A clip of the Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown competing in the 2008 World Italian Sausage Eating Championship is available on youtube. Derek “Wing Tut” Payne, “Tiny” Tim Rauscheder (in the background of the thumbnail above), Carey Poehlmann and others appear in the clip. The entire episode of Great Weekends: Boston will be televised on Saturday night.

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MLE has a twitpic of the 1984 Nathan’s finals. Winner Birgit Felden is probably second from right.

update business-on.de has an interview with Birgit Felden which mentions her participation on the national judo team but not her Nathan’s victory.

Judosite reports Birgit Felden came in second place in the Under 20 nationals in the 61 kg (134 lb.) weight class.

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The Man vs. Food twitter reports that the program will film in San Antonio this week. TN9Design reports that the program will be at Big Lou’s (home of the 37 inch pizza) on June 2.

ChouTran reports that Man vs. Food will film at Fogo de Chao in Dallas (date unlisted)

Will Millender reports that a shake and burger challenge from Chick and Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis, MD will debut on an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food. (a video of Will doing the challenge)

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update #2 Jerritt Clark has a picasa gallery of the contest

update BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report and video

Will Millender’s twitter has the top 4 of today’s pizza contest in Brooklyn:

1. Sal Carbone 22 slices, third victory in a row
2. Joe Menchetti 20
3. Dale Boone 17
4. Will Millender 16

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update #3 Midtown Lunch has a contest report

update #2 BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report

update Metromix has an article with 44 pictures containing official results:

1. Joe Menchetti 26 bowls
2. Dale Boone 25
3. Don “Moses” Lerman 23
4. Masato Tomita 16
5. Paul Arcaria 13

The article has pictures of Don Lerman’s and Paul Arcaria’s apparent reversals (Don Lerman claims he did not reverse)

update Time Out NY has a gallery

(Don Lerman is in white, Dale Boone in red)

5:47 Don Lerman 3rd despite his reversal, Masato Tomita 4th, Paul Arcaria 5th

5:45 Joe Menchetti is the winner, Dale Boone 2nd

5:42 It looks like Don Lerman is reversing

5:41 The contest has ended

5:26 The contest has started

5:17 The introductions have started. Don Lerman is the first to be introduced, Dale Boone the second.

The webcast of the Go! Go! Curry! finals has started at http://www.justin.tv/gogocurryusa

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Results from http://twitter.com/therealbigsexy/status/1974833435

1. Erik “the Red” Denmark 28 HDB
2. Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard 14

update #2 The Phoenix New times has an article and slideshow about Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Arizona Mills.

update MyFoxPhoenix has an article and video

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update Results from http://twitter.com/eatingcontest/

1. Pat Bertoletti 6 lb. 10 oz.
2. “Humble” Bob Shoudt
3. Sonya Thomas
4. Crazy Legs Conti

Val Bromann is attending and will have results on http://twitter.com/sillyamerica

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update #2 TBO.com has an article

update results from IFOCE.com:
1. Hall “Hoover” Hunt 33 HDB
2. Pete “Mierns” Miernick 14.5
3. Frank “the Frank” Chebetti ?

MLE has started http://twitter.com/eatingcontest, which is supposed to have all contest results.

(from comment) The qualifier will be webcast on ifoce.com

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