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Morgan Spurlock got famous from his Oscar-nominated documentary, "Supersize Me." He ingested supersized McDonald's meals three times a day for thirty days, then blamed McDonald's for his changed physique and health. Now, he's using his thirty-day premise to get Americans to ingest his bloated version of radical Islam on cable's F/X Network. Last year, I received a request to appear in Spurlock's new reality show, "30 Days." The six-episode series began Wednesday Night. The episode for which I was being recruited, "Inside an American Muslim Family," airs next Wednesday. It features Spurlock's childhood friend from West Virginia, David Stacy, spending...

Super-sizing is back -- for drinks, anyway. Fifteen months after McDonald's stopped offering "super-sized" portions of french fries and soft drinks, its Chicago area restaurants are selling the extra-large sodas again. Restaurants in the Chicago Co-Op -- made up of McDonald's franchisees in the area -- have big plans for the 42-ounce drinks this summer. "The Chicago Co-Op is running a local promotion in which customers that purchase a Big Mac and fries get a free, 42-ounce beverage," said McDonald's spokeswoman Anna Rozenich. The promotion will start July 11 and last through the month. In addition, Rozenich said, franchisees have...

Morgan Spurlock shows how difficult it is to pretend to be poor.by Dan Gainor June 16, 2005 The new Morgan Spurlock documentary ’30 Days’ highlighted the fantasy of “reality” TV as Spurlock and his fiancé pretended to live life on minimum wage surrounded by cameras. Instead of teaching important lessons about saving, personal responsibility and the value of education, Spurlock relied on emotion to try to convince viewers the minimum was too low. The June 15, 2005, program tried to duplicate the success of Spurlock’s Oscar-nominated attack on McDonald’s “Super Size Me,” where he stopped exercising and ate 5,000 calories...

Health authorities yesterday warned villagers not to eat crickets or sell them as food after more than 100 people in Ban Phai district were hospitalised with nausea and diarrhoea this week. The patients all had eaten fried crickets that were bought either from a local market or from street hawkers. A handful of villagers were hospitalised late Sunday night with nausea and diarrhoea, with the number swelling by around another 100 on Tuesday, said Ban Phai Hospital director Dr Prayoon Kowit. All said they ate fried crickets that were either bought at Ban Phai Market or from street hawkers driving...

The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) has announced the winners of its 4th annual Tarnished Halo Awards. CCF awards these prizes to America's most notorious animal-rights zealots, environmental scaremongers, celebrity busybodies, self-anointed public interest advocates, trial lawyers, and other food & beverage activists who claim to know what's best for you. The Reverend Rooster Category Awarded to Al Sharpton, the publicity-seeking preacher, for joining PETA to crow at KFC restaurants and attempting to instigate a boycott from the African American community. It's odd that Sharpton would stand side-by-side with PETA, which advocates a complete end to chicken consumption. When the...

Les Sayer hasn't cheated on his McDonald's-only diet. Not an apple, an orange, a cantaloupe or grapes in 17 days. Sayer, a teacher at NorQuest College and Metro Continuing Education, wanted to drive home the point to students that Morgan Spurlock's documentary, Supersize Me, was an opinion piece. He said he could eat McDonald's food for a month and lose weight, not gain it. "The main reason for doing this is because my students thought (Supersize Me) was an objective piece," the 39-year-old Sayer said yesterday. Sixteen days into the diet, Sayer says he's lost 13 pounds - he's down...

Les Sayer hasn't cheated on his McDonald's-only diet. Not an apple, an orange, a cantaloupe or grapes in 17 days. Sayer, a teacher at NorQuest College and Metro Continuing Education, wanted to drive home the point to students that Morgan Spurlock's documentary, Supersize Me, was an opinion piece. He said he could eat McDonald's food for a month and lose weight, not gain it. "The main reason for doing this is because my students thought (Supersize Me) was an objective piece," the 39-year-old Sayer said yesterday. Sixteen days into the diet, Sayer says he's lost 13 pounds - he's down...

Fast-Food Documentary Heading to Schools Thu Feb 10, 8:10 PM ET Health - AP By NOREEN GILLESPIE, Associated Press Writer HARTFORD, Conn. - What happens when a man eats nothing but McDonald's food for 30 days? It's a lesson that schoolchildren across the country are about to find out. Morgan Spurlock, director and star of "Super Size Me: A film of epic proportions," is releasing an edited version of the film for classrooms. The school version of the Academy-Award nominated film is scheduled to be released after the Feb. 27 Oscars (news - web sites) ceremony. To Spurlock, schools are...

When the film "The Day After Tomorrow" debuted, even Al Gore and other global-warming crazies condemned the "science" on which the picture was predicated. But that didn't stop some Connecticut public schools from showing it -- uncritically and without discussion -- in high school science classes, thus giving it credibility it does not deserve. Now schools and lawmakers are embracing as a teaching tool a movie that is the second most dubious "documentary" of this century, behind "Fahrenheit 9/11." Inspired by a lawsuit blaming McDonald's for making people fat, "Super Size Me" conducted a bogus experiment to "discover" what would...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - For the past year, many of the nation's chain restaurants have trumpeted their efforts to give consumers helpful details about the food they serve - from calories to carbs. An unscientific spot check of some of the most popular suggests they do indeed offer a lot of information - from Ruby Tuesday's 1,164-calorie Cuban panini to Subway's 210-calorie Ham Deli sandwich. The push to tell what those menu items will cost your waistline might be more than just helpfulness. The Food and Drug Administration and members of Congress have been considering whether to require such information...

