Monday brings the annual July 4th Nathan’s Famous hot-dog eating contest on Coney Island, a spectacle teased 365 days of the year with a giant billboard outside the chain’s beautifully grimy mothership. So let’s revisit the scene at the stand one day in the 1950s.
Catherine Scalia of East Rockaway has a calling, which is to sell hot dogs out of a camper van in her driveway and give free topless lap dances on a swing in her yard.
I’ve never been an adventurous eater. For example, the most daring I’ve ever gotten with seafood is tuna from a can, and even then I drowned it in mayonnaise (like a true American). So when I decided to go on a solo trip to Iceland, I made a concerted effort to include the local cuisine in my diet, because what is…
Tiny Hamster's tiny hot dog eating game is on point.
Are these hot dogs or human legs? YOU BE THE JUDGE.
According to this 1969 propaganda film, dropping acid may lead to a fashion faux pas. (Pink capris with a green and brown blouse? Yuck.) Oh, and your hot dog may beg you to spare his life because he has kids.
In a post titled "The depravity of Major League Eating," William Saletan makes the argument that competitive eating - cramming 68 hot dogs down one's throat in a matter of minutes - is somehow like porn. But it's not.
[London, June 2. Image via Getty]
[New York, July 22. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]
