Doughboys - Backyard Bowls with Erin Keif

Episode Date: September 26, 2024

Erin Keif (Hey Riddle Riddle, SitcomD&D) joins the 'boys to talk Massachusetts hometowns, traveling to Ireland, and in-flight eats before a review of Backyard Bowls. Plus, Close Encounters of the Food Kind.Mike Mitchell Day in Quincy: https://vimeo.com/16779007Watch this episode at youtube.com/doughboysmediaGet ad-free episodes at patreon.com/doughboysGet Doughboys merch at kinshipgoods.com/doughboysAdvertise on Doughboys via Gumball.fmSources for this week's intro:https://www.treehugger.com/santa-barbara-oil-spill-history-and-impact-5184137https://www.npr.org/2019/01/28/688219307/how-californias-worst-oil-spill-turned-beaches-black-and-the-nation-greenhttps://www.sbearthday.org/history-of-earth-dayhttps://www.epa.gov/history/origins-epahttps://www.backyardbowls.com/#eat-togetherSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is a HeadGum Podcast. Want to watch this episode? Check it out on our YouTube channel at youtube.com slash doughboysmedia. Hey buddy, it's the burger boy. That's Garçon de Hamburger in Canada's second official language, French. I say that because the Doughboys are coming to Toronto, live! Sunday, September 29th, me and Mitch will be at the Danforth Music Hall reviewing Canada's signature chain, Tim Hortons with our guests.

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This was from President Richard Nixon's remarks on March 21, 1969, as he visited a disaster recovery site in the picturesque Southern California coastal community of Santa Barbara. 1969 was a seismic year in American life with events that still resonate. The moon landing, Woodstock, the stonewall riots, the premiere of Sesame Street, the invention of ARPANET, the predecessor to the internet. But one impactful incident has been largely memory-holed, the Santa Barbara oil spill. At the time, the exploded offshore drilling platform generated the largest oil spill in American history, a record tragically bested twice by the Exxon Valdez and the Deepwater Horizon following the American political pattern of never again shifting to again only bigger.

But the ecological crisis inspired activists led by Wisconsin Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson to convene a new holiday called Earth Day. The beginning of nationwide Earth Day celebrations in 1970 led to a barrage of environmental legislation under the Republican Nixon administration. The creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act, among others. All laws the Republican Party of today actively works to undermine. The Beachy Commune of Santa Barbara is a mix of million-dollar residences and high-end

luxury hotels that coexist with Treehugger Beach Bombs and University of California students enrolled in a notorious party school. And it proved a logical fit for an acai bowl concept founded in 2008 by two surfer dude partners who became fans of the berry puree on a Hawaiian vacation. Today with a half dozen outlets across SoCal, will it expand and endure like Earth Day itself? Or will it end in shambles like the Nixon administration, filled not by the Watergate scandal, but by the oversaturated acai trend? This week on Doughboys, the podcast about chain restaurants. I'm Nick Weiger, along with my co-host, the 41-year-old virgin, the Spoon Man, Mike Mitchell.

Jesus. Hey, Doughboys. I've been an avid listener since 2015. Browsing through my notes app, I found this roast, which was written as a 37-year-old virgin. So I must have written it four years ago and forgotten about it, maybe for the best. Well, I got news for you.

You should have used it when I was 37, because it makes no sense anymore. I believe this episode will actually come out when you're 42, so HBD, right? Cool. This will be after your October birthday. Thanks, Wiggs. Are we, it's November. We're in November.

Gobble, gobble, bitch. Many gobbles to you, my good man. It's November, yes. Oh wow, November, cool, cold. It is. It's really wise, it has really gotten cool around here lately. It sure has.

I would, you know, you want to crock a soup with the weather, it turns cold. Let's just say my house is a lot cooler now. It doesn't have anything to do with my AC getting fixed, perhaps, in this hot weather. Say, I would like say if I was lying and it was almost July, end of June, then it would be cool if the AC got fixed in my house during this hot weather, but it's cool because it's November.

It's cool because of the November, but also it could be unseasonably warm because of global warming. Sure, that's also true. So it can certainly be hot in November and you still need the AC anyway. Yeah, but it's not, we're in November. The point is it's November. Yeah, we're not thinking about the Celtics

who won like how long ago. Well, we're in the, I mean, we don't know, we're in the thick of the next NBA season now. Yes, I know. We're in the 2024, 25 NBA season. It's been such a good season so far. I really have enjoyed it. It has been a lot of fun.

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Best wishes and happy munching, Peter. We'll put the binary on social media because they think there's a hidden message in there that people can figure out. Oh, you're spelling some bullshit out. Anyways. Peter sent that in. Thanks, Peter.

Yeah, the Celtics and the Panthers, they won. I mean, I'm just thinking back to five months ago. When the Panthers won the cup over the Edmonton Oilers in a thrilling game seven? The Hawk Tui girl was all the rage. But now it's five months later, so I don't even remember the Hawk Tui girl. What's the Hawk Tui girl? I knew you wouldn't know. It's disgusting. You don't need to know hock-to-ee girl. What's the hock-to-ee girl? I knew you wouldn't know. It's disgusting.

What is it? You don't need to know about it. What is it? Girl, she said a thing. She spits? They're like, what is it? Like, it was like asking her like, what does like a, what do you do in the bedroom sort of thing?

It gets the guy going. Yeah, that gets the guy going. She's like, sometimes you just got a hock-to-ee on that thing or whatever. Like she's spitting on a hog? Yes. that gets a guy going. She's like, sometimes you just gotta toy on that thing or whatever. Like she's spitting on a hog? Yes. Get it going, you know? Sure.

She's all the way. He got fired, he got fired. She got fired from her job? What was her job? That's actually not. She was a preschool teacher. Oh, wait. Is that true?

Yeah. I did not know that. I mean, that is very funny. It's sort know that. All right. She rocks. That's good. It's sort of a perfect internet story. Yeah. And it is also that sort of thing of, I mean, now,

cause she was wearing like a hock-to-ee hat and I was like, oh boy. But the fact that she got fired is a bummer. Cause if my friend said that to someone who was doing like kind of an annoying on the street interview, I would laugh at that. You know what I mean? Like I- If she wasn't in a classroom,

this was like, she was out living her life. No, but I'm not dropping my child off. With the hock-to-wee girl? I don't know if I'd be dropping my kid off with her. Oh, I would trust my kid with her. I would trust the hock-to-wee girl. I wouldn't have an issue with the hock-to-wee girl. Is this one of those TikTok things

with the little microphone, where they're going around, they're just talking to somebody? It's basically one of those. Yeah, it's like a street interview. Interesting. Okay, well. I would trust the Hawk Tooie girl. She's gonna land on her feet.

We're in November, she's doing great. She's thriving, she's been rehired, she's got a cameo, she's doing wonderful. So congrats to the Hawk Tooie girl. In the five months leading up to that, especially with an election, I'm sure you're gonna eat your words when this episode comes out.

It's Trump's running mate is Hawk Tooie girl. I'm gonna Hawk Tooie on Joe Biden. People going nuts. Yeah, we love it. Mitch, I have a question for you. Cause I encountered this last night. Yeah. What is your most line contingent fast food restaurant?

Because I was on my way home from the studio. Oh my God. And yeah, and I was planning on getting Jersey Mike's, but the Jersey Mike's is by an In-N-Out Burger. I was like, I didn't get Jersey Mike's or McDonald's. Wags, this is actually insane. The In-N-Out Burger had three people in line. And I wasn't even gonna get it, but I was like,

this is the shortest line I've ever seen around dinnertime. I just have to do it. That's so funny, because we got In-N-Out after Mitch's show last night. Wow. It was like the one in Glendale, I think. Same thing, shortest In-N-Out line I have ever seen. We cruised right in and right out.

It was so fast. In-N-Out. I would not have choked. I would not, I know. It was literally In-N-Out. But a lot of lot of times the in-and-out you're not doing the old in-and-out You're there for a while like I'm you're waiting for like old in-and-out. It sounds like fucking just so you know You're not doing the old in-and-out by the new Hawk to a girl Fired from dough boys Fired from doughboys. Where my old In-N-Out guy. The old In-N-Out guy. Fired from doughboys for that?

Yeah. That's it. That's the line. Yeah. You fired yourself. Yeah. Yeah. Wags, guess what?

Yeah. I had In-N-Out burger too last night. Is that your answer? Is that why you, like, is that the place where you're like, if the line's this short, I just have to go to it? No, I always kind of expect a line, but I- Yeah. But I was not even planning on going.

My line was not, oh, if there's like a really, I mean, there's nothing that feels next level to see if there's like no line to buy. I'm gonna get, there's no line at the cake shop. I'm gonna get a cake, you know? Like that seems insane. You're like, if it's like, I never get the urge to, I mean, there's definitely stuff

if there's a long line I've turned away from. But impulsively, if you're like going by a Raising Cane's, there's like, holy shit, there's like no wait here. I just might as well get it because it's oftentimes I'm waiting 40 minutes. No, I never really do that. You don't think of those turns. But I mean, my In-N-Out line

was pretty short last night too, it was not bad. Wow, okay. Where'd you go to? I went to the Glenel one I can tell you which one it was not the one at the Americana the one on Harvey. Yeah, I think so Okay, so we were maybe in line at the same time That's funny we talked about it before we left the theater I was like we're going I think we're gonna go get in now It's like that's good. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm after mm-hmm. After I was clowning, I was clowning.

How fun is that? It was a lot of fun. Yeah, well, we're gonna be doing some clowning today. You should- As always. They wanted you to do the show. You're doing great, you fucking clown ass bitch. All right. You got a job to play.

Oh, I'm gonna hit him with a drop. Howdy ho, Spoonation. I didn't want to do that in front of our guests. You don't have to. That's how the podcast works, though. Howdy-ho to Spoon Nation! I can't look at my guests. Anytime we have a great guest in here, I can't look at them when I say this shit.

Oh, Jesus. Howdy-ho to Spoon Nation! I'm embarrassed my guests saw that. Play the drop, asshole. Do we have to play a drop today, I guess is my question. It's a good guest. Alright, here's a drop, Wags. I mean, well... No, nevermind.

I suck today. I guess just everyone sucks, but I also, I suck the most. Right. This is embarrassing. Howdy ho, just boonies. This is embarrassing. How do you know? This is embarrassing. That's a good sign for the guest. That means that you're a good person. It's not like our other shitty guests. I was thinking 53 seconds.

The drop was all me embarrassing myself. Wow, I loved it. You loved that? That's a good drop. I mean, it was edited. That's not. Yeah, they're all edited. I know how this works. Hey, howdy ho, Dispoonation. How's that? And I am embarrassed. I mean, I'm embarrassed in front of every guest, should I say it in front of... Though I also am embarrassed

in front of today's guest. Hey, Doughboys, I put about eight episodes worth of clips of Mitch being embarrassed in this drop. RIP to Howdy Ho, which seems to have been retired. Thanks, Dan F. Arlington, Virginia. Thanks, Dan F. You ever been to Arlington? Is that the cemetery spot? I have been there.

I was so sinister. Is that the cemetery spot I have been there? Arlington National Cemetery, right? Is that where Arlington Virginia is? Yeah, I guess so. Or is that a different thing? Because I've been there. Arlington National Cemetery is in DC, right?

I don't know. Is Arlington Virginia in... Is Arlington Texas? No, Arlington National Cemetery is in Arlington, Virginia. But Arlington, Virginia? No, Arlington National Cemetery is in Arlington, Virginia. But Arlington, Virginia is like, it's like right next to DC. Got it. One of those, yeah. Got it. Okay, well, what are you doing there?

We're just having some, it's a place people go, I don't know. Honoring the nation's fallen, Mitch, how about that? That's nice. Yeah. Did you go to the Unknown Soldiers Tomb? Do you ever see that? Is that one there? I think it might be.

Is that where they do the flag change and everything? I don't remember. I think it is. I did all that shit in DC when I was a kid. We went there. Which cemetery do you wanna be buried in? Have you thought about that yet? Nah, I don't wanna be buried in a cemetery.

Where you wanna be buried? I don't know, fuckin' wherever. I'll find a good spot for ya. I'll find a good spot for ya. I'll find a good spot for ya. I'll find a good spot for ya. Just return to nature, whatever the least ecological footprint there is. You can get turned into a tree.

A lot of people do that. Yeah, maybe we'll get turned into a tree. That's cool. That would be cool. There's a Mitchell plot with about 10 spots in it. Fun. Gonna get in there at some point. I'm probably just gonna go in at some point. Right.

Decide when I'm done. How many spots are you gonna take up? Probably a few. Yeah. Put your legs up. I'm gonna go the long way. Yeah. I'm gonna lounge out.

Our guest today. Blue Hills Cemetery. Our guest will know the spot. That's right, our guest from Massachusetts, co-host of the podcast, Hey Ridleriddle and sitcom D&D, right here on HeadGum, Erin Keefe. Hi, Erin. Hello.

Thank you for having me. We're very excited to have you. Where's the spot? It's Blue Hills Cemetery. It's in Brantley. Oh, yeah. Do you know where the Bertucci's is in Brantley? Oh, big time.

So right down the street from the Bertucci's, which is good. You visit your dad, you got some Bertucci's, you're good to go. Mitch has his feet up for audio listeners. This is like a new look for you. I thought it would be, I did it because of laying sideways in the spot.

Yeah, but now you're just kind of like committing to it. But now is it nice? I can't tell. You look really casual, it's nice. Yeah, thank you. My shoes are very dirty, so that is getting. That looks, you don't have to do that the whole time. The table's a little far for her.

Okay, so where in Massachusetts are you from? I am from Hingham, which is right next to Quincy. Wow. It's true. And ironically, I had to go to Quincy to get any fast food that I wanted. There was no fast food in Hingham. When you go to, okay, so you go to Quincy for fast food,

what are you getting? Wendy okay, so you go to Quincy for fast food, what are you getting? Wendy's, McDonald's. Wow. Yeah, drive up 3A, cause Hingham, you're not allowed to have a drive through. Oh, it's one of those communities, okay. Cause Eleanor Roosevelt drove through our town and was like, this is nice.

And then they were like, nobody touch anything. You can't change anything. That's very funny. And so then I had to drive all the way to Quincy. That's Quincy. Quincy is I feel like Quincy is laughed at by the or it's like Milton is like a nice town next door to Quincy. I've talked about Milton before and they like don't.

I feel like Milton didn't have any package stores or maybe they don't even have any fast food either. I think they maybe do have fast food. I forget. But they would come into Quincy to like use packaged stores and maybe get fast food and hang them as the same thing Yeah, because we're just like, you know, we're the yokels I guess you could say is a package store just like what we call a liquor store a convenience store Okay, got it. My cousins are from Hangum when I was younger I thought Hangum was snobby, but I know you and you're no snob

So well, maybe a little, who knows? The nickname for Hingham was Blingham or Cha-ching-ham. Whoa, okay. I don't remember Quincy having a nickname. I think we left you guys alone. I think we were just a little scared. Yeah, no, people, yeah, yeah, the nickname wouldn't be good for Quincy as well.

I think I've heard America's toilet. Yeah, yeah, I think I heard that too too actually. My dad's from Quincy. That's right, yes. Wow. I was at a wedding recently and my mom yelled, do you know Mike Mitchell? That's true. Wait, really?

At a wedding? Yeah, at a wedding and I was like, what? What, yeah. Jane and Bill Powers, they were there. It's true, we talked about it. That's so funny. Yeah, it was my uncle's best. We talked about it. They, yeah. That's so funny. Yeah, it was my uncle's best friend is his family friend.

Wow. What a small world. I mean, Massachusetts is very, I feel like that happens a lot. Have you done a lot of Massachusetts restaurants on the show? Have you done partiches before? We did.

Yeah, we did do partiches. We've done a few of them, but they were on, we were touring and we were over there and we were either doing shows mostly in Boston, but we've done one show in Foxwoods, Connecticut, and we did one show, a couple of shows over in Western Mass. We should just say you weren't happy to be there in the touring way.

