I loved that show. There was an episode where the funds were so lean that they did a “fireball show”. Basically extra crooked right down to identifying people carrying particular amounts of cash with chalk marks (perhaps the origin for the target of a con) for pick pocketing. The Man Eating Chicken (distinct from The Man-Eating Chicken) was part of the over hyped sideshow.
I know some hot sauce aficionados that would take on a dragon spit challenge