Doughboys - Dogdoughbarkfest: Costco 2 with Excalibur

Episode Date: October 14, 2021

Excalibur (AEW Dynamite, AEW Rampage) joins the 'boys for Dogdoughbarkfest to discuss wrestling and Jacksonville eats before a review of Costco. Plus, a shocking edition of Breaking Chews. Sources for this week's intro: https://www.425business.com/news/costco-ceo-craig-jelinek-on-shareholders-costco-com-and-hot-dogs/article_5ff4b632-1f75-5e98-b9ff-6e02d676668b.html https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/costco-raise-hourly-pay-16-minimum-wage-fight-brews-congress-n1258889 https://www.mashed.com/150302/this-is-why-costcos-hot-dog-combos-really-cost-1-50/ https://www.marketplace.org/2018/02/05/why-does-costco-sell-luxury-items/Want more Doughboys? Check out our Patreon!: https://patreon.com/doughboysSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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our rear ends. And he said, if you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out. This quote by club store CEO, W Craig Jelenick, recalling a conversation with founder Jim Senegal, as first reported by Todd Matthews of 425 Business, has repeatedly gone viral over the years. The good humor directness of Senegal's language is arresting, but even more so in an age of cynical bottom line only corporate behavior as the founders focus not on profits, but on the consumer. Whether calculated or not, this customer forward approach has helped the big box store accumulate a fiercely loyal membership. And it has a similarly loyal workforce in the famously high turnover retail sector. The chain's minimum wage was increased to $16 an hour in early 2021, and

more than half of its employees make at least $25 an hour. The chain is known for its value conscious and ever changing selection of goods. Bulk items like gallon size mustard jugs and 30 packs of paper towels, alongside an eclectic mix of errata like active wear and sectionals and laptops, plus an occasional obscene luxury like a $17,000 bottle of whiskey. But the stores are just as known for their prepared food, from the free samples, which have obviously taken a back seat in the age of COVID, to enormous rotisserie chickens, to the food court where that famous buck and two quarters hot dog soda combo can be found. The sausage's presence chases to a popular Hebrew national card outside a San Diego store of absorbed former competitor

Price Club. And for decades, the chain in fact sold Hebrew national francs. But in 2009, looking to limit cost while retaining quality, the company began manufacturing its own Kirkland signature dogs. The gambit paid off, and today, long lines still stream from its food courts from open to close, with famous shoppers hoping to grab some post-sprey pizza, chicken bakes, and churros. But mostly hot dogs, an absurd value from a brand built on absurd values. To again quote CEO Jelenick, by having the discipline to say you are not going to be able to raise your price, you have to figure it out, we keep it at $150 and make enough money to get a fair return. This week on Doughboys, we continue Dog Doughbark Fest 2021, a month-long

grill aberration of hot dogs and pet dogs as we return to Costco. Welcome to Doughboys, the podcast about chain restaurants. I'm Nick Weiger, along with my co-host, Michael Oscar Myers, the Spoonman, Mike Mitchell. Wow, so that's a, I mean, a Mike Myers thing. That's right. Yeah, baby. Wow. Mitch, that was a spooky hot dog roast courtesy of Alyssa. A few people submitted it, but Alyssa had it first.

Thanks, Alyssa. I should add, Alyssa writes, Hey guys, this is from my husband, Jason. Happy Dog Doughbark Fest. Love y'all. Whoa. Spoonman at gmail.com. What is going on in that marriage? Honey, can you email the Doughboys? I'm scared. Okay. That sounds about right. I don't know why you're asking what's going on there. That sounds

No, that's, that's our demographic. Cowardly men. Married to Jason, maybe. I hope it's not the Jason. Oh boy. If so, sorry, buddy. Sorry Alyssa. Sorry about what? Sorry that he, oh, okay. Sorry about, okay. His wife. Mitch, you have a tuna sandwich in front of you. Mm-hmm. You warned me that I had tuna in my beard right before we started. That's right. You're hastily wolfing down a tuna sandwich to have some sustenance for

this day of records, prepared by your lovely mom, Mrs. Mitchell. But you also, you're wearing the midst of Hot Dog Month. We're the midst of Dog Doughbark Fest 2021, a month-long grill abration of hot dogs and pet dogs. And last night, you went to a Red Sox Playoffs Games. I have to assume you got a Playoff Game. I have to assume you got a Fenway Frank. I can't believe you stepped on my shit like this. I was going to be, I was going to talk about how I went to the Red Sox Game. Well, what does it matter? What does it matter if I brought it up? Why is your right? My sister, Courtney, great sister, got me tickets to the Playoff, the

Game 5. Wait, not Game 5. It was just a deciding game. It was Game, what, 4 of the NLDS last night. Spoken like a true fan. Game 4 of the NLDS last night. And we went to Fenway Park. I got myself a sausage outside of an Italian sausage. Which, you know, what can you do? There's no other sausages offered so I got an Italian sausage. And I went in, I got not only one Fenway Franks, but two Fenway Franks. Hey, two Fenway Franks. They were fantastic. They were great socks. One, I got, I got fucking,

I'm not doing well today. I got destroyed last night. I was having fun. Oh boy. Jumping up and down with the Red Sox fans. It was great. Yeah. I met, I met a fan of the podcast last night. Wow. At the, at the game. Mm-hmm. Tyler and his fiance, Eileen, Tyler, I mean, I couldn't tell if she was a, you know, it

was one of those situations where I couldn't tell if she was, she was a fan of the podcast, but. Honey, will you go introduce me to the Spoon Man? Honestly, it is funny because he did tell, he was like, I thought that was, and she was, and then he was saying like, and she was saying like, you should go up there. So she did, she did, uh, so it was kind of a little bit of that scenario too. Yeah, exactly that dynamic. Tyler Smith. Yeah. And Eileen is a fiance. Very nice people.

Hi, Tyler. Hi, Eileen. Some guy knew, uh, some guy and some other kid went, Kyle Murphy. That was the big Brooklyn 9-9 fan. Right. That's right. Your character from Brooklyn 9-9. Very cool. Yeah, no, it's not cool. I shouldn't say that some, some, some guy noticed me. You're a local celeb. All right. Uh, it was great though, Wags. And the dogs were great and the sausage was great.

I thought for, I thought for hot dog, dog do bark fest, I thought it would be great to, uh, to, to get a, uh, to get a good, some of the classic Fenway Franks. I was going to go to the Yankees and Red Sox playoff game, but we didn't go. And then it was a great game and they, and they beat the Yankees. So this was, this was, this was awesome. It was great. They clinched it. They went to the ALCS. So, uh, it was, it was great. Wow. We'll see what transpires. I also like that you use this theme month, uh, as justification, as if you needed any

excuse to eat three hot dogs. Wasn't there just that study that says they take it? We're, we're in trouble. Wags. I've eaten a lot of hot dogs. So this is, this is bad news. We're taking years off our life. Good. I think we can both agree. That's good. Let's sprint to the finish line at this point. Trying to do a life speed run. The only sprinting we've ever done. Um, Mike speaking of which I got to give a shout out.

Well, there's a couple of shout outs. Look, this is, I just, first of all, how to, how to Spoon Nation. Uh, our guests, our guest is cool today. It's a good guest. We're wasting so much of his time up top, so much of his time. It sucks. I was late. I was my soon to tune a Sam, whatever, look. Um, last week was my birthday wags. That's right. And I just got to say I got a DM from Alex down in Nashville. And you know, Alex, you, you met him when we were down at, uh,

where were we in Nashville? Like Zaini, the play, the comedy club. We're someone, remember truck crashed through the wall, not while we were performing, right? Not in an attempt to stop our show or anything, but a truck, a truck crashed through that wall. Yes. And then remember, and then remember one of the, we won't say who, but one of the club staff was, was bragging about Louis coming there still. He was like, Louie's coming. Yeah. Yeah. Very enthusiastic. Um, anyways, you met Alex down there. He brought ice cream to the show.

Do you remember? He, of course, Alex and his lovely wife, Holly. Well, he DM me, he offered me up some ice cream. He actually offered you up some ice cream too. I said, I'll take it all. So he shipped it to me in Quincy mass. Um, and, uh, he gave me four flavors. He's, he has his own ice cream truck now wags. He's living to bring the black box ice cream truck in Nashville. And you can visit their website, blackboxicecream.com. Check it out.

I ate all the flavors and it was really, really good. Tangsicle and, uh, uh, cookies and cream and dark chocolate and banana pudding. They were all really good. Uh, and then also Jack Shram. He had, sorry if I butchered your last name. He sent me a solid wiggles jelly cake wags and, and Emma got one too. It was fantastic. It was delicious.

You just opened yours. I had it last night. It was great. Oh, I thought you were going to say you had it before the show. And there's booze in it. Yeah, I'm drunk. We have to, yeah, you have to be fired. A boozy cosmos.

It looked beautiful. And my mom wanted to put it up on the wall. It was, that's how beautiful it was. You, and, uh, you didn't get one wags. You didn't get one of the cakes. Yeah, it seems like you guys are getting a lot of free food that I'm not being looked in on, but okay. It's not vegetarian.

That's right. That's gelatin in it. You can, you can order those on Goldbell. Anyways, they were, that was very nice of them. And now here's a drop. We wasted too much time. It's a good guest. We just waste, this is, we're off to a bad start.

We'll play the drop. We'll get into it. Well, you're, you're, well, you're yelling at Emma because she's the one who's going to play the drop. So you just yelled at you. I'm yelling at you. You're the one who chews the drop. Well, you yelled at Emma.

So how do you feel? I would never yell at Emma. You just did. Hey, here's a drop. Nice little mashup, monster mashup, if you will. You're famous for the monster fuck. That's right. Mm-hmm.

Famous for it. Some know you for the monster fuck. How's that? That's right. Yes. My company bang bang bit. If you were at Fenway, one guy would yell the monster fuck at you in a similar situation.

But he'd just be insulting me like he would have no context for the bit. I like it's an order. Like he's telling you to fuck monster fuck. Um, uh, 30 second monster mash intro theme. My boyfriend, Jeremy said he had to make it get out of his head. What is going on? What's going on here? That's from Sarah.

What are these relationships? Dear Lord, I stopped using the word cuck on the podcast at one point. That's right. But I mean, like, yeah, if the shoes fit, shoes multiple. Mitch, let's introduce this week's guest. We are very, very excited and honored to have him here with us today. You can hear him as part of the announce team on AEW Dynamite and AEW Rampage every Wednesday and Friday on TNT Excalibur is here.

Hello Excalibur. Hello gentlemen. Great to be here. And, uh, hello Emma as well. Um, yeah, I've, uh, first time long time. This is, uh, really exciting for me. And, you know, you guys were apologizing for it, but really I'm, I've been looking forward to this.

It's just, I mean, if nothing else, an excuse to eat more hot dogs. Welcome to our world. Um, it's, it's so, it's so excited to have you. I was talking to him with you a little bit before while we were waiting for Mitch to, uh, to join us with his tuna sandwich that he's still eating. Um, but I think I can speak for both of us in that you are a big part of how we both, we're both lapsed wrestling fans were lapsed wrestling fans. I was an old school WCW fan.

