I have uncovered a conspiracy far greater than even Oliver Stone could imagine!!!
I wore the helmet in the Andy’s Challenge last week as a tribute to my favorite picture, shown in a blog post below.
But upon further review, after a quick google search of “guy eating cheeseburger,” I found this photo:
What’s missing here? The helmet, of course!
Did the helmet really happen at all? Or was my hero blinded by fame enough to have it magically photoshopped on? You be the judge.
So if the helmet is a fake, does that mean I am the greatest helmeted cheeseburger eater of all time?
8 responses so far ↓
Matt Moore // January 22, 2008 at 8:09 pm |
I always knew you were capable of extreme feats of burgery. Ever since we would make the half-mile drive to BP at 9:30am for 3 questionable microwave burritos, a big grab of chips, and the biggest Nestle’s Quik we could find. You’re made of the real stuff, Jon. Robert Redford ain’t got nothing on you.
Matt Moore // January 22, 2008 at 8:12 pm |
And add me to your blog list too!
Ben Brown // January 23, 2008 at 6:45 pm |
Scandal!
Next thing we find out, Mayor McCheese lived outside town limits. And Ronald McDonald is a blonde!
Either way, Jon, you wore the helmet and you annihilated that meal in style. That last gulp caught on video is one of the greatest buzzer shots I’ve seen.
Man in the photo: Fraud. We don’t even know if he finished the burger. We don’t even know if the burger is real.
Jon: A man caught on camera doing what he said he’d do, in a helmet.
jonbowens // January 23, 2008 at 7:14 pm |
I knew it was too good to be true!
What is the world coming to when you can’t even trust your heroes? Where have you gone, Joe Dimaggio?
Byron // January 24, 2008 at 4:52 am |
So I have done some digging. I found this blog dedicated to competitive eating that performed the same test he did laying the 2 photos on top of one another.
The author of the blog posted a link to this comment from the photo’s subject himself.
Dear Dave:
I Appreciate your interest in the photo taken of me at Denny’s Beer Barrel, and great investigative work on your behalf, but i’m sorry to inform you that The Photo Is REAL. The photo on the left was indeed taken first, then i noticed a football helmet made out of paper mache and plastic with a picture of Mutley on it, and thought it would be cool. so i squeezed into the helmet (Very Tight Squezze) and took the same shot. You’re not the first to think it was a photoshop job, but take my word for it, it was a real as it gets!
Stay Hungry & Focused Dave,
-Badlands Booker
In my professional opinion, they are clearly the same photo. Some fantastic Photoshop artist added the helmet. The key to solve this mystery is to find a picture of the yellow helmet by itself. I won’t rest until I do.
jonbowens // January 24, 2008 at 7:20 am |
Wow! You are a better reporter than I am!
Very informative. Keep us abreast of your findings. Our boss was commenting that the one flaw he sees in the helmet picture is around the neck area. Notice how large the neck is in the helmetless pic. The helmet would need a large cutout on the back of it to fit the way it does in the helmetfull photo.
But then again, why the heck would someone photoshop a helmet on someone eating a cheeseburger?
One of life’s mysteries, indeed. We must contact this Badlands Booker for ourselves…
Check out his Web site here!!! I got to have that CD.
Garbage House » Blog Archive » Did the Helmet Really Happen? // July 23, 2008 at 2:34 am |
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Bill // August 30, 2008 at 12:26 am |
I knew it had to be fake, damn poser