No, but I've had good, we've had lovely meals with those Boston chains. The Brutus experience I think was a little bit, it was a little downtrodden, right? Yes, well, Carl had a, I secretly opened a can. That was the loudest noise I've ever heard. Then you mentioned it, I believe it. Weiger's Apple Watch is going up about decibel levels.

I forgot what I was gonna say cause I got so sidetracked by this fucking can. Brutuchis? Yes. Brutuchis. Carl was hung over and like barely ate a roll. You and Gabe were so like, we're gonna give some bad scores on this trip. You were ready to give a bad score.

Hold on. That's what I'm just, I'll get to it. Yeah. Brutuchis did get purchased and the quality did go down. And the waitress was like, it's not like it used to be. She was saying that to us. It's a Robert Earl restaurant, right? He's the guy who owns a Buca di Beppo and he basically has this empire of ghost kitchens.

And so he buys, he buys up chain restaurants that have large footprints that maybe have had trouble hitting capacity post-COVID and then uses their somewhat idle kitchens to make like Mariah Carey's cookies or Mr. Peaceburgers or whatever the fuck. Oh man. Tiger bites.

When we went, which one did we get that I got out of Burtucci's? There was some ghost kitchen. I think it was Tiger Bites. It might've been Tiger Bites, yeah. That place sucked. I drove up to like Burtucci's and then it was like, I was like, I'm here for Tiger Bites. It might've been Tiger Bites, yeah. And that was where that place stopped. I drove up to like, Bertucci's, and then it was like, I was like, I'm here for Tiger Bites or whatever.

And then I called on, and it was like a separate thing when they went and got it. And like- What a bummer. This empty COVID Bertucci's that then was like doing take-out basically. So sad. It was a bummer.

Have you done Friendly's? Wait, which one? He has eaten at a Friendly's, he has. Friendly's, I haven't done Friendly's, yeah. We stopped at a Friendly's on the way to, what the fuck, where the fuck was that? We reviewed Friendly's. That was, that was more, yeah.

I know, I know, I know, I know, but I'm saying we stopped on the way to, what show, the show with Hodgman. The Papa John show? The Papa Gino's, yeah, yeah. Oh yeah, Papa Gino's, that was outside. Yeah, what was that festival? It was whatever, some band, it was a band festival.

Wilco was there. Wilco, right. Cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Wilco, the guy from festival? It was whatever, some band festival. Wilco was there. Wilco, right. Cool. The guy from Wilco did the show, and I think the entire time I was like, what the fuck? I'm having a very similar experience. Where am I? When is it?

No, that's how a lot of people react that way to the show. No, he called me a little bitch, remember? Yeah, he did. That's really bold. I was funny. Yeah. And Hodgman. Hodgman was there, yeah.

And Gene. Gene Gray, yeah. Gene Gray, yeah. Yeah. No, I did not have a great time on that trip overall. Well, which one? That's a different trip. So every trip to Massachusetts?

You hate us? I don't hate Massachusetts, but the con, we're always there for work. Like that's what it always is. It's always a business trip, so I don't feel like, but the con, we're always there for work. Like that's what it always is. It's always a business trip. So I don't feel like I ever like get done. Except for that one time, Mitch, we stayed an extra day and me and you and Mookie we just kind of were out on the town.

And then Mookie stayed even longer and then hung out with them and Mike. That's right. Went to legal seafoods. Oh yeah. Classic. At the seaport. But we had a lovely time.

And you took, where do we all go for pizza? That was a lot of fun. And then you also took us out to the, was it the Clam Box? Yeah, it was either Tony's or the Clam Box. I think it was, was it the Clam Box? Maybe it was Tony's. It was Tony's, no, we went to Tony's.

We laughed at the Clam Box sign and then we went to Tony's. We drove, we stopped. We laughed at the Clam Box sign. Had the full experience. Yeah. Which is right on the beach. It was a busy street.

Yeah, right. So we held up traffic to come for our laughs. And then we drove down to Tony's. And you loved that. Look, here's the thing. I'm from Lakewood, California. I spent a lot of time in Long Beach, California. I'm a lifelong SoCal surfer dude.

I love the beach. Is there a lake in Lakewood? Quincy? No, no, no. It's not at all. Fucking dumb name. It is a bad name in Lakewood? Quincy, no, no, no, it's not at all. It's a- Fucking dumb name. It is a bad name. Lakewood is America's first planned community. It kind of is the template for like the, you know,

suburban rot of the rest of the country, where it's just like, so the name Lakewood is one that's been used, I think there are 30 US cities that are all named Lakewood. And it's one of the most common city names. Yeah. Boy sitting across from me, who is dressed like kind of a 1950s boy in a way.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We had a, so like, but I spent a lot of time

at like the beach and beachy communities when I was in Quincy Mass, when I'd been over there, like it reminds me of home in a lot of ways, a different climate, but it is just like, oh, you're right by the ocean. That's a lot of fun. Well, you'd like Hingham as well. Yeah.

Blingham, as they say. Right by the ocean. Yes, it is by the ocean. It's another sea city. They got the, what's the Hingham, the mall right there that's in the? A shipyard. The shipyard, they got the Hingham ship mall right there that's in the shipyard the shipyard They got the Hingham Street jobs Derby Street shops is very nice

Yeah, that's emotion speaking of my dad before he went to that cemetery We saw the Muppets at the shipyards together is his last movie It was and he didn't like it and he didn't like it. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. You never told Jason Segel that story. I never told Jason Segel that.

My dad saw your movie. It was the last movie I saw him in the theater before he died. He didn't like it. Ha ha ha. He didn't like Walter. Walter, he did nothing for him. I think we drove him to the cemetery right after that.

He's like, I'm about ready to go. I'm good. Good night. He probably dropped me I'm about ready to go. I'm good. Night. He probably dropped me off early. Okay, well you're in Hingham. It's a, there aren't any chain restaurants there. There's no fast food.

What is there to eat there? Are there any like local restaurants that you enjoy? I think I know where you're going. Where do you think I'm going? It's a little restaurant named after Mark Wahlberg's mother. Oh yeah, Alma, whatever the fuck. I'm so sorry, that was so disrespectful to her. I'm sure she was lovely.

She's passed away, rest in peace to Alma. Yeah, there's the original Wahlbergers, is in Hingham. So that's allowed to exist, that's grandfathered end of like, well, they made more Wahlbergers, but that's the original. That's the original. That is the original. And then their restaurant for their mom is there. Yeah.

The one that, like the mainstay that I always think of is Stars, which is right on the water. And that's like also where people will like drink the night before Thanksgiving. It's like a diner. I've been there before. You've been there. Yeah.

It's not a great, I wouldn't call it a great vibe. It's, it's, it's fun. I mean, it's like so many of those other spots around there. Yeah. That's the Thanksgiving drinking spot. Well, I haven't been in a while. Yeah. Oh, you don't do the thing.

I mean, I guess I don't either. Thanksgiving Eve. After 25, I was like, I think I get it. Sure, yeah. What is your, well, and also it's not like, oh, I'm reconnecting with my high school friends again. I think there's a period when you're doing that, and I think people grow out of that.

Yeah, it still kind of does it. Amalekese is where I would use to go. Oh, yeah. Which is in that the new, it's come out at this point, the instigators. Oh, sure. Which show me crazy. Oh.

That I'm not upset to not be in. Sounds like a pretty good set. The movie in my hometown. Yeah, yeah be in. Sounds like you're pretty upset. Yeah, yeah, no. Sounds like you're pretty upset. No, it's fine. I think Paul Walter Hauser is gonna do a terrific job. I've watched it already. I couldn't get any of that experience

from living there my entire life. Right, no, yeah. No, I'm very happy for the movie. They needed PWH to be brought in to play the role of Mike Mitchell. Yeah. Oh man. No, no, no, there's no bitterness here.

I know it's weird that maybe my teeth aren't moving. Instigator's kind of a generic title, I feel like. Yeah, well, I mean, we've seen it at this point in W.I.G.S. We can say it right now. It sucks. I mean, am I wrong, W.I.G.S.? No, it sucks shit. Bad movie. First of now, it sucks. I mean, am I wrong, Wags? No, it sucks shit. Bad movie.

First of all, streaming movie? Yeah, what are we doing? Apple movie? Not even a movie. Not even a movie. Tomorrow War at least had COVID to blame. Okay, you're in the seaside commune. Maybe there's no notable like local restaurants

that took away your fancy, but it is. I imagine there's a lot of seafood just being in mass in general. There's even a freaking lighthouse. There's a lighthouse there. There is? Oh, shh, just go with it. Yeah, there's a lighthouse there.

Wow, there's a lighthouse. Are you a seafood enthusiast? I love seafood. What's your favorite? I love oysters. Okay. I love a lobster roll. Oh, right.

What kind of lobster roll? Oh, you just said warm. Like warm, all the fixings. I also love, I think my favorite food might be like a seafood french fry, if that makes sense. Interesting. I know exactly what you're talking about, but he might not.

There's this very specific kind of french fry that like. Is yellow? Yeah. I mean, it is kind of, I mean, what I'm saying makes sense. Yes. It's like very crispy on the outside, very soft on the inside, and they just,

I associate them with like tartar sauce. Yeah. Or like, did you ever go to Sullivan's on Castle Island in South Boston? I mean, like, that's the best, fried clams and like... Not that I go to Sullivan's, but I used to collect garbage from there. Why?

I was a garbage man. Oh. Oh, thank God. I? I was a garbage man. Oh. Oh, thank god. I thought you were just unsanctioned, sneaking on the Castle Island. Hey, is that going to take this stuff? God, there's so many treasures in here. This is amazing.

I love it. Yeah, that Castle Island French fry. There's, I don't know. Do you know what I mean, though? Yeah, 100%. Yeah. Castle Islands, I believe, are crinkle cut. Yeah, those are crinkle cut.

But it is also, they are very similar. They're like a very, they're very yellow. I know that this sounds insane to say that they're very yellow. No, I get what you're saying. I mean, like we had fried clams when we went to Tony's. And so like, yeah, I get the kind of fry that would come with it.

Some, I think, I don't think you're talking about these, but some sea fries, I'll call them. I think that we can, we might as well. Yeah, we've invented this now. This is what they're called. Some of them will have skin on them, and I don't think those are sea. Like, in my mind, the sea fries, I know what you're talking

about, are like thick, yellow, white. You know what they remind me of? They remind me of Wendy's old fries, but like thicker. OK. And more potato. Right. But a good fry on them too, like they're crispy. They're really fried on the outside.

Really soft on the inside. Like Jake's and Hull, I feel like I associate those french fries with them. A few of the places in Faneuil Hall where you can get a lobster roll. Oh yeah. Those french fries. Wow.

Quincy Market, did you ever go or no? I don't think we went to Faneuil Hall, did we? I don't think so. I mean, you didn't, I don't know. You took me around a bunch of places. Did you go to the original Dunkin' Donuts in Quincy? We did, yeah. We did.

I showed you everything in Quincy. Yeah, you did. I showed you this shed that I got locked in during football practice. I showed him everything. I've gotten that tour, the driving tour of Quincy now, three times, I believe. Cause you gave it to me originally there,

and then when Carl was there with us, you gave it to us again, and then when Mookie was there, you gave it to us again. You're never paying attention. I'm paying attention all the time. I'm looking at your phone, you were watching the Hawk 2 again. Look at me.

Is there a plaque where you got locked in the shed? Do people leave flowers there? They think I'm still in it? Yeah. Leave little notes and teddy bears for you, I'm sure. The people know I've escaped. People know I have escaped at this point. No, I don't know if too many,

you know what, the shed isn't there anymore. I think that's a part of the issue. Oh, okay, yeah. It was like a shipping container. Right. And Coach Chrism and Coach Carter were like, hey, there's something on the back of the, Coach Chrism was like,

hey, there's something on the back of the thing. And then I went back there and I heard like, hee hee hee hee hee. Like, and then. Oh, they locked you in there on purpose? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was funny. I mean, like, they were, like, it was only for a few. You were grownups, you trusted.

Yeah, no, I mean, it was only for a few, it was only for a few, a few days. A different time. Is Quincy proud of you, do you think? Uh, no. Has the city given you, like, a key or anything? You know what, I did get the key. Yeah, you did.

I got the key for, I did a show called What's Going On, which was, actually, I wonder if you can find, I bet you that Mike Mitchell Day thing is still up on, you on, like, or Vimeo, but if you search like Quincy Mike Mitchell Day, I bet you could find it, but they, Mike Cassidy flew back to Quincy without me knowing.

So it was a talk show that I would go up on stage and I wouldn't know who the guests were or what I think the bits were, and then they secretly flew Mike Cassidy flew back to Quincy without me knowing. So it was a talk show that I would go up on stage and I wouldn't know who the guests were or what any of the bits were. And then they secretly flew Mike Cassidy and Jack went back and then Justin Donaldson. And they like taped a thing around Quincy where they like met with like my kindergarten teacher and like my theater teacher and like my aunts

and Neil Cawley from the fact fact that they went all over Quincy and then my old high school cheerleading team cheered out a thing and then went to the mayor and like, can we get a key to the city? He's like, we don't really do that. And they're like, well, could you just give us one in there? He's like, sure. And he gave him a key.

It's John Adams' skull. It's his skull. Maybe this, I guess. It is right there. His tomb is right near. Don't go believing how high, Nick. The Adams presidents are actually in a tomb. Oh, interesting.

In the movie, they show them in a grave. And Red Man and Methan Man dig up their bones and smoke them. That's right. I remember that. My dad and I got locked in there. They forgot we were down there. Oh my god. I was doing a book report on Abigail Adams,

and so my dad drove me to all the Adams sites. And we went down to see the tomb. And then the guy who led us, because it's in the basement of that church, right? Yes, yeah, yeah. It's like John Quincy Adams and his wife, too, are in there. And then they forgot we were there. You were locked in a tomb?

Yeah, and we were like, hello. I was in the fourth grade. It's really scary. With a dead president. Yeah. It's like, I don't love it. That's grade. It's really scary. With a dead president. Yeah. I don't love it. That's horrifying. You're looking out there. I'm going to add that to my tour.

Yeah. Maybe a plaque and some bears and stuff. Yeah, of course. Yeah, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Abigail Adams, and Mrs. Adams. Quincy Adams. Mrs. Quincy Adams. Wednesday is down there. Yeah, Wednesday. Yeah. Adams. Quincy Adams. This is Quincy Adams. Yeah.

Thursday is down there. Yeah, Wednesday. Yeah. They're all down there. Doesn't it? I guess it's nice that the four of them are down there together. Yeah. I don't know.

That room has a weird vibe. It has a weird vibe. Have you been in there? Yeah. Yeah, I don't want that. Also, it's like a weird thing of you and your wife and your parents and yeah I don't know I mean, I guess there's I don't know tension Nice right isn't that we tell you have a family plot isn't that?

There I'm just saying like I don't know like you know like I don't like I don't know if ghosts get horny or anything Like that, I don't know. That's your concern You feel like the Adams are like sucking and fucking and then at a certain point they're like, we're out of combinations, let's mix it up. I think John and Abigail were pretty in love. Yeah. I think they're still having sex. You think they're still,

they're fine to just be monogamous. Yeah, their letters are pretty fiery. Got it. Did you watch the mini series, the John Adams mini series? Oh yeah, big time. Yeah, it's good. I was watching it.

I've never seen it with Giamatti. You gotta see it. I gotta watch it, I bet I would love it. My sister won the Abigail Adams Award this year, that is the truth. That's right, congrats to Courtney. Oh my gosh, amazing. Yeah.

Her reward was, they locked her in that two or three minutes. Yeah, they gotta watch some ghosts have sex. You're welcome. John Adams was like, He said that? It was, oh yeah. It's just him, he's by himself. Oh God. John Adams is like, oh, wait. He said that? It was, oh yeah.

