How is your competitive eating persona viewed by fans?

How is your competitive eating persona viewed by fans?

Arnie "Chowhound" Chapman (Competitive Eater) gives expert video advice on: What is your competitive eating stage persona?; How did you come up with your competitive eating persona?; What is your competitive eating persona best known for? and more...

I think they love me. There's even a few strange people who have asked me for my autograph. Oh gosh! Why would they do that? I think they love me. They know I give it 100% and I do that not only when I compete but I also do that when I MC events. Because I do more of the MCing now. I'm sort of retired from competitive eating. But they see me as an enthusiastic person. It's important to me that if you give me 20-30 minutes of your time that I entertain you. That you go to work on Monday and say, "Man, I saw this guy and whether he was an idiot or whatever, but he was the funniest thing I ever saw. He was a 46 year-old-guy with dog ears up there and sweating and shaking."So if you give me 30 minutes of your precious time whether I'm eating at the table or running an event, I want you walking away from that experience going yeah, man, that was pretty cool.