Mitch was a WWE fan. Attitude era. That was me. Attitude era. And you, uh, like you via PWG, which got me back into wrestling and got us both back into wrestling and AEW, which got us back into wrestling, uh, following wrestling every week. Like you're such a huge part of that.

So I get, I, you know, we have, we have you to thank for, uh, for getting us back into this world. Well, I mean, it's great to have you guys back and it's great to, to have all these fans that, you know, wrestling was something that they enjoyed with, maybe, you know, when they were high school, early college days and, you know, kind of life catches up with everybody. And now that they, people've got time and there's an engaging product out there, I think it's, it's awesome that, that people are coming back to wrestling.

And, you know, that was kind of the goal for, for AEW, one of the goals from for AEW is to bring back those fans. And so it's really cool to hear that it's working. And, you know, I mean, also, you know, on a personal level, PWG was, you know, promotion that I helped found in LA in 2003 and the fact that it's still running and that, you know, it's people, uh, you know, that people still want to come almost 20 years later is just mind boggling to me. So that's, it's, it's really an awesome ride.

Yeah, we started coming, Nicky, you can, you went to a show, I believe, before I did, but we, we started coming close to our buddy, Mike Carlson. Yeah. Our buddy, Mike Carlson was taking us to PWG shows, which is basically, you got to see this thing and he was right. I'm glad I did. It was great. Yeah.

There was that, uh, that Legion Hall up in Rosita, up in the valley, just, uh, I mean, there, there was a hint of air conditioning, but that, that was about it. And, you know, we would be, it would be a hundred and 105 degrees in the afternoon and then in the building, it would somehow be 120 degrees and we'd pack 500 people in there. And then you would have, you'd have guys wrestling for 30 minutes and just like, you know, busting their ass. And then, you know, the, the ambient tension, temperature of the building

just continues to rise throughout the night. And these guys are putting on world-class performances in front of, you know, 500 lucky fans. It's just wild. Yeah. It's absolutely amazing. Those, those old Rosita shows. Uh, yeah, I just remember fans bringing their own beer pitchers because like,

you know, it was, they, they didn't have all the glassware there. Um, so, you know, you could bring a pitcher and pay it for them to fill it up. Uh, but yeah, the, the, it was a, it was a really unique space. I, I, what? Bad info for you to find out, Wags. Did you just have your picture on you anyways, Wags? I just kept this in my trunk. Yeah.

Um, the, uh, yeah, the, the men's room there, I always, it always felt like it was, uh, you know, the men's room of, uh, the, the boys room of a condemned middle school. It was like, there, there was such a, such a grimy like field to everything there, but it was so awesome. It had so much character in those shows. We're incredible. Yeah.

And the, uh, the Legion Hall and Rosita sadly is no longer with us. It's, it has an hour. Finally, it, uh, it had been condemned and then knocked down. I think they're turning into a retirement home, but we've actually, we're in a downtown LA now at the Globe Theater, which is such a huge upgrade. It's got a, you know, like a state of the art sound system, uh, LED, uh, giant LED screen that, uh, we just feel like spoiled children going from, you know, the, the place where there was literally black mold in the ceiling and also in,

uh, an artillery shell from, from, uh, Vietnam that was in the ceiling that somebody forgot about for 35 years. Uh, so that's God, that's what was in receipt. That's fucking wild. I never, I never, I never went to the, to the bathroom at the, uh, receipt of shows, but I, I did in the, the Globe theater. And it's very nice. Why is it?

It's a, it's a, it's a, you've been with me. I have stomach issues. So I always, uh, well, not into the bathroom with you. And how do you suggest? No, it's kind of like the, these, these girlfriends of dope boys listeners. I made you come downstairs and wait outside the stall. Wags and I have always said this, but it's, it's, uh, you know, you do, you go and do comedy and then you'd go to these indie wrestling shows and they

would be funnier than you and like extremely athletically gifted. They can do something else. Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's what it makes you feel like shit. I'm shocked. I went back. It's, it's humbling, but it's also like, oh, that's what a live performance

should be, not like, you know, like eight dudes in, in flannel shirts, uh, kind of shrugging their shoulders on stage through a, through a lazy improv set. It's like, oh, these, these guys, these people are working their asses off, you know, for, for a crowd. It's like, it's really, it's, it's also, it's, it's once also like very engaging and very, uh, uh, I don't know. Like I, I, I love seeing it because it's just such a, such an amazing energy from those houses and then the, the, the, the, how the energy and AEW

houses we were talking about with crowds back has been fantastic. Wise be real. You're just, you're, you're, you're hunk hunting when you go up to these shows. Hey, look, I love hunks. It was shorted to hunks and wrestling. Uh, who among us does not love a hunk? I mean, plenty of eye candy. Um, let me, let me ask you this cause cause we, you, we talked about

Recita, there's a, there's a hot dog place in Recita, fab hot dogs. Uh, did, did you ever take a trip over there? No, I did not. Unfortunately. I mean, maybe an excuse to go back up to the valley. It's, it's fantastic. It's got, they have this New Jersey style dog called the Ripper, which is a deep fried Frank, uh, where the skin blisters and it's really good.

I guess there's a, there's the, uh, there's an original place in New Jersey that, that pioneered it. And wigs. Yeah. And you're on the wall at this restaurant. I am on the wall at this restaurant. So the reason I brought it up, but me and my lovely wife Natalie ate the entire menu and so we got to have our pictures on the wall.

So they're banished. It's like, I do not let this guy in. Let, let me ask you this, uh, Excalibur, as someone, you know, you've, you've, you've traveled so much for your job over the years. Um, what are your, what are your favorite food cities you've visited anywhere on this blue bar, but we call earth? Uh, well, I mean, you know, the, I think the obvious answer is New York, just from the, the sheer variety.

If you're, if you're in Manhattan and you're, you know, a block away from literally anything almost in the world. Um, I was really, uh, I, I really enjoyed Pittsburgh recently. Uh, that was, uh, I'd, I'd never been. And so we, we were there for, for four days. And so we had a couple of down days and just being able to explore the city and you know, just try different places. That was, that was really cool.

And, uh, uh, Jacksonville is our home and I love my boss and I love Jackson. No, I hate Jackson. Jacksonville is maybe, maybe it's just because I spent 16 months there and I, and I ate almost, you know, everything, but there's like, there's like two places that we go to and, you know, having tried, tried a lot of the others. It's just like, no, it's Jacksonville is a disappointing food city. Oh boy. That's a bummer.

You sound like Emma when she says she loves her boss too. It's a similar vibe. Do you, uh, so speaking, talking chains, when you are traveling, is there a chain that you're, that you're always happy to see in a city or even just in an airport? Um, so I make an effort to, to eat at someplace local every city I go to. Um, there's a lot of, a lot of fanatics for, uh, for Bucky's, uh, when we're in the South and I mean, I guess Wawa is, uh, for me, you know, that's, that's old reliable.

Like if we're, if we're headed to a show, um, you know, we could stop there, get it, get a sandwich, get some, you know, energy drinks, get some water or whatever, and that's, that's good. But, um, yeah, I think, I guess Wawa for me would be that, that chain. Every city that I'm in, you know, you know, you know exactly what you're getting. Right. Do you have a go-to order at Wawa? Uh, I like a chicken salad sandwich with, um, old bay on top of it.

Oh wow. Sounds great. And it's, and pickles. People get mad at us for not, we, we don't, we don't, we don't have enough experience with Wawa. Uh, we raved about Wawa when we went and, we did Philly though. We had a great time there. We were crying about it.

You'd think that the name of the restaurant comes from how they fucking cry about it all the time. Yeah. Always asked us to talk about it. We loved it. We loved Wawa, but it's just in a certain part of the world where we're, we never really are. It's, it's great.

Yeah. I wish 7-Eleven's were like Wawa, of course. Who would want that? Yeah. We said they're way betters. There's a Wawa or there's a couple of Wawa's in, in Jacksonville. And so there was, we found one that was close to our hotel and we would, you know, I guess, so that would be the chain that we would hit most often.

But, you know, I always try to explore and always try to eat something new wherever we go. Isn't there another, isn't there like a similar to a Wawa, Florida version? What is, isn't there another chain that's also got a, like, like a, a sandwich shop slash convenience store that's regional? Um, maybe the name of it is. Maybe dailies. I don't know.

Um, but yeah, I mean, our, our, our time, our time in Jacksonville was, uh, you know, it was just kind of like, uh, we would, we just got, got into such a routine, you know, we would go from the airport to the hotel, go from the hotel to the, to the building back to the hotel. You know, it was just, it just became like, like, like, like commuting to work. But, you know, right in the Paris of Northeast Florida. Uh, what is this? What is this Florida?

It's a, it's a, it's a Wawa of Florida Wags. Is that what I'm trying to look it up, but I feel like there's, I'm sure, I'm sure a listener is screaming at us what it is. It's boo-hoos. Cry babies. Now, Wags, I gotta, I gotta say, I gotta ask Excalibur, did you enjoy your meal when you were in Salt Lake city? Um, a meal I could have been at with you, if not for Nick Weiger, uh, who

wanted, who ended our night early. I look, I have a hard time reading social cues at, we've met, we've discussed this, you know me as a man, and it felt like, we, we talked about this with, uh, with our friend Colt Cabana, who was on the show, is that it felt like Excalibur and Colt and Bryce Remsburg, I believe were, the three of you guys came to our show, it was lovely to see you, and we were talking afterwards. I got the vibe like, these guys want to leave. And that might be my lack of confidence thinking like, why would these guys

want to hang around a couple of dorks like us? But I was like, well, we get, so I was like, let's make our exit. But apparently there was, the night continued, and that was a thing we could have been a part of. Uh, yes, you absolutely could have been a part of, and you really have to work on those confidence issues, because we would have loved to, loved to continue hanging out with you guys. I think Colt and I just went, uh, it was some, you know, there was the, the

comedy club in Salt Lake city, and then it was in kind of like a mall and on the second floor of the mall, there was just like a sports bar that was open. And we just got, uh, Colt doesn't drink, so he watched me drink a couple beers and I, we shared a plate of fries. And then I think we just went back to the hotel and that was, that was it. So we could have, we could have all just drank beer in front of Colt Cabana and shared a plate of fries. Maybe we'll have to go back to Salt Lake city one day and make it happen.

Cause that's the, that's the type of magical thing that can only happen in Salt Lake city. Right. This was, this was, this was when, uh, I think around this time, Wags was like, uh, we might have to cancel the rest of this tour. And I was like, you're being, you're being crazy. This was the, the start of the tour. And then, uh, the next day, I believe that we, uh, were like, hmm, maybe we

should cancel this. We, we, that night we did a meet and greet and we were using, we were using hand sanitizer. And then, uh, and then, and then, uh, Emma got us hand sanitizer cause she was on top of things. And then so many, so many, uh, of the people meeting us were like, ah, I'm fine. Yeah.