It's just him. He's by himself. Oh God. Good for him. Yeah, good for him. Also in How High, we didn't talk about it, Ben Franklin comes back, his ghost appears, and it turns out that like it's like, because when they smoke his ashes, does he come back to life?

Is that what it is? I can't remember. Yeah, they then see his ghost. His ghost and he's like, I invented the bong. That was like one of my inventions. Yeah, it turns out that he invented the bong. Yeah, he's funny. Do you know that we reviewed it on our podcast?

We did, we did a whole episode about it. I can barely remember it, it's John Diston. Barely remember it. Okay, so you're in Massachusetts, you moved to Chicago, you lived there for many years. What was your Chicago experience like? A big, well-known food city. Yeah, oh, I love Chicago.

Yeah. I mean, but- More than Boston? Don't make me do this. Maybe, yeah, I think I might like Chicago a little bit. I'm so sorry. You're like the most Boston person I've ever met in my life. This feels like the Boston personified sitting next to me.

And I'm choosing Chicago. I'm very sad about it. It's OK. It's OK. Yeah. This is your hometown. I don't know. I don't know.

They may be equal to me. I understand being blasé about your hometown. It's just like, whatever. Can I tell you something that you'll find exciting? Not far from that little circle in Hingham. I mean, when I drive into Hingham, there's that one road that has the speed sign up on it. And there's like that little shack, cottage or something,

you know what I'm talking about? And then you drive by there and then there's a little, like a rotary and then you would go this way wise and you drive just a little bit, not too far away. I'd say you're about 10 minutes out, 15, 10 to 15 at this point. a little bit, not too far away. I'd say you're about 10 minutes out, 10 to 15 at this point. You're gonna get to Gru's house.

To Gru's house? Steve Carell's. Oh, the actor who portrays Gru. Gru's house. From Despicable Me. Of all the roles to choose of his. Well, he doesn't just dress like a boy. He likes boyish things, too.

He's a huge. I do like things too. He's a huge- I do like the minions. He's a huge minions guy. He's a huge minions guy. Oh yeah. But you said Gru's house and I was like, do you mean like an actual landmark that they use to model like Gru's house?

But no, you actually mean where Steve Carell lives. Steve Carell's house. How about that? He doesn't live in LA? I think I'm out and about. Do you see him out and about in Hingham? Yeah, during like the summer, I've seen him a couple times.

I think he owns one of the, like the Cracker Barrel corner about in Hingham? Yeah, during the summer, I've seen him a couple times. I think he owns one of the Cracker Barrel corner store in Hingham. Oh. He owns something. Yeah, in this school. Yeah. Yeah. Corrella's over there.

Yeah. Hanging out. Yeah. Going to Friendly's with his kids, I'm sure. How fun is that? If you can find one, it's the sad thing, is that there's not too many Friendly's left. We were in like a ways into Western Mass when we got one.

Yeah, that's right. Wait, we're talking about Massachusetts again. I see what you did. Hey, how did you do that? You're talking about Chicago. I don't think Steve Carell would choose Chicago. He chose Massachusetts after all. Yeah.

So, okay, Chicago, you're living there. What are your favorite like eats? Food. Yeah. Well, the sad thing about Chicago is living there. What are your favorite like eats? Food. Well, the sad thing about Chicago is like an incredible food city and I was eating fucking hot dogs at improv theaters the whole time, which is like devastating.

It's Shakespearean, how tragic that is. What kind of hot dogs? Without. Just whatever hot dogs? Without ketchup, so people don't scream at you. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not, I didn't, I mean, I don't have gluten,

but even like the gluten-free, not a big deep dish person. I hated taking people. It was a night ruiner. Everyone had to go to sleep immediately after having deep dish. But I love, my favorite restaurant in Chicago is called Tweet, and it's like a breakfast restaurant. Tweet? Tweet. Like a bird and it's like a breakfast restaurant. Tweet? Tweet. Like a bird? Yeah, like a bird.

Like a social media post on the now renamed X? Mm-hmm. Wow. Exactly. Wow. So that was my favorite restaurant, but also I lived in like River North, and there was amazing stuff. Like Cafe Babariba was amazing. I don't know if you've ever been there.

It's like a topless place. Cafe Babarino? Babariba. Babariba. I thought like a tapas place. Cafe Babarino? Babariba? Babariba. Oshaval? I thought it was maybe named after Vinny Babarino. I was excited for a second. Oshaval, I've heard of Oshaval. Oshaval, Big and Littles. Yeah.

I like the Billy Goat Tavern. I know it's a touristy thing, but we've had Pequod's Wags. Had a lovely time there. Yeah, we had a good time. But that is deep dish, which again, a night ruiner. To your point, yeah. It's very much like this thing like, okay, I've done that. I don't need to be do this with any regularity.

Exactly. I feel like my Chicago go-to spots are like now dated by like seven or eight years or something. Like I bet you there's better places to go. The one spot I will shout out is a place that Natalie took me to, Berrieria Zaragoza. I bet you there's better places to go. Look, the one spot I will shout out is a place that Natalie took me to, Birriere Zaragoza. I've been there a few times,

but it's some of the best birri I've ever had in my life. And it's, yeah. Speaking of Shakespeare tragedy, we were, another Shakespearean tragedy is we were right next to it. We were right next to one doing our dumb show, and then we couldn't get it because of the hours.

We had to order takeout from a bar nearby, which was fine. That's so sad. That's too bratwurst. Yeah. That was elegant. I loved that. Who are you saying that to? She had a Shakespearean thing about hot dogs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I know, I know.

I was just trying to combine the two. I liked it. Why don't you try one? It's not my bit. I don't have to try one. You should try one. I'd try one of your bits. Which bit? What did you try? I'll try one if you want me to. You'll try a bit of mine? Yeah. Well, I don't have a bit for you to try. So the idea is you're Chicago-ing up a Shakespeare quote. Yeah, there you go. All right, too brat or not too brat? I like it.

That is the sausage. I was gonna say too bean or not too bean. Oh, too bean or not too bean is better. Too bean or not too bean is much better. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm so sorry to have immediately improved on what you just did. My favorite Midwest food discovery was Culver's, which is not a Chicago thing.

Culver's rocks. Yeah, we've had a great time at Culver's. I get emotional every time I get to go to a Culver's. Yeah, it's so good. It's just the best. Hey, to curd or not to curd, am I right? All right, we're all circling the same quote. We know, we know way more.

We know, we know. We know way more quotes. It feels like it for sure. At two, curd. Oh brother. He's so quotable. Shakespeare. One of the most quotable. That guy's so quotable. So crazy.

It's almost annoying. Anyway, go ahead. You lived in Chicago, you lived in Mass, you're out here now, but you also went to Ireland. Was that this year? What was your Ireland trip like? Have you been before? Never been before.

Are you Irish? Yeah, can you tell by my everything and my translucent skin? On how sickly I look? Yeah, I have a ton of Irish ancestry. I had never been, I was very excited to go. I had a Guinness there and I hadn't had gluten in 15 years, 16 years, worth it.

And then when I got to the cliffs, I was like, yeah, I should be the queen of this place. Cliffs of Moor? Yeah, I was like, I should be directing a fleet of ships from these cliffs. Like something happened to me where I was like, I should be directing a fleet of ships from these cliffs. Something happened to me where I was like, yeah, yeah. It sounds like your dream is to maybe be an evil person possibly.

Yeah, yeah, I just send people to do my doings. Very Gru of me, I think. All right. I'm coming up. You can do it. Yeah, okay, cool. You got one minion. I did the Ireland trip and when my dad was,

not to bring him up a bunch, but he ties into this again, when he was sick, we went to Ireland and we did the southern coast. We went around the southern coast and it was great. Beautiful. It's beautiful. The food was way better than I thought it would be. I had very low expectations for the Irish food.

I went to a pub and I sat next to, this is gonna sound so weird and made up, I sat next to a billionaire from New York by accident. Wow. And like learned all about his life. He was interesting and nice. Do you think he was lying? No, I looked into him.

Immediately I was like, this guy's full of shit. He's lying. Was it Trump? Yeah, it was Trump. Our current president? Oh no, oh no. It wouldn't be yet. Oh, when is this episode? Was it Trump? Yeah, it was Trump. Our current president? Oh, no. It wouldn't be yet.

Oh, when is this episode? November. Well, would... There's election happens, then he gets inaugurated in January. We would know by now, though. We would know. This might be the darkest week of people's lives that they're hearing this episode. It's a possibility.

And then you add doughboys listening on top of that? That's pretty bad. But he has a house... It's a possibility for any week. Let's a possibility. And then you add doughboys listening on top of that? That's pretty bad. But he has a house. It's a possibility for any week. Let's be honest. Any week now could be the worst time to be alive. So it's fine. It's just like that's the nature of recording something in advance.

That's a good point. I think you make people feel better. I'm sorry, finish it. Oh, no. So he, the billionaire, gave me a bunch of, he has like a house in Dingle, which is where I was. Okay, yeah. And he gave me a bunch of, he has like a house in Dingle, which is where I was. And he gave me a bunch of restaurant recommendations. And I was like, okay, great.

And then didn't see him for a couple of days and told my friends when I went back to my Airbnb, I was like, I met a billionaire today. And they were like, what? And we ran into him on the street and he was like, have you gone to the restaurant? You simply must try the oysters with the caviar on it. And they were like, that's the most billionaire thing.

You might as well have been wearing a monocle. It was so cartoonish. But the food we tried there was like, we went to all of his recommendations and it was like incredible food. How was the oyster with the caviar? Unbelievable. Wow, okay. He was so right, yeah.

It was worth the $20, I think, for two of them. But worth it. You mentioned being gluten-free. Like this has been a thing you've done for a while. Like what is the main obstacle to a GF lifestyle? Like what is the thing that's like the toughest thing by its absence? That's a great question.

Being in transit, I'd say. Like airport food, road trip food is really bleak. Sometimes I'll like be in a panic on a, if I'm in like the Midwest, and I'm like, I'm not gonna eat for a while. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's the hardest part. Yeah, yeah.

I'm both, when I travel, I don't eat usually on travel day. Do you? Yeah, always. You do? I get, but this is the thing, like I, we have, we have completely different schedules. So like, if we've got like a flight, you know, like let's say, let's say we're traveling together

and we've got like a flight at like 10 a.m. I'm up at like six o'clock and I'm going through my morning routine. I'm having a breakfast and everything. I'm getting my day started. And me, it's 9.45, I gotta get to the plane. I mean, it's true though. You think that's what the fuck's happening?

It is true though, like you were someone who was like, I'm gonna go straight there and I'm gonna like, like you're cutting it a little bit closer, you're waking up a little bit closer to departure time. You're so defensive. I've never missed a flight during Go Boys, and you have, and there have been multiple times. Where were you nervous you were gonna miss it

more than once? That's true. Had two broad words. What's wrong with you? That's true. I didn't wanna go, but I ended up going. But here's what I was gonna say. So that was the reason why you didn't.

Yeah, that's part of it. But anyway, I was gonna say the... Oh, that makes it so much better. I didn't really wanna go on the tour. I still went, it worked out. Anyway, what I was going to say is, like my whole day is based around, I have to get my morning routine in.

So like if we're doing something early, I just am shifting my morning routine earlier, which is you, I think you're more sort of like, you're a night owl, right? Your things are shit, a little bit later. And you tend to eat later. Like today we had our meal before the show, that's very oftentimes your first food

you're eating in a day, right? Sometimes, yeah. I would say most of the time. Not yesterday. What was yesterday? Yesterday was the cafe latte thing or whatever. Oh yeah, well because you got it in advance. Fine, okay, that's an exception.

But for the most part, you're like someone who eats first thing later in the day. And you sleep in later than me. Okay, you win You know we're on different schedules I agree with you. I was in bed before you got home last night. We just talked about this We go over this all the time. We're completely different schedules. I was clowning. I was clowning last night Just a quick peek behind the curtain. It really does feel like they're both about to burst into tears

Just a quick peek behind the curtain, it really does feel like they're both about to burst into tears. Like energy-wise, I feel like I'm out of sleepover, and you're both about to call your parents and ask you to pick you up. These parents should come fuckin' pick them up. Fuckin' dressed for it. That triggered like my fight or flight in my arms.

I'm like, my friends are fighting. No, no, no, no. It's going great. Well, first of all, yes, we have different schedules. We have different schedules. I don't know what has to do with flying because even if we're not flying in the morning, I'm saying I don't eat when I travel.

I know, I understand that. Look, are we gonna get- So you want a little crazy. Are we gonna get crass here? Why, what do you mean? I'm just gonna say like, I have, I am trying to have an AM-BM before I board a flight.

So I want to have some food in my body. I want to have some time to get up. Look. Because I don't want to be shitting on a plane, right? I accidentally went into an AM-BM and said I'm an AM-PM the other day. That was horrible. I left there and I was like, what did I buy? You bought a turd? I left there and I was like, what did I buy?

Is it what, a turd? I bought a turd. Oh man, I shouldn't have filled up my big gulp here. Would it be piss? Or would it be like, liquid turd? I thought it would be diarrhea, but I guess it could be piss. I'm going to have to disassociate for the next couple of weeks. Wake me up when this is over. But I think there's an element of maybe you're afraid

of having to use the bathroom on the plane, and so- I don't want my stomach to be hurting when I'm flying. You don't have a tummy ache, you don't have the rumblies on the plane. And the air pressure will hurt your stomach, no matter what the schedule. Right, exactly. Yeah, it does. Air pressure hurts your stomach? I don't really experience that,

but I don't necessarily have the best experience in flight anyway. But anyway, I'm trying to get everything moving before I get on the plane. So I wanna take care of that stuff so I don't have to worry about it. So yeah, I usually am eating something in the morning, but I'm also a breakfast guy, I always eat breakfast.

You get everything out, right? Like every, you cover every body basis, I'm saying. Yeah, every every fluids gotta go yeah drained got disgusting for no reason well you flipped out on me you fuck I don't know so why you got so defensive when it's just a truism it's just absolutely my meal is here are my first meals that's true sometimes we'll finish a fucking record we're not eating in advance, and you are like, I haven't eaten yet today.

You guys are ruining my birthday sleepover. That is true. That's true. It is true, but that has nothing to do with the airplane. The idea of me eating my first meal at 3pm is unthinkable. That's insane. What does this have to do with an airplane? No, you were just talking about eating.

You're talking about eating schedules. I'm talking about eating for an airplane. I know, and that's why I'm this have to do with an airplane? You were just talked about eating you're talking about eating I'm talking about eating for an airplane. I know and that's why I like this stupid podcast That's why I'm saying You wanna go get a coffee? That's why I'm saying I always eat Beforehand and you're saying I usually don't eat when I'm traveling. Well we usually eat for the show because we're on different schedules We're not talking about the show, we're talking about flying guys are like Bert and Ernie if Bert and Ernie were terrible Hahahaha

Guess who's one you are Hahahaha Hahahaha Hahahaha You're Ernie you piece of sh- I mean wait I'm Ernie I fucked up Hahahaha Oh you're both Ernie. I fucked up. Oh, you're both Ernie.

And it's awful. Oh my God. That's so funny. What I was trying to say is that what I do for the podcast doesn't matter for flying. I could eat no matter what. I'm just saying it doesn't matter. I'm gonna say that calmly. That was my whole point. it doesn't matter. I'm going to say that calmly.

