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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Hating On Wing Bowl

Put off by all this Wing Bowl promotion you see on our site?

Think it's a little gross to be glorifying over-eating at a time when Philadelphia food banks are scavenging for food?

Creeped out by a radio personality's nudge-nudge interviews of sexed-up Wingette wannabees?

I thought not.

But if you are, check out this video made by Scott Colan and sent around by Brendan Skwire.

Skwire last made trouble asking whether the Eagles owed it to the city to bail out the libraries.

He titles his post with the light-hearted "While Millions Starve, Philadelphia Wallows in Gluttony."

 

 

 


Posted by Daniel Rubin @ 10:38 AM  Permalink | 49 comments
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Posted 08:03 PM, 01/27/2009
tfarnath
It's absolutely disgusting and I hope they all get violently ill. Please someone make that happen. That's a chicken for every four wings, every two if they don't allow drumsticks. Good ole America. A lot of people could use that food around the globe. I'm sure there will be 500 big pickups or suv's parked out front. Tread lightly fatties.
Posted 08:07 PM, 01/27/2009
BlairW
There are such things as attractive wingettes, but evidently not on this blog.
Posted 08:09 PM, 01/27/2009
1983
this is a celebration of white trash. It is embarassing, but this is the way we are headed. Idiocracy. This is the reason someone like Obama got elected. Keep reaching for the stars, America.
Posted 09:01 PM, 01/27/2009
MD20202020
Cataldi's act is awful. He is lazy, boring, and unimaginative. That being said the wing bowl is fun. Don't hate on a silly fun event.
Posted 09:26 PM, 01/27/2009
stackhouse
1983 get over it Obama is your president and I am sure when you get your check in the mail soon you are not going to complain, jerk***
Posted 09:31 PM, 01/27/2009
tony rocky horror
It wouldn't be a comment page on Philly.com without someone blamming: wingbowl,crime,andy reid,someone's dog being stolen, etc...on Obama.
Posted 10:22 PM, 01/27/2009
BlairW
But Obama stole my dog, which is also a crime....
Posted 11:10 PM, 01/27/2009
Will.i.Am
yea tony rocky...u nailed it, one of these things gets brought up in every blog on this site, its rediculous. Im both ways on the wingbowl...its funny...but truthfully alot of food that could help the poor, and 1983 Howdoes a wingbowl relate to OBAMA?? dip**** /show some repsect to your PRESIDENT, its not bush for cryin out loud
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Posted 11:25 PM, 01/27/2009
YIPO
I wonder if yu are all put off by the 1000's of dollars that will be donated to the police causes through WING BOWL. or are yu also put off by the fact that this is a fun event for all and 1/2 yu morons dont even know that people are being murdered in this city every day. but it is a lot more important for you idiots to bust Cataldi. you are sorry littl eminds . Have a sense of humor and stop hiding oout.
Posted 11:31 PM, 01/27/2009
mantle
White Trash and Eagles fans, perfect together!!!!
Posted 11:54 PM, 01/27/2009
maude
Ugliness.
Posted 12:14 AM, 01/28/2009
didderbops
This is an event Philly should be embarrassed about, not proud of. When starving people around the world see these kinds of things in America, it doesn't exactly shine our image.
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Posted 02:42 AM, 01/28/2009
beth331
Maybe next year every person who attends the wing bowl can donate a canned good to the Food bank. They can have bins set up at the door. It's not too late to do that this year! Everything is so serious anymore, let them have thier fun at the wing bowl.
Posted 03:20 AM, 01/28/2009
ihatesand
there is no option to post on the article I just read so I'll do it here. it is sad that the wing bowl gets so much coverage here and an event like elections across Iraq gets approx. 6 lines. Good job and keep up the good work reporters. It it good to see where your priorities are!
Posted 05:27 AM, 01/28/2009
The-Roof-Is-On-Fire
I don't understand how we can have a wing bowl when poor Ed Snider is worried about the recession and how it will hit him in the wallet!
Posted 05:30 AM, 01/28/2009
Throbo
Lets go thru this guy's life and see if he waste any food and make a video about how he is stealing food from starving kids. Just saying.
Posted 05:59 AM, 01/28/2009
boroughboy
Cataldi's idea....should we say more?
Posted 06:12 AM, 01/28/2009
Jeff Dowder
The problem is not what happens inside the Wachovia, but what happens the night before and carries over to the parking lot before the event. With so many underage frat boys pounding beers all night it's only a matter of time before there's a Wing Bowl related tragedy. I guess that's what it will take to end the nonsense.
Posted 07:56 AM, 01/28/2009
brendancalling
actually, scott colan made the video. you oughta credit him too.
Posted 09:35 AM, 01/28/2009
Flounder Pounder
Those of you who are posting probably have never been to the Wing Bowl before. It's a day for a guy to be a guy! Period! For those who are starving- get a JOB!!
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Posted 11:34 AM, 01/28/2009
JGeorge59
Everyone hating on it are all hypocrits, what about Nathan's hot dog eating contests? don't go all green because you're turned off by this idea to celebrate a type of "super bowl" that the eagles have only been in twice. It's supposed to be a fun event to get people together, regardless if they're drunk and act idiotic. The people posting on here complaining about wasting food, look in the mirror morons! How much electricity, water, and food do you waste? it's once a year relax! and the wings are merely nothing, you know how much chicken Perdue goes through to make those packages of chicken breasts, what do you think they do with the wings? Get a clue! Relax and go green yourself...
Posted 11:38 AM, 01/28/2009
JGeorge59
And another thing, this year the money they raise is going to the police departments, it can't all be bad. And the people complaining about underage drinking, isn't that what happens at all the sporting events? regardless it's going to happen, it's about responsibility, don't make it all on the wing bowl for a few idiots that drink and drive. Once again blame it on someone/something else rather than the person drinking and getting behind the wheel. Thats why there's such a problem, no accountability for oneself.
