Hot Dog Wars

Episode Transcript

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Trying to understand what's going on withmy man. Joey Chestnut, a quasi
regular on the project. This fourthof July weekend, although I don't know
is it even one fourth of July? This year falls on a Thursday,
so I'd be telling you some peoplewill get the long weekend. I will.
I will, but I had todo a lot of stretching, and

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the leap year kind of screwed upeverything this year. Nonetheless, the nation's
most notorious hot dog eating contests movingforward without him. He's won sixteen times.
It's been on a handful of times. I've talked to him about his
strategy, what he does surprisingly andhow he gets ready. He even said,

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too, I began my training.You know what I do to get
ready for a hot dog eating contest? I can never do it. Isn't
that I could do pancakes. Icouldn't do hot dogs. I'd never be
able to all because he signed anendorsement deal within does Nathan's do they have

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a disclaimer? Like you you getto be in our contest, you can't
ever be seen eating another. That'sweird. I don't even understand it.
I don't understand meatless hot dog dogseither, although you know I eat a
lot of that impossible, So I'vehad plant based burgers before. It depends,
you know, just like veggie burgers. I mean, some people make

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them banging. Others are like,what did I do? Why on earth
did I make this decision? Andwhat's even in it? They just Impossible
Foods recently launched a new marketing campaigntargeting meat eaters, and they're like,
let's get it. It's a lotso logical. You know, clearly they've
got someone working at impossible Foods.Who who are you hiring the person from

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impossible Foods. It's like, wegot to get meat eaters. Let's let's
get the guy who wins the hotdog eating con test, Joey Chestnut.
Hey, good idea versus gotta getmore people to drink bud light. Let's
get Dylan Mulvaaney. This person makesheads that you get a raise. Lady,

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let me tell you something that she'sshe's not working right now by her
own choice, she is, norwill she be working anytime. So then
that's not a slack. It's II'll get all distracted. I was saying,
even back then, we can't evenput it all in her lap because
there were a room full of peoplethat are like, yes, beer drinkers

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will go wild for this Dylan moviein a hot pop wearing a teair on.
I mean, how did she getthat signed off on? Genius ideal
idea to go to Chestnune. Hesays yeah, And Nathan says, when
now you can't be in our contest. I have to tell you that they

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come off looking bad because even ifthey say, well, we've got a
provision to be in our contest,you can't be an endorser of a that's
weird, then you know what Imean? That's I hesitate to go with
on ethical but that's a strange provision. It's an annual Independence Day hot dog

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eating contest. Nathan's is wrong onthis one.