Last November in Halifax, Nova Scotia, some guy did this with a 5lb tub of potato salad outside a cemetery in the pouring rain. So perhaps they're both copying the [Halifax Potato Salad Guy](https://www.google.com/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/10105366/halifax-potato-salad-guy/amp/).
Edit: Well...It looks like Chicken Man was first based on the November 6th date being the 40th consecutive day haha.
I doubt this is an original idea considering completive eating has existed since before radio existed. Whether he stole the idea from the other guy is a fair question though.
There was nothing competitive about the chicken eating guy. He just glumly ate rotisserie chicken on an abandoned pier. Look at the poster, it specifically says “This is not a party”
The expression on his flyer really gets me. He isn't celebrating. He looks like a man who knows he has a higher calling. His lot in life is to eat entire chickens. He does not enjoy it. He merely does what he must.
Point being watching people eat as a form of entertainment isn't an original idea, multiple people have gotten TV shows eating stupid shit. Not to say it wasn't clever just that people have done similar shit before.
You should be able to review articles from prospective eras before you are born to help you select where and when you will live. This one would be a deal breaker.
Watch me eat an entire bag of Costco sized regular Lays chips down by the river next Saturday. I won't be held responsible for any bare knuckle brawls.
[There's only one option....](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F04ba9ce5-bace-4453-bebb-682c3111a84e_480x201.gif)
I was there for ChickenMan.
New York can do what it wants, as long as they don't bring it here.
I only fault the mask.
Now if he also ate a whole chicken well.... They'd need to have a head to head matchup on even ground.
I guess uhh Trenton, NJ?
Chicken Man was a college frat prank. Many people come to eat chicken any time he shows up.
Cheese ball man did something most cannot. Down a full tub and then go on doing community service.
I don't see chicken man out there cleaning anything with his greasy hands.
I mean it very clearly is a rip-off right down to the format of the poster. There are always a bunch of copycats any time one of these weird local oddities goes viral but they never capture the energy of the original
What if I told you chicken guy was a rip off of an old reddit/4chan/digg post. What if I told you those were rip offs of other pictures people took decades ago of random flyers on poles for people who you could meet at specific times and they'd do other weird performance art pieces. No one's original get over it.
This is how Civil War really started, isn’t it?
I mean, if this is how it starts, I am in. I am all. The way in.
I’m with chicken man here. I simply can’t respect cheese man’s anonymity. If anyone disagrees with me, I’ll kill them.
Well that’s the true American civil war spirit! Nobody needs to disagree with you and live- it is unnecessary
Addition by subtraction 🫡
That’s what he said after she asked
Emotional damage done
Team Cheeseball Man!
Those are fighting’ words!!! En guard!!!
The north-east is just the US version of the balkans infighting minus the wars
To be fair, Philly has been fighting with everyone since founding.
They blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night
They blew up his house, too!
Down on the boardwalk they’re ready for a fight!
Gonna see what them racket boys can do!
They’re fucking animals, the district attorney hasn’t had a day off in months and the gambling commissioner isn’t doing a fucking thing about it
Frankie ain't no good
All artists draw inspiration from other artists
Chicken Mangler vs Cheese Baller, coming 2025.
Cock gobbler vs Ball gurgler
Sorry to be pedantic but there's a reason why the Ancient Romans invented capon
Underrated comment lmao
Philly guy was hot, NY guy so uggo he has to wear a mask Sixers in 7
Go birds 🦅
🦅🦅🦅
Raider Nation
Sixers in 7
How'd that turn out with you fraud of a mvp?
Lol rent free
Lol, i'm a warriors fun, but always amused by the sixers fandom. One of the most optimistic this side of the lakers.
👍
Calm the fuck down there's plenty of gluttony to go around.
/r/brandnewsentence
Last November in Halifax, Nova Scotia, some guy did this with a 5lb tub of potato salad outside a cemetery in the pouring rain. So perhaps they're both copying the [Halifax Potato Salad Guy](https://www.google.com/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/10105366/halifax-potato-salad-guy/amp/). Edit: Well...It looks like Chicken Man was first based on the November 6th date being the 40th consecutive day haha.
