Hey, everybody, remember when you made me participate in a hot dog eating competition? I already wrote a bunch of delightful words about it, but now there’s comprehensive video proof.

Since I was competing next to two gents from the Big Eaters Club, I’m featured fairly prominently in the group’s footage of the event (green shirt, hat flipped backwards to avoid food flecks on the bill).

It looks like I wasn’t trying. I was trying like hell. Bon appetit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=//www.youtube.com/embed/r5jsC1ZUmvw

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