U.S.A.: "HOT TAMALE" SANCHEZ RETAINS INTERNATIONAL TITLE IN HEATED "EAT-OFF" OF INTERNATIONAL HOT PEPPER EATING CONTEST.
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U.S.A.: "HOT TAMALE" SANCHEZ RETAINS INTERNATIONAL TITLE IN HEATED "EAT-OFF" OF INTERNATIONAL HOT PEPPER EATING CONTEST.
- Title: U.S.A.: "HOT TAMALE" SANCHEZ RETAINS INTERNATIONAL TITLE IN HEATED "EAT-OFF" OF INTERNATIONAL HOT PEPPER EATING CONTEST.
- Date: 30th November 1975
- Summary: 1. SV Competitors taking off their clothes 0.5 2. SV People looking on 0.6 3. CU Pepper being put on tray 0.10 4. SV AND CU Competitors eating pepper 0.14 5. SV Sign "International Hot Pepper Eating Contest" 0.18 6. CU Competitors eating pepper 0.36 7. CU Doctors checking competitors 0.30 8. CU Competitors eating pepper (4 shots) 0.51 9. SV Judges 0.53 10. Officials parade in front of competitors dressed in "Devil Suits" 1.01 11. CU Man looking on 1.02 12. SV Two of the competitors eat off for winner (2 shots) 1.25 13. SV Judge announcing winner PAN TO winner being crowned 1.33 14. SCU Women and child look on 1.34 15. SCU Winner speaking to reporter SOF STARTS : "Because of some sort of recognition ... SOF ENDS : ... try it for yourself." 1.39 16. CU Reporter takes pepper from champion bites and collapses 2.02 TRANSCRIPT: KEYSER: "These people, undressed as they are, have come from all over the country- mostly from Texas and Louisiana, through to the Bernaru Trappey plantation in Louisiana's Bayou country to ... well, mostly to display a stoic indifference to suffering. They are the twelve competitors chosen from among forty applicants for the biennial international hot pepper eating contest. A dozen men and women pitting their poker faces against nature's napalm - chili and jalapeno and serano peppers - and for those who survive the first heats, the secret weapon pepper- the dreaded chili bolero, a Spanish pepper reputed to be so hot that the most asbestos-mouthed must shudder, wince, choke, sweat, water at the eye, scream or display some other sign of suffering - the sort of thing which eliminated such pepper-popping luminaries as "Dragon Mouth" Draper and nineteen seventy three runner-up "Hot Lips Freidrichs". Finally the judges named the four finalists who would face the chili bolero. Only one would triumph. Well actually, two did. The judges couldn't decide wether George "Warm Wind" Winford of Baton Rouge or defending champion Juan "Hot Tamale" Sanchez of Layfayette, Louisiana reacted least to the gustatory thunderbolts. A sudden-death eat-off was ordered. Winford ate two more of chili bolero with all the outward reaction of a cigar store Indian. Sanchez downed his with the aplomb to be expected from a veteran of more than a quarter of a million peppers. But Winford made a mistake. He ate his pepper in three bites instead of the stipulated two. Sanchez had successfully defended his title. With the taste of victory...and four varieties of hot peppers still fresh on his lips, he was asked why he did it... SEQ. 15: SANCHEZ: "Because of some sort of recognition I guess." REPORTER: "Does it ... (indistinct) really that hot?" SANCHEZ: "Well, I'll just give you one to try for yourself, okay. Initials VS 22.10 VS 22.35 This film is serviced with a sound commentary by reporter, Jim Keyser, a transcript or which is provided on page two. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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- Country: USA
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