Misplaced Planet

Takeru Kobayashi is the kind of waifish, Japanese, indie rock hipster that you would expect to find cruising one of Soho's many vintage sneaker shops. But in the world of competitive eating, nobody can touch Kobayashi. This past July, he ate more than 50 Nathan's hot dogs, buns and all, in under 12 minutes. That's almost 100 hot dogs! Almost!

What is even more amazing is that the premise of the most recent One Man Knife Fight, in which a dead movie director challenges a homicidal ex-wrestler to a Brain Eating Contest, isn't that far fetched. Ok, it is far fetched, but not THAT far fetched. Our good friend Kobayashi ate 17.7 pounds of cow brains in 15 minutes! Why? I have no idea. But he did it. And he isn't even a cartoon character. He should be, but he isn't.

Amazing.