Koby on Hot Dog Eating Commercial

Nathan’s Hot Dot Eating Contest is coming up soon. I found this commercial on YouTube where Koby (Takeru Kobayashi) and Sonya Thomas compete at a convenience store.

When you look at the past winners on the Wikipedia page for Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, you see a bunch of American and Japanese flags. I find that really funny. There is one German flag and one Mexican flag; other than these, it’s all Japanese or American.

I remember when the first Japanese contestant appeared on the scene; I thought it was the funniest thing. I had never thought that the skinny Japanese had a chance, but it turned out that being skinny allows you to eat more. This completely changed the “sport”. Now the fat guys have no chance of winning.