Just shaking so many, uh, so many hands. And then, and then the next night. So yeah, that was in, that was in Salt Lake city, Utah. We've, we've told the server for the podcast the next night in Denver. Um, and pre-show, like in the half hour before I took the stage, uh, and then brought you on, we found out A, Tom Hanks had COVID and B, the NBA seasons, NBA season was canceled and, uh, and so like that was just like, which you told me on stage, which I told you on stage.

Yeah. Um, or, or suspended, I guess they ultimately resumed it in some form. Uh, but Excalibur, I imagine that was, you know, you're, you're, you're getting this news around the same time. You guys are, you have all these shows scheduled. Uh, you obviously end up reconfiguring everything so that you're, you're based in Jacksonville for, uh, for a bit. But like, what was that like on AEW side, like hearing about, you know,

quarantine and having to figure out how you're going to do everything on the fly. Well, so that was, uh, that was a pretty wild night because before, before we went on the air, uh, which is, you know, eight Eastern, they, they were talking about, ah, it's like 50, 50. We might, uh, we might have to send the TV trucks to Rochester, which was where we were supposed to go. That was, uh, our, our next date, or we're going to send them to Jacksonville. So the, before the show, the plan was to have the trucks leave that evening,

stop in Nashville and figure out if they're going to go north or south. And then we go on the air and as soon as we got off the air at 10 Eastern, I saw, you know, I looked at my phone. It's like Rudy book, go bear has COVID. Tom Hanks has COVID. The NBA has suspended their season, all this stuff. And I'm just like, Oh shit, we're going to Jacksonville. And that was, and that plan had already been made.

So, you know, even before we left the building that night, they knew that we were going to go to Jacksonville. We didn't know how long we were going to be there, but yeah. You didn't find out from Nick. No, he didn't, he didn't, he didn't pull my, uh, my ear, your cup off and just whisper it was, I'm guessing like the news you saw was like, uh, like, uh, podcast or announces that, that NBA sees, right? Like in the news, in the New York times, it was like.

Podcast or announces that NBA season suspended at Denver live shows. That's what, well, that they, they actually broke into our broadcast. That's what it was. Soon as the recording of dough boys in Denver, not man, cutting live to a dough boys live show. Yeah. It's a real disappointed crowd. We want Sammy Hagar.

Uh, let me, let me ask you this. I'm curious about the spread backstage at an AEW show. I mean, like, like what kind of food is back there for the talent and for the crew and for everyone? And is it, it doesn't get plused up a little bit at pay per views? Uh, I'll answer the questions in reverse order. Uh, no, it does not get plused up at pay per views. Um, interesting, but since, since we've gone back on the road, we have

had excellent catering. Uh, we have, uh, it's, I don't, I don't know the, the name of the company, but we've contracted with them and they come with us to every city. And so they, there's a lunch meal and a dinner meal and each one is kind of different, but then they'll also theme it around the city that we're in. And, you know, it's, it's, for, you know, for catered food, it is, it is really good. Uh, I will say, fuck our caterers in Jacksonville. Those guys with the dirt worst, uh, if, if they would, they would make a, a

chicken breast, like a charcoal briquette, it was, it was awful. But they were the only caterers that we could get at the beginning of the pandemic. And they, I guess, you know, we just, we just had them. So we had to eat this terrible catering for 16 months, just every, every single week. And, uh, a lot of people actually just, uh, once, once things started opening up a little, would actually like Uber eat stuff to the building in, in an effort to not eat the free food. It was, it was that bad.

Also, also these guys had, um, these are like, like huge Trump voter guys that were like, where like their MAGA hats and stuff. And then we have a pretty diverse, yeah, the caterers. And we have a pretty, pretty diverse roster of talent. You know, we have like, uh, you know, we have, uh, uh, trans people, gay people, you know, people of color, like all, all, all this sort of stuff. And they're just serving food to, to Sonny Kiss, who is, uh, you know, a gender, you know, gender neutral or gender fluid.

And I, I'm wondering, it's like, what are they thinking? What does Sonny think? You know, like all this stuff. And, and it was, so not only were they awful people, but the food was terrible too. Oh my God. That sucks. Well, they, maybe they took it from Trump Lex's steak, well done, which is one of the psycho, psycho personality traits about him is that he likes his steak.

Well done with ketchup. With ketchup, which maybe, maybe they, maybe they, they, they, it's the Trump school of cooking where the chicken was just extra well done, uh, which is, which is the worst, which is the worst. That's a, that's when, when a, when a chicken is dried out like that, it's terrible. Oh, it's, it's, yeah. You were living. So I have, I have more important questions.

You wear a mask, uh, during broadcasts. Um, and how is it eating through the mask? Is that, is that, is that difficult? Are you getting, uh, see this is, I told you why it was a more important question. This is a more important question. No, this is what you want to know. This is the Mandalorian question. How do you do the mask?

Probing, hard-hitting topics. Uh, the thing about the mask is it has terrible peripheral vision. And so I have to, I mean, literally, uh, anything below, you know, my like straight ahead of me, I, I can't see. So when I do have to eat with the mask on, I have to physically like turn, turn my neck downward and look at my plate in order to, to get through it or, or else it just gets everywhere and it's terrible. And, and oftentimes people have come up to me, uh, and extended, extended their

hand to, you know, a handshake or whatever. And I'm just looking at them like, uh, completely oblivious because the peripheral vision, I can't even see their handout. Actually, I did, I did that to see them punk on, uh, on TV the other week. And so. So a lot of people think you're a true asshole. They don't, they have no way. I mean, think, think and no, but yeah.

That's no good. So you're, yeah, if you're, you're, you put something up to your mouth, you realize you grabbed a, uh, you know, a chicken wing off of JR's plate. That's that, that could cause trouble. It's not. I don't want to take anything off JR's plate. He's the, uh, he's the, he's the senior guy at the booth, man. He gets, uh, he gets first dibs on it all.

Um, well, now that that important question's out of the way, you also are, uh, you live in San Diego, correct? You're in the San Diego area. Yeah. And we talked burritos a little bit. Are you a burrito fan? Are you a California burrito fan? And I know that we already talked about some of your favorite burritos, but

let's go over it again, because this was private talk. This was without wigs. Uh, I am, I am a burrito fan. Uh, I love, uh, I do love a California burrito. Um, there's no shortage of, of great burritos here in San Diego. But I would say I, I definitely prefer tacos to two burritos. You know, uh, burritos, obviously much easier on the go. You're eating in your car.

It's better, better than, than trying to get, you know, four or five tacos in your mouth while you're right. Yeah. Yeah. Burritos just to me, just, I mean, look, I know you're a taco fan. You like taco man. Yeah. But burritos, if it's a good burrito, I think that the issue is, is that

sometimes you're just not sure if, but you can get a terrible taco is like tossing the trash. That's a bad meal. You know what I'm saying? Well, I think the, the issue to Excalibur's point, I think the, you know, a burrito in and of itself is a meal. Whereas a taco, like, you know, you know, honestly, it's kind of like hot dogs. It's like how many hot dogs comprise a meal?

I feel like I need probably, I need at least two, maybe three. And with tacos, we're talking, you know, four, what's, what's the, I guess if you get a three taco combo, maybe with, with beans and rice or with chips, that's maybe a meal, but I feel like I need three or four, just as tacos on their own, if we, if we're talking the soft shell corn tortillas. Yeah. One taco is, is disappointing. You know, that's, you know, you got to have, yeah, three, I think is, is

the minimum for, for a taco order. But, but here's what I like is that the, about the taco is that the protein really shines. And so if you get like a good, like al pastor or like a good lengua, it's just like, oh man, this is the best vehicle for it. Just like a, just like a, a small little cradle of tortilla and then whatever salsa you want to put on it and some, some, maybe some cilantro onions, it's so good.

Do you, do you have a favorite type of taco? Um, I, I love just a nice fish taco. Uh, there's, there's a place, uh, place down in Bonita, which is not too far from the border, uh, called TJ oyster bar. And they've got two locations, about a quarter mile from one another. There's one that it's just kind of like a lunch counter. And then they opened up one that's like quarter mile away. That's more of a sit down restaurant, but the, the lunch counter, they

have, I think the best fish tacos in the city. And then they also have, uh, fried oyster tacos, which are amazing. And all, all their salsa, I mean, it's, you know, every, every Mexican restaurant, you know, like a family owned Mexican restaurant has, has their own kind of salsa recipe, but I really love the TJ oyster bar, uh, salsa. Sounds awesome. Wow. Yeah.

That sounds great. We're going to get back down that way. Yeah. Mom. Mom. What, what's going on? Are you down here? Oh, my mom's doing her laundry.

By God, that's Mrs. Mitchell's music to run in. I heard, I heard rattling. I didn't know what it was. I was confused. Yeah. Now she's got stuff to do. I thought you, I didn't know what was going on.

I was trying to figure. She was, it sounded like she was tiptoeing around down here. Yeah. I had to figure it out. Wise. Well, you got to the bottom of that mystery. Excalibur, what do you think of a, uh, uh, uh, how would, how would this be for a wrestling gimmick, like some sort of chef or food man?

You know, what do you mean by food, what do you mean by food man? Like the guy, the guy who brings like a big sub to the ring or something, a big party sub. He's a food guy. So he's like a Gorman. He's like, I got a, got a big appetite. Yeah. He's got a big appetite.

Okay. Is he hungry, hungry Henry or is he going to hide like a crowbar or something in the sub? Is that the, that's perfect. If he brings down a, if he brings down like a party sub and then inside the sub is that he's got a crowbar or something. Yeah. But it's, that would be great.

It's covered in oil and vinegar. So it slips out of his hands when he goes to hit somebody. I mean, hungry Henry, you're already, you're already on a good track with the alliteration. So, uh, I mean, I, I think, I think we could make hungry Henry work. All right. Great. Now you just need someone who can.

Yeah. Which, which poor Schmuck are we going to settle with this gimmick? I'll DM Cole. Oh, well, look, we have much to talk about, including hot dogs, which we will get to right after this break. We will be right back with more dough boys. You know, Mitch, you're about to take a little trip abroad. You're going to Costa Rica.

That's right. Why? So I'm going to Costa Rica with the family. It's going to be a lot of fun. Gonna maybe see a monkey. Oh, that's fun. Gonna maybe see a bird. Just that, just a one monkey, one bird.

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chain Costco for Dog Doe Bark Fest 2021. Costco founded in 1983 in Kirkland, Washington. 83. Merged with San Diego based price club in 1993. Yeah, not that old. Price club predates it. It merged with price club in the 90s and then now they're one company. Has over 800 locations.

We're much older. I'm not much older. If you were dating Costco, it would be like a what is it? Winter, spring relationship. What is that called? May, December. May, December. Yeah, there it is.

There hot dog combo is famously a dollar and 50 cents. And I have this quote in the intro, but I'll say it for you guys. This is quote, this is a quote from the CEO. I came to Jim Senegal, the founder of Costco once, and I said, Jim, we can't sell this hot dog for a buck 50. We're losing our rear ends. And he said, if you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out though.