That was my whole point. It doesn't matter. I'm just going to say this calmly. The whole thing we're saying is that we have different schedules. Oh my God. That basically, because you brought this up initially. You said you don't like to eat on days when you fly, and I do like to eat. It's just because we have different schedules. I didn't say that. And that's not why I don't eat before a flight It doesn't have to do with my schedules. I'm saying okay, it's a nighttime flight or a morning flight

That's all I was saying you're not eating the entire day if you're flying a red out No, I'm not gonna eat like hours before the flight. That's that's what I'm saying I'll never like and I'm saying if I have an 8 p.m. Flight I'm not gonna eat at 5 p.m. Or I'm gonna eat like maybe at noon or maybe Like have other meals earlier in the day. But when it's like a four or five hour window before a flight, I'm not eating. And because you sleep in later,

if that flight is earlier, then you're not gonna have a window to eat in advance because you haven't gotten up yet. That's all we're saying, Mitch. It didn't make any sense, but sure. To move on, I know, it's bizarre. It didn't make any sense, but sure. To move on, I know it's bizarre. It makes total sense. I like to eat on an airplane.

What are you like? It is fine. What are your in-flight snacks? What do you go for? I like to get like a fruit snack. Yeah. What do you say fruit snack? You mean like a piece of fruit?

No, oh, no. No, like Welch's fruit snack. Oh, yeah, sure, sure, sure. That's I think those are I think that is like a reason like a bag of Cheez-Its on the flight. Yeah, something salty. Yeah. A little something salty, something sweet and then like electrolytes. OK, yeah.

What's your go to for a for like an inflate snack? Ah, hmm. Cheez-Its or I mean mean, I flew the other day. I had a 7 p.m. flight. So I slept in till about 5 p.m. That's not what I'm saying. But I got a bagel and I didn't eat the bagel, I wrapped it up and took it home

because I don't eat before flights. Got it. I never eat before flights. He's gonna yell again. I know, I know. I know. Stop saying it. I don't eat before flights, so I gonna yell again. I know, I know. I know. Stop saying it. I don't eat before flights, so I got a bagel,

I put it in my bag. You got a bagel on the plane, and then you saved it. No, I got a bagel before. Oh, beforehand, got it for later. And then I put it in my bag, I wrapped it up and put it in my bag, and I chose not to eat it. And then I got on the plane,

and I did have some pretzels on the plane. There you go. This is a spirit flight. You saving the bagel until you get back, until you get home? Yeah, on the next morning I ate it. That to me is unhinged. You're buying an airport bagel to save for the next day?

It was sliced. But it wasn't toasted. It was sliced, but it wasn't toasted. Oh, okay. It was an everything bagel, and then there was a side of cream cheese. So the cream cheese was out for two hours basically. That's fine. Why not just get something at home?

Well, I ate it the next morning for breakfast before I got the coffee stuff. At your hotel? Here in Las... You were back home. Yes. You bought a bagel. In Vegas.

In Vegas, at the airport. Yes. That you had the next morning back in your home. Yes. At 9 a.m., Wags, I got up and I ate a bagel at 9 a.m. A bagel bagel? Yes. Why not just get a bagel in LA's anywhere?

Go to the grocery store. Because it was a famous bagel place I wanted to try. Okay, okay, that's some context that's useful. An airport famous bagel place. Yes, I didn't get a shitty airport bagel. So you got one in Vegas? In Vegas. It was called bagel place. Yes, I didn't get like a shitty airport bagel. So you got one in Vegas? In Vegas, it was called Bagelmania.

Got it. And I got a bagel, and I don't know how famous they are or how good they are, but they were like, Vegas is famous bagel, so I got an everything bagel, and I got a side of cream cheese. I got chive cream cheese, they gave me regular cream cheese. And I wrapped it up, because I don't eat before flights. Sure. I know that that's crazy don't eat before flights. Sure.

I know that that's crazy and it might set you off. And then I brought it home with me and then I had some pretzels on the plane. We got to buy on Spirit, you had to buy. Yeah, that's a bummer. I've never flown Spirit. You ever flown Spirit? I have.

What was that like? Not good. I have a friend who's a flight attendant for them. Okay, sure. So good. So great. I have a friend who's a flight attendant for them. Okay, sure. So good. So great. I loved it very much. It was, the flight was delayed by like hours,

which was annoying. But buying snacks on a plane, it shouldn't. You don't wanna do it, but then it's gonna be just the default soon. Yeah, but you have to buy a Coke, like you have to buy your Coke. Right, but every airline is just going to copy that. It's just going to become a thing

where it's an expectation where now there's an upcharge for alcohol and eventually it'll be an upcharge for absolutely anything you want to get on a plane. Do either of you drink on planes? I will sometimes, yeah. He drinks on everything. Hey, I think you might have had a few this morning

after my drift. I will sometimes, but then I'll have to, I feel like it will make me have to pee. Here's the thing. I'm first off, I'm an aisle seat person. So, cause I'm gonna have to pee a bunch of times. So I'm just, I always do the aisle seat and I don't, I can't sleep on planes.

So that's part of it too. I get very anxious on planes. So I do feel like the one thing about alcohol is I can self-medicate anxiety to some degree. So I will have like, first off, I like having a Bloody Mary just cause your taste buds are different in a different altitude. So I like that, that had the tomato juice.

And I also like, you know, I'll have a glass of wine or something. I don't know. I don't go nuts, but I'll sometimes get myself a little buzz. You just name three drinks? Well, like, I want to go get all those in one flight. But like, I'll get like, hey, someone's going to buy, like, yeah, all right.

If you get three drinks, I know. I mean, I'll sometimes have a cocktail. But I don't know. If I have two cocktails, I feel like it's going to start. Yeah. I'm going to have to start using the bathroom. If you're in first class, but I don't know. If I have two cocktails, I feel like it's gonna start. I'm gonna have to start using the bathroom. You're in first class, because sometimes you're in a union job or whatever,

they have to fly you first class. You get that, so it's a very nice perk. It's gonna happen. You get that little champagne. That's pretty nice. Yeah. You ever do that? Yeah, but I actually go with the juice option.

If it's champagne or juice. Oh, you get an OJ. Oh, nice. I get OJs. I can't resist the fizz, and I'm just like, oh, I get to have champagne, okay. Here we go. Elegant.

Yeah, it's elegant. Like if I fly, I had a JetBlue credit card because they're one of the people who fly to Boston. So they have like a thing where you can get like a mint drink and it can have booze in it. And I always feel like a little kid because I'm like, I'll have it without the booze. Sorry, you say mint drink, not can have booze in it. And I always feel like a little kid, cause I'm like, oh, without the booze. Sorry, you say mint drink, not like a mint flavor.

Mint is what they call their first class. They put a mint leaf in it, but it's like, but it is like a lime. I think it's like lime based. But it's because their first class is called mint. Their first class is called mint. Do you fly jet blue back? Sometimes, yeah.

Yeah, it's a big, it's a Boston airport, so it has the most options. Not a lot of Las Vegas to LA options. I almost had to, you were gonna be so mad because I almost, my flight almost got canceled because we were recording the next day. So you wouldn't have been mad. And you were going to Vegas just for fun.

I was going to Vegas for fun, which is against the law. And so I was like almost. It would have been fine. I would have had to rent a car and drive back. I was very nervous it was gonna happen. It would have been fine. All right, you mentioned before we're gonna start recording that you don't have a sense of smell anymore.

No, not really. You have the condition known as anosmia. Which I didn't even know it had a name. Yeah, and that's obviously your smell affects your sense of taste a lot. Like, does it change what foods you eat or does it change your sort of like, what flavors you crave?

It definitely makes the experience a little bit sadder and worse. Oh man. But I can smell something if I put it right up against my nose. So it's just like, it's just dull. It's dull. So like, anything that's like this far away,

I can't smell. But I've had the experience now, which didn't used to happen. If something's bad, I get way too close to eating it before I realized. Oh, sure. Oh, man. Yeah, so that added to the stress a little bit.

Yeah, that's scary. I went to this crazy lady and she put like lasers up my nose to fix it and it didn't do anything. So I've never tried to get it back after that experience. She put lasers up your nose? Yeah, also you described her as a crazy lady. Yeah.

I probably shouldn't have said that. Fucking lunatic with a laser pointer. Jammed it up my nose. What type of lasers were, what type of, it was like a- I think she was a con artist. No, she just was like, when everyone was losing their smell during COVID, she was like, I don't know what to do.

I'll pretend I have an answer to this. Is she a doctor? No. Okay. I think she was like a chiropractor. Got it, got it. Interesting choice. But someone was like, yeah, you can get your smell back.

And I went in and I was like, uh-oh, immediately did not like the vibe. Yeah, wow. And then let her put laser at my nose. But your sense of smell was not specifically a COVID casualty. No, it was a Zycam casualty. Wow.

And you can quote me on that. I fucking hate you, Zycam. Wow. I used Zycam for a little bit. I guess I will never use it again. No, never use it again. Yeah. Is there a class action suit or anything

that people are doing about it? I think they tried and then they failed because you can also lose your sense of smell if you get a cold. Oh. So they can't prove it. It's very sinister. Big Zycam.

And their big tower laughing, counting my money. Brew like tower. Our snack or whack was Zycam. Oh no. Do you mind? Yeah, go for it. We make you lose taste too? You were snorting it up your nose, right?

Yeah, I did the little like, dip it in a thing and then put the zinc up your nose. And then I was like, uh-oh. Cause I was a big like candle and perfume person. Right. I guess I still am, but it doesn't hit the same anymore. Yeah. Man.

And then also sometimes like you think you're an AMPM, you don't even realize you're an AMBM. It's a disaster. Yeah, what a mess. Disgusting. I mean, you should be able to see're in an AMB. It's a disaster. What a mess. Disgusting. I mean, you should be able to see too. Yeah, sure. You're just kind of on autopilot sometimes.

I was wondering, that's as far as your senses. I guess that's the one that it's like, yeah, I would lose that first, but still it doesn't make it any less hard. How do you rank the senses? Ooh. Boy, that's tough. You know what? Today, I would vote hearing.

Hearing's, hearing might be number one. Hearing's number one. No, no, no, I'm saying today, I would vote to get rid of my hearing for this whole episode. Oh. Oh. Yeah, fair enough.

Taste, I wouldn't want to lose taste. I would lose taste. Taste is good, but I could lose taste. The advantage of losing taste is that then all of a sudden, like, you know what, I can just eat mush. I can just eat healthy, like, nutrition. Wait, taste is your losing smell too, right? Basically, aren't they so- They're very interrelated.

I don't know if people have an exact percentage, but you hear taste is like 75% smell or something like that. And if you lose touch, it's not just your hands, it's your whole body. Actually, touch is probably most important. You need touch, you gotta have touch. Oh, weird, I never even thought about losing touch. Yeah, you gotta have touch.

Oof. Someone say you lost touch a long time ago. Me? Yeah. What would you, like, I couldn't know, I could no longer pet Wally and Irma? No, yeah, you gotta have touch. So I just wouldn't feel anything?

It would be numb? No. Touch might be my number one. I think touch is number one. Then hearing, then sight. Touch, then hearing, then sight, yeah. Yeah, and then the other two are lower. Sight below hearing? Yeah. Sight is good, sight is, the sight, yeah. Yeah, and then the other two are lower. Sight below hearing?

Yeah, music. The thing is, sight is big, but I feel like you, so much of life is conversation, right? It's like a series of talking with other people. I guess you can have those conversations with other methods if you don't have a, you can't hear, but I don't know. I just feel like that's, it'd be tough to lose that. If I had to give up like sunsets or music,

I'd give up sunsets. Wow. Yeah. I don't know if I could lose, I think sight is the one I wouldn't want to lose at all. Though, Jemmy snored, so I don't know if that means that she's bored of this conversation or what. But I thought it was pretty good. Hey buddy, you know what I hate?

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That's BetterHelp, H-E-L-P dot com slash doughboys. We do have to talk about our restaurant. That's right. We have it. Now, would we like to lose our taste for this restaurant? That's the big question. Good question. Wait, I have one more question before we get into,

just one that I wrote out. Erin, your podcast is called Hey Riddle Riddle. Yes. Do you ever feel like you're craving some hey fiddle faddle? That's the last question you had to get to? All right, Erin, will you answer the question please? Yep. All right, great. Backyard answer the question, please? Yep. All right, great.

Backyard Bowls was founded in 2008 in Santa Barbara by surfers Dan Goddard and Pete Heth. They got really into acai bowls while living in Hawaii. And they used to surf a spot on Oahu called the backyard. So that's where the name comes from. My movie pitch. What is that? Santa Barbara, his sister.

Yeah, that one's good. I like it a lot. Yeah. Santa Claus is indisposed. That I love. Santa Claus' sister is Santa Barbara. I was like, I'm Santa Barbara. I'm Santa's sister.

What's her vibe? Is she like surfer-y? Yes. Okay. Yeah, yeah, oh, she's like surfer-y. She like evokes the city of Santa Barbara. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sort of laid back surfer-y culture.

And she saves Christmas? She saves Christmas, yeah. And of laid back surfer dude culture. He saves Christmas? She saves Christmas, yeah. And it's also like anywhere you can be can be Christmas. You know, it's kind of like a little. Right, yeah, that is fun. That's a good attitude. What was the one they made? There was like a Netflix movie where there was like

a Christmas sister or something, right? But they were Santa's kids, right? Oh, yeah. I don't remember what that was. Santa's kids. Right, wasn't there some Netflix? Santa has kids? I don't know, I thought. Santa's kids. Right, wasn't there some Netflix? Santa has kids? I don't know, I thought in this one.

The Claus family? No, it wasn't the Claus family. It wasn't Bill Hader in it. A boy called Christmas? Noelle? Oh, Noelle. Noelle, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That wasn't Santa's sister, right? I think that was Santa's daughter. I think, yeah, I don't know. I don't remember. Santa's, Santa's. We'll never know. Anyway, back there. Santa and Mrs. Claus have had children?

I don't know. In this universe, they have. I feel like they have a sexless marriage. That's how I feel too. That's like the Da Vinci Code's whole thing, right? Is that... What? Is it?

Well, the secret of the Da Vinci Code is like Christ had a son. That's the reveal. So it's a similar sort of thing. Like everyone thinks they're chased, but maybe we'd, you know. And he's figuring that out and people don't want him to figure it out. Yeah, because it's like a scandal in the church. Da Vinci Code was one of those funny things

where I was like, it was coming out and everyone loved the book. And I was like, I'll see it after I read the book. And then I never read the book and I never saw the movie. There's been a lot of stuff like that over the years. Gone Baby Gone was another one where I was like, I'm actually gonna read the book before I see the movie. There's been a lot of stuff like that over the years. Gone Baby Gone was another one where I was like, I'm actually gonna read the book before I see the movie.

I finally, I gave it and saw the movie, finally. Backyard Bowls prides itself on being green, both with ingredients and packaging, and I think that's, I don't know. I think this is in single-use plastic, so I don't know about that. Like, is it whatever, disposed, like, I don't think so. environmentally friendly? This is just straight up plastic, yeah. Oh, well, is it whatever, disposed like- I don't think so.

Environmentally friendly. This is just straight up plastic. Yeah. Oh, well, maybe they're just liars. Yeah, and then they also have six locations in SoCal, including one that is very close to our studio, which is part of why we had it. But has anyone had this before?

Cause I've had this both in LA, and I've also had it at the Santa Barbara location or one of the Santa Barbara locations. I've never had it before. You've never had it? I've never had it before either Santa Barbara location or one of the Santa Barbara locations. I've never had it before. You've never had it. I've never had it before either. Are you a bowl enthusiast? Like this kind of meal?

No, not usually. I sway more savory. And every time I get a bowl like this, I feel like it's coming off the heels of some sort of like existential crisis where I'm like, this is gonna fix my life. This is who I am now. I'm an acai bowl person.

You don't want that life. I mean, maybe it's a nice life. I don't know. At what cost? Yeah. Casey, Emma, have you, either of you had Backyard Bowls before? It is very close to Headgum.

Today was my first. Yeah, my first time also. So Marty, the CEO of Headgum, was talking about that he's a big Backyard Bulls fan. Not only did he say that, he even said one of my favorites. One of my favorites, like a go-to place. Marty also talked about going to the one in West Hollywood, which tends to be Hoppin'. And I've been to the Santa Monica one.

