National Corndog Day was inaugurated in 1992 in
Corvallis, Oregon by Brady Sahnow and Henry Otley. The first celebration was informal and involved only corndogs and basketball. In subsequent years, National Corndog day was expanded to include tater tots and beer and gradually spread to other cities. The celebration currently is sponsored by
Foster Farms, a
Livingston, California-based poultry producer,
PBR, a
US Midwest-based beer company, and
Jones Soda. Operations for National Corndog Day currently are governed by a board of directors consisting of event hosts (or "city captains") based in various cities in the United States. By 2007, parties celebrating National Corndog Day occurred at 113 locations in more than 30 U.S. states, the
District of Columbia and
Australia. In 2008 participation increased to nearly 5, 000 parties on five
continents, including one at
McMurdo Station in
Antarctica. In 2009 participation fell back to the trend line from the 2008 peak, with nearly 400 on March 21, 2009. National Corndog Day 2009 took place on Saturday, March 21, 2009. That same year, musical artist and contest winner, Ben Brennan, wrote and performed the National Corndog Day theme song. == See also ==