Netflix's "Unfinished Beef," a live competitive-eating special follows in the plodding footsteps set forth by the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the July 4 spectacular on Coney Island. But what it recalled even more vividly were the human-interest freakouts Fox aired around the turn of the century,

American Joey Chestnut wolfed down a world record 83 hot dogs during Netflix's Labor Day special, besting rival competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in the process.