It's been like a lengthy queue. The Santa Barbara one, I feel like I waited 30 minutes for a bull. This one is comparatively, I feel like they're maybe not doing as much business and maybe it's just where it's located. But this is a place that's very popular, at least with some clientele. And maybe it's like kind of a Santa Barbara sort of vibe. It's like a sort of beachy sort of,

that's the sort of people who gravitate towards this. Yeah. I mean, I just don't know if I like acai bowls at all. I mean, we've talked about this. I like the one from Prest. Have you heard of Prest Juicery? I like that one from Prest. How do I feel about acai?

I don't know. I guess I'm kind of like neutral on it too. It's like whatever, but I like the other stuff that's in the bowl. Yeah, I don't know. Just the goop at the bottom of the bowl, I just don't care about. It's a lot of goop. And this one had- I'd rather it be ice cream. Every time I'm having that, I don't know. Just the goop at the bottom of the bowl, I just don't care about. It's a lot of goop.

And this one had- I'd rather it be ice cream. Every time I'm having that, I'm like, I just wish this was ice cream. That's true. Yeah, frozen yogurt or something. It is that sort of thing of like, I guess it's supposed to be healthy, but how, I mean, we've talked about it before. How healthy is it?

It's a lot of sugar, as we talked about. I mean, on that side, we always say this thing of like, eating a salad is better, you know what I mean? Like, I know that's like, that salad's actually not good for you. And I was like, yeah, well, whatever, it's fine. In acai bowl, I kind of categorize in the same way, but it is a lot of juice.

And this one used like this, like I had one that had a mango base, and I was like, I don't taste any difference. It tastes like acai always tastes to me, which is like purple goop. Yeah. Yeah. Let's get into our orders and let's start with the bowls because this place is backyard

bowls, although they also have smoothies and toasts, which we'll talk about. Erin, what did you get? I don't know. I should look up the names. Was it the Island Bowl? Was it the... Because I got the Santa Barbara Bowl, which I'll talk about. I almost got the same... Oh, wait, did I? You got the Island Bowl, I'm pretty sure. I got the Island Bowl. Erin got the small Island Bowl, which I'll talk about. I almost got the same, oh wait, did I? You got the Island bowl.

I got the Island bowl. Erin got the small Island bowl with gluten-free granola. Okay, the Island bowl, which is acai, banana, mango, pineapple juice, and coconut milk. Milk is spelled with a Y, which is a Mr. Stair brand. Yeah, Y is it, this is not real milk. I think it's just their brand. And it comes with hemp granola, banana, strawberries,

blueberries, coconut flakes, and local honey. So a lot of components in this. What did you think of that? Well, I picked this off of the list because I truly was feeling like I was going to get scurvy. I was like, I haven't had fruit in a long time. Wait, really? Yeah. You just don't eat fruit?

I forget to buy fruit. I forget to eat fruit. You also, you were at sea for a very long time. Yeah, I was at sea. I eat fruit every day. Oh, I don't know what's wrong with me. I definitely am like unwell because of it. Yeah.

What fruits do you like? I like grapes. I like raspberries, watermelon. Yeah. But I sometimes have issues with like texture. Sure. With fruit. And I will say it does sort of feel like

I just had like a birthday cake for breakfast. With what we ate today? Yeah, that's how my blood feels. Yeah. Oh yeah, you said you could feel the blood rushing to you. Yeah. It's very sugary. You gotta get on Wags' schedule if you wanna eat fruit.

Yeah. I do. I will oftentimes get up early and the first thing I will eat will be a, you know, I'll go on my little walk in the neighborhood and then I'll have like a fruit and yogurt bowl. Like that's very often the first thing I'll eat in a day. Mitch is a big fruit guy. I got my fruit man, Victor. Victor is fantastic. He's going to move away. He's going to move to Vegas. Talking about flip flops. I'm coming back. He's going. He's going to Vegas. He's, it was 110 degrees in Vegas. Pretty toasty.

He'd be gone by the time this comes out. End of the year. So 110 degrees. And I am like you, very Irish. And like, we were just like walking around and I was like, my arm is rashing up. And my arm was just rashing, just from being in the sun, basically.

But Victor has great mango wags, you've had his mango. I have had his mango. He has great pineapple. He has good fruit, good product. I mean, he has great fruit. He has great fruit all around. And he does a good job of, there's other fruit carts,

but his fruit is good. And then he squeezes fresh lime over it, which a lot of them do, and tzatziki. Oh, so nice. There's a lot of great fruit carts, but he does a good job. He's really good. I know that I say, but Sus backed me up. He's like one of the best.

You gotta try, Victor. All right. You gotta try, Victor. I'll go. I'll become a fruit person again, I guess. Yeah, yeah. I mean, there's a lot of like, scurvy, lime cures scurvy. So there's, and he just, he drizzles it and lime is fucking great. It took him so long to figure out scurvy. So there's the, and he just, he drizzles it

and lime is fucking great. It took them so long to figure out scurvy. It was like hundreds of years where they were just like, why do people get sick at sea? What the fuck is going on here? And they thought it was like things like, oh, you're like unmoored from being on land. You need to be on land.

That's what healed scurvy. Like they just had no idea how to diagnose it. They were, and they were drinking, right? Like, weren't they also drinking a bunch? Wasn't that? They were, yeah. So they just had no idea how to diagnose it. And they were drinking, right? Like weren't they also drinking a bunch? Wasn't that a- They were, yeah. So they're dehydrating themselves as part of it too. Oh wait, that's actually how it helps.

Like the lime, like it was like rum and lime they were drinking. Yes, that's part of it. But I mean like I read this book, The Wager, that like I think is being adapted into a movie and everyone was reading last year. It was like a big shipwreck book. But like they just talk about like everyone getting scurvy and they just like, they just didn't understand what the cause was. And so they're shipwrecked and they're just eating

whatever native plants are in Patagonia or wherever they landed and just doing that because the only food available ends up curing their scurvy. They're eating wild celery, but they don't even understand the connection. I have an important question. Do you think Captain Hook Hook ever like jacked off with his hook hand ever?

Like the wrong hand by accident? You were doing some mental gymnastics while he was telling that story. I'm like seeing where your brain went. Not that, I mean, there's a classic thing of like, whoa, Captain Hook better not, you know, with the wrong hand. Yeah.

But I'm saying you ever think you like, I mean, first of all, big first question, is Captain Hook real? Uh, which he was. But wasn't there a real Captain Hook, quote unquote? I'm not sure if there's a historical basis for Captain Hook. Oh, there was no real Captain Hook?

I mean, maybe there was some kind of a cataclysm. Just wondering if the fictional cartoon. I thought there was some sort of real captain, oh, was it Captain Cook? Is that what it was? There's a Captain Cook, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But is your whole idea that he hooks it around his hog

and his like, because I would just think the issue that there would be texture, like the metallic texture, I don't think you'd think it was a cold metal. Yeah, the metallic texture wouldn't work, I feel like. A cold metal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But if you would do it, then he would do it. If you put yourself, if you empathize, then he would do it.

I mean, I'm sure he like tried it. Gave it a shot. He probably tried. You're saying in this fictional world, he probably tried it? I'm saying he tried it and was like, this isn't gonna work out. Thank God I have one good hand.

Did pirates have a lot of, was that a real thing that they had hooked? Well, so this was a very, like again, they didn't know how to treat fucking wounds. So someone would get like, take some shrapnel from a cannonball, you know, splintering the wood on the deck and it would go into their leg and they don't know how to patch it up

and keep it from being gangrenous. So the only thing they knew how to do was to apply a tourniquet and then amputate it. So yeah, they did have a lot of missing limbs. Yeah, it was fucking awful, awful time. It's like, it's amazing that these things even worked. But then being on one of these, you just would get sick, lose a limb, and then sometimes just like die, like starving.

So why are you not eating fruit? What's your hold up? I don't know, maybe I'm sad. Maybe I'm not okay. I feel like every time I'm eating fruit in my life, it's like a direct correlation of like how I am and how I'm going to be. No, I mean, I think that's a really human thing

of like our moods govern what we put into our bodies. Or do you, someone eats vegetables? I love vegetables. You love vegetables. Love vegetables. So you probably get a lot of nutrition you need from vegetables. My high school friend, his freshman year of college

in like 2010 or whatever, he got scurvy his freshman year of college. Because he had never like fed himself before and just didn't know that he had to eat fruits and vegetables. I knew a guy who got scurvy when I worked in video game development. And he was my friend who only ate Taco Bell for like a couple of months.

It was like, it was just like, well, I'm an adult. Like it was the same sort of thing. I'm an adult, I can eat whatever I want. I'm just going gonna get Taco Bell. And he was getting really sick and he went to the doctor and the doctor after he ran his blood work came back like laughing, cause he'd never seen it before. He's like, you have scurvy.

And then his prescription was just like, he had like vitamin C tablets. And it was also like, yeah, eat some fucking fruits and vegetables you idiot. But there's so much, there's so much vitamin C and like things like things like broccoli, so you're probably getting it through that if you're eating a lot of vegetables.

I just don't crave sweet things. So anytime a fruit's off. No sweet tooth at all. Not really. Occasionally something chocolatey. I like a dark chocolate or a peppermint patty from the freezer. You must certainly though be a fan

of Twisted Middle Antagonist's sweet tooth. Of course. Of course. Of course. Yes, yes. Thank you. And I love Boston. Sweet Tooth, one of my best friends in the show. He's cool.

He's a cool guy. Well, don't spoil season two. I'm not gonna say anything about season. I mean, it's now been, it's filmed. I'm officially back. Holy shit. I just got in the craziest temporal space. When this episode comes out,

you'll be done with the thing that we're anticipating. Like the thing that we're planning for is gonna be done by the time what we're doing now is out. Which you wanted. Yeah. But it just is kind of hitting me that that's what we're doing. We're done, we're gonna be done, we're doing now is out. Which you wanted. Yeah. But it just is kind of hitting me that that's what we're doing. We're done, we're gonna be done, we're done.

In fact, we're done almost now. We're almost done and then you will be done when this is out. And I will be done when this is out. That's wild to think about. Yeah, yeah. It's trippy. Wow. It's gonna be a different world. It really will be. So Emma will be like, do you want me to edit out that whole fight

from the Aaron Keefe episode? Like five months, yeah. And I'll be like, what happened? me to edit out that whole fight from the Aaron Keefe episode? And I'll be like, what happened? I didn't think that was that bad. No, it wasn't bad. You're just psycho. You were being so stubborn. You were being so, so stubborn. I was not being stubborn.

You were saying the same thing. Oh my God. You still can't do it. You still can't do it. I won't remember a thing about it, is the thing. I'll send it to you so you can listen to it. Do you like any desserts? Are you ever like, oh, I like like a strawberry shortcake or something or hot fudge sundae?

Occasionally when I remember ice cream exists, that'll be nice. Like I like a vanilla ice cream. You're forgetting that it exists? All the time. Wow. Like maybe like an orange sherbert. I like an orange sherbert.

Every once in a while. What about like a sweet drink? Even when I like drink cocktails, I like like a spicy margarita. Okay, sure. Wow. Yeah, I don't love, I just don't love sugary things. That's probably honestly a pretty advantageous palette

to have because like sugary stuff is like the least healthy shit. I love a Coca-Cola. I can't help myself. Ooh, yeah. Yeah, liquid sugar's killer. I did. You know what? Actually, this past weekend on Saturday,

I had the most overwhelming craving of my life for a root beer float. And then that's what I had for dinner. I ordered all the fixings. And I had a root beer float. I sat in total silence on my couch, not watching anything. And I had my little root beer float. And it was amazing.

Wow, that's awesome. I do that sometimes when I'm like getting dinner, I'm like, I'll put something good on and then I'll look up and I was like, I was watching an infomercial for 20 minutes, not even paying attention, just like staring at the TV and just shoving stuff into my face. There's never a moment where we forget ice cream exists.

No. I think it's always on our mind. I can't keep it in our freezer because I'm like, I just, I will eat it all the time. I love it. I mean, I grew up and where my family were just having ice cream all the time. It was just like, oh, dinner's done.

Time to have a scoop of ice cream. I was like, I can't believe how much fucking, just how normalized that was for me. I like the ceremony of ice cream. I do really like that. That's such a Chicago thing. The first warm day, I would, I have a note in my normalize that was for me. I like the ceremony of ice cream. I do really like that. That's such a Chicago thing. The first warm day I would, I have a note in my phone, I should find it.

I have a running count of how many grownups I would see eating ice cream cones with like no kids around. And that's how you know it's like the first warm day in Chicago is people are just walking down the street with an ice cream cone. That's so fun. It's so nice. Talking about Victor,

reminding me, this is truly just for you and no one else. I saw Saul. Sorry, I saw Sal. What? I saw Sal. What? I saw Sal, my old UPS driver. Mitch, I'm not gonna recall the name of your old UPS driver. Mitch, I'm not going to recall the name of your old UPS driver.

I saw Sal. I don't remember his name. I saw him. Okay, I'm glad. I'm happy. I was on a walk. I saw Sal. Did you have a little conversation?

Yeah, we talked for like 20 minutes. Hey, how about that? How's he doing? He's doing great. Okay, great. He's great. He's like seven years from retirement. Oh, that's nice.

I was walking Max Mayer. We were walking around the block. Oh, Max is the best. Sal, I saw him and he, like, cause I was walking on my old street. Yeah. And we got, he got all excited. We said, hello. We talked for like a good, I hadn't seen him in like three years.

I saw Sal. He used to see him all the time. A man that you've met. That's why. I did meet him. I just don't remember his name. Cause again, it's been three years and I don't, didn't live where you live.

I know, I know. I didn't expect you to just know him off the top of your head, but I saw Sal. Well, you did just shout, I saw Sal four times in a row. I get that me yelling, I saw Sal is weird. I can't when things are weird for me. I saw Sal though, and it was nice.

That's great. Yeah, it was great. You gotta introduce Aaron to a Victor and Sal. Yeah, I wanna meet all these guys. Yeah, you gotta great. You gotta introduce Erin to a Victor and Sal. Yeah. Yeah, I wanna meet all these guys. Yeah, you gotta come meet the people of my neighborhood. Okay, so I got the Santa Barbara bowl. Now here's the thing.

Amelia picked this up for us and I'm looking at this. This sumbitch is huge. Can I believe how fucking big this is? Well, you got one that was only one size. It was like a popcorn bucket. Well, that's the thing though. Like I assumed that it was just going to get, like going to get, I think I asked for it in regular or whatever, the medium.

This one, and I'll read the menu. The menu says it only comes in large, large size only. I have no idea why this is the case, because this does not have so many more components than say the Island Bowl. In fact, it seems to have fewer. Acai, bananas, strawberry, hemp milk, hemp granola, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, goji berries, bee pollen and local honey. So there's a blend is part of it and the toppings

and all the stuff on top of it, way too fucking big. It's the size of a popcorn bucket, but word of advice, don't go trying the popcorn trick guys. It's some cold stuff in there, my man. Pog's gonna get a little icy. Yeah, I got a little icy. Yeah. That boy's gonna retreat back out that hole.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. What are the health benefits of bee pollen? I thought you were gonna ask what are the health benefits for doing the popcorn trick. Yeah, yeah, are there any health benefits for fucking a popcorn bucket? They actually say it's better. The doctor says it's like really healthy.

Yeah. The doctors say it's like, it is like one of the healthiest things you can do, just so you know. The dude, whoop. That's what you're saying to everyone who stops you in the movie theater. They try to kick you out. I have a doctor's note for this.

Asking me why I have so many dune popcorn buckets around my house. It's fine. The metal piece just fell. It's fine. The metal piece just fell. It's fine. Yeah, your microphone fell apart. You know what? Take it over on the table.

Okay, great. You can keep that. Oh my gosh. You get to keep it. Thank you. So sweet. The benefits of bee palm, that's a great question. Yeah, I don't know.