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Posted 02:49 PM, 01/28/2009
nuggett
Give me a break....the strippers from all the area clubs have to hustle their places of buiness somewhere....and Caltaldi is the perfect circus barker.
Posted 09:16 PM, 01/28/2009
JGeorge59
get your information right b.atkinson, do a little research, the wing bowl started as a non profit ordeal, now it's charging a $5 cover for the police departments to help the families cope with their losses... moron. And No I personally have never been to a Wing Bowl, but i've been outside my house, and realize that people will drink and a select few will be wreckless, whether you're in Boston, NY, RI, Chicago, NJ, Philly, it doesn't matter, it happens... it's about a persons self responsibility.... once again don't blame the event, blame the people that attend it... get a clue, leave your house once a while... you might learn a little bit
Posted 10:40 PM, 01/28/2009
willy33
I love the comments about the food being needed for the needy. I hope all of you are donating every last piece of food you don't need to the needy. Otherwise, you are quite the hypocrite. You don't need to be a socialist to be humane.
Posted 10:48 PM, 01/28/2009
JGeorge59
thank you willy33... someone with common sense!
Posted 11:49 PM, 01/28/2009
Dr. Yes
JGeorge59, will you listen to yourself? you are defending gluttony! One of the 7 deadly sins! it is very nice that the $5. cover is going to our beloved fallen officers, but there surely is a better way to pay tribute than this celebration of excess. In these troubled financial times, any ostentatious displays of wealth and overindulgence are the height of vulgarity! I welcome any and all debate.
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Posted 09:49 AM, 01/29/2009
pagoda
b.atkinson- You soil these pages daily with your party line, Limbaugh-parroting, uber-cliched nonsense. But yet it entertains me to see your anger at a situation entirely brought on by blind loyalty and myopic confidence during the last eight years of slow-to-fast decline. But now you soil the Wing Bowl? Please step down from your moral high horse. Although I appreciate your concern for an increase in DWIs, your outrage at the decadence and frankly people having fun, is soooooo puritanical, especially during these tough times. Please refocus your rage on Democrats- it is far more amusing.
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Posted 10:34 AM, 01/29/2009
pagoda
Sorry b. I'll be at work tomorrow. I agreed with you on the DWI front, my response was based on your puritanical and elitist rant. Not surprised you came back at me with the DWI argument- (although I conceded that already) Did you read your original rant? It seemed to be a screed on fat people, "dorks", lemmings, and "Philadelphia, the single dumbest city in America." And you're worried about my "political hate". You sound like a really fun person to be around.
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Posted 12:35 PM, 01/29/2009
pagoda
Dude you're nuts.
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Posted 02:45 PM, 01/29/2009
6thman
I see the fun police are out in force. I've never been to Wing Bowl because I work for a living. But I really don't care what 18,000 other people from the Philadelphia area do with their Friday mornings. If they want to take the day off and watch a bunch of scantily-clad chicks cheer for fat guys eating wings, who cares? Typical liberals want to tell other people how to spend their time and money. Also, for those so concerned about the homeless and their food intake, why not have an all-homeless eating crew next year. They may break new records. It's amazing how many people have no sense of humor.
Posted 05:39 PM, 01/29/2009
pat28
Just because they take the wings off the chicken doesn't mean that the rest of it gets thrown out. You Get over yourselves and have some fun.
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Posted 08:59 PM, 01/29/2009
mkmholla
Cataldi didn't start Wing Bowl, Al Morganti did. I can't believe some one posted about "gluttony" and the "seven deadly sins". I went last year and had a blast, so much, that I am going again this year. B.atkinson is just mad that his mother didnt spend the $50 on his abortion. Your the guy that brings everyone down. Pull your di$k out behind your legs and have some fun, you might enjoy life.
Posted 09:56 PM, 01/29/2009
apreziosi
A white trash festival. If Angelo says, "Look at her" one more time (it's the radio, dude) I'm gonna throw something. For me, it has nothing to do with food banks or the present state of the economy, whatever that is. It has everything to do with nonsense and celebrating 400-pound men eating for entertainment. When one vomits, it's a party. It's pretty much everything that is wrong with society and what passes for entertainment. Your colleague, Mr. Fitzpatrick once called it a "rodeo for the repulsive" and a "bacchanal for bozos." Mostly, we have Howard Stern to thank for at least some of it. Who else figured that bikini-clad women make good radio? Nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public, and it isn't about to stop anytime soon.
Posted 10:26 PM, 01/29/2009
Hulk
And would all of you race baiters (probably the same idiot using different names)go crawl back under your rocks please
Posted 10:31 AM, 01/30/2009
NJsux6569
Oh, I am so worried about what other countries think about us! I should be so scared!
Posted 10:33 AM, 01/30/2009
NJsux6569
by the way good point willy33
Posted 07:44 PM, 01/30/2009
apreziosi
And it no doubt drew big ratings for WIP and tons of page hits for philly.com, so we're spitting into the wind.
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Since joining The Inquirer as a staff writer in 1988, Daniel Rubin has reported from 27 countries, but most of them were small. He's a metro columnist and has been the European Correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers. For two years he sat at home and wrote Blinq, the paper's first daily blog. Now we make him come to work. Dan began newspaper work in Norfolk and Louisville, Ky., after getting his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northwestern University. He has lived in all four commonwealths, most recently in Pennsylvania. He teaches urban journalism at the University of Pennsylvania

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