7/4/2005

LSD Hot Dog Lady vs Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi

By now you have heard all about the year’s most important “sporting” event that is being televised on ESPN today at 9 am EST. The annual Fourth of July event is the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest from New York’s Coney Island. The most important contestant this year is Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi. Kobayashi did NOT better his record of 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes last year. He only ate a paltry 49.
Stuffed vs Buff: from AFP/Getty, NEW YORK – JULY 4—- Kobayashi (T) vs Sonya Thomas (B)

If he’s not surreal enough for you, check out Hot Dog Lady on a bum trip that shows the dangers of hallucinating on eating hot dogs. A direct link to the video of The Hot Dog Lady can be seen in LSD A Go Go, a mash-up film of anti-acid propaganda and other vintage materials.

Posted by Taro in General, Pop Culture | 3 Comments »

DID YOU LIKE THIS ARTICLE? Bookmark it:

- Tell a friend

1. marked trail Says:
   July 5th, 2005 at 8:02 am

   BAH! Takeru Kobayashi. Kobayashi did NOT better his record of 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes last year. He only ate a paltry 49.

   Note this Japanesque reporting style fr0m ESPN and FOX News that make jingoistic references to the “American record” as though that is important. Sheesh.

   Thomas sets American record in second place
   ESPN, July 4, 2004, NEW YORK — For the fifth straight year, it was a victory Takeru Kobayashi could truly relish….
   The win means the coveted Mustard Yellow Belt will return to Japan for the ninth year out of the past 10. New Jersey’s Steve Keiner, who won in 1999, is the only American to capture the title in the past decade….< FOX News, Fairly Unbalanced(tm)’
   The runner-up was 105-pound Sonya Thomas of Alexandria, Va., who set an American record by downing 37 hot dogs in the same 12 minutes. “My stomach doesn’t hurt but my jaw is tired,” she said.

2. Sean Says:
   March 9th, 2006 at 8:57 am

   Kobayashi is simply the greatest. Period. I am using him as my “hero” for a Spanish class presentation.

3. taro Says:
   March 10th, 2006 at 2:32 pm

   Sean wrote: Kobayashi is simply the greatest. Period.

   Yep. I’ve won a few eating contests (242 goldfish in 15 minutes for a $200 2nd price) (3kg pizza in 10 minutes for a $50 pizza coupon) and I am in awe.

Leave a Reply