I Googled it. It says that it can improve blood circulation to the brain and strengthen your nervous system So it helps with mental health like brain fog. It's also anti-inflammatory Anti-viral and anti-fungal. I guess I just don't feel like I should be eating it like I'm like, I don't care that much Isn't bee pollen used in like injections and stuff or no? Allergies to like local bee pollen will help you with local seasonal allergies, just like honey. Unless you have a bee allergy.

Unless you have a bee allergy. It's a whole thing. Actually, that's very true. I never used to have a bee allergy, and then I got bee shots all the time, and I told her no, I was getting stung by bees. Maybe it was bee pollen. I wonder if it is in low doses.

Anyway, and I- And it's not a thing that I am happy, like I'm not like, ooh, bee pollen. I'm not very excited to see it. It's like an extra dollar and for what? I didn't even know if it did anything. Did you add it on or was it just in yours? I think it was in something.

Mine came, wait, hold on. It was in yours. Yeah, the Santa Barbara bowl comes with bee pollen. It was also on top of someone's smoothie. Oh, it's on top of my smoothie too. I'm fucking going pollen nuts. I put bee pollen in my yogurt every day. You do?

I do. Wow. Wow. Yeah. I asked to add bee pollen, but Amelia just, she put add bees. Did you see this when I opened? Yeah, that's a whole thing. They flew out and they were all around my head.

It was like really embarrassing. It was really embarrassing. The granola in my bowl was very good. I like the granola. Moot-free granola is usually not great. Thank you, I just appreciate you moving on from that. I got your back. Yeah, thank you.

I didn't know, I did not mean to do that. No, no, it was the right move. And my fruit was very good. Yeah. But I just don't care about the bowl. The mush I don't need. I don't care. I love that there's ample amounts of fruit. I like the texture from the granola. I agree with you completely. I didn't care about the bowl The mush I don't mean. I don't care. I love that there's ample amounts of fruit.

I like the texture from the granola. I agree with you completely. I don't care about the bowl in general. Who cares about the bowl? There are... Who cares about the fucking bowl? I can't do it. There are eight different bowls on the menu, I think.

Seven or eight different bowls, and you can do a custom one. I feel like every single one of these just tastes the same. Like, I'm just like, I don't under... You could tell me this was, I actually got you the Berry Bowl, and I thought it was a Santa Barbara bowl, Like, I'm just like, I don't under, I like, you could tell me this was, I actually got you the Berry Bowl and I thought it was a Santa Barbara Bowl. It's like, okay, I don't know.

Like this is all, we're just swapping out a handful of components here, but fundamentally it's the same sort of thing. It's acai sort of puree and then some granola and then some various fruits just tossed on top. Well, we had the place next door, which we all agree we don't like. Oakberry sucks.

We don't like oak berry. Oakberry's awful, yeah. This is better than oakberry. It's a completely different tier than oakberry. I think this is actually good and oakberry is like bad. My smoothie is blue, it's kind of fun. It's like a freaking Navi jacked off in there. Yeah, or like a freaking Smurf jacked off in there.

Yeah. Something jacked off in there. Oh, two co-hosts jacked off in there. It's like freaking Grover jacked off. Oh, there we go, that's better. Blue stuff. Yeah. Cause your cum is the same color as your skin or fur. What, it's Sully from Monsters, Inc. Fucking shoot a load in the Mitch's cup. His fur naturally matching his reproductive fluid. As we know, anatomy works.

I think these bowls are like fucking, oh, you got the island bowl, Mitch. You got that as well. I got the, yeah, I got the island bowl. They're fucking whatever, right? Isn't that the thing? They're like, I'm like, I am enjoying myself, but also I don't really need this.

I didn't care about it at all. And even though we said all those blue characters, maybe I didn't, even though we said that they all may be jacked off into this, I actually did like this way more. This was, I thought the smoothie was good. I liked my smoothie. What was it called, this. I thought the smoothie was good. I liked my smoothie. What was it called?

The blue? You get the blue moon. Banana, mango, coconut milk, pineapple juice, fresh ginger, coconut flakes, local honey and blue spirulina. I got the super green. That's what I'm holding here. This one is kale, spinach, banana, strawberries, mango,

spirulina, coconut oil, coconut water, coconut milk, bee pollen and local honey. The bee pollen just kind of dusted on top. Erin, what oil, coconut water, coconut milk, bee pollen, and local honey. The bee pollen just kind of dusted on top. Aaron, what was yours? Because I'll say this. Don't make fun of my smoothie. He's about to make fun of my smoothie.

I know what he's going to say. Don't do it. There's still time. Don't make fun of it. Come on. You don't have to. Come on. Come on. You don't have to. Come on. All right, I won't make fun of it. What was it?

Your smoothie was, it was a mint chip mantra smoothie. I won't make fun of it. Can I just say one thing about it? Yeah. Yes. When we went to get drinks before the episode, we opened the fridge door, and we opened the fridge door. one thing about it. Yeah. Yes. When we went to get drinks before the episode, we opened the fridge door and we were like,

this looks like an old moldy smoothie. It looked like a smoothie that had been sitting in a fridge for a long time. In fact, you put it in the fridge to drink afterwards, I would not be surprised if someone saw that and threw it in the truck. You think they're throwing away? They might be, maybe we know.

It looks like it's been there a while. It looks like it's been there for like, like. It had been there 15 seconds. I know, I know. I was right in front of you closing the refrigerator door. But it looked moldy, it looked very. It's very good. Yeah, you liked yours.

I liked mine. Was there avocado in it? Why? Well, whenever you go- Mint chip mantra, fresh mint, four sigmatic mushroom, an adaptogen plant-based protein, almond butter, spinach, banana, hemp milk, vanilla dates, and cacao nibs.

Well, we'll take a picture of it. It looks like an old moldy smoothie. Yeah. Okay, it felt a little bit like a milkshake, like a mint chocolate chip milkshake. That sounds fun. It had little chocolate chips at the top. Yeah.

Mine, my strawberry smoothie, like I've had a lot of green drinks over the years. I think this is a quality smoothie, I like it. No, you're not wrong. I'm sorry for coming down, you're not wrong. It looked pretty good. It looked like mold. But it was delicious, would recommend it.

Yeah, I like the smoothies, I think they're yummy. Well, we also got toasts. So there was an avocado toast. We got a few toasts, which also we all commented on how the room stunk when we opened up. Erin could not sense it. I could not smell it. All right, so here's what we got.

We got the avo and egg toast, which I believe you got on the Young Cobra's organic gluten-free bread. What a cool name. Very cool name, Young C Cobras, how about that? Anyway, this is a local sourdough, smashed avocado, organic egg, harissa, pickled red onion, sprouts, flake salt and lime.

By the way, I should mention that my Santa Barbara bowl was so fucking big that I split it with Amelia. She had half of it. And then the avocado and egg toast, Mitch, you and I shared, we split one of. And then we had the other on the sourdough, you had yours, the gluten-free bread. And Mitch, you also got an almond butter toast, which is sourdough, almond butter,

organic strawberry preserves, dairy-free coconut yogurt, blueberries, and bee pollen. I liked it. So much bee pollen. A lot of bee pollen. I liked that, I liked both toasts. Yeah. I liked them both. Yeah. Yeah, I loved the avocado and egg toast.

I thought it was great, the harissa was really nice. I liked the pickled red onion. I loved the avocado and egg toast. I thought it was great. The harissa was really nice. I liked the pickled red onion. I thought those was like, I like, my expectations are basically non-existent for to-go avocado toast. And I was like, you know what? This is pretty fucking good.

I could have this all the time. I like mine. I loved mine. And gluten-free bread is such a risk because gluten is like glue. And so it can be is such a risk because gluten is like glue, and so it can be very crumbly, can like turn to dust, and not be able to really hold ingredients well on top of it.

And I thought this gluten-free bread was great and did its job. It felt a little bit more like normal bread. Yeah. The toasts were a highlight for me. That was like my favorite thing I had. What did you think of that almond butter toast? I thought both of them were really, really good.

And I had an almond butter toast yesterday. Wow. Because we did this podcast yesterday. We do it every day. We have been doing it every. Last week's episode was when we talked about the almond butter toast. You guys have spent a little too much time together. Or are you always fighting?

I think this is why we were even fighting. We're just having a spirited discussion. As someone who was sitting between the two of you, that was a fight. It was more me trying to explain why we didn't matter that we had different schedules, but I still can't get it through there. It's so relevant.

I triggered it again. It's the crux of the argument is that we have different schedules, but I still can't get it through the air. It's so relevant. I triggered it again. It's the crux of the argument, is that we have different schedules. It doesn't matter, because your flights are at different times, is what I was trying to tell you. It doesn't matter. I think Lil Wiger was trying to say that

if there's an early flight, he will make a point to wake up hours earlier to also get his morning routine, which you and I also will not do. I'm with you. I won't do that. I agree with you, Emma. Yeah, that's all I was saying. I know, but it doesn't matter when my flight was, that's and I also will not do. I'm with you. I won't do that. I agree with you, Emma. Yeah, that's all I was saying.

I know, but I would never, it doesn't matter when my flight was, that's what I was trying to tell you. It does matter, though. Oh my God, you are a psycho. You are a psychopath. You're out of your mind, but it doesn't matter. Yeah, it doesn't matter. You're gonna hear me crash through that window in a minute.

Good for you. I'll take off running to my car. I will happily follow in your, well, I'm not gonna be able to go through your shape. I'm gonna have, I'm too big to fit through her shape. We don't need to talk about this anymore. We'll change topics. Do you think Captain Hook ever used his hook to, to do the popcorn trick to make the little hole?

It seems like perfect. Yeah, right? He can just kind of trace it there. It does look perfect. Put his hog through. It is funny. And then he can hold it with his kind of trace it there and then show his hog through. It is funny. And then he can hold it with his hook hand.

So he would trace the hook? Yeah. And then cut it. No, he just like pierce it through. With his hook. Like put it sort of, yeah, yeah, yeah. I wish I had a dick so I could think of cool stuff like this all day.

I'd be such a better day than this running through my brain. With this one, you just had to think of blue stuff, really. But still, it was disgusting. The answer is yes. I do think that. Yeah, we all agree. I was trying to think if there's any other blue stuff that we didn't hit. Bluey, of course. Yeah, bluey, yeah.

That's a child. Let's not say that about bluey. Oh, sorry. Bluey is a child. Then it's Bluey's first, natural. Well, I mean, let's not say that about Bluey. Oh, sorry. Come on. Bluey's a child. Then is Bluey's first wet dream into the thing? Okay, is that fair? Bluey's a girl. Is Bluey a girl?

Do you not know anything about Bluey? We should watch Bluey. Dude, first of all, Blue is a boy's color. What the fuck is going on in this show? Um, I'm kidding. That was bad. No. Bluey's dad is blue, so he could have turned off into a- There you go.

There we go. Oh no. Okay. Thank you, Erin. That's all we asked. Emma, you got the, wait, did you get the Dune Day Crushers? Is that what it's called? Yes, Dune Day Crusher smoothie.

Yeah. It was pretty good, I liked it. I got it partially because there's a creation of the smoothie that's very similar, and I was like, oh, this sounds very similar to the creation smoothie that I like, and I think the creation one's better, I like it better. There's more cocoa nibs in it,

so I get like little bites of chocolate in it, which is fun, but this was pretty good. I finished it, I loved it. It's got cold brew in it. Dune Cold Brew, Macccoona choco plant protein, banana cashew milk, peanut butter, cacao dates, and cinnamon, think about it. Sorry, I finished with that.

Yeah, no, I was just saying it's got cold brew in it and I already have my coffee, so I'm extra caffeinated now. Yes, right, yeah. Which is, you know, better or worse, we'll find out. Yeah. I don't know. I overall enjoyed this place, but I guess we'll see where we land with Fork scores.

Cause it's also like- I enjoyed it too. Not a place you're like, I don't feel like it's particularly exciting. It's more functional. I don't know, maybe to some people this is a treat. I mean, certainly to Marty it is. Yeah, that was weird.

The fact that it said it was just one of my favorite spots was weird to me. I think, but this is the thing, like Marty's like a very like fit guy. I think he's probably- He's a head gum hunk. He's one of the head gum hunks. He's maybe the this is the thing, like Marty's like a very fit guy. He's a head gum hunk. He's one of the head gum hunks. He's maybe the leader of the head gum hunk. He's the chief hunk.

I'm delighted to hear about this. Yeah. It really is speaking to me. Well, you made a joke before about like, all the attractive people in there. And I was like, we talk about head gum hunks. Yeah, it's a running thing. Have you listened to the pod?

You said no. Would never. Would never listen to it. Would not be caught dead. Would rather die. And now after experiencing it even more so, you don't want to listen to it. It will trigger my fight or flight forever. You're going to leave LA, possibly?

Yeah, I got to get the hell out of here. I don't blame you. Okay, the East Coast, Boston is the best. I wish I could go back there. I wish I was bi-coastal, Nick, but. You can be. You can live in Quincy, why not? I want a little house on the Cape. That's my dream, if I win the lottery.

Oh, there you go. That would be nice. Yeah. A house on the Cape. My sister and I got a. You all right? I think I got a bee in my throat. Oh, God. There was, yeah, I got a frog in my throat. Oh, god. There was, yeah, I got a frog in my throat.

My sister and I have talked about that. And now I'm like, that would be nice, a nice little cottage on the Cape. And then you look and it's like, oh, $1.9 million for a one bedroom cottage on the Cape. Anyway, I don't hate this place, but I don't really care about it either. I do think it's way better than Oakberry Next Door.

Very much so. We've all said kind of our general thoughts here. How does that translate numerically? We're gonna get to our fork scores. So Erin, here's how this works. We'll each go around, we'll give a closing argument, if you will, about backyard bowls and end that by giving it a score from zero to five forks.

You are our guest. We'll begin with you. Oh, great. I don't think I'd ever get this for breakfast. I think it's too much to start the day with. I think if I was like getting over some sort of sickness, I'd have this for lunch. Like if I'm trying to treat my body well

and have a nice lunch, I think I'd give it three, can I do half? Yeah, absolutely. 3.8. 3.8? Wow. Wow, okay. I like that.

I mean, I gotta give a lot of respect when you get gluten-free bread, right? I feel like that's 90% of the battle for me in any restaurant. I think that. Wow, okay. I like that. I mean, I got to give a lot of respect when you get gluten-free bread right. Right, sure. I feel like that's 90% of the battle for me in any restaurant. I think that's a great score. 3.8. Is that, I feel like I wish you guys had gone first. No, I'm just trying to do the math in terms of times.

He's- So it's like three forks and then a five-tined fork, you're getting four of them, right? Does that fraction reduce? I think so. I think the nicest way I can put this is he's type A kind of. He's just very much worried about the math of this, but he will figure it out. He's Burt. He is Burt.

Yes. He is Burt. And I am Ernie, of course. And Ernie goes more by the heart. And here, I don't really care about the place that much. I am more Burt and you're more Ernie. I think that's fair, yeah. Yeah, I've diagnosed that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Who voices Burt? I don't know.

Frank Oz, I believe. Oh, and then you'd be Jim Henson. And I'm Henson. Wow. That feels right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And like you said, unlikeable Ernie and Burt. Yeah, sure.

I enjoy this place, but I don't really care about acai bowls. I think they do a decent job. I don't know if I'll ever get this ever again in my life. That being said, I think they do, I think it's better than Oakberry. Some of the stuff was good. That's damning with faint praise, better than Oakberry.

Sure. I mean, I like, like juiced is the one I like the most because they also just offer juice and like wellness shots and stuff. You mean pressed? Yeah. Oh, sorry, pressed, I said juiced. Yeah, you're thinking of OJ Simpson's prank show, RIP. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's like him like, they did do weird stuff like where I was gonna like stab, did they do stuff like that? Or no? He was trying to sell like the Bronco that was one of his pranks, yeah. It was fun.

