WASHINGTON, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As Humphrey Bogart said, “A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz.” Yet, for over 100 years, the nation’s third most sung song, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” has only referenced peanuts and Cracker Jack(TM), excluding the number one food at ballparks: the hot dog. Until now.
In celebration of July’s National Hot Dog Month, the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council (NHDSC) conducted a new song and video contest to create an updated version of the century-old song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” that includes a reference to hot dogs. After all, according to a NHDSC poll, 63 percent of fans listed hot dogs as the one ballpark food they could not live without. Peanuts ranked a distant second with 18 percent.
Read the full press release after the jump
Deci … nici nu stiu ce ar mai fi de spus …
CONSILIUL
NATIONAL
AL HOT DOGILOR
SI CARNATILOR
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Honorable Mention: Robin MacBlane and Larry Whitler of Ocala, Fla., who performed an acoustic version of the song that included the lyrics “Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack(TM), a big juicy hot dog and condiment packs…”