Anyone see the movie "SuperSize Me"? While no doubt FReepers would have lots of qualms about the political and cultural views stuffed, er, down our throats while watching this movie, there's no doubt that there's an important message the movie does hammer home. America is getting a lot fatter. And it's going to kill more and more of us. As someone in his mid-forties, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that I see a LOT more obese people now than twenty years ago. The movies brings the growing elephant in the living room to our attention very well. Some...

At 258 inches, or 21-1/2 feet long, the CXT's about 4-1/2 feet longer than the new Hummer H2 pickup, and about 2 inches longer than the F-350 Crew Cab. But it really towers over what's on the road now is in height, at 108 inches, or 11 feet, a foot above a basketball rim and more than two feet taller than the Hummer or the F-350.

More Anti-American Images Found at German Subway Stores By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Morning Editor August 04, 2004 (CNSNews.com) - Picture this: a gigantic cheeseburger (with tomatoes and lettuce) slamming into two high-rise buildings, as cartoon characters run from the flaming ruins. It's clearly a takeoff on the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center, and according to the Virginia-based Center for Individual Freedom, the illustration appears on page 18 of a 30-page "food diary" distributed by Subway sandwich shops in Germany. Last week, the Center for Individual Freedom launched a grassroots campaign against anti-American tray-liners at German subway stores....

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A tray liner at most of Subway restaurants' 100 German franchises has stirred up some controversy in the United States. While the Milford-based company contends the liners are simply promotional tie-ins to the film "Super Size Me," others claim they are ads through which the company is exploiting anti-American feelings in Germany to make a buck. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, issued a statement Monday decrying the tray liners, saying Subway thumbed its nose at American customers and promoted "Michael Moore's blame-America-first conspiracy in a foreign country." A spokesman for DeLay could not be reached for...

NEW YORK -- Sandwich chain Subway Restaurants today said it was ending a promotion at its German franchises that used an image of a fat Statue of Liberty. The promotion sparked outrage from a leader in the U.S. Congress. Subway spokesman Kevin Kane said the promotion, which ended today, may have been pulled ahead of schedule. "The staff over in Germany has been contacting us daily because they feel bad," Kane said. "They may have said 'OK let's wrap this up.'" At issue was a tray-liner at Subway's German franchises promoting the documentary "Super Size Me," which links the U.S....

Why Are Americans So Fat?” Headlines Tray-liners in German SUBWAY restaurants WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today the National Legal and Policy Center called on the SUBWAY restaurant chain to immediately stop a European advertising campaign designed to exploit anti-American sentiment in countries like Germany.  SUBWAY restaurants in Germany now feature tray-liners and posters promoting the film “Super Size Me.”  They portray an obese Statue of Liberty holding a package of fries and a hamburger and begin with the bold headline “Why Are Americans So Fat?” “SUBWAY has defined a new low in corporate behavior with this campaign,” said Ken Boehm, Chairman of the...

SUBWAY Unveils New European Advertising Strategy – Attack U.S. Symbols, Insult Americans “Why Are Americans So Fat?” Headlines Tray-liners in German SUBWAY restaurants WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today the National Legal and Policy Center called on the SUBWAY restaurant chain to immediately stop a European advertising campaign designed to exploit anti-American sentiment in countries like Germany. SUBWAY restaurants in Germany now feature tray-liners and posters promoting the film “Super Size Me.” They portray an obese Statue of Liberty holding a package of fries and a hamburger and begin with the bold headline “Why Are Americans So Fat?” “SUBWAY has defined a new low...

I just heard on the radio news (don't know which alphabet) that the Edwards ALWAYS celebrate their anniversary at Wendy's.

Dear Friends, It has come to our attention that SUBWAY, an American company, is using this tray liner (see below for English translation) in their restaurants in Germany and across Europe. In a shameless and anti-American effort to increase sales in Europe, SUBWAY restaurants are promoting the film, "Super Size Me," a documentary about a man who gains weight by gorging himself at McDonald's for 30 days straight without any exercise. Learn more about “Super Size Me”, and its irresponsible message.The most offensive part of this new advertising campaign is the display of an obese Statue of Liberty holding a...

Dear Friends, I am writing today to ask for your help on an issue of utmost importance. It has come to our attention that SUBWAY, an American company, is using this tray liner (see below for English translation) in their restaurants in Germany and across Europe. In a shameless and anti-American effort to increase sales in Europe, SUBWAY restaurants are promoting the film, "Super Size Me," a documentary about a man who gains weight by gorging himself at McDonald's for 30 days straight without any exercise. Learn more about “Super Size Me”, and its irresponsible message. The most offensive part...