Rest in peace. I'll look it up, rest in peace. Rest in peace to OJ. Rest in peace, what can we say? It kills my idea for a Nordberg cameo in the new naked gun. I mean, that's what I was hoping for. What was your idea for a cameo? He just shows up at the end.

Man, I can't believe you didn't pitch this to the writers. I know. I got a Norbert idea. What happens? He just shows up at the end. Oh, shit. We didn't... How do we not think of this?

Um... Uh... Well, I shouldn't say it, but I did hear something. We'll probably have think of this. Well, I shouldn't say it, but I did hear something. We'll probably have to edit this. I just gave some inside Hollywood gossip. We had to edit it out of the episode. Emma's probably pissed off right now. We're gonna, you're gonna decide that in five months.

Most likely gonna forget about it. And it will get in, I'll get yelled at by someone. I don't care about this place too much. 3.8 I think is a good score. I mean, maybe we'll go 3.5 personally. I'm a 3.5 guy here. Yeah, here's the thing. It is just kind of dessert, right?

It is just kind of a treat under the guise of some sort of like health food. And then that's the trick of all these acai places. I don't like, I think I agree with you. I don't really like the acai puree frozen, yogurt-y sort of blend. I feel like it's a thing that's trendy and maybe it's a trend that's on the backend at this point.

I feel like we're not gonna see as many of these places in 2030. I just, I mean, I don't know. Like, doesn't it kind of feel like you're, like the explosion of frozen yogurt places in the 2010s and like pink berry was this huge trendy thing and yogurt land was omnipresent. And now that is kind of like,

it feels like this is the eye of Sauron is on Acai right now. It's gonna be over saturated and then it'll lose its specialness. I will say that I think this is all really well done. I think this is like a good version of it. The toast really exceeded my expectations and the smoothies were good quality. I just think the core bowl concept is not something

that particularly intrigues me. But I think I'm just gonna be ballpark buds with everybody. I think this is a good three and a half fork place. I think this does just a little bit more in terms of its quality level, in terms of its presentation, in terms of just like the fact that it has really good toast.

I think it does a little bit to just take it just above the average chain, but not quite into Golden Plate Club territory. I think three and a half is right where this belongs. So three forks, two tines. Not bad. We're ballpark buds here. What are the, like what's the quintessential zero fork

for you guys and then like your highest score ever? I think the worst food we ever had at a restaurant was the meal we ate at the Pirate Dinner Theater. That was really bad. That was fucking awful food. Yeah, that was really bad. But how was the show? The show was fun. The show was fantastic.

The show was fun. Jeff Budner. Yeah, we had Jeff on here, one of the actors. We asked one of the pirates to come on. Did he jerk himself off at this point? He jerked himself? You know what? I'm sure if you re-listen to that episode,

I'm sure we did ask some question about how Captain Hook jerked off. Yeah. And he's like, probably like, I used to work at Disney. I don't even know what this show is. Yeah. Our show is for eight-year-olds. Yeah.

Yeah. And we remember you three adults sitting there watching it the entire time. It was also like, I bet you it's doing a lot better now. Well, they also had some labor issues. Yeah, I mean, this is- Same owners as the medieval time? No, it's different ownership

and they have a little bit of a feud. So that one was pretty, that actual food was pretty bad. I'm trying to think of what the longest time the food, I mean, it was, it was Carol's year one. I remember when I was trying to union think of what the longest time the food, I mean, it was, Carro's year one. I remember when I was trying to unionize, I made him walk the plank, I think. Right? Right?

Come on, I still got it. That was great, man. That was great. That was good. Year one of when we went to Carro's, which is a dying, maybe now dead brand. I don't know if that last Carro's in South Pasadena is still hanging in there,

but that's like a Denny's adjacent breakfast, IHOP adjacent breakfast place. But they were in dire straits back then. That was awful. I got a barbecue. I remember I got a pulled pork sandwich. And I said it looked like a spider's nest. That's basically what it looked like. It was one of the grossest things. a spider's nest. That's like basically what it looked like. It was like one of the grossest things. I thought really-

Our server, we asked our server for recommendations and she flat out said, I don't eat the food here. It was that level of just grim. Oh no. It was really bad. Poor Karos. I feel bad for it for some reason. But as far as best, I mean, this is the thing is just like,

like, hey, Culver's is up there. Culver's is one of the best fast food chains we've ever had. Oysters and caviar is probably up there too. That's like a five-forker. It's like, cause you're dealing with both the sit-down side and the fast food side. And I feel like a place like Cheesecake Factory in terms of widespread chains,

that to me is like a five-fork chain. I feel like what they do is really good. I mean, we've also ranked like Taco Bell five-forks. Yeah, sure. But Taco Bell is what they do is great. Yeah, we like it. Right. I mean, they're solid. Yeah. But yeah, I've also ranked like Taco Bell five forks. Yeah, sure. But Taco Bell is what they do is great. Yeah, we like it. Right. I mean, they're solid.

Yeah. But yeah, I think three and a half forks for backyard bowls, that feels about right, right? Yeah. I think we know what we're doing here. Hey, it's time for- What does the name mean? We didn't even get into the backyard bowls? I said that and you talked over it.

Well, good, why? What was I supposed to say? It's on fire? It's a bowls place. They lived in Oahu. They're surfers and they used to surf at a spot that was called the backyard. That was the animal gym backyard.

I was thinking about like Shakespeare or Chicago quotes. I was thinking like two hot dogs, both alike in dignity. Something awesome like that, I'm sure, while you were talking. I love that quote too, that's another one. Romeo and Juliet classic. How do we forget that quote? Yeah, I don't know.

Usually top of mind for me. Yeah. Did you ever do Shakespeare? In like college. Wow, okay. I also worked at Houston Shakespeare Festival. Really? For a summer. Yeah, it was really fun.

I was the assistant director. On day one. The assistant director of a Shakespeare festival? Yeah, I walked in day one, spilled coffee on the director. Oh man, that's bad. Now you're starting to sound a lot like Wiggs. Yeah, it was bad. Wow.

When we pitched the Doughboy show to Netflix, Wiggs dropped a coffee on the executive's foot, basically. Yeah, that's true. And you got the show? Actually, we did. Yeah. We did, and then they took it away. Oh. Yeah, they looked at some of my tweet history.

Yeah. Oh. Yeah, better safety, sorry for that in my back. Did you have like a, do you have a favorite Shakespeare play? I love Much Ado About Nothing. Okay. Especially the Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson one.

Oh, sure, that's a lot of fun. Denzel Washington. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's so hot in that movie, it's ridiculous. Is Keanu in that one too? Hell yeah. Yeah, that's a lot of fun. Denzel Washington one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's so hot in that movie, it's ridiculous. Is Keanu in that one too? Hell yeah. Yeah, that's a fun adaptation. That's great.

I love Bronnag. He's having fun. He's having the best time. He's literally, there's like a 10 minute scene in that movie where he's slow motion dancing in a fountain. I'm like, you directed this. I don't remember that, I don't remember it well, but it was a movie we watched like in high school.

And then, yeah, I mean, I like his Hamlet a lot, but I love those Hercule Poirot mysteries. I get Christy on some of the soap operas. Hamlet's probably my favorite. Hold the lit. Hey, it's time for a segment. I've got some close-up images of food mascots, and Mitch and Erin must guess who's who.

It's close encounters of the food kind. So we and Erin must guess who's who. It's Close Encounters of the Food Kind. So we're gonna bring these up on the monitor here. I just wanna acknowledge it was really good. I liked it. We all liked it. Yeah. Amelia was saying when we did this before, we called it Slop Quiz Extreme Close-Up Edition.

I feel like there's that, like I went with Close Encounters of the Food Kind because I felt like that was a little bit more, it sounded a little bit more like a segment, but I don't know, I'm open to pitches here. Are you a fan of Close Encounters? Yeah, it's a great movie. You ever seen the James Lipton interview with Spielberg?

Yeah. And he's talking about, he says like, James Lipton is like, your father was a computer scientist and your mother was a pianist. And in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the solution to the aliens communicating with humans is a merging of science and music. And Spielberg just goes, wow, thank you for that. Because he didn't understand that was a core insight into his humanity It's like it's amazing. It's amazing piece of footage. Oh my god. Yeah

That's funny that he didn't think of that But I understand cuz it's like oh that that came that was something that kid is internal for me And then I didn't realize that that's what I was expressing, you know, yeah, yeah, that's a lovely. That's a great movie I love that movie. I cut Mitch. Can I answer? Yeah. Oh Sorry, we're playing the game now. All right, this is Slop Quiz, colon, close encounters of the food dine. This is the easiest.

This is Kenneth Branagh in the food dine. This is the fountain scene? Yeah. Oh yeah, so describe what you're listening for audio listeners. There looks to be a big wad of hair. Yes. Perhaps a mustache.

And maybe a little eye, possibly. I mean, you know what this is as well. Yeah. We both know this one, so we should both get one. Does he have a name? The Pringles guy, Mr. Pringles? Yeah, he does actually have a canonical name, but the answer we're just looking for is Pringles.

You just have to name the brand, not the mascot. I don't think I've ever really looked at him before now. Yeah. I really feel like I'm seeing him for the first time. You've avoided his gaze, basically, you're saying? I feel like I'm seeing now that he looks like a lot of the guys I've dated. You gotta turn him away if they come to your door

with a red bow tie. Yeah. He kinda looks like the Monopoly guy. He does, he has a similar sort of vibe. He does look like he's easily, yeah. When I used to do improv battles, it's like the guys who would show up with red bow ties. Yes.

Yes. Mr. Pringles, I think he has a name. They settled on a name for him, like a first name, but I think he's just called Mr. Pringles, the Pringles guy. I don't think I've ever noticed either that the dot on the I in Pringles is a Pringle. Yeah, how about that?

I hate that. I think it's fun. Why? Why do you hate that? I hate it. That's a lot of fun, it's whimsical. It's stale. I like it.

The chip is stale? The chip is stale, get it out of there. It's for display purposes only. All right, next up. I hate it. That will be a practice round, no one gets a point. Let's move display purposes only. All right, next up. I hate it. That will be a practice round. No one gets a point. Let's move on to the next one.

Okay, sure. What the fuck? Oh, ew. I think I know. I know who it is too. Buzz in with your name. I'll give it to Erin, yeah. What the hell? We both know it.

Is it an M&M? It's an M&M. It is M&M. It's the one that has to piss. It's making me so uncomfortable. I hate this. So we had a- The yellow one is filled with piss, obviously.

We had a close-up of just the feet there. Just the feet, that's what we were seeing for audio listeners. All right, I'll give each of you a point. Close-up of feet, what is this, Wig's laptop are running the same thing? He likes feet, folks. I'm a feet guy? I don folks. I'm a feet guy?

I don't think I'm a feet guy. You like to show them off. I like to show them off, yeah. That's around not collecting photos. Sorry, your laptop is photos of your feet. Does it make it better? Yes. So is the Doughboy Shared Photo album.

Yeah. Okay, so Mitch and Aaron both get a point. Why is, the feet look like it has to take a, it has to pee. He's nervous. He's nervous. Why is he nervous? Yeah.

Cause he's shy. The red one is the confident one and he's like kind of like the dopey sort of follower. Which, who, as far as Wags and I go, which one is red and which one is yellow? You're Santa in the commercial and then you're the red one. He does exist? They do exist. and which one is yellow? You're Santa in the commercial, and then you're the red one.

He does exist? They do exist. I'll take that. All right, next up. I know who this is. The Buzzin'. Mitch. It's a real life version of the Quaker Oats guy.

Oh, no. Your guess is Quaker Oats guy. Aaron, give a guess.? The KFC guy. Yeah, it is. Aaron gets it. It is Colonel Sanders. That's the actual Colonel Sanders. Yeah, maybe that's what threw me off about it

because that- It's not an actor portraying him. Kin was disgusting. Can we go back to the picture? Look at that. That's disgusting. He's always an old man. He's an advanced age.

I've hated all of these photos so far. Look, they're compiled by Amelia. You've hated all of these photos so far. Look, they're compiled by Amelia. You're blaming Amelia? I am blaming Amelia. They are very disturbing to see super close up. No, that is the actual Stolen Valor Kentucky Colonel, Harlan Sanders, who never served.

I knew I fucked up as soon as I said it. Next up. It's him again. Oh, I know, Mitch. Oh, Aaron. I heard Mitch. You did. I just have to tie it.

It's Toucan Sam. It is Toucan Sam. We were close up on his eye and a little bit of feather from his head. I'm impressed you got that. Because I think I might've guessed different bird mascots. I don't know if I would have gotten Toucan Sam without seeing his famous beak.

Is he Froot Loops? He is the Froot Loops guy, yes. Froot Loops. Froot Loops. You know like Bert and Ernie? All right, Mitch has to. I think we have to take the final step and I think we have to move in together. seeing his famous beat. Is he Froot Loops? He is the Froot Loops guy, yes. He's Froot Loops. He's Froot Loops. You know like Bert and Ernie? All right, Mitch has to. I think we have to take the final step,

but I think we have to move in together. Oh yeah. Two twin beds, one room. I can see that for you guys. You're always taking baths, makes sense? Let me text Natalie if it's okay if I move in with Mitch. Yeah, she's good with it, yeah. Immediately yes.

Yeah. Got your stuff packed so fast. Yeah. She had yes written in her phone ready to go. You guys ever do a live show on Halloween? You should get the t-shirts that they wear. Oh, that's fun. Wow.

It'd be a great couple's costume for Tony. We were both Wendy's gals in the last. Yeah, we were Wendy from Wendy's last time. That was fun. Makes them people look a lot like her. And we did like a shining thing. Oh yeah, nice. Okay, let's look at the next one.

Mitch. I heard Mitch. Oh, Aaron. Now I know. You know who it is. Yeah, the horniest of all the mascots. Cause this is just a hand wise. I guess Chef Boyardee's, is that who it would be? Is it the hamburger helper? Yeah, Aaron gets it. It's guess Chef Boyardee, is that who it would be?

Is it the hamburger helper? Yeah, Aaron gets it. It's not Chef Boyardee. What are you thinking? Oh, I hate him. I just forgot who he was. Yeah, sentient hand. Do you think Chef Boyardee is the horn man?

Oh, Chef Boyardee is a guy. It's a guy, yeah. Oh man, I'm fucking up. Chef Boyardee is a guy. He's just an Italian guy. They're all pretty perverted. Yeah. That is pretty.

That guy, he's happy about something. I don't like it either. Dude, you'd be happy too if you had a mouth in your palm. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Sucked yourself off any time you wanted. This is what I mean. If I had a dick, I could think awesome stuff like this. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

I'm glad that you went back to that character. I'm missing out. Because she seemed to enjoy it so much the last time we did it. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. We were listing blue characters that can come in a shake. A lovely guest, a very funny, talented person to have on here, a great podcast. I don't know if we've ever alienated a guest more than we do. I'll never be back.

Don't blame her. All right, Erin gets the point. Let's look at the next one. Oh, fucking Erin. I know this guy. Oh, I know who it is. Yeah. Tootsie Roll Owl. Yes, it is Mr. Owl from the Tootsie Pops.

Now you're cleaning up. Yeah, he is a little clean. One, two, three. Yeah. Lot of fun. He's like fucking with a little kid. It's fucked up. It is fucked up.

It is, yeah. Four to two, next up. Four to two, what the fuck? You gotta... We just have a closeup for audio listeners, it's a closeup on a constellation of red dots. I heard Mitch. Do you know who it is?

Yeah, you bet first though, yeah. It's Wendy. Mitch is correct, it is Wendy. It is four to three. Next up. Coming back. Aaron. I heard Aaron.

Chef Boyardee. This is Chef Boyardee. Oh my god. I thought that was Hillary Clinton. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha.

Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Zoom it, can you zoom in on it? On the foot? Yeah, zoom in on it. Oh my god. See, I thought that was blonde hair, his eye. Oh man.