So that was over 10 years ago. The hot dog's still a buck 50. This is the company you love so much. Where are you threatening to kill the person? He was, they was in good fun. Do you really get the good fun from the context of the written word? It could have been a really heated conversation. Yeah, I guess it could have been a very harsh, violent threat from a superman.

I mean, every time I say it to you on here, I mean it sincerely. Let's talk hot dogs generally. Excalibur, are you a hot dog fan? Do you have any hot dog favorites? I am a tube meat enthusiast. I love almost any and all hot dogs, sausages, bratwurst, whatever you got given to me and I'll take them. I grew up in Detroit and so I have an affinity for the Coney Island, the chili

dog with just a little bit of onion, a little bit of mustard. And that is, to me, that's the thing that tastes like home. And so if I travel in every week for TV and if I layover in Detroit, I always make an effort to go and get at least one Coney Dog just while I'm there. Wow. Yeah. Do you have a favorite spot for a Detroit Coney Dog? So the big debate is Lafayette versus American.

Those are the two original places. I guess I come from an American Coney Island household. And so, you know, that for me is good. I grew up, there was a place called National Coney Island that was right by my dad's house. And so when I go back to visit him, that's usually either on the way to his house from the airport or on the way to the airport, that's my first and last stop. And sometimes both, you know. So it's not something that really exists out here in California, though.

There was, some guy, it was like 15 years ago, actually opened a Detroit Coney Island place like on Sunset in LA. And the business model, to me, didn't make any sense because it was this very hyper-regional food item. And he imported Detroit beer, or not imported, but you know what I mean, he had it shipped in. And it was open for like, I don't know, 18 months, maybe two years. And it's like, this guy must have lost his ass on that place. But.

Oh, man. Yeah. Yeah. It's, I love the idea of trying to like, you know, bring the food sensibilities of other cities to LA, but it feels like it's a tough, it doesn't translate a lot of the time, which is sad to me. Sometimes it does. There's some that take off, but there's like, but a lot of them don't work for whatever reason.

Well, like the Coney Dog is, I think, so Midwest regional. And it's also a thing, I think, that even confuses someone if you're not from there, because you're like, wait, I thought Coney Island was in New York. And it's like, no, the Coney Dog is a style of dog that's in, you know, that's in the Midwest. National Coney Island, Mitch, we reviewed when we did our show in Royal Oak a couple years ago. Yeah. How lovely.

There is. It is very heavy. I will say they are confusing. It is like a, it's a Greek restaurant that has like a Greek salad and fries, but then like the Coney Dog is the big thing to get. It was a confusing, like I didn't understand, when I went in there, I didn't know what I was getting into really. And I enjoyed it quite a bit.

There was, I know that there was a Detroit style dog place in LA, two wags, and I don't know if that is still open. I think for LA more so, there's like the trends of, you know, like Detroit pizza is a trend now. And now there's like a bunch of pop-up places that have Detroit pizza and things like that. And that, like more so if you do like Taste of Chicago or whatever, I feel like it's harder to make a thing like that work in LA. If it's, if it's like a specific, like, except for that, red, except for Sonny McClain's, which is just drinking.

It's just a bar. Yeah, that's just a bar. It's just a bar. And that's, that's not known for it's hot dogs. Not known for anything. But a lot of, see, Detroit, when I think of Detroit now, I just think of Detroit pizza after bodies and jets, I still don't even think of the dogs. Yeah, Detroit pizza, I think now is having a kind of a, to borrow a phrase, a moment.

It's, you know, it's like nationally, it seems like that there's Detroit pizza popping up all over the place. And especially, you know, now that like the chains are, who is it? I think Pizza Hut is doing like a Detroit, Detroit style pizza. And, you know, even here in San Diego, there's like three, three places that have opened up within the last, you know, like three months that are doing specifically Detroit style pizza. And so that's, yeah, I mean, I, I will, and this is not a Chicago,

Detroit rivalry or anything. I will go to my grave saying that Detroit pizza is a trillion times better than just a Chicago deep dish. I agree that I, I enjoy Detroit pizza more than Chicago pizza. Shut up Chicago. I'll co-sign that. And, and to be clear, this is a thing, Mitch, this is a belief you and I have. We're not just trying to pander to Excalibur.

We, we, we, we honestly have touched to discuss this on our own. To be clear, we are making this rivalry thing. Chicago, you fucking. Yeah. Go fuck yourselves in your central time zone. Chubby fucks. It's called Lake Michigan, not Lake Chicago. Tubby assholes, not like slim and slender Detroit.

Yeah. I went to, I was visiting my dad a couple of years ago and we, we had a, it was just he and I and we sat down at buddies and we just got like the smallest pizza you could get and it was just like a four slice and, you know, the antipasta salad and we, we split that and we had each had, you know, an extra slice to take home with us. And then this family, family of four sat down and they got like a large pizza, the, the salad that comes in like a, you know, a 60 gallon drum just covered in a, covered in Italian dressing and they got something else too.

And I was just, I was just the, the amount of, the amount of food they had on their table, which is mind boggling to me and they demolished it all. And I was like, good for you and good for your cardiologist. I mean, are you Excalibur is, are you sure this was maybe before you didn't know us and it was the dope boys reviewing? It could have been the dope boys. It could have been us. We're confused as a weird family sometimes.

And maybe you song was with us. Hey, speaking of pizza, you know what else has pizza? Costco's food court. Now hold on a second. Yeah. Before we, that was a great segue. So it pains me to say, hold on, hold your horses. You have another mask question you want to get in.

I mean, there were more mask questions. The one off the top of my head was it is hard to eat with the mask, which there was a good answer to why there truly was, but it's dog do bark fest month. That's right. And I got my dogs, Wolfie and Germa. And I want to know Excalibur, are you a fan of, do you got any, do you got any furry friends? Are you a fan of a, are you a pet fan? Do you have any pets?

Did you have them growing up? I did. I, well, I'm a, I'm a fan of animals large and small. I, I had a dog growing up and. I'm included in an app, by the way. Yeah. Had a, had a dog growing up. And then, I guess I was, I was dating a girl and we got cats together.

She, we broke up. She left and I inherited the cats. And so now I've, I've got two cats and I never thought of myself as, as a cat person, but I've got, I've got two cats. I've got a pinky who is a, a 20 year old Siamese who is deaf. She is missing her bottom right fang and has stomach cancer and has been, has been going strong for the last 14 months with the cancer. And I've got noodle who, when he was a kitten and we adopted him was called noodle because

he was just like the small floppy thing. And now he is, he's not a main coon, which is a very large domesticated cat, but he is about the size of that. And he's, he's maybe 13 pounds and will jump off the nightstand onto my stomach at three in the morning. And 13 pounds doesn't seem like a lot, but when it's concentrated on four little paws and you're completely fast asleep, that is perhaps one of the most unpleasant ways to wake up. Wow.

Got too much AEW on in the house. I know. Noodles copying. God, God bless pinky. I hope pinky is doing well. And how old is noodle? Noodle, he's about 13. I think 12 or 13.

All right. Good age. Good age. See why? It's another good question I had, but now we can segue back into noodle and an Italian, Italian fruit item. Much like pizza. Thank you.

Master at work. Oh, wait a minute. I have another thing. That was another perfect segue, but I got to know just you've been around a lot of big folks. A lot of, you know, a lot of, you know, wrestlers can eat, they can eat a lot. Who's the person that you remember just eating the most food? Who's like the, who's like the biggest eater you know in that world? So this is, this is some super inside baseball, but this guy, Minabu Nakanishi,

he was, he wrestled Wigs you might know him as Kurosawa in WCW during the 90s. He is now retired, but he would have, he was famous for what they would call monster mornings in Japan. And he would, you know, in, in Japan breakfast is you know, it's, it's, it's like a big ritual around breakfast before you go off to work. And so when we would stay in these hotels in Japan, he would go down to the, the breakfast buffet and he would have literally just an entire table covered in little plates of food and would just, you know, pick one thing here, pick one thing here and you'd probably take in

6,000 calories, who knows, but it was, and he would do it every single morning. And so I've never seen anybody eat that much food, that consistently. And yeah, so Minabu Nakanishi's monster mornings. Was he a big, was he a big guy? Yeah, yeah. He's like, he was probably like, like 6'4", maybe like 260, 270. And he's, I was there on one of his last tours right before he retired. And he, you know, he'd been wrestling for 30 years.

I think he was an Olympic wrestler as well for the Japanese national team. And so, you know, he had a lot of miles on his body. He wasn't moving extremely well, but like around the breakfast table, like he was, he was very nimble. Wow. That's awesome. Monster mornings sounds like, why is it forever morning DJs? It sounds like what our show would be called.

Monster mornings with the Spoon Man. You're listening to monster mornings with the Spoon Man and wigs. Toilet flushing noise. What are you talking about, Willis? I think that covers, well, I had an idea last week. I told Nick this, but I think that, you know, there's like rankings in AEW. I was saying that the referee should get rankings too. This was my big idea.

Yes. And I think that it's kind of a genius idea. And besides that, I guess I have nothing else to say, but can wigs and IB in AEW? I'll talk to Tony. We'll see what we can do. Okay. Not a no. All right.

Yeah. All right. That's pretty good. I mean, in what capacity? I mean, if wigs and IB were like managers, if we were, if we were like, it's funny because we were like, if we were trying to be heels, we'd just start crying when we were like cutting promos. The audience would be able to see right through us.

I mean, I can't be threatening. Oh yeah. I don't know. I mean, Hungry Henry, maybe just one appearance. That might be it for us. I don't know if, I don't know if we, I honestly, now that I've thought through, I don't think we're worth anything. We don't, we don't have a role beyond, beyond fandom.

Oh, you know what? We could, we could, we could be, we could be a spectator that gets punched in the head. Like we could be something like that. There you go. Like a, yeah. A wrestler gets mad at us and punches into that. I mean, even that would do a bad job with. So.

Well, maybe, maybe when the olive oil covered crowbar slips out of Hungry Henry's hands, you can be where it lands. I'm the honest member of the lands on my head. Yeah, that's, I think I could do that. I think if Excalibur pitched the Doughboys to Tony Khan, he'd get the same answer that the, the Costco guy got from the CEO. I will kill you. Or just a simple, huh?

I went to the Marina Del Rey Costco, which is kind of my home Costco. And so the, the one thing about Costco is the food court has required membership for a couple of years now, which is a bummer. It used to be able to, it used to accept all comers, but this is one of their cost saving measures. And they got a few different things, you know, Mitch, you know, in the year of our Lord 2021, no meat shall I eat. I am not eating hot dogs for hot dog month.

I'm vegetarian. But I did still get the hot dog and soda combo, which is a buck 50. It's a steamed dog. It's a very good quality Kirkland dog. I took it home loose to, to my wife and, and I had a bun. Why are you just giving extra bun? A lot of these places are not going to just sell you a bun at Costco. It's so, and also it's such a great value.

