Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

When Errol Morris was trying to get some momentum going on his first documentary production, Gates of Heaven, Werner Herzog saw that Morris had promise and wanted to motivate him to make the project happen. Should Gates of Heaven ever be released, Herzog stated, he would publicly eat one of the shoes he was wearing at the time. When Morris's film debuted, Herzog made good on his bet here:

Mr. Herzog is generally notable as an acclaimed director, but my only prior experience with his work things claiming to be his work but having nothing to do with him was [t]his reading of the fine "children's" book Go the Fuck to Sleep:

Edit: So apparently the above video is not affiliated with Mr. Herzog in any way. Whoops. This is what I get for being excessively trusting on the internet sometimes.