battle of the Sexes” featuring a cheesecake eating contest between Sonya Thomas and Eric “Badlands” Booker will be rerun tonight at 7pm and 2am this morning (Both times eastern)
Badlands Booker in “Odder Jobs”
Eric “Badlands” Booker is one of the people with an unconventional occupation appearing in “Odder Jobs” (Google Book Preview)
Jarvis & Booker videos on MLE.com
Several new videos have been uploaded to majorleagueeating.com, two about Cookie Jarvis, one about Badlands Booker.
Badlands Booker March appearances
From myspace.com/badlandsbooker:
Mar 24 2007 9:00P Julian Maile’s Spray Paint Stars Concert At Sine New York, New York
Mar 26 2007 8:00P The Bro’In Out Show at The UCB Theatre New York, New York
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