And Natalie, you know what Natalie cooked up the hot dog. She ate it. Well, you just got two hot dogs. So you give her a hot dog and a bun with a loose hot dog. She wanted just the meat. She's not like going to have the bun. She wanted just the meat. No, that's, this is like the perfect snack for her.

I don't like you running around town with fucking loose hot dogs. I don't like it. I don't just have them in my pocket. It's wrapped in foil. I'm not a fucking maniac. It's a great bun from Costco. I'll say this. It's got sesame seeds on it.

I really like it. And it's a great delivery system for the dog. If you actually eat the dog, but the bun on its own, I thought was nice. And I got a Sierra Mist with that and it was a good soda. Mitch, what did you do hot dog wise from Costco? Wags, I got myself a hot dog. I got a hot dog. I got the hot dog meal.

All right. So this is how it started off for me. I went to the, I went to the Costco and denim. Where is denim relative to you? Denim. Denim, sorry. Not Denham. Damn near killed him.

It was just, it was just waiting there. Denim is, there's legacy place at Denim. You know, I mean, what is Denim good for? Emma, what, I mean, what is there to say about Denim? My ex-boyfriend's family lives there. Oh, that's all I got. Fuck that place. No, it's pretty.

It's a pretty little, it's just like a classic Massachusetts, New England town, suburb. Yeah. Yeah. It's, it's, it's, it's fine. And I drove whatever the 25 minutes over there to denim, not Denham. I was going to say that, that I, I like a good Denham though. I like to have a nice juicy ham in my den.

But I drove over there and I was on the phone with my friend and I see that, I just was like, I wonder what time they close. It was 5 45. I look, it closes at six. So I see this, I get freaked out because I was just sitting in the car taking my time. I didn't care. And I had to run in there and it was fucking so packed wise. It was, it was packed to the gills because it was, it was, was it Friday afternoon?

It was like, like Friday night before it closed, you know what I mean? So it was just, it was, it was packed with people. It's a, it's a zoo always at Costco, but especially so on the weekends. But, but did you, is this just to be clear? This is one of the locations where the food court is indoors. Yes. Yeah. Okay.

Got it. Yeah. The food, the, which is, which is also, it was actually, you know what? It was a Saturday at almost 6 p.m. So it wasn't, it was, so that's even worse. It's just everyone's off work. People are all there and it was a, there was a holiday the next Monday. So I feel like, uh, so I feel like people were, were, were just all over the place.

And I didn't know what to do. So I went to the food court that was indoors first because I didn't want to, because I also had to pick up hot dogs. I had to pick up Kirkland signature hot dogs for spoiler alert for a double that we're going to do or already have done. I don't know what fucking order we're in, but it'll be next week. All right. We'll be out next week.

So I had to pick up some hot dogs from, from Costco. And so I was like, I'm just going to run the risk of not getting those hot dogs and, and eating at the, just eating at the food court. That's the assignment. That's the, that's, that's the right move. I will just say real quick, Mitch, that, that food court will close abruptly at closing. So like it's, if you're there at, you know, they'll just, they'll lower the window on you. They're, they're ready to get out of there right at 6 p.m.

So yeah, that was the right move. Well, I made the right move. I, I got in that line and it was a pretty, it was a pretty, uh, it was a pretty thick line. And, uh, I, uh, thick line, long line. Okay. It was a girthy line. And I, uh, I, uh, I, uh, I got, I got to the, I got to the front. And I ordered up a hot dog wags and I got a few other items.

Should I go over? I got the hot dog meal. Let, let, let's start with hot dogs and we'll touch on our other. All right. Then yes, of course I got a hot dog. That's what else am I supposed to do this month? Well, what'd you think of the hot dog? It was, it was actually just okay.

I was going to say it was great. Because that's what I'm used to with this place is that the hot dogs are great. But I don't know if it was the rush, you know, I like the bun felt weirdly different to me. It felt kind of like thicken and, and maybe like a, like it had been around all day. And, but the, the dog itself, the meat still tasted good. I put some, uh, ketchup mustard and, uh, relish on, on that bad boy, but it was also kind of breaking through. There it is right there.

You can see the dog holding up his phone to this. This is your lock screen, right? That photo of a hot dog. Well, the other thing too is that I had a nervously like, so the, the tables were inside, you know, it's messages, it makes sense. It's going to be, you know, cold for a portion of the year. So I had to like, I grabbed all this stuff and there was a lot of stuff and, and, uh, I, I brought it over to the table and, you know, took my mask down.

It was like that kind of nerve wracking thing where there were just people all around me. And I was right by the condiments and, and, and, you know, people putting their stuff on their dog and getting mustard all over my face and just like nervously eating this as fast as I could before I had to go back in the store. But you know, all things considered, I've had better dogs at, at Costco, but it still wasn't bad, but not great, not its best outing. That's a bummer. I've had like some, some subpar like chicken bakes that I've gotten just basically right

at closing at Costco. So I think sometimes it's just their end of day product. Axe Caliber, how about you? Tell us about your, your Costco experience. And are you a Costco fan in general? Uh, yeah, I, I enjoy the, uh, the Costco food court. I, I, I mourn the loss of the, the Costco Polish. Uh, that was, that was a tough, uh, a tough blow because my, my typical Costco order

would be one dog and one Polish. And, uh, then also mourn the loss of the onion grinder, uh, that I guess, you know, as part of COVID, then no longer have the, uh, the, the onion grinder for you to put onions on your, to top your dog with. Um, so yeah, I, I have enjoyed, uh, Costco dog for many years. I went, uh, I went Monday, mid-morning. And so I think I got, you know, the, the freshest bun, the bun was, uh, nice. You know, uh, crisp on the outside, soft on the inside and, uh, nice sesame seeds.

The dog itself, um, slightly above average, uh, you know, not, not my, not my favorite Costco dog experience, but, uh, you know, still good flavor, uh, you know, it was plump. It was juicy, all the things you look for in a, in a hot dog, but it kind of, kind of left me wanting. Uh, I just, I'm, I'm just a, uh, a mustard guy. And so, you know, I, you know, it's, it's a classic combination for me. And you know, I, maybe it was because I, I did, I did order some other food items

in order to mix it in. Uh, and so, you know, maybe just that other times I've been so focused on the dog that, um, you know, that's, that's the star of the show where, you know, here it was, uh, as part of an ensemble. And maybe, uh, maybe the dog does not shine as part of an ensemble. I'm not sure. Wow. You had us on the edge of the seat with that dramatic pause, by the way.

Nick and I both kind of lean forward. RIP to the Polish. I didn't know that the Polish was had, uh, why, did you ever have the Polish? Oh yeah. No, that was actually Natalie's favorite. She, she said the same thing. She was like, I wish they still had the Polish when I talked about going, going to get a Costco dog.

What happened to the Polish? Um, Google world war two. This rough scene. I thought you're going to go with like, it had an ejector seat on a helicopter or something instead. Screen door on the submarine. Screen door on the submarine. I, I went, I went, I'm saying what, like, what, when, when did this, was this

it's around the same time they, they moved away from Hebrew national and they started making their own dogs. So they didn't make their own Polish either. They just are making a, a Kirkland signature hot dog. And that's all they have. Got it. Yeah. Yeah.

Sad. Uh, I will say that the, the, you know, the price remains unbeatable. So that's to its credit. Uh, and they do have other items of the, the Costco food court, which I guess we should get into, uh, I, you know, I got a churro and I think they do a good churro there. They brought it back pretty recently. It's a lot. It's a big churro.

I think that's a thing you, if you, you could, you could have, you know, I, uh, every kid's going to want their own churro and a family, but honestly, two kids could share one of those churros. It's, it's a massive, massive, uh, girthy churro. Yeah. And, um, like the lines. And I, uh, but it's good. It's, it's very good.

I couldn't finish it. It was too much for me. And I also got a latte mocha freeze. And which is, I normally will get their smoothie and I love their smoothies. Honestly, my go-to is when I was eating meat, it would be a hot dog and a smoothie. Not eating meat. It'll be a slice of cheese pizza and a smoothie.

But the, uh, but I like there's their fruit smoothie quite a bit. I got the latte mocha freeze, which was too sweet for me. I mean, but, but if you like a frozen coffee, if you like a iced coffee, it's a good version and it's a really good value. All those, I got those, you know, I got two drinks and two food items and I got all of it for under seven bucks. So I mean, that's the main thing that I think you can, you can expect from Costco is just like, nothing's going to cost you all that much.

Mitchell, what else did you get in addition to your hot dog? Well, why is, I too got the churro, uh, which, which I was impressed with the size of that. The mine was like in the middle, it was like a little loose. Like I was going to break into and I just realized that it's, it's like, uh, it's like a wand. It's like a, like Harry, it's the size of Harry Potter's wand, which I have no idea what the size of that. But I mean, they're probably bigger than Harry Potter's wand.

I think so. Yeah. I don't know why I'm trying to compare it to something I don't know. I would say it's about, uh, about 16 inches long. That's maybe a good, a good thing for people to visualize. It's like a rumor, but slightly longer. It is, it is a six and it, and it's, it is a big boy. I liked it again, maybe end of the day thing, but like I could,

I could tell that they were good. And maybe if it was, you know, especially hot and fresh, it would be fantastic. But I just have to put it in the good category. Um, I got myself, I just, I just googled this. And apparently, uh, I'm reading this from the Harry Potter wiki. J.K. Rowling did not have much trouble coming up with a wood for Harry's wand. Harry's wand is sometimes 14 inches long. So it's not far from the chart.

Oh my God. Yeah. Wow. Wow. Yeah. Um, and also, is there anything else in there wise anymore to that description? That wand is though, is Harry's wand is usually described as a 14 inches long and girthy. So.

And proudly a turf. Okay. Yeah. Boy. Oh boy. The wand, the wand. That's what you want to do. Okay.

Um, I also wise, I got the classic. I got the berry smoothie, which you kind of did sing the praises of this to me. So I really like that smoothie. So I had a bit of a conundrum. Like I told you, I had to, do you want me to keep going with what else I got? Cause I got a couple more. Yes, please. Well, not a couple more things.

I got the empty cup for my soda. And then I also got myself that ice cream sundae. Um, and I had, I'd never had the ice cream sundae before that just the vanilla ice cream with a chocolate topping. And it's really, it reminds me a lot of like that, uh, McDonald's sundae. Like when we had that McDonald's sundae, it's just classic good ice cream and some good chocolate topping to it. It was, it was, it was really good. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Um, so I took a few bites of that and I, you know, I, I wasn't going to be able to, I ate the hot dog.

I ate the whole hot dog and I ate almost all of that churro too. But I was down on the smoothie, but I had to go back into the store. So I didn't know what to do as far as like I was like, I got this empty cup. That's tricky. Yeah. My decision was to, because I had to go back into the, I was going to hold on to my empty cup and my smoothie. And then if by the time I got my hot dogs, if it was still open, I'd get myself a soda on the way out.

Um, because that smoothie was, was damn good. Why? Cause I liked that smoothie that they make them really nice. So I was just drinking that smoothie, you know, I had my mask up, but I was just taking it down and just taking sips, you know, throughout Costco as I was, as I was walking around looking for my dogs. And, uh, it was, it was good. That ice cream Sunday was also good. And by the time I got through the line, I did actually get a soda.

