Sports Illustrated covers Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

by Shayna Glick, Posted Jul 6th 2008 @ 2:05PM

Photo of a man about to eat a hot dog, with a pile of hot dogs in front of him and a blue background that says Nathan's.

Well, the Fourth of July has come and gone once more, and that means so has one more Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. According to Sports Illustrated online, the whole thing was quite a spectacle, and lots of fun.

The contest this year was won by American Joey Chestnut (not pictured*). A crowd of 35,000 watched and cheered, and apparently had to be entertained for about five hours before the actual contest. SI reported that there was a trampoline duo, a rock band from New Jersey, the "Bun-ette" cheerleaders, an actual on stage marriage, and a side contest for the kids (whoever stayed the cleanest while eating a hot dog won).

Sounds like quite a way to spend your Independence Day. The author of the article commented that most people only go to the contest once, and that's enough. I think I'd fall into that category. What are your thoughts on that?

*Update: that actually is Joey Chestnut.

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Tags: america, fourth of july, FourthOfJuly, hot dog eating contest, hot dogs, HotDogEatingContest, HotDogs, Nathans Famous, NathansFamous, spectacle, sports illustrated, SportsIllustrated, summer

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7-06-2008 @3:55PM Big John said... I watched it this year for lack of anything else on TV at the time. The ESPN announcers were clearly out of place for the event but I can see how it would be fun to attend. Only once sounds about right, I can't see the draw to go multiple times.
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7-06-2008 @7:00PM GL said... I couldn't image actually attending the event. Even on TV, I can't watch more than a minute or so of the spectacle.
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