Comments on: Video: Hot dog armaggedon on Coney Island

By: Grafted

Grafted — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:59:13 +0000

My favorite line was, “this is the greatest moment in the history of American sports.”

Nobody outeats an American. NOBODY!!

By: malkinmania

malkinmania — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:51:23 +0000

Monica Lewinsky WAS there, working for CNN describing the bent shape of each dog as they picked them up.

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:18:36 +0000

I’m waiting for the miniature corn eating contest.

In Cos Cobb.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:20:48 +0000

Aw, WTF? Man…

By: df4jc

df4jc — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:45:06 +0000

It’s funny how this is the only American “sport” where stuffing your mouth with wieners in public doesn’t constitute as an act of indecent exposure or committing a lewd act.

By: Dean Barnett

Dean Barnett — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:12:31 +0000

I have NEVER been prouder to be an American! What valor!

By: heatherrc77

heatherrc77 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:49:44 +0000

Where was Monica Lewinski?

profitsbeard on July 5, 2007 at 4:28 PM

She was cleaning her little blue dress after Kobayashi’s reversal….heh.

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:28:08 +0000

Where was Monica Lewinski?

By: Andy in Agoura Hills

Andy in Agoura Hills — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:09:25 +0000

Yeah, I’ll skip this vid. But why is it Americans are allowed to waste food like this? There are people starving in Africa and India and even in America! But packing away weiners just to shit them out later is really a waste of food. I for one am really upset at this travesty of justice. I say we contact Nathan’s and stop this absymal display of greed and sloth. Who’ll join me in this mission?

By: Redhead Infidel

Redhead Infidel — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:01:01 +0000

OK…even with the warning, I watched. I shouldn’t have. That was bad judgment on my part. I can’t get over seeing Kobayashi still chewing on a hot dog bun soggy with his own vomit. I’m haunted.

By: taznar

taznar — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:35:51 +0000

I have to wonder…what does seeing people puking up your product do to Nathan’s hot dogs?

What else are they going to do? Advertise what they put into them?

By: Beo

Beo — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:31:44 +0000

Why don’t you see more hot dog eating contests in Muslim countries?

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:25:10 +0000

I am still trying to find out exactly when and why extreme eating competitions and poker games became nationally televised spectator sports.

the writers strike a few years ago? reality shows took off, scripted shows died. still feeling the effects. thats my theory at least.

i like watching poker, though. the cash game mondays on gsn is great. negreanu is my favorite. and farha :P

By: pilamaye

pilamaye — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:22:50 +0000

I am still trying to find out exactly when and why extreme eating competitions and poker games became nationally televised spectator sports.

By: James

James — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:22:45 +0000

Here’s a thought…did this contest violate the Trans-Fat Ban?

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:20:22 +0000

By the way, out of curiosity… what happens to these guys stomachs’ when they go home after these things?

I think they have industrial size plungers for the bombs they are dropping later that evening.

By: JetBoy

JetBoy — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:16:26 +0000

I have to wonder…what does seeing people puking up your product do to Nathan’s hot dogs?

Is that the kind of product placement a company looks for?

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:16:12 +0000

First of all, ya gotta feel bad for those Nathan’s girls in the shorts and tank tops. We all know girls like them, and they thought this gig would help them in the door in the entertainment industry, when in reality they just go home feeling dirty and pathetic. Ladies, you’d have had a better shot if you’d done some low end porn. I just don’t understand how girls get roped in to stuff like this.

Anyway, a “reversal” by Kobayashi? That was hilarious.

And you’ve got to love Chestnut’s reply about when he’d next eat a hot dog. He says he could eat one now if he had to. First of all, it’s a sad situation were someone can come up wtih a reason to require another person to eat a hot dog… and that a guy who just at 66 could do it.

Now I may sound like some sort of bleeding heart lib here for a second… but am I the only one who finds it strange that we hold contests to see guys eat a disgusting amount of food while there are starving people out there? I mean, you could guilt trip anyone any time for enjoying anything while people suffer, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m specifically talking about something life sustaining… food. While some don’t have access, we have enough to make contests for freaks to eat more than 50 people should.

By the way, out of curiosity… what happens to these guys stomachs’ when they go home after these things?

By: Nonfactor

Nonfactor — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:11:46 +0000

To work off all those calories (SportsCenter said it was around 12,250) you’d need to ride your bike for at least 12 hours straight.

By: bigskinny

bigskinny — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:10:55 +0000

Please pass the ketchup, and one of those red white and blue napkins.

By: Jim-Rose

Jim-Rose — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:10:41 +0000

For once, I have to give ESPN credit, they handled it beautifully by playing it straight and using epic hyperbole. I especially love this event because I know it makes Mike Bloomberg-types furious.

By: James

James — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:10:03 +0000

Anyone else wondering why Rosie O’Donnell isn’t prominent in this event?

BillLalor on July 5, 2007 at 2:36 PM

Because of the ‘belt of fat’ phenomenon. A fat person can’t eat as much in one sitting because the fat surrounding their stomach keeps it from expanding as much as a skinny person’s stomach can.

But having said that, I bet she’d do OK in an eating contest where you had to hang upside down to eat through puncture holes in the prey’s neck.

By: JWS

JWS — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:06:06 +0000

“The greatest moment in U.S. sports history” – HUH? This passes the Immaculate Reception, the US Hockey team victory over the USSR, etc.?

common sensineer on July 5, 2007 at 2:55 PM

Aw c’mon, can’t you picture Herb Brooks standing behind them yelling “play your game!”…

By: JadeNYU

JadeNYU — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:04:54 +0000

I’m just glad the trophy is back in the good ‘ole US of A.

If we’re going to be the fattest country, we’d better have the hot dog eating contest awards to back that up.

By: JayHaw Phrenzie

JayHaw Phrenzie — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:04:50 +0000

This will finally put San Jose on the Map!

WE ARE NUMBER ONE!!!