I got myself a diet Pepsi, which was fine. You know, diet, the Pepsi products, come on. That was another thing they switched to Pepsi products from Coke to save money. You know, it's, well, they, they look, they're making compromises to keep the soda at $1.50 and not lose too much or to keep the hot dog and soda combo rather at $1.50 and not lose too much money on it. Pepsi is cheaper. Well, here's, here's the thing I will say.

So I, I had all these things. I was only, you know, the only one man I was there by myself. Right. And I was like, I put in my card and it was, and, and she was like, did you use a Mastercard? I was like, yeah, and she's like, we don't take Mastercard. I was so freaked out because I had all the stuff in my hands. I was like, how much is it?

And she was like, it's nine bucks. I luckily just had 10, but I was, I had 10 bucks. So I just gave her, it wasn't even, I don't even know if it was nine bucks. I just was like, here, take everything and I, and I, and I took off. But all of that stuff for, for under 10 bucks was kind of wild to me. That was, that was the, the price point was still there. I'll, I'll say that much. It was, it was, it was impressive.

Yeah. You can get quite a haul. I got the churro as well. I went with my wife and we had two hot dogs, a slice of pepperoni pizza, a churro, and a chicken bake for 11 bucks, which I mean, that's, it's, it's, you can't, you can't beat the value. Um, but the churro I got, unfortunately was near inedible. Oh no.

It was, it was probably as, uh, as rigid as Harry Potter's want. My, my churro was very too messent and, uh, it, it just, it, it snapped in, in pieces. It was just, it was a very unpleasant, unpleasant eating experience. And so, uh, yeah, I was, I was a bit let down. I mean, I'm not, not a huge sweet guy. But, you know, when I do eat sweets, I, I hope I will enjoy them. And this was just not, not enjoyable. The chicken bake I also felt was, uh, a little lacking, uh, maybe a little too bready.

You know, it was, it was fine, but it was, you know, I think the, the, the hot dog is, I mean, that, that is the premier food item at Costco. Yeah. Even though I was just saying it didn't, it didn't really stand out as, as part of the ensemble, but I'm allowed to contradict myself. Well, bad, I'm going to say bad outing by, by, by. Yeah. That's what it sounds like.

Hmm. Um, I'm just looking at the, I'm looking at the, uh, Harry Potter wiki again. And under the wand, it does say, oh, by the way, it's very rigid. It does say that. Yeah. BT dubs. BT dubs. Very rigid.

And also BT dubs. The wand is a big supporter of blue lives matter. Yeah. That's weird. The wand is the, it's sentient. So I've got a conservative political beliefs. I've got a, uh, Costco question since we're, you know, we're all around the same age and we're from three, you know, I mean the three different parts of the country, you know, the,

the East, the middle and the, the, the West. I mean, what is, what was your relationship with Costco, uh, growing up? I mean, I know Costco is a thing in the nineties, but my wife was saying that's like, you know, she, she would look forward to going to Costco, Costco pizza. If, if there was a birthday party that was like, and to me that like Costco pizza is, is like something you eat. Like if you're in a bind, it's not something you look forward to. I, is that just a Southern California thing or?

No, I, I think, you know, well, well, first off, it might be because Southern California doesn't really have its own, or at least until recently its own like pizza culture, you know, it's like, not like there's like an LA style pizza. Like the good pizza out here is from, is other styles that are, you know, that have, that have created LA outlets. Let me tell you Costco cheese pizza in LA, you're, you're doing pretty good as far as pizza goes. Yeah, but, but I also think there's just like a, I think it's just a, largely a nostalgia thing for me.

I, I like the, I like the, the, the pizzas all right. I think it's like, it's very cheap. That's the big thing for me, like especially for a full pie, it's just so cheap. But I have more nostalgia for the hot dogs and, and growing up, it was always like, I get to go to Costco, I get to have all these free samples while my dad is shopping. And so, and, and that was the, the, the samples were as big as the hot dog, but that hot dog on the way out, I was very, very excited to have. Mitch, you, you weren't a Costco family, right?

You were more Sam's club? Or what did you have over there? Well, we had BJs, which I don't know, which I don't know who owns BJs, but somebody owns BJs. And I told you, Nick, that's the first time I saw Sonic on a, on screen at the, at a BJs wholesale club. I saw the little blue guy running around and was amazed. And I mean, we didn't, we even didn't go a lot.

We went a little bit, I feel like probably when I was like in elementary or middle school, when it was maybe, you know, that was the thing to do. And we were buying like a bunch of stuff wholesale. And to me, that is like just being in there, seeing so many, so many family, it was just felt like such a family thing. And I, and you know, I don't have any kids or a wife. Well, Wally and Wolfie and Gurma are my children. I did say Wally.

Am I penalized for that? We'll take it up with a commission. What is, what is the penalty? I don't know. Does he have any authority? I don't know. You're the one that said there was penalty. I'm pretty sure you have to pay him and half of it goes to a charity and half of it goes to him.

Oh, Jesus Christ. I don't know about this arrangement. So when I buy stuff at Costco, it just will last me for, it's just, it's too much. But when I was in there, like even in line, when I was getting my food, like there was like two kids and their dad in front of me. And then when I sat down, there was like a family eating at the table. And I was like, oh, you can just get, people are just eating their Saturday night dinner here for, for cheap.

It makes, it makes, and the kids seem to, the kids are so excited about it. Yeah. The kids were excited about getting chicken bakes. I heard them. I overheard them talking. I was the creepy guy behind them listening in on the conversation. And so I get it. You know what I mean?

Like it was exciting going to BJs when I was younger, just because like there's samples, which at the moment they're, they're, that's kind of gone away. But you know, just trying some stuff at, at BJs and walking around and getting like 400 Gatorades or whatever. That's fun. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's fun to do that. So I get it. I just, I just, I didn't have any relationship with Costco or like that,

you know, the food counter. But I was always, I always, you know, if there was a Pizza Hut in Target or something, like that's always fun to me. I always like seeing the, the little food country in a place where you don't expect it. No, I'm with you. That's great for a kid. Excalibur, did you have a relationship with Costco growing up? No, I think Costco came to Detroit probably when I was around 16, 17.

So, you know, it was a little, little late for me to, to have like those kind of found childhood memories. We had a place called Gordon Food Service, which was more, didn't have all the, the non-food items of Costco, but it was, you know, it was like kind of like a warehouse club, like a grocery store, you know, where you could get, you know, a 35 pound bag of rice or something where, you know, like a larger items in bulk, you know, I guess, you know, precursor to, to Costco. 35 pound, 35 pound bag of rice last me about a week.

Me, Wolfie, and Gurum, I'll go through it pretty quickly. Meanwhile, those Gatorades are just getting dusty on the shelf. That is, that is what I was going to get when I was there. I was going to get some Gatorades, but I, the, the, the, there was, it was like varieties of Gatorade, it was Gatorade zeros, which I was fine with, but the flavors, I was like, I don't want these flavors of Gatorade zeros and then had to have fucking like 40 of each. I just don't, I don't need that. But that was, I was going to do some of my own shopping and put it on the Do-Boyz card,

but I didn't do that. And I went, I went, I did the, I did the self-checkout wives, which I had never done there before, and I didn't have my card. So that was a whole issue. Your Costco card? I didn't have my Costco card. I had my number. I had my Costco number, but I was at checkout and the lady had it.

I just got in because I like, I showed the guy at the front, my phone, because it was my number and he just clicked me in. I was like, all right. And then at the end, they had to like, you know, go and get my number and the lady had to put it into the checkout. It was a whole pain in the ass. It's an ordeal. I would say this is, this is a pro tip to anyone out there who's a, who's a Costco

member and regular shopper, get the Costco visa that you can get through Citibank because it is no fee and you get like 4% cash back on your Costco purchases and your Costco gas. So it's kind of, if you're, if you're shopping at Costco with any regularity, it's kind of a no-brainer. And then also it doubles as your membership card. In podcast, this is what's called a midroll. Yeah, there's a midroll ad. I'm doing on spec.

I'm, I'm not getting paid for it, but I'm hoping to roll. Free Costco ads. There was a huge line of the gas station on my way out too. That was the other thing at the end of like, even after they were closed, there was just a or I don't know if that stays open or what the deal is. Is it always open? But there was a lot of, there was a lot of people just waiting, waiting in like a huge, huge line to get the Costco gas.

So I guess it saves you. You must be saving stuff if people are out there waiting for it. So we, we actually had a similar discussion because there was a gargantuan line for Costco gas, but even if you save 30 cents a gallon is, you know, is 25 minutes of your time in the Costco gas line worth four bucks. Right. No, I mean, the answer is simple. I would pay $4 to, to not do a lot of things and waiting in line.

If I could skip a line for $4, of course I would. Yeah. That's, I, why is my experience with Costco with like on a busy night, I wasn't as into it, but I know that you upgraded your membership. Is that correct? That's right. I did. Yes.

I went, I upgraded to executive membership recently. Dear God. They, you know, look the, the, the sales lady explained to me how much money I'd be saving and it was again, no brainer. So yeah, check out the, the Kirkland signature executive membership at your local Costco. Maybe the right fit for you and your family. Oh God. You know, when you, you mentioned the, you know, the families there on a Saturday night

having, having a cheap meal. I mean, that's kind of one of the things I, you know, I miss about the, that is disappointing about going members only is that, you know, I would do, because my, you know, my schedule is flexible. I could go midday during a, you know, a weekday and you would see, you know, like construction workers and like, you know, like a guy like landscaping guys, like all they're just, you know, filling up, you know, filling, you know, getting a really filling lunch for like, you know, five bucks and that's, that's really hard to do.

I mean, especially in Southern California and to have that kind of go away. I mean, yes, these guys could theoretically get a Costco membership, but are you going to pay 60 bucks a year just to get a $1.50 hot dog, you know, or go somewhere else? Yeah. Yeah. That, that is a bummer and I understand the economic reality that, that led them to do that. But yeah, it's, it's, you're absolutely right.

There's, there's this, uh, that's happened to a couple places, a couple local places near where I live. Like one was like this, this Chinese restaurant that had like family owned Chinese restaurant that had a really cheap lunch special and you'd always see like, you know, working class people having, they're taking their lunch break there and then it just like closed and they're just going to like turn it into condos like everywhere. It's same things happening with this, this burger stand. Yeah.

It's, it's, it's a bummer when you see those options disappearing and all that's left is chains. But yeah, I, I, I agree. I wish, I wish they'd just reopen it to everyone because also I don't know how much money they were even losing to non-members lining up. You cut, you still have to go out of your way to go there. I don't like members only. I don't like the idea of it. It's, it's snooty to me.

Yeah. Although in fairness to you, you're wearing the jacket. The Costco members only jacket. A Kirkland. Kirkland. I'd wear one of those. Members only finale of the Sopranos great episode. I like the finale of the Sopranos.

