The world looks on in horror as American gluttony took center stage on ESPN. It's Hot Dog eating time. B-U-R-P!
Nothing says America like competitive eating.
With U.S. and world starvation, the Chinese government propping up a holocaust inducing Sudanese government and the NY Yankees going to h-ell, we have competitive eating on center stage...and I watched it all.
This one hour event was like a Triple Crown race, 48 minutes of hype and speculation, followed by a quick race. The difference is that at Nathan's the contestants may pukeduring the contest. Woof Cookies results in a DQ. It's bad for the contestant, yet great t.v.
As competitive eating fans know, Kobayashi was claiming an arthritic jaw injury, which would hamper the defense of his Six Time record. Analysts thought it to be a ruse, which it was. Kobayashi showed up at the last minute, intending to play mind games with Joey Chestnut, his heir apparent.
The main competitor, Joey Chestnut, below, was talking smack and was ready for the feed bag.
ESPN played up the 'event' by giving it mock analysis during SportsCenter. The comments were smarmy and fun.
The twelve minute event began with the crowd countdown. The record of 59 1/2 hot dogs must go down and go down hard.
Kobayashi started out slow and trailed till the final three minutes, when he turned it up, catching and briefly passing Chestnut. The humongous crowd of thousands cheered its support and begged for one of these guys to throw up, making their and my day complete.
Sports viewers everywhere salute Kobayashi's valiant effort to retain his six time title. Unfortunately, after a bit of backwash and spray in he final 30 seconds, the judges ruled Kobayashi had eaten ONLY 63 hot dogs, the Wuss!
Chestnut had the best #### down the strech and chowed down a record total of 66 hot dogs and buns. The number 66 has the competitive eating world on the edge of its buffet tables. I feel like throwing up after watching this schadenfreude event.
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followed by a quick race. The difference is that at Nathan's the contestants may puke during the contest. Woof Cookies results in a DQ. It's bad for the contestant, yet great t.v.
