As soon as Rob Riggle appeared on the screen, I started laughing in an almost pavlovian way. For a nanosecond I was like, is that the Nickelodeon slime guy? Wait, it's the "in the faaaaace" guy from The Hangover! This probably won't suck.

Look, this is complete trash television, but Netflix is clearly elevating the lifestyles of competitive eaters and they should be commended for it. I hope the network gets tons of views and I hope the contestants get rich with continued specials and features. I probably mean rich-ish, it's all relative.

You're not watching this to further humanity in any meaningful way. You're watching this to celebrate some dexterous improv by the hosts along with a group of ordinary-seeming people that compete at a world class level. It's more than a little impressive.