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 / Modified jun 25, 2012 1 a.m.

A Hot Dog Program

An all-American celebration of what may be the country's most popular food. Thursday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD 6. by Colleen Greer

From the Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest at Coney Island to a gourmet reindeer-dog vendor at the start of the Iditarod sled dog race, A Hot Dog Program visits some of the country’s coolest hot dog places.

hot_dog_program-vendor617x347 In Fairfield, Connecticut, Gary Zemola, a.k.a. “The Super Duper Weenie Man,” a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, sells “killer dogs” out of a GMC Stepvan off of Interstate 95.
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This special is a fun look at some hot dog history, a guide to some of the finest hot dog houses in the country and an unabashedly friendly look at these finely ground sausages and their fans.

A Hot Dog Program, Thursday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD 6.

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