Inglewood, CA donut contest June 5 w/$2500 first prize
(from Courtney Jacobs) A donut eating contest will be held at Randy’s Donuts in Inglewood, CA (Los Angeles area) on the morning of June 5 to promote the release of the first season of CHiPs on DVD. Former CHiPs star Erik Estrada will be the contest judge. The winner will be the first person to eat 18 donuts. Participants will be chosen from the first ten entrants to appear at Randy’s Donuts on the morning of the contest and must be residents of California. Contest eligibility, entrance rules and prizes follow:
ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. MAXIMUM TEN (10) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. 1. ELEGIBILITY: CHIPS DVD Promotion Donut Eating Contest (“Contest”) is open to individuals eighteen (18) years of age or older who are legal residents of the state of California. Contestants must be present at event in order to enter. Employees and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective spouses), including household members, of Time Warner, Inc. or any subsidiaries or affiliated companies including Warner Home Video, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. (“Sponsor”) are not eligible to enter or win
HOW TO ENTER: To enter, go to the “Donut Eating” event at Randy’s Donuts on Tuesday, June 5, 2007, by 9:00 AM PDT and be one of the first ten (10) eligible participants in the “Donut Eating Contest” line designated as such.
PRIZES: GRAND PRIZE to the winner (1): Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) (payment to be made in the form of a check payable to winner within four (4) to six (6) weeks after the end of the Contest). FIRST PRIZE to the first runner-up (1): Portable DVD Player (prize to be awarded the day of the Contest). Total Estimated Retail Value of Prize: (U.S.) One Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($175). SECOND PRIZE to the second runner-up (1) “Chips: The Complete First Season DVD” signed by Erik Estrada. Total Estimated Retail Value of Prize: (U.S.) Thirty-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Eight Cents ($39.98).
A website with contest information can be found at http://www.myspace.com/chipscontest
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Gentleman Joe said
May 31, 2007 @ 9:23 pm
Do you think Chestnut can disguise himself?
If it wasn’t CA residents only I’d be there, even if Chestnut was going to be.
18 regular sized doughnuts, whats that 2-3 minutes?
How did they come up w/18 doughnuts?! Has it only been 18 years since CHiP’s went off the air, or since it started?
Mega Munch said
June 1, 2007 @ 9:32 am
How long does it take to become a California resident?
anonymous said
June 1, 2007 @ 11:44 am
you can hire adozen bums to show up with you at midnight. A few bottles of night train should do it
KevinRoss said
June 1, 2007 @ 1:07 pm
Anonymous, that’s really clever. Pure evil. . .but clever!
I kinda question the validity of this though. I mean, doesn’t 2,500 seem excessive to anyone else for a contest like this?
Anonymous said
June 1, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
Not really, considering it’s for a Chips DVD promotion (not to mention further promoting Randy’s Donuts).
KevinRoss said
June 1, 2007 @ 2:12 pm
I guess in the world of Hollywood 2,500 dollars isn’t much. It’s just that they could make it 500 dollars and probably the same caliber of people will show up, so they don’t have to offer that much. Though I suppose 2,500 will make people try a lot harder and it will be a more entertaining show for the crowd, since people will be really cutthroat trying to win. Now, I’m off to buy a big fake beard, nose, cheek implants, fat suit, and fake ID.
Jake from SF said
June 1, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
I have much respect for Joey, but If Joey does compete in this even he should be suspended by the IFOCE for a couple of months. Rules are rules, and even Joey is not above the rules. I am sure the 2,500 with little travel expense is inticing to him. I don’t think he will be there, but who knows…
Anonymous said
June 1, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
I don’t have access to myspace at work, though Randy’s is right up the street from my work (I can go on a breakfast break).
What time is the contest, what are the rules and where else did they announce this?
KevinRoss said
June 1, 2007 @ 3:28 pm
This sounds like an all day event, where you’d have to camp out early because they take the first 10 people on a first come first serve basis. It also says in there that it will take a couple hours. Defintely not something you could do on a breakfast break. Just ditch work! 2,500 bucks is a lot more than you’ll make in a day I’d think.
Gentleman Joe said
June 1, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
KevinRoss, do you really think you need a disguise?!
In Cali it might be something you can show up at the last second for. (except for Joey, not a CE hot spot)
Anonymous said
June 1, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
What are the risks of choking? This is a serious matter because IFOCE contests have EMT on hand while these restaurants have nothing. Also, because the contest is formatted differently (speed vs. quantity) I would think the risk of choking would be higher.
Lowdown said
June 1, 2007 @ 4:07 pm
I just talked to my friends at USC. Don’t bother going unless you begin to camp out from Monday on. It seems that getting ten frat guys out there to win $2,500 is easy money. It’s already won before it even started.
KevinRoss said
June 1, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
Gjoe, I was being sarcastic about the disguise. This contest is well publicized and if I did it, everyone would know and I think I would probably be banned from doing IFOCE contests for good, not just temporarily suspended. Like mentioned above, this is exactly the kind of contest they don’t like (higher choking risk, etc). I know it may not seem like they’d care because I’m not a high ranked eater, but they would. I can’t say it’s not tempting as I know I could probably beat whatever random frat guys camp out, but I am not ready to be done with IFOCE contests at the moment because I haven’t come close to acheiving what I want to acheive yet.
