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Happy Independence day, America! Feast your eyes on the traditional Indianapolis office hot dog eating contest!
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Transcript Provided by YouTube:
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John Green: Hi, I’m John Green and this is not Crash Course.
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Today we’re celebrating July 4th here at the Crash Course studios, which is why I’m wearing
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my Costa Rica shirt.
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To celebrate the United States today, we’re having our annual hot dog eating contest here
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at the Crash Course Indianapolis studios.
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Pretty simple contest: How many hot dogs can you eat in 4 minutes?
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The winner wins the Golden Fork.
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But really, it’s not about money or the Golden Fork, or the non-existent cash prize.
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It’s about national pride.
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John Green: Hi.
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I’m John Green, I’m the host of Crash Course, Mentalfloss, Vlogbrothers, sometimes the Art
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Assignment.
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Sarah Green: I’m Sarah Urist Green, I’m host of the Art Assignment.
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Aaron Carroll: I’m Aaron Carroll, I’m the writer and host of Healthcare Triage.
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Stan Muller: My name’s Stan Muller, and I work on pretty much everything we make here.
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Mark Olsen: Hi, my name’s Mark Olsen, and I direct the Art Assignment and Mentalfloss.
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Meredith Danko: I’m Meredith Danko, I’m the head writer of Mentalfloss, and I’m the assistant
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manager of the AFC Wimbly-Womblys.
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Brandon Brungard: I’m Brandon Brungard, I’m the video editor for Mentalfloss, Crash Course,
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and the Art Assignment.
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Paige Finch: I’m Paige Finch and I’m an intern.
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Jack Stanton: My name is Jack Stanton, I’m the intern here.
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Alex: (Sits on chair)
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JG: I’m super confident that I’m not going to win, but I’m also confident that I am not
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going to be last.
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SG: I’m not a professional eater.
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I like to eat, but I like to do it slowly.
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AC: Nah, I don’t think very good.
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I’ll do better than ninth.
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SM: The good old fashion gut pack is long been a skill that I’ve had.
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MO: What gives me confidence this year is knowing that no matter who wins, we all actually
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lose together.
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MD: My confidence level’s very high, even though I have re-watched last year’s and I
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know everyone made fun of me because I said I was going to do well and I didn’t.
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Still very high.
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BB: I haven’t eaten in, like, 20 hours or so, so I’m pretty hungry, so I think I’ll
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do pretty well.
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PF: I am pretty positive that I’m going to lose.
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JS: I’ve been training for this my entire life.
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(Hard to tell who says what due to mouths full of hot dogs)
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John: Alright (Laughter, moaning)
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Various : Ewww, Oh my God, I wish I had blinders that was disgusting,
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Gross JG: You married me
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JG Worried about Jack, We have 3 minutes,
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My jaws are getting tired First of all these hot dogs taste awesome
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SG: He’s the competition.
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I already beat last year JG: You can do it better, come on you can
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do it BB I’m starting to get sweaty
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It’s the lights John’s gonna break his (…)
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You ate like a hot dog and a half What’s the reversal of fortune time limit?
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Before the four minutes.
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Effective immediately? … for the title
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Ok Meredith?
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One minute left!
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At some point you realise you can’t possibly win
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Narrator: You have 34 seconds left.
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It’s what’s in your mouth when the timer goes?
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I don’t know ?: I can’t swallow it
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Take it, dad, take it.
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Go, daddy, go!
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N: You have 18 seconds left 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Timer is done!
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JG: Stan, it is my privilege and also my responsibility to give you the Golden Hot Dog.
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(Everyone claps and cheers)
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