Hi,

I need to figure out the date a certain episode of a TV show called
The People's Champion aired on the FX cable channel.  I know that it
was aired in October or November of 2003.  The show contained the
following segments:

A contest to see how large a sausage will fit in your mouth
Tossing hotdogs in a moving car 
Sack racing with a blow up doll
Naked tricycle racing

If you are able to find the time the show aired (including time zone),
that would be even better, but the date is the priority.

Thanks,
Andy

The naked tricycle race and sausage deep-throating occurred on the
premiere episode of "The People's Champions," which aired Friday,
September 19, 2003 from 10:30 to 11:00 pm (Eastern/Pacific) on FX:

"The People's Champions" pits folks against each other to set bizarre
and sometimes naughty records -- including deep-throating a foot-long
kielbasa the furthest, tossing the most grapes into a plumber's butt
crack and producing the heaviest booger.

The show premieres Friday (Sep. 19) on the FX cable channel and the
debut episode features events like a naked tricycle race and a
competition to fart the most times in an elevator while it ascends 11
floors."

DealTalk Forums
http://forums.dealofday.com/showthread.php?t=129901

"The novelty of reality shows hasn't seemed to peak yet, but I think
we are getting close. It can't get much worse than 'The People's
Champions' on FX cable channel that premiered Sept. 19. This is sort
of an everyman's (or woman's) Olympics with competitions such as naked
tricycle races, seeing who can break wind the most in an 11-floor
elevator ride, who has the heaviest booger and, my favorite, tossing
the most grapes into a plumber's butt crack."

The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltribune.com/2003/Sep/09282003/utah/96660.asp

"The People?s Champions... will now air as a regularly scheduled
program beginning September 19th from 10:30-11:00 pm et/pt."

Post from rec.arts.tv newsgroup
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3f6dbe50.253566742%40news.cis.dfn.de&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain

Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "people's champions" + "tricycle"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22people%27s+champions%22+tricycle

Google Web Search: "people's champions" + "fx"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22people%27s+champions%22+fx

I hope this information is useful! If anything is unclear, or if a
link doesn't work for you, please request clarification; I'll be glad
to offer further assistance before you rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 19 Feb 2004 11:47 PST

Apparently FX aired only six episodes of "The People's Champions,"
starting on September 19th, 2003 with the show that you described. All
six shows were rerun back-to-back on December 26, 2003 as "The
People's Champions Marathon," so it's possible that you might have
seen the episode with the tricycle race and the big sausages on that
date. The marathon started at 10:00 pm (Eastern/Pacific).

Exactly what I needed.  Thanks.