Omega Poo Pledge Captain said
June 1, 2007 @ 5:48 pm
My little can beat up your big. Those donuts belong to OMEGA, bignose!
Joey Chestnut said
June 1, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
Doesnt everybody know that IFOCE rules do not apply to California?
Sounds like fun to me
Anonymous said
June 1, 2007 @ 6:43 pm
Go for it Joey. You are and always will be the man in the sport. As the champ you have the sole right to eat wherever you want. Rules are for the others and dont apply to you anyway.
Luther
Jake from SF said
June 1, 2007 @ 7:27 pm
Either I hope Joey is joking… or that is an impostor!
Gentleman Joe said
June 1, 2007 @ 8:13 pm
KevinRoss, What I was seriously saying is, if you went as yourself, no one would know who you are! So a disguise is unnecessary. You would more than likely get your &ss handed to you by one of the frat boys, so suspension or expulsion would not be an issue.
The Shea’s DO NOT care if you die or choke or whatever. The emt thing is in there for the PERCEPTION that they care, & that it is safe.
KevinRoss said
June 1, 2007 @ 9:28 pm
Haha, very mature Gjoe. You’re a real class act. Not to start another AICE vs. MLE discussion, but why is it I never seem to get that kind of attitude from MLE people? You’re a seriously bitter dude. Really. You have issues.
KevinRoss said
June 1, 2007 @ 9:32 pm
And by the way, if someone actually were to choke at a contest, an EMT would be a good thing to have around. They don’t hire actors posing as EMT. They hire real trained medical professionals that could save somebody from dying if they started to choke. You really aren’t the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Todd Yeates said (Registered December 5, 2006)
June 1, 2007 @ 10:15 pm
Gentlemen’s Joe, you should change your name to Cry Baby Joe, or Pouting Joe, or Nonsense Joe, or Isn’t it a wonder he’s not in the IFOCE Joe, or I am why the AICE sucks Joe
Gentleman Joe said
June 1, 2007 @ 10:31 pm
Hey, Don Lerman w/out talent (oxymoron, I know) crawl back under your rookie rock. You make Luther seem intelligent. What must we do to get you to not comment on everything?!
I am not aice, i’m independent. You get plenty of attitude from mle/ifoce, they just do it under anonymous or fake names.
I didn’t say they hire actors as emt’s (probably because actors cost MORE) just that they care less about what happens to you, than I do. Ok, really about… the same.
I, like most “have issues”. I am not bitter, (I was for awhile) i’m just tired of some moron constantly talking out of his &ss. Now if you said cynical instead of bitter, you’d be right.
Anonymous said
June 1, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
Hes a gentleman. Dont talk to him like that.
Luther
KevinRoss said
June 1, 2007 @ 11:19 pm
I know I’m just falling into your trap, but I can’t help responding one more time.
You seem to think I think I have delusions of grandeur. I know there is PLENTY of people that can outeat me, but even so I can outeat 99% of the general population (which granted isn’t saying much because most people don’t have serious interest in overeating like all of us do). I’ve done quite poorly at some contests, but decent at others. And I think I can hold my own with the middle-ranked eaters and will only continue to get better. I think that’s an accurate assesment of my skill level and I’m not running around claiming anything more than this.
And I’m sure not every MLE/IFOCE member likes me, but plenty do and I’ve made a lot of friends in the short time I’ve been doing this. Good enough for me. I have fun at every contest I go to, no matter how well I do. Can you say the same thing for yourself?
The problem is, you really know nothing about me beyond what I ramble about on here. And that is only a small piece of the person that I am.
Now I expect you’re going to come back saying how I am immature for responding to you, blah blah. But I’m not going to sit here having you give me crap without giving you some back.
Anonymous said
June 1, 2007 @ 11:22 pm
The EMT’s are also on hand for the fans in case they get too choked up over their favorite eaters not beaing able to beat Joey.
Luther
Anonymous said
June 1, 2007 @ 11:26 pm
Two real travesties are having the great Don Moses Lerman not being given a bye to eat in the nathans finals and the ither one is Beautful Brain not being on the Wail of Fame.
Luther
Anonymous said
June 1, 2007 @ 11:29 pm
Gentleman that is the best oxymoron Ive heard about anyone in years.
Luther
anonymous said
June 2, 2007 @ 1:42 am
If Menchetti was a terrible eater like adam da bomb and jumped from IFOCE to AICE noone would pay attention to anything he posts on this site or any site for that matter . He happens to be a top notch eater that jumped organizations which increases his stock and his credibility .
anonymous said
June 2, 2007 @ 9:06 am
Joe Menchetti do you realize you might have hurt Kevin Ross’s feelings with those remarks? Claiming that he doesnt need a disguise because noone knows or cares who he is? . Menchetti’s quote “The Shea’s DO NOT care if you die or choke or whatever. The emt thing is in there for the PERCEPTION that they care, & that it is safe” I don’t doubt that this might have some validity to it . .
Hunter said
June 2, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
I think bisen lives in cal but I think he is washed up
Anonymous said
June 2, 2007 @ 4:32 pm
Bullshit. The Bison is one of the best at doughnuts. Its up to him whether or not he wants to enter.
Luther
Chip said
June 4, 2007 @ 12:38 am
I think bison is retired from a throat injury.