But me too. I don't, I don't, uh, members only as a, as a concept. I don't love it. I don't like, I don't, I don't, for a grocery store. I don't, I don't know. I don't know why. Well, you know, look, it, it, is it a deciding factor? We're going to find out.

We should get to our final thoughts on this week's chain Costco, specifically hot dogs, although we can talk about sides and drinks as well. And look, I'll go first because I think I, you know, I, I think everyone knows my leanings. Everyone knows I'm a Costco fanatic. I, I upgraded the executive membership as you mentioned. I wear, I have a Kirkland signature sweatshirt I got. Uh, that's, that's nice.

And it, it's very comfortable and I wear it proudly. So, you know, even just having the bun, it's still a good deal. It's still, it's still not a terrible deal to get a bun and a soda for $1.50. Are you sure? And so in those terms, both of those things are the cheapest items on a restaurant menu. That was pure profit for them. Look, if you go to Carl's Jr. Hardee's and you buy just a soda, how much is that going to cost you?

You know, like you get a fountain drink and a, and a bun for a $1.50, but also, but hey, if you're eating the hot dog, that's an unbeatable value. And I just like Costco's food offerings. And I like the Costco fan. It was a good bun. As I mentioned, I like the sesame seeds, quality bun. Oh, one of the better buns I've had thus far. And so I'm, I'm not going below five forks, five forks for me for Costco.

Um, Excalibur, you know, don't let me bias you too much. But it sounds like you had something of a down outing. What was your experience and what's your forks? Don't let me bias you too much. By the way, I'll go first. What the fuck? How is he, how are you not supposed to bias him? No, I'm not, I'm just saying like I wanted to, there's no suspense for what I'm,

of course I'm going to go five forks. It's like you reviewing, uh, what's that fucking Boston pizza place you love? Regina, what? Regina, that's right. It's like you with Regina. You don't know the name Regina fucking spot. You drag me to Regina. That's right.

Dear Lord. No, everyone knows you're going to give five forks. Everyone knows I'm going to give Costco five forks who listens to the podcast. Excalibur, but again, your Regina is Costco. We talked about it. LA doesn't really have a pizza culture. So yeah, kind of is. Um, so if, if I were to base it exclusively on, on yesterday's visit, it would be bleak.

But I've got maybe not a Wyger-esque affinity to Costco, but still an affinity to Costco. It holds a special place in my heart. It's a place where you can get, um, you know, two gallons of bourbon and, uh, a slice of pizza and you're, you're out of the door for 40 bucks. And so it's, I, I, this is, this is informed by my past experiences at Costco, but I will give it three and a half. Wow, good score. But unfortunately outside the hallowed halls of the golden play club, Mr. Slice, what do you think?

Well, wise, I was thinking of being a heel, like Hungary Henry. Be a great heel. Um, but, uh, and giving it a 3.99, just to, but you know what, Excalibur did the work for me. Uh, my, my experience this time was, was not great. And I don't have as much experience as you do. Wags, it's, yeah. So, so, I mean, obviously I, I, I didn't get to have the chicken bake, which I had before. And I, and I, and I, and I did really like, and I think before, look, the thing that really pushes

it up is that I got all those an ice cream Sunday at Churro, a hot dog and a drink and a smoothie. And that was all like nine bucks, which is a good deal. You know, the end, but the hot dog didn't really hit and the Churro was good, but could have been better. The ice cream was maybe my bite of the night. Wags, uh, um, man, I don't know. This is, this is, this is, this is hard for me to do, but I think I got to go 3.75 forks for this, for this outing.

Three forks, three times. Boy, a bummer, a bummer, but you know, that's how it is sometimes. That's how we roll sometimes in Dr. Dobrik Fest, 2021. And, uh, we'll take a break. We'll be back with more dough boys. You're, you're fucking pissed. Hey, you, you craving fresh, delicious, easy meals, try wild grain and get their bake from

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Of course, and you know, I would be remiss if I did not mention that my hot dog dough bark tober fest actually began in September. Wow. Yeah, we were in Chicago for our pay-per-view in September. And so we had a couple down days there. Had a hot dog at Portillo's and. Wow. You know, through the garden or drag through the garden.

Is that what they say? I'm not sure. Oh, that's right. Yeah, drag through the gardens. I feel like I like all of those elements separately, but together maybe that just doesn't work for me. It's just too much. I love it.

It's too much. Again, you know, Chicago, even your central time zone. Two weeks later, had a layover in Detroit. So stopped at the Leo's Coney Island, had three conies there. Absolutely stuffed myself. It was not maybe not my favorite Coney experience, but you know, a taste of home. A week after that was in Rochester, New York. I texted.

Wow. I texted Mitch the picture of my garbage plate. Garbage plate, big time. Had a red hot and a white hot on top of some macaroni salad and some potatoes. And. Fuck, that sounds great. I wanted to go to Rochester just for that. I don't know if Doughboys will ever get up there, but I want a garbage plate so bad now.

And then we told, we talked about this X caliber, but I mentioned, I told Colt about a garbage plate, Colcobana. And he was saying that he doesn't eat like mixed up stuff. And you and I were kind of going off on this. He doesn't eat, if it's mixed up, he doesn't eat it. Why? I've never heard of such a thing. No, I know people like this.

They like their food separate. He's a food pervert, Cabana is. I mean, there's no way to explain it. He's like, he's like, oh, I don't like sauce on things. It's like, go to your family. What's wrong with you? Go to your fucking room. That's bullshit.

Okay, sorry. I need to, it's a hijack. I had, I have. No. Two days after the garbage plate, when I got home, grilled some bratwurst, got some bratwurst from a local butcher shop here, grilled some, grilled some bratwurst. They were great. Then last week in Philadelphia, Frankfurt Hall had another bratwurst.

They had a great Currywurst bratwurst in Frankfurt Hall. And then of course, yesterday, Costco. So really, I am living my life a quarter pound Frank at a time. That is, that's impressive. And you're, and you, and you're not forced to do it because of the podcast, which by the way, Wags, I, I, I, I gladly got the Fenway Franks in that sausage because it was Dog Doe Bark Fest. Yeah, I might've gotten them without that, but I, it was so I could eat them for the podcast.

I was excited, I was excited to do. Yeah. And guess how many dogs, how many dogs have you had throughout the Dog Doe Bark Fest? Zero so far. I may have had some veggie dogs, but yeah, it's not the same thing. It definitely, it definitely has set me up with a, definitely given me the most specific meat craving I've had all year for better or worse. Yeah.

By the way, I want to, I just want to say also quickly, Excalibur, that, that pay-per-view that you were talking about had one of the best tag matches I've, I've ever seen in my entire life featuring some guys that we would see at, at PWG. Yeah. The Young Bucks and Lucha Brothers inside the Steel Cage was, I mean, absolutely tremendous tag team match. And, you know, I mean, definitely go down as, I mean, one of the best tag team matches. I mean, in AEW history, but I think also pro wrestling, I don't mean to be hyperbolic. No, it was, it was one of the best matches I've ever seen.

Yeah. People should check it out if they, if they haven't. I think Dave Meltzer gave it six forks. Wow. He has, he has changed the rating system recently. Yeah. It goes to the forks. Yeah. It's, it's in honor of Abdulla the Butcher.

Hey, you know, Mitch, it's time for a segment here on the podcast. And when fast food news breaks, the dough boys are on the case. It's time for another edition of Breaking Choose. Breaking Choose. Breaking Choose. Thank you, Emma. I just like to point out again that they don't say, there's no lyrics to that song where they say, breaking news.

That doesn't happen. No, I think they're in there. Brian Williams usually sing that. Oh, he sings it's okay. He sings on top of the track. He sings on top of the track. And then he lies to you. Yeah.

And Mitch, this week's top story, I got some personal news. Let me hear it. You know, you and a lot of our listeners know me as the burger boy, Nick Weiger, but you may not know this. My full legal name is Nicholas Frank Weiger. That's right. Yeah, it's true. And sometimes I go by Frank, which means it's time to review the Week in Hot Dog news

in another edition of Let Me Be Frank. Wow, we switched it up on them wigs. Hot dog, simmer in the city, great on my grill, getting greasy and gritty. Toast bun, don't it look pretty? Sucking on a dog like you're sucking on a titty. Pork and beef, sausages and long bread, rolling on the roller wheel, mustard and reddish. One bite, it's a different world. Swap dog bites with a girl.

Munch on, munch on and chomp all night. Despite the parts, it'll be all right at taste. When the casing has snapped, later that day, you'll for sure have to nap as it simmers in the city, like you're sucking on a titty. You ain't nothing but a hot dog, frying all the time. You ain't never been a burger and you ain't no launch of mine. Well, they said you a sandwich, well, that was just a lie. Yeah, they said you a sandwich, well, that was just a lie.

You're just a bun around a wiener, so you sure don't qualify. So no one told you lunch was gonna be this late. Your stoves a joke, it's broke. There's nothing on your plate. It's like your fridge is full of lemon peels. When it hasn't been your taste, you're biting your munch or even your meal. But I'll be frank for you when the dog starts to char. I'll be frank for you like I've cooked links before.

I'll be frank for you because you're frank for me too. Sometimes it makes me sad though. Hot dogs being gone. I have to remind myself that some Franks aren't meant to be fridgeed. Their casings are just too tight. And when they get eaten up, the part of you that knows it was a sin to have them sitting in your fridge does rejoice. But still, the place you live in, which is currently my mom's house, is that much more gray and empty that the dogs are now gone.

I guess I just miss my Franks. Get busy grilling or get busy frying. That's goddamn right. For the second time in my life, I'm guilty of committing a crime. I put ketchup on a hot dog. And by the second time, I mean the second time today. Of course, I doubt anyone would throw up any roadblocks for me. Except maybe if I was in Chicago, they're really up their ass about ketchup on hot dogs.

But I doubt even they will care, not for an old Frank like this. I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still or hold my hot dog in my hand. I think it's the excitement only a hungry man can feel. A man at the start of a long journey who's about to eat a hot dog. I hope I can wait to eat it till it's fully cooked and I put it on the bone. I hope I don't see any of my tank-ass friends and see them holding out their grubby hands because I only have enough Franks for myself. I hope the mustard is as yellow as it has been in my dreams.

I hope. No, I Frank. That was the Shaw Frank Redemption Wags. Wow, very good. Very well done. Our guest, by the way, over the break, we reminded that he had a phone call. He has to get to right after this. Which Wags, sadly, only leaves us probably for time for about one news item on hot dogs.

Yes, yes. For this, let me be frank, said when, honestly, I don't even know if we have time for one. You know what? You know what? After that, that's stirring rendition. I'm in for a penny in for a pound. Wags, I will say that Excalibur did the clapping when you did your friend's parody there. Wow, I didn't pick it up.

He was clapping along. He was too locked in. Love it. And after hearing Wags sing, you could see how he would be a great promo guy in a interview, right? Oh, yeah, yeah. And I mean, you know, really, Mitch, before you got on the call, Wags, he did apologize to me preemptively, and I will say, apology accepted. All right, well, here's the hot dog news for today.