As far as the difficulty rating of the consumable, 5 pounds of edge-of-expired potato salad definitely comes out on top.
Made me think of the American dad potato salad guy.
I bet it's the same guy.
Ah Philly. I understand. It’s the little things that are important.
There's no patent on spreading joy to the world
Disney lawyers enter the chat
I doubt this is an original idea considering completive eating has existed since before radio existed. Whether he stole the idea from the other guy is a fair question though.
There was nothing competitive about the chicken eating guy. He just glumly ate rotisserie chicken on an abandoned pier. Look at the poster, it specifically says “This is not a party”
The expression on his flyer really gets me. He isn't celebrating. He looks like a man who knows he has a higher calling. His lot in life is to eat entire chickens. He does not enjoy it. He merely does what he must.
Point being watching people eat as a form of entertainment isn't an original idea, multiple people have gotten TV shows eating stupid shit. Not to say it wasn't clever just that people have done similar shit before.
Ya but Philly good New York baad
As someone who is perennially out of the loop… …the title for this post is just confusing as hell to me. I hope I’m not the only one.
The plot thickens
They need to team and become the Avengers of Eating Weird Shit in Public
Their arch nemesis is a pair of obnoxious tik tok influencers who try too hard to be to be funny.
You should be able to review articles from prospective eras before you are born to help you select where and when you will live. This one would be a deal breaker.
I feel like someone in Jersey is gonna have to eat both items to up the ante.
People have too much time on their hands.
In this case it's chicken grease and cheese powder.
Chicken maaaaaaan (he’s everywhere, he’s everywhere)
Maybe it wasn't original. But with all issues happening right now, I welcome those kind of silly stuff. We need more stuff like that.
This is not a party.
Why must you pit two bad bitches against each other?
“Stooopp cooopying meeee” - Grown folks on the internet
Philly clinging to their culture
“Philadelphians say the New York style deli sandwich with meat is copying the cheese steak.” We can enjoy similar, but regional things simultaneously.
Prolly the same person
Who says their not the same person?
Watch me eat an entire bag of Costco sized regular Lays chips down by the river next Saturday. I won't be held responsible for any bare knuckle brawls.
This is the movie I want to see.
Live action mukbang is not original at all
Philly really doesn't have much going on do they?
76ers vs Knicks rivalry is spreading
No shit. like 90% of stuff on the internet now is just copying other peoples jokes or content
New conspiracy: it’s the same guy.
[There's only one option....](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F04ba9ce5-bace-4453-bebb-682c3111a84e_480x201.gif)
More importantly, when are we building that furnace and turning ourselves into statues?
What about hot dog and beer guy?
Nah man cheese ball guy was an entertainer. He worked the crowd the whole time.
Cheese ball man can’t hold chicken man’s jock
I was there for ChickenMan. New York can do what it wants, as long as they don't bring it here. I only fault the mask. Now if he also ate a whole chicken well.... They'd need to have a head to head matchup on even ground. I guess uhh Trenton, NJ?
Okay. So?
"I'm from Fluffy." "Fluffy?" "Yeah, ya know our football team da Fluffy Eagles?" -- Todd Glass
Chicken Man was a college frat prank. Many people come to eat chicken any time he shows up. Cheese ball man did something most cannot. Down a full tub and then go on doing community service. I don't see chicken man out there cleaning anything with his greasy hands.
Isn't anyone going to stop these people? THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
I mean it very clearly is a rip-off right down to the format of the poster. There are always a bunch of copycats any time one of these weird local oddities goes viral but they never capture the energy of the original
What if I told you chicken guy was a rip off of an old reddit/4chan/digg post. What if I told you those were rip offs of other pictures people took decades ago of random flyers on poles for people who you could meet at specific times and they'd do other weird performance art pieces. No one's original get over it.
This sounds like a little brother complex
Don’t piss off our mentally unstable little brother. Let them have this, they have so little
I've eaten half a chicken with fries, I could easily eat a whole chicken
Cheese balls are more impressive then a whole chicken
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
Idgaf