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Wednesday April 23rd, 2025
Wednesday April 23rd, 2025
6:30 PM
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8:20 PM MDT
Starts: 6:30 PM MDT
Ends: 8:20 PM MDT
Globe Cinema
617 8 Ave SW, Calgary
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Description
A hilarious lookback at the greatest radio promotion of all time: Philadelphia's Wing Bowl, a 26 yearlong, controversial annual event that was never really about eating chicken wings.
Featuring interviews with iconic eaters, organizers, celebrities and "Wingettes" (many of whom worked as strippers), those involved recount the event’s wild journey from humble beginnings to an unbelievable spectacle. What started as a wing eating competition between two men in the lobby of the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel in 1993 became an event that drew thousands in its final celebration in the Wells Fargo Center in 2018. Often referred to as a "bacchanal", the event was billed as an outlet for frustrated Philadelphia fans with no hope of a Superbowl championship. Wing Bowl was a cultural phenomenon that drew capacity crowds and provided an opportunity for the average person to experience unimaginable fame. A pure spectacle of debauchery.
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