Prepare to be simultaneously revolted and aroused. Some cities have artsy fartsy film festivals. Some cities have fancy museums. Some cities have fine dining at five star restaurants. Philadelphia has the Wing Bowl. Today will be the 21st annual Wing Bowl, now held at the Wells Fargo Center, with 20,000 idiots attending. Thirty obese morons will compete to see who can eat the most chicken wings. The contestants will be surrounded by scantily clad wingettes. They will be cheered on by 20,000 pro-wrestling, Wildwood vacationing, monster truck show loving nitwits. The event kicks off at 6:00 am. Most of the 20,000 will arrive drunk. The final 2012 standings were:
Final Standings:
- Takeru Kobayashi 337
- Jonathan “Super” Squibb 271
- El Wingador 250
- Chilita 238
- US Male 226
This event has become so big, it has its own Wiki page:
Wing Bowl is an annual eating contest founded in 1993 by Philadelphia talk-radio hosts Angelo Cataldi and Al Morganti as a celebration of gluttony. The contest was first broadcast on WIP (AM). About 10 people attended Wing Bowl I (held in a hotel) in 1993 to see a competition between two contestants. The event pits competitive eaters in a chicken wing eating contest. The Wing Bowl is traditionally held on the Friday preceding the Super Bowl. The event, which began as a radio promotion, has grown to encompass television, the Internet, and a contest for women who are termed “the Wingettes.” It is currently held at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center, where it is still broadcast live on 94-WIP-FM. There are currently no television deals to broadcast the event live; however, a replay is usually shown on WPSG, Comcast SportsNet, or one of the other local stations within the following week. The Wing Bowl now draws crowds of 20,000 or more.
Words can’t describe this event. Pictures are necessary to tell the true story. Enjoy this slice of Philadelphia culture.
Administrator says:
Who says our culture is in decline?
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1st February 2013 at 7:30 am
Theodore White says:
“Holy Chicken Wing Bowl Batman!” Is That 2013? It. Is. Simply. Unbelievable.
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1st February 2013 at 8:01 am
flash says:
pigs on parade…
We’re all wankers now.
http://www.singledudetravel.com/2013/01/london-is-for-wankers/
On my last trip to London I had a small apartment off of Brick Lane, in the Shoreditch neighborhood, which is Ground Zero for London hipsterism. Arriving by taxi on a Friday night at around last call, the street was a total chaos of sloppy drunks, with no cops to deal with the street fights and girls peeing in the street. Occasionally someone would think it was a good idea to rock the cab side to side as we waited for room in the street to inch forward.
Why are the English such a bunch of obnoxious sloppy drunks? In all my years of traveling I have seen more embarrassing and annoying drunk behavior from English people than of all the other drunks of the world combined, excepting the honorable-mention-worthy contribution of the Aussies. The men are well known for their drunk soccer hooliganism and stag parties, but an under appreciated percentage of bad English drunks are in fact the girls, who have no problem getting super drunk, screeching at each other, having emotional meltdowns, and squatting in the streets. These girls, when drunk, make even the American girls look classy in comparison.
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1st February 2013 at 8:48 am
Zarathustra says:
Gen Xers are clearly trash.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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1st February 2013 at 8:53 am
Eddie says:
Is that Free Range chicken?
Sort of looks like the lunch buffet at Score’s.
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1st February 2013 at 9:25 am
sangell says:
Well, with worn out rock stars wanting $75-$100 for a nosebleed seat for the privilege of seeing how age and drugs have destroyed them, people are in need of cheaper spectacles and these events fill the bill.
Less I sound sanctimonious I’m not. Baby boomers forget that our ‘anti-war protests’ were as much a cheap date or a chance to oogle hot chicks who weren’t shy about showing a lot of cleavage ‘for the cause’.
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1st February 2013 at 9:41 am
AWD says:
You got fat people in Philadelphia?
Competitive eating is gladiator sport of the 21st century.
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1st February 2013 at 9:56 am
Wyoming Mike says:
The first wingbowl featured 2 guys in a hotel lobby. The prize was a $24.95 hibachi.
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1st February 2013 at 10:27 am
Wyoming Mike says:
Jim, Still the IKEA meatball eating champion as far as I know. Enjoyed 76 of those bad boys!
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1st February 2013 at 10:28 am
Hope@ZeroKelvin says:
Spectators at this “contest” are just waiting for one of the contestants to do a “Mr. Creosote” from Monty Python’s “Meaning of LIfe”.
Really not that much different from car racing fans waiting for the giant pile ups and crashes.