I thought it was blonde hair. In a chef's hat? Yeah, I thought it was Hilarina's chef's hat. Like, it was a photo op she did? She was at a soup kitchen or something? All right. I'm fucking dying. Next up.

That rules. A notorious food master. This is Chef Boyardee from A Can of Raviolis. Mitch. I heard Mitch. Jack Box, baby. This is Jack Box from Jack in the Box. In his suit, we had a close-up of his hat.

What is it? We're close. We're so close. It is five to four. Aaron is in the lead, so this last one will decide if it's Tyron. Mitch. Yes, I heard Mitch. The Noid. It is the Noid.

It is tied up, however, we have a tiebreaker. Fuck! Great. So there will be one winner depending on who buzzes in next. Mitch. Oh no. Doughboys. Mitch, you are correct. This is the Doughboys eye. I don't listen to the show.

That one was unfair. Take a look behind you. The answer was behind you the whole time. Oh man. Mitch wins. That was the Doughboys logo. Just like a restaurant, we value your feedback.

Let's open up the feedback. And hey, are you pissed off? I'm a little sad. Yeah. I'm okay though. You did great though. I think I did. At least I'm a little sad. Yeah. I'm okay though. You did great though. I think I did. At least I got a couple right.

You did great. Couple right, you got half of them right. Thank you. I'm feeling a little bit better. Maybe I'll come back. Yeah. I should have let you win. No.

For everything that's happened in this episode, I should have let you win. No, no, no. That would have been insulting. You actually trying respects me a little bit more. Okay, all right. Yeah. Okay.

Wait, bitch. Oh, this is just the screen saver. This is the background. Yeah, that's just with the game's over. Just like a restaurant, we've got your feedback. Let's open up the feedback and hey, we have a voicemail today if we want to listen to this. So boys, this is Johnson from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Every Tuesday, my mom and two of my best friends go out to our local bar because on Tuesday nights They have a special three dollar chicken tender basket meal Wow My question is if you guys owned a restaurant, what would your weekly special be in order to help drum up some extra business? Also, if you guys are ever in Michigan, let me know because while we were out a couple of weeks ago My mom told me that she wants to have sex with Mitch, so I'd like to set you guys up.

Thanks. Huh? Look, look, look. You're wrong? I told you this? Look, look, look. We should do a Michigan show anyways. And I don't think that...

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. What was the caller's name?

I'm just going to call him son. I believe it was, I think it was Johnson from Kalamazoo. What I heard is Johnson. Johnson from Kalamazoo or John from Kalamazoo, Michigan. The idea of my mom telling me that is so wild. Mike Johnson. You're going to take her name? so wild. Mike Johnson. You're gonna take her name? Very cool.

Love that. I've been to Kalamazoo. I've done improv there before. You've been to Kalamazoo? Where is Kalamazoo? I have no idea. I just did the Michigan, I think like here. Okay.

Cause I guess the only city I would know is Detroit. So I don't know what it was. It's very cold. They had an improv festival. Wow, that's outside because I guess the only city I would know is Detroit, so I don't know what it was very cold Okay, they had an improv festival Wow, that's fun. The coolest tiki bar. I've ever been to in my life Really stories? Okay, I like a ship bar in it incredible food isn't count. You're a big tiki fan Not really but oh incredible tiki brother worth worth going when you marry this woman Yes, you guys you guys you guys are invited Mitch loves tiki bars. I do love tiki bars.

That is an attraction there. Oh, you gotta go. I don't see the reasons to not go here, honestly. The question was- Wife, tiki bar? What else could you ask for? Your plan is to marry a stranger's mom. That's just-

There have been worst plans in the world. Okay. There've been worst plans in the world. Okay, so the question was, Tuesday night, that's a $3 chicken tender basket meal, that's the offer that they have at this particular bar in Kalamazoo, you have your own establishment, what are you doing, what's your special promotion night to drum up business? It seems like a lot of these are on Tuesdays.

I don't know why, like taco Tuesdays, I don't know why my Tuesday is just a down night for dining. We were just talking, remember we were talking about actors that moms get horny for recently? Yeah. Did we do it on the show or no? Probably, I don't know. With Jordan Morris back in July.

Oh, we did. Yeah, we did. Are a lot of moms getting horny for you? No. No? No, no moms are getting horny for me. One mom, I guess, thank you. Yeah. No, no, no, no moms are normally getting horny for you? No. No? No, no moms are getting horny for me. One mom, I guess, thank you. Yeah.

No, no moms are normally getting horny for me. We were saying like, my mom loves, what's his name? The Rock. Robert Redford is one. No, no, it's Sean Connery. Sean Connery. My mom loves Sean Connery. Yeah.

Anyway. This is the topic, the question isn't about horny moms. The question is about a special at a restaurant to drum up business. I think the thing, first off I would be like, everyone does Tuesday, why don't I do like Wednesday? I think people do Tuesday because it's like one of the worst nights

in the restaurant industry. Yeah, I do get that. Industry weekend is Monday, Tuesday night, so I think it's like anything to get people in the door. So it has to be Tuesday, that's the night. Well, I don't think it has to be, but I think that's when you need the most help. Right, right.

It's like a Monday or Tuesday. So this is in Kalamazoo. It doesn't necessarily in Kalamazoo. Mine will be in Kalamazoo. Mommy Mondays, any mom comes in that you can eat for free. I'm that. Or you'll eat for free. Oh my God.

I'm sorry. It's funny for us to get like, oh, grab our pearls. I was like, fucking fuck you guys. You're talking about really jacking off into your smoothie like 11 minutes ago. You directed a Shakespeare thing. Oh, fuck it. Disgusting.

Yeah, I'm gross. Uh, I don't know. This is a tough question. You know what I think? I feel like there's gonna be a bunch of nostalgia for spaghetti. I feel people are gonna be like, like you know what I want?

A big fucking plate of spaghetti. Give me some spaghetti. Michigan is the wrong place to do that. Mom's spaghetti is already a thing there. There you go, but I was gonna- You're going up against M&M. I mean, you don't have to do it- You're married to the specifics of a Kalamazoo

because you're horny for this mom. I never said I was horny for this mom. I saw him buy a plane ticket on his phone like 10 seconds ago. It could be wherever. It's your restaurant that could be anywhere. So like this is your version of Taco Tuesday and wherever you have this establishment.

I feel like pasta is very, very cheap to produce. And because that's part of it, like you wanna have like a high margin item. So like, hey, you know what? There's gonna be like endless spaghetti or something. Because also endless spaghetti means two bowls of spaghetti. But like, yeah, that sounds like fun.

And that sounds like, hey, you wanna go to this bar? They have endless spaghetti, why the fuck not? You know, I don't know. Now when you say endless spaghetti, do you mean one noodle that keeps going forever? Yeah, it could be that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's fun. It could be just like, yeah.

But I mean, like the issue is then if you have someone else that's eating the other end of it, you know. Yeah. I mean, I think you ultimately want it to be standard spaghetti. I think one endless strand would be just a little impractical. That's true. Yeah, I guess a fictional spaghetti that lasts forever is I guess a little silly.

Yeah. Hard to defeat it for establishment. I think I would do pizza buffet Fridays. What do you think of that? Friday afternoon pizza buffet. Friday afternoon I like. Yeah. Pizza buffet is a great thing to bring back. Miss the old parlors. As we were talking about, which by the way, wait, it's the other, it's the Quincy Shipyard, which is near Weymouth. Not the same. It's not close to you, but there was a Pizza Hut in Quincy.

And we love the Pizza Hut buffet, which I think they do have a few of them left, Wags. Yeah. But that would be, I think a pizza buffet, a couple slices and some salad and breadsticks. Yeah. I think that's fun. How about you, Erin?

Do you have? My instincts would be like wings. Wings are fun. Wings are fun. Yeah, wings are fun. I feel like you can make them in bulk. It's true. Yeah.

Always a hit with a bar crowd. People are drinking a lot. They're gonna have a lot of wings. They might order a few too many wings, you know? That's fun. Yeah, I'm a big look. I'm kind of gotten, I'm a bit of a slider skeptic. I've gotten exhausted with sliders.

I feel like you see sliders on a lot of those menus, but I think you could have some fun. That's a lot of ingredients. It's a lot. It's a lot of like labor to put those together. I think you could have some fun with like a giant slider and it's like a burger size slider, but then you're like, oh, you get giant sliders

at this place for like the price of a slider. I think my only issue with that is that it's fucking stupid. And a giant slider is a burger, you idiot. Yeah, but that's the thing. It's like, I was like, I'm not getting a burger, I'm getting a giant slider. And then people are like, are these just burgers? Like, I don't know, I'm eating three of these bad boys.

So it's working on confusion, basically. I think there's the novelty of it. What did you get from In-N-Out Burger, by the way? I did a protein style, because I'm saving on the carbs. I did a protein style, double-double. I did it Big Mac style, which I do sometimes, which is no tomatoes, add pickles with onion, with raw onion, and then I got animal fries.

I guess that's indulging a little bit, I don't know. I can work out of it yesterday. You know what I did for the first time ever? What's that? Added chopped chilies. That's a lot of fun, I get chopped chilies all the time. I usually do, cause I'm a bit of a heat seeker, but I did not get them last night.

I didn't even know that was an option. Yeah, oh my God, treat yourself. I gotta try that. It's great, love the chopped chilies, yeah. There's a place in Chicago that I don't think exists anymore. I think it might've closed in like 2016, but their like Tuesday night special thing was breakfast for dinner,

because they also served breakfast. That rocks. And it was such a hit. And then people would go and get like drunk on breakfast cocktails on like Bloody Mary's, Mimosa. I love that. And they're having pancakes on like a Tuesday night. It was like a great like after work thing

to do on a Tuesday. That is fun. I think that's smart. Yeah, I love that. Novelty. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That is fun. I think that's smart. Yeah, I love that. Novelty. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's making me think of pigs in a blanket,

which I feel like as a thing, like you see sliders a lot of times, but you don't see like pigs in a blanket or like a mini hot dog. How about a hot dog bar? Love a hot dog bar. Ooh, that's fun. Very Chicago.

Yeah, sure. Yeah. Your favorite city. Trying to think about another Shakespeare quote. Nothing's quite coming. Too late. A do, a do, a. A do, a do.

What? What? What? What? What? What? What? What?

What? What? Callum, he just took a shot. Like, eh, that'll work out. He's completely shut down. Yeah. He's slowly buying him Kalamazoo ticket. He's getting the hell out of here.

I can't think of another, I don't know. I don't, I feel like I'm gonna let a lot of listeners down when I say this, but I don't know a lot of Shakespeare. You think our listeners know a lot of Shakespeare? I just thought that they thought I wouldn't. Yeah, cause you're an actor, you're a very talented actor, or maybe they think you have some like, you know, a lot of stage training,

but it wasn't a thing you studied, unlike Aaron. Yeah, some credit I will give you guys after being on the show. A lot of my favorite people in my life love your show very much. Wow, how about that? That's very kind. My two funniest cousins listen.

Wow. Which cousins? Well, now they're going to know. But Pat and Tom both listen to the show. Shout out to Pat, shout out to Tom. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 100% no. And then one of my best friends, Haley, is a big fan.

Wow, shout out to Haley. Wow, that's cool. She's the best for listening. And she's like the funniest person that I know. Wow, how about that? A do, a do. Yeah, I'm going to, that's going to a do. Yeah, I'm gonna, that's gonna be here forever, I'm gonna break. You also didn't do any Chicago pun with it.

Well, I was trying to think- You had to work your way up there. I was trying to think of parting the bun is such, a do a do parting is such sweet sorrow was the line I was trying to. Oh, I see. I'm sorry. A do a do made sense.

Yeah. A do a do, a great drink to have with my dog. Oh. Yeah. A Mountain Dew with your hot dog? I was thinking of you sharing a Mountain Dew with a dog. I thought you were like a bowl full with dew drops that you're sharing with a dog.

A dew, a dew, we said a dew, a dew. Everyone's so stuck on a dew, a dew that I just turned that into the thing. A dew, a dew, a great drink to pair with a hot dog. Next time Jemmy's like panting in the sun, I'll offer her some cold Mountain Dew instead of a Goose, I'll let you know. Some Baja Blast.

I fucking tried over here, I tried. You didn't have to, like you didn't even have to pursue that. I thought it was a great, I thought I needed a great job. I thought you did a great job. I'm so sorry. No, you landed the plane. If you have a question or comment about the way you're changing.

You didn't fucking know what do would do? You didn't know that was fucking Shakespeare, you fucking dumbass? You didn't know what do would do? You're turning on me now? You didn't know what do would do? No, I don't know what do would do. Oh, you shoulda done it.

I literally don't know any other Shakespeare line. Oh, you shoulda not. No. I literally don't know any other Shakespeare line. Hold on, let me look it up. What's the actual line? A do a do parting is such sweet sorrow. Okay, hold on. A do a do parting is such sweet sorrow. I was so afraid that it wasn't a Shakespeare line that I Googled it to make sure that it was.

It is. It is. Where is the a do adieu part coming from? What? Where's the adieu adieu part coming from? From Shakespeare's pen, I guess? What do you mean? Adieu adieu parting is such sweet sorrow. Why is this in a Willy Wonka?

Why is this, is this from Willy Wonka? It's a Romeo and Juliet. Oh, it's a Romeo and Juliet, okay. Okay. What the fuck? It's a Romeo and Juliet quote. Oh, it's Romeo and Juliet, okay. Okay. What the fuck? Why did the Willy- But I don't know where the do a do cause the full quote is good night, good night, pairing is such, parting is such sweet sorrow

that I shall say good night till- No. We should wrap up the episode. No, a do a do, parting is such sweet sorrow is Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka. Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Trying to quote Shakespeare.

Oh my God, oh my God. Oh my God, oh my God. Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. Oh my God, a miracle. A do a do is Wonka. Look, I'm gonna say this. I'm gonna say this, to be fair, parting is such sweet sorrow is from Romeo and Juliet.

Yes, that is from Romeo and Juliet, yeah. Wonka, the sweet tooth that he has, added a do a do. So it's already a food quote. It is already a food quote. He was referencing, damn. I just added five years to my life. Well, here's the issue. I was so afraid that I was wrong, and then I Googled, and this just goes to what you say,

Google AI got it fucking wrong. Yeah, it's really bad now. Google AI says, a do a do, parting is such sweet sorrow, is a line from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. I'm having a great time. Wait a minute, hold on. From Nomeo and Juliet.

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You're gonna come back? What a look this was. I had the best time. Wow, I had a lot of fun. You can come back, but this is a blast. I would love to come back. So, so fun. You're gonna come back? I had the best time. Wow, I had a lot of fun. You can come back, but I ain't coming. This is a blast. I know, I did kind of bully you at the end there a little bit, but. You'll be back.

This was fun. We had a fun time. I mean, we're done. We're done. I mean, we're done. We're gonna be doing, we're not done done. You think we're ending the podcast for good? Is this the last episode?

We'll see how we feel after. We have two weeks left. We have, how much do we have left? We have like a week and a half, two weeks of stuff left. I thought Thursday was our last day. No, next week we've got two more episodes. We have four episodes next week. Yeah.

We're touring, the finish line is in sight. Right. And then you record again next year? Yes, we will record again next year. And in October in the past. Yeah, we'll figure again next year. And in October in the past. Yeah, we'll figure it all out. Toronto, did we do it or did we not? We did it, we definitely did it.

Erin, anything you'd like to pitch or plug? Pitch. Sorry. I'd like to plug Hey Riddle Riddle and Sitcom D&D to Headgum podcast that I'm on. And yeah, check them out if you want. One's a Riddle podcast. I think you're coming on maybe if you're still here. Wow, okay.

Please come on if you want to. Anytime, yeah. And the other one is a D&D podcast, set in a sitcom world. So check those out if you want. Hell yeah. Check those both out. And hey, that'll do it for this episode of Doughboys.

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