With 27 world titles, 105 lbs. “The Black Widow” Sonya Thomas is the number three overall competitive eater in the U.S. and is ranked number four in the world. At the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2005, she ate 37 hot dogs in 12 minutes.
Episode 1: Monday, October 31, 2005
In this episode:
- Minute Maid fruit punch,
- the book So You Want to Be a Dancer (1979) by William E. Thomas,
- Gallagher,
- water up the nose,
- the International Federation of Competitive Eating world records (www.ifoce.com),
- champion eater Sonya Thomas,
- old video games (Airwolf, River Raid, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, etc.),
- Michael Jackson and his web site (www.michaeljackson.com),
- and a skit about customer service call centers in foreign countries.
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