There's a woman doing a show like that now too. Why I dunno. Do we need multiple people eating gigantic portions of food?
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > Yeah, I've seen one of those, where this heavyset guy travels around trying > to consume outrageously large portions of food, such as burgers the size of > dinner plates and whatnot. I don't get the appeal at all. There was a Looney > Tunes--or maybe it was Merry Melodies--cartoon from way back in the day > about a little pig who always gorged himself at meals. He ends up having a > nightmare where he's force fed by a mad scientist until his body is > literally at the bursting point. But despite this, on his way to escape, he > can't resist eating one more morsel and--kablam! The screen is awash in > color as he explodes. Immediately the young pig wakes up, shaken badly by > the dream--until Mom calls for dinner, at which point he runs to the table > and proceeds to push his siblings aside and inhale his food as always. > Shows like this remind of that cartoon. Back when I was a kid, a lot of the > black parents used to point to that cartoon when they'd chastise us kids for > being greedy. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, July 5, 2010 6:15:59 AM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Japanese Eating Champion Crashes NYC Contest > > > > Me too, Keith. I'm at the point where I tune out food porn like this. > Sadly, it's gaining ground. The Travel Channel has two shows more or less > devoted to it, "Man vs Food" and "Food Wars" (that may not be the exact > title -- it's early). > > On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> Okay, you can't write fiction any stranger than that. The whole concept of >> gorging food like this makes me ill for physical and social consciousness >> reasons. We all have too much food in the main in this country compared to >> much of the world, and many of us overindulge, but come on. >> And there's an eating league that's the counterpart of the NFL??? >> >> ************************************** >> [AP News] >> >> NEW YORK — A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year's Coney >> Island Fourth of July hot dog contest apparently couldn't resist the >> temptation to hotdog afterward — and got arrested. >> >> Six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi was sitting in a jail cell Sunday after >> the annual Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. >> >> Earlier in the day, Joey "Jaws" Chestnut gobbled his way to a fourth >> consecutive championship. But he was suddenly upstaged by the surprise >> appearance of his biggest rival, Kobayashi, who crashed the eating platform >> after Chestnut's win and wrestled with police. >> >> "Let him eat! Let him eat!" the crowd chanted as officers handcuffed the >> world's No. 3 professional eater, dubbed "The Tsunami." >> >> The 32-year-old Kobayashi did not compete this year because he refused to >> sign a contract with Major League Eating — the fast food equivalent of the >> NFL. On his Japanese-language blog, he said he wanted to be free to enter >> contests sanctioned by other groups. >> >> But a few days ago, he told Japan's Kyodo News: "I really want to compete >> in the (Coney Island) event." >> >> Wearing a black T-shirt that said "Free Kobi," Kobayashi mingled with the >> crowd, standing inside a police-barricaded pen just under the stage. When >> the eating ended, he slipped up the stage stairs. >> >> Then, several security officers appeared and tried to usher him off. He >> grabbed a metal police barricade with both hands, clutching it tightly as >> the officers pulled at him. Finally, they dragged him down the stairs, with >> Kobayashi resisting vehemently. >> >> He was expected to spend the night in jail awaiting an appearance in >> Brooklyn Criminal Court on charges of resisting arrest, trespassing and >> obstructing governmental administration. >> >> "There's a contract dispute, so they weren't giving him his freedom," said >> Kobayashi's interpreter and publicist, Maggie James. >> >> She said he had hoped the Coney Island crowd would recognize him and he >> could offer them an eating demonstration "for free. But nobody knew he'd >> jump onstage." >> >> Minutes earlier, Chestnut downed 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the >> contest televised live on ESPN. >> >> The runner-up was Tim "Eater X" Janus, with a total of 45. Patrick "Deep >> Dish" Bertoletti came in third with 37 dogs. >> >> Chestnut was disappointed with his performance, despite claiming the >> bejeweled, mustard-yellow belt plus a $20,000 purse. The 26-year-old from >> San Jose, Calif., was aiming for a record 70 dogs in 10 minutes. >> >> "I was dehydrated going in," he told The Associated Press, explaining that >> he did not drink enough liquids the day before because he was striving for >> an emptier stomach. >> >> After witnessing the drama involving Kobayashi, Chestnut said, "I feel bad >> for him." >> >> Still, the Fourth on Coney Island paid tribute to two of America's biggest >> loves: hot dogs and competition. >> >> The two pastimes merged by the Brooklyn boardwalk, with a crowd of >> thousands squeezed elbow-to-elbow on a sweltering afternoon, with >> temperatures around 90 degrees. >> >> Eight-year-old Stephen Pearce found his own way of keeping cool: with ice >> cubes melting atop his head. "It feels good." >> >> He said something else was "cool" as he watched Chestnut: "I could never >> eat that many hot dogs! It's gross," said the boy from Chappaqua, N.Y. >> >> Americans enjoy 150 million hot dogs each July 4 — "enough to stretch from >> D.C. to L.A. more than five times," said Janet "Queen of Wien" Riley, >> president of the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. >> >> Last year, Chestnut ate 68 dogs against Kobayashi's 64. That's about as >> many as the average American eats in a year — 60, according to the council. >> >> Coney Island is said to be the birthplace of fast food. >> >> The first hot dog was sold here around 1870 by German butcher Charles >> Feltman. His competitive, Polish-born employee, Nathan Handwerker, opened >> his own business in 1916 — Nathan's Famous, still the backdrop to the >> contest started here that year. >> >> According to local lore, immigrants arguing about who was most patriotic >> settled their dispute by testing who could eat more franks. Irishman Jim >> Mullen won with 13. >> >> After watching the stomach-churning feast, some of the tens of thousands >> of spectators could have used Pepto-Bismol — a new 2010 sponsor — before >> they joined the demolition-derby crowd of sticky bodies bumping their way >> through Surf Avenue. >> >> And it wasn't over till the "Tsunami" hit Coney Island — just not quite >> the way anyone expected. >> >> "He's fighting for his freedom — on Independence Day!" declared James, the >> interpreter-publicist. >> >> As a handcuffed Kobayashi was led from Brooklyn's 60th Precinct to a >> waiting cruiser that took him to jail, one Coney Island resident shouted: >> "You've got to be kidding! They locked him up?" >> >> Others yelled, "Free Kobi!" >> >> > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 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