R.I.P. Hot Dogs
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MarkBarrett
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R.I.P. Hot Dogs
Less than 30 minutes to go until Chestnut vs. Kobayashi
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Booch
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And now with a look back at 1997 is our good friend, Hall-of-Fame broadcaster Harry Caray.
[pan over to Harry (Will Farrell)]
Harry Caray: Hey everybody, Harry Caray here! Well, as you know, 1997 was quite a year! A lot of things happened: some good, some bad. Mother Teresa died. That wasn't good. Unless you hated Mother Teresa. I, myself, was not a fan of hers, don't ask why! We were like oil and water; we didn't mix. In the world of sports, Mike Tyson bit a man's ear off. I don't know what all the hoopla was about. I've actually bit a man's ear off on several occasions! And I'm not proud of it, but it helped me out of many a jam! In Scotland, they cloned a sheep, which a lot of people thought was fun....Hey, what if...hey!...Hey! If I was a scientist, you know what I would clone? Hot dogs!
Colin: [not surprised] Really?
Harry: Think of all the possibilities, Norm! [Colin starts laughing to himself] Imagine, a world with...[doesn't realize that Colin is now the anchor] Hey, what's going on? [some applause]...Imagine...hold on! Imagine a world, uh...of - with an endless supply of hot dogs! You could have a hot dog anytime you wanted!
Colin: Well, Harry, you can do that pretty much now.
Harry: They'd be so abundant, they'd become our currency! 20 hot dogs would equal roughly a nickel. Depending on the strength of the yen, I'm not quite sure, but...you know what, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's just keep praying that we can clone one of these hot dogs.
Colin: [sighs] All right, Harry. What else happened in '97?
Harry: Hey, Norm! Did you gain weight?
Colin: Actually, Harry, I'm Colin.
Harry: Hey! If you were a hot dog...and you were starving, would you eat yourself?
Colin: What?
Harry: I know I would! First, I'd smother myself with brown mustard and relish. I'd be so delicious!...So would you?
Colin: I don't know.
Harry: Don't jerk me around, Norm! It's a simple question! A baby could answer it! If you were a hot dog, and you were starving, would you eat yourself? [some applause and cheers]
Colin: [complying] I guess so.
Harry: Oh, you made a wise choice, my friend! If you had said no, I would have bitten your ear off! I would have come at you like a tornado made of arms and teeth. And - and fingernails.
[pan over to Harry (Will Farrell)]
Harry Caray: Hey everybody, Harry Caray here! Well, as you know, 1997 was quite a year! A lot of things happened: some good, some bad. Mother Teresa died. That wasn't good. Unless you hated Mother Teresa. I, myself, was not a fan of hers, don't ask why! We were like oil and water; we didn't mix. In the world of sports, Mike Tyson bit a man's ear off. I don't know what all the hoopla was about. I've actually bit a man's ear off on several occasions! And I'm not proud of it, but it helped me out of many a jam! In Scotland, they cloned a sheep, which a lot of people thought was fun....Hey, what if...hey!...Hey! If I was a scientist, you know what I would clone? Hot dogs!
Colin: [not surprised] Really?
Harry: Think of all the possibilities, Norm! [Colin starts laughing to himself] Imagine, a world with...[doesn't realize that Colin is now the anchor] Hey, what's going on? [some applause]...Imagine...hold on! Imagine a world, uh...of - with an endless supply of hot dogs! You could have a hot dog anytime you wanted!
Colin: Well, Harry, you can do that pretty much now.
Harry: They'd be so abundant, they'd become our currency! 20 hot dogs would equal roughly a nickel. Depending on the strength of the yen, I'm not quite sure, but...you know what, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's just keep praying that we can clone one of these hot dogs.
Colin: [sighs] All right, Harry. What else happened in '97?
Harry: Hey, Norm! Did you gain weight?
Colin: Actually, Harry, I'm Colin.
Harry: Hey! If you were a hot dog...and you were starving, would you eat yourself?
Colin: What?
Harry: I know I would! First, I'd smother myself with brown mustard and relish. I'd be so delicious!...So would you?
Colin: I don't know.
Harry: Don't jerk me around, Norm! It's a simple question! A baby could answer it! If you were a hot dog, and you were starving, would you eat yourself? [some applause and cheers]
Colin: [complying] I guess so.
Harry: Oh, you made a wise choice, my friend! If you had said no, I would have bitten your ear off! I would have come at you like a tornado made of arms and teeth. And - and fingernails.
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TheConfessor
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Congratulations to...
59 dogs in 10 minutes, then another 5 dogs in an eat-off to break the the tie. A truly thrilling finish.
I tuned in late and missed the explanation, but they cut back from 12 minutes to 10 minutes this year. Something about finding the original documents that established the contest and seeing that the founding fathers of the Nathan's contest intended for it to be 10 minutes.
Spoiler
Joey Chesnutt.
I tuned in late and missed the explanation, but they cut back from 12 minutes to 10 minutes this year. Something about finding the original documents that established the contest and seeing that the founding fathers of the Nathan's contest intended for it to be 10 minutes.