Ryan McNeil
Gotta love it when your podcast server site doesn’t want to co-operate just as you intend to bombard it with new material. Here’s hoping mypodcast.com gets things sorted out soon!
However, on with the show, and on with my final look forward at one of my top five most anticipated films of this year’s Hot Docs festival. If you were paying attention, you might have noticed the trailer for this selection get posted last week. It is, once again, THE STORY OF FURIOUS PETE, and it tells the story of Pete Czerwinski.
Pete is a competitive eater – he can mow down 20 sausages in 150 seconds…and that’s not even his most impressive display of eating! This good Canadian boy works the competitive eating circuit, and actually uses his skills to keep a firm grip on his life. That might sound strange, but it makes a lot more sense when one considers that Pete is a former anorexic.
Given that I posted the trailer last week, and will be talking about it more in the podcast tomorrow (hopefully), I won’t say too much more except to say that this film is a very cool one. Check it out!
THE STORY OF FURIOUS PETE will screen on Friday April 30th, 7:30pm at The Royal Cinema, and Sunday May 9th, 1:30pm at Cumberland 3
Mypodcast was bugging me all weekend. Going to follow the LAMB and switch over to podomatic (this is about the 3rd time mypodcast has pooped out on me).
I'm not a fan of watching competitive eating, but it would be interesting to see the story of some of the people behind it. Sort of, how in the world do you get into it?
What!? You mean the world has to wait even longer now before they can hear my velvety-smooth voice wash over them as I correct you at every turn? 'Tis a shame…B-)
Actually, it was a fairly tame podcast from an argument standpoint – since we were covering Hot Docs, we had a lot of agreement on what we were looking forward to and what we've already seen. 'Twas much fun. I just hope I don't sound like a doofus.
To paraphrase Russell Hammond, "just make me look cool, OK?"
And Furious Pete is one I'm greatly anticipating…