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1st February 2013 at 10:35 am
Hope@ZeroKelvin says:
oh rats, not another picture goof….
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1st February 2013 at 10:38 am
ragdouche says:
Not one “person” in this disgusting display of gluttony appeared to be a boomer! Who woulda thunk it?
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1st February 2013 at 10:40 am
Eddie says:
Just a wafer thin mint, sir?
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1st February 2013 at 10:50 am
Welshman says:
Unbelievable, I did not know that such an event happened yearly.
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1st February 2013 at 11:27 am
Gorilla says:
I think it’s great! I wish I could have been there, but unlike millions of other people, I have to work for a living. Eating wings at 6AM? Seems a tad early. Could we start with breakfast cereal, or fruit, or something?
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1st February 2013 at 11:29 am
DaveL says:
Where the hell was Shaniqua?
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1st February 2013 at 11:33 am
majormocambo says:
I almost lost my heart healthy cheerio’s breakfast …
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1st February 2013 at 11:34 am
Hollow man says:
I am soooo proud to be an American!
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1st February 2013 at 11:35 am
Dorkus Maximus says:
On the bright side, you don’t have to choose between wings and breasts – you can have both!
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1st February 2013 at 12:01 pm
AWD says:
I amend my previous comment.
Wiki says “10,000 gladiators (and 11,000 animals) died every six months at the height of the Roman games. Hence 20,000 dead gladiators per year max.
Obesity kills 240,000 people every year. Competitive eating is much more dangerous than being a gladiator and fighting tigers.
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1st February 2013 at 12:35 pm
SSS says:
“They (the contestants) will be cheered on by 20,000 pro-wrestling, Wildwood vacationing, monster truck show loving nitwits.”
—-Admin
Wait a minute. Didn’t you just describe yourself? Where did you get all those pictures? You WENT to this event, didn’t you?
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1st February 2013 at 12:38 pm
AWD says:
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1st February 2013 at 12:44 pm
A. R. Wasem says:
They’re eating what?
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1st February 2013 at 1:12 pm
fool on the hill says:
Went to the TROC a few times and to confession right away,
Oh the good old days ………before Carter Willie and AIDS.
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1st February 2013 at 4:29 pm
Llpoh says:
Forget the wings, pass me a couple of those breasts.
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1st February 2013 at 4:45 pm
AWD says:
You look like this and get two hot chicks? WTF? Only in Philadelphia?
Wait till they find out those aren’t two giant balls in your pants, but are really giant front ass cheeks.
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1st February 2013 at 5:42 pm
SSS says:
SSS outs the culturally-challenged Admin as a spectator at the Philly Chicken Wing Contest, and Admin’s response?
Sound of crickets.
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1st February 2013 at 7:43 am
Administrator says:
WTF are you doing awake?
Tell us the truth. Were you more aroused by the wings or the breasts?
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1st February 2013 at 8:05 am
flash says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgjoxsCwUH8
Understanding African American Feral Culture 101
Lesson #1: Don’t yell at my mudderfuckin’ baby
Lesson # 2: Nigger don’t play wid; me
Lesson #3: Dontcha’ hear what I’m sayi’. to yo puss ass
Lesson # 4 : Whatz up nigger?
Lesson #5: dat’ why u gay!
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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1st February 2013 at 8:26 am
SSS says:
“WTF are you doing awake?”
Admin @ SSS
I was wide awake at 0430 (happens every now and then), so I got up and fixed a fresh pot of coffee. After the caffeine kicked in, I decided to jump on TBP and see how I could mess with your mind. It worked. And you nicely side-stepped the key issue. Have you, or have you not, ever attended one of those Chicken Wing events? Simple question. Yes or no.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to fire off an email destroying a dumbfuck professor at the University of Arizona who proposed giving a written and oral PSYCHOLOGICAL evaluation to every potential new owner of a gun. He used the “driver’s license rationale” by saying, “What works for cars can work for guns.” It’s hard to imagine how unbelievably stupid some people can be.
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1st February 2013 at 8:55 am
Administrator says:
Sadly, I’ve never had the privilege of attending any of the 21 Wing Bowls. I’ve been saddled with this thing called a job for those 21 years.
In a shocking upset, some dude from New England won the contest. He was immediately pummeled with snow balls by the fans, just like Santa Claus and Jimmy Johnson before him.
Here is a link to the festivities
http://wingbowl.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2013/02/01/photos-wing-bowl-21-eaters/#photo-12588
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1st February 2013 at 9:35 am