About this project
When amateur competitive food eater Hungry Todd Rungy decided to go pro, a film crew from the University of Texas jumped at the opportunity to follow him around and document his life and quest. One year, 250 hours of footage, 130 tacos and one heck of a wild ride later, the team is close to putting the finishing touches on the pilot episode for "the Hungry Todd Rungy Show."
After spending a year working on PBS Frontline’s “Death by Fire” about the execution of an innocent man in the state of Texas, director Joshua Riehl needed a light-hearted project. That’s when he found Hungry Todd Rungy. He recruited producer Dan Eppley to move to Austin, Texas from Michigan to work on the series and the rest is history.
Viewers will see Hungry Todd Rungy start at the bottom of the competitive food eating ladder and eat his way up while battling foes and his own personal demons. The series will focus not only on his competitions but the day to day activities and the people that help Hungry Todd along the way. But in order for the series to be seen, the pilot must be first finished! And that’s where Kickstarter comes in.
After financing the entire series out of pocket, we need help raising the money to finish the Pilot episode. The $6000 we’re trying to raise will pay for a proper sound mix, color correction, a title sequence and music! Your contributions will help us polish it off so that we can pitch it to networks and hopefully bring the entire series to television. But it all starts with the Pilot!
About Hungry Todd Rungy...
Hungry Todd Rungy, from Tyler, Texas, is currently the 4th most followed competitive eater on Twitter. In May of 2011, he broke the world cupcake speed eating record by consuming 6 (sugar free) cupcakes in 58.9 seconds. He’s won a bunch of amateur level eating competitions and his goal is to someday reach Coney Island to face off against his personal hero, Joey Chestnut. He has made appearances on the Cooking Channel’s show “Eat St” and has done press with multiple Austin print and internet publications. He dreams of someday being America’s #1 competitive food eater and having his own TV show would be a major step towards that goal.
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"The Bacon Bit" - Thank You video message and Special Thanks on the website & your Facebook
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"The Bacon Strip" - Digital Download Pack: Outtakes and Behind-the-Scenes Interview with hi-res Desktop Backgrounds
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"Peanuts and Cracker Jacks Pack" - Digital Copy of the Pilot & Hungry Todd Rungy Sticker/Trading Card/Desktop Background Bundle - *Upgrade* For $5 More & Get a DVD Copy of the Pilot
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"The Home Slice" - "Keep Eatin' for America" T-Shirt (comes with "Peanuts and Cracker Jacks Pack")
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"The Meatball Sub" - The Hungry Todd Rungy Show Poster hand drawn by the creative minds behind the show (comes with "The Home Slice")
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"The Big Burrito" - Digital Scrapbook along with the original Hungry Todd Rungy 17 min. short film (which is briefly featured in the Pilot). Also, a rare uncut sheet of Hungry Todd Rungy specialty trading cards signed by the cast & crew (comes with "Peanuts and Cracker Jacks Pack")
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"The Family Meal" - Special Thanks in the Pilot Credits and a Skype Thank You message along with exclusive content including interviews with Hungry Todd Rungy's family (comes with "The Home Slice")
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"Headband Hero" - An autographed Hungry Todd Rungy worn headband! Only 10 in existence and we're going to give away 9 of them! (comes with "Family meal")
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"The Hungry Challenge" - Local in Austin or Skype food eating competition where Hungry Todd Rungy will attempt a challenge set to your own rules (within reason of course!) (comes with "The Family Meal").
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"The Ham-hock" - Associate Producer Credit and a dinner with Hungry Todd Rungy (250 mile radius from Austin @ a Restaurant of your choice) (comes with "The Family Meal")
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"The T-Bone" - Executive Producer Credit and Hungry Todd Rungy cooks you dinner (250 mile radius from the Austin area) (comes with "The Family Meal")
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A couple of filmmakers out of the thumb of Michigan and into the heart of Texas.
Director Joshua Riehl moved to Austin in 2009 and is currently a Radio-Television-Film student at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2010, Joshua Field Produced the season premiere of PBS Frontline's "Death by Fire." In addition to directing "the Hungry Todd Rungy Show," he will be traveling to Haiti in January of 2012 to direct and produce a documentary about the village of Creve.
Producer Dan Eppley moved to Austin in 2010 specifically to produce an Untitled project revolving around the world of Hungry Todd Rungy. Previously, Dan has worked on a variety of film projects throughout Michigan, including the quirky indie "Cherry" (which is streaming on Netflix now) and was also a Location Manager on the upcoming Detroit thriller "Crave."