I have Google hot dogs on Google news, and I'm on the news section here. Let's see. You won't believe how many hot dogs Rob Gronkowski can fit in his mouth. That's one article. Do we want to hear about that? I mean, like, I'm sure I would believe it, right? I would put the over under at like five. I feel like he might have five or six dogs in there.

Excalibur, what do you think? I think unless it has a photo of, you know, like the man with a thousand cigarettes in his mouth, and it's like Gronkowski with hot dogs, I think it's a letdown, either way. I mean, if it doesn't have that. There's a video. Oh, no, here it is. There is a photo. Okay.

There is a photo, and the answer wigs was nine hot dogs. And here he is. Wow, nine. Here's the photo. Here's a photo of him. Oh, okay. All right. That photo does exist.

All right. That pays off. That photo does exist. There he is with nine hot dogs sticking out of his mouth. And that really, really plays well on this audio medium. He's there with his, I don't know his marital status. His wife, his lady friend is with him in the picture it looks like. His hot dog coach.

His hot dog coach. Yeah, I think this was like a, no, I think this is just a news, I think this is like a news reporter. That's it. Oh, it's a news personality. Got it. Yeah, I think this was important news. Yes.

Got it. Here's the deals that so much of this hot dog news is stuff we've already covered. So I got to keep it just this last week. Well, Mitch, maybe this will change things up because in a twist for this week's edition of Let Me Be Frank, I used my preferred search engine Bing. Wow. Speaking of friends to look for, to Google hot dog news, and here's what I have. No results found.

Yeah, I don't know why you search hot dogs on Bing and no results are found. Yeah, no, it's coming up empty. Here we go. And this is a paywalled article, so I can't read the text. But hot dog restaurant chain Portillo's seeks $400 million in IPO. I saw that as well. So they're going for it. Yeah.

Let's be at Bloomberg. That's very interesting news. Is their plan to go national? I mean, they have a few, they have a few national locations, right? They have one in Anaheim out here. There's one, yeah, I think like South Bay somewhere and then. There's a bunch in Arizona too. Arizona, okay.

Also, by the way, I think we talked about this on the let's let's let me be frank. Well, this was five hours ago on Bloomberg, so I don't know what to tell you. Bloomberg's behind the times. Well, why is how about this? This is this is this is very important news, especially for this theme month. 2021's top pet costumes include pumpkins, hot dogs and superheroes available at PetSmart. Wow. Now, it is news created by PetSmart about PetSmart.

Okay. So yeah, that's kind of a branded content. Sounds like. Do you have any fun ideas for a Wolfie and Gurma costumes or hell for pinkie and noodle? Do you do you have Excalibur? You ever mess around with the Halloween costume for your pets? I have one photo of my noodle in a little little kind of head thing. Like with a devil horns on it.

It's got a little collar. He tolerated it for about 30 seconds and then I had like a huge cash in my arm. So no, we don't do don't do pet costumes in the Excalibur household, unfortunately. Wow. Got it. I mean, that's that's nice to your pets. Yeah. Yeah.

Also, also my cat is very elderly and frail. So here's I got I got a good one. Yes. Hot dog. Local restaurant is bullish on bulls playoff chances. The bulls have played some insulting basketball times during their playoff drought that dates to 2017 last season. Jimmy Butler roamed the United center hardwood.

So it seems only fitting the Wieners, Wieners circle, the irreverent north side restaurant known for insulting its customers is tired of all of it. All either that or the joint didn't listen to the bulls fan pulse on Twitter and is over reacting to one dominant preseason performance in their Twitter post early Wednesday, following the bulls decimation of the Cavaliers. The restaurant said it would offer free hot dogs for an entire day if the bulls don't make the playoffs. I mean, you know, that's that's that is really yeah, that is really being bullish, if you will, on a based off a preseason win over a young team.

So I'm not sure how much stake I'd put in that. But yeah, I don't know. They're trying something different with the bulls, you know, they got a new, they got a new roster, they got some guys to help out Levine. So maybe they'll be all right. Yeah. Laker greats Lonzo Ball and Alex Crusoe over there. I'm pretty I'm just getting I'm just planning my trip to Wiener circle so I can get those free dogs.

I don't think they're going to make it. $400 an airfare and then free hot dogs. So we need a line for Costco gas pays for itself. Excalibur, are you are you an NBA fan at all? You follow the round ball? I am. I just watched the Lakers actually coach Tony Khan is a big Lakers fan and and his I mean, he's a bulls fan growing up in Champaign, Illinois, but also also Lakers fan just from the Showtime Lakers. And I every year I text him his birthday was this past week.

And every year I seem to text him as the Lakers are playing. And then I'm like, I'm like, Hey, watching the Lakers happy birthday, whatever. And then I have to follow up that text and be like, Oh, sorry, man, the Lakers lost. I hope you still have a good birthday. Had some rough stretches of the 2010s. Are you a Pistons fan? Yes. Long suffering. And so, you know, I'm glad glad they got the Blake contract off the books, but I'm not sure.

You know, I mean, it'll be it'll be interesting to see how they're able to build around. Can I ask you can I ask you a question I hope the answer is no to? Sure. Were you on the court during the malice at the Palace? I was the one that that threw the the IC at Roderick test. Oh, man. Oh, boy. Oh, no. No. Wow. Shot heard around the world.

Yeah, I saw that game live. And that is that is there's that game live. I didn't know this. Not at the not there. No, but I mean, like I'll watch this on live TV because I remember seeing the recap that night and on Sports Center and be like, Oh my God, you watched it live. I did. Yes. And I was like telling people I was like, a crazy thing just happened,

but there's like there's a good documentary on it now. Right. Yes. I think it's called Malice is on Netflix or something. They've done they've done a few, I think. Yeah. I'm trying out some Netflix reads, Wags. Check out Netflix.

Check out the Malice of the Palace doc. It's great. That as far as news, there's not much more. Do you have any other Bing ones that you've that you see there Wags? Uh, there's there's this is look, I'm trying my best with Bing here, but there's a lot of ones about a dog and a hot spring. And it's just like that's your you're not doing yourself any favor. If you're if you're taking hot dog news and turning that into a dog hot spring,

because that's a different story and I know that I've I've read that story and it's terribly sad. So don't read that. Yes. No, I'm not going to read it. Yeah. I'm going to brought it up. Yeah.

No. That's most of the stories here. All about the hot spring. So Bing truly not doing as well in the Bing versus Google. All right. Well, you know what? That rubs up this week's Let Me Be Frank. There we go.

Wow. Could I be a less effective search engine? Named after Chandler? I think it was. Wow. I'm trying to give Bing a fair shot. I think I think it's I think it'll pull it together. Hey, just like a restaurant via your feedback, let's open up the feedback.

And today we have an email from Megan. Megan writes, I need to know your guys mount mini fridge more. If you could only choose four items to keep in a mini fridge, say in your work office or hotel room, what would they be? Mine would be sugar free Red Bull pickles, hard boiled eggs and apples. Much love. So there you go. Excalibur is someone on the road a bunch?

You ever stashed anything in a mini fridge in a hotel? Left plenty of probably thousands of dollars worth of food and beverages in a mini fridges that have been thrown out right after I checked out. My mini fridge usually has because we run till about midnight and finding places that are open is a little tough. Usually I'll get an extra plate from catering and I'll pop take that with me. That'll be my late night snack. And typically when we get in town, I'll stop at like a liquor store somewhere

and get some beer, get some booze, get some mixers or something like that and just pop that in the fridge. So because hotel bars, it's interesting because we'll say, we're going to have 100 wrestlers show up to this hotel. If you stay open for two more hours, you'll make your week basically. And they're like, no, thank you. And so that happens more often than you would expect. Was this email from Meghan Markle?

I mean, there isn't a last name, but I think we can safely assume yes. What was the question again? I just thought of the Meghan Markle thing and I didn't remember what the question was. So you heard the name and then you're like, okay, I'm good. It was between that and Meghan and Meghan Trainor. Did you see the Meghan Trainor? She put up a photo. Her and her husband have side-by-side toilets.

Did you see this? I think this was actually something that was shared on Nicole Byer's podcast, which is fascinatingly enough. Yeah, it's not my scene, but I'm glad they found each other. If they have a couple that's that comfortable pooping in front of each other. The question was Mount Minifridgemore. And I will usually, if I'm going to have a little something in the hotel room, I'll usually lean towards like a little red wine or something.

I feel like that's like, it usually puts me to sleep more than a beer will. But I do like having sparkling water. So I'd say sparkling water will be in my Minifridge. If I can get some loose string cheeses, I mean, that's just such a great snack and that's not going to weigh me down. I will, I'll be with Meghan Markle and say I'll also throw some apples in there because I think apples are always good. And then I don't, I'm trying to think of what else, but I might say like a yogurt,

like some yogurt cups. I do a yogurt cup. Wags, that's on my Mount Minifridge more because if you're working in, you get to go out the door for breakfast. So you got something there. It's that's great. Gatorade's Wags, my classic. Oh, Gatorade's a great one.

Yeah. Gatorade and your Minifridge, that's the way to do it. It's a boring answer, but water's got to be on. I mean, it's sparkling or regular. You just need, you just need some sort of water in there. That's a good answer. And then why is my big one Snickers bar? Put a Snickers bar in that Minifridge.

You're yourself a nice refrigerated. I know it's not frozen, but a nice refrigerated Snickers bar. Yeah, that's smart. I liked Megan's answer of Pickles, but Pickles not really a road thing for me. It's rare that I go to a town and be like, I got to get some Pickles, but my fridge at home, my full size fridge is normally stocked with some good Pickles. What Pickle varietals do you fancy? I just, I like a really crisp dill, just like a classic,

I don't really like bread and butter Pickles all that much. I guess they have their place more relish than Pickle, even in Pickle form. Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah, it's funny because to me, Minifridge is just so connected to one, either the stuff that's in the room or stuff that you bring up into it. Even more than water. I mean, Gatorade is there, but Likes, it's Dog Doe Barkfest, Brew Dogs. You need Brew Dogs in there.

Yeah, yeah. No, that's good. You got a couple of Brew Dogs in there. I think it depends on you, but absolutely, it's never a bad thing to come back to an ice-cold Brew Dog. Well, hey, hit us up with your Mount Minifridge more, hashtag Mount Minifridge more on social media. And if you have a question or comment about the world of chain restaurants, you can email us at sowboyspodcasts at GMAT.com

or leave us a voicemail at 830 Go Doe. That's 830-4636-844. And to get The Doughboys Double Our Weekly Bonus episode, join the Golden and Platinum plate club at patreon.com slash Doughboys. Excalibur. Or just go to bing.com and put in Patriots and Doughboys, and then you can find it that way. And it'll bring up a bunch of stories about a hot dog. A dog at a spring jumping into a spring.

Excalibur, thank you so much for being here. What an absolute thrill. Thank you so much for making so much time for us. Please, everyone who's a who's a wrestling fan, current or laps, check out AEW. It's it's it's the, you know, it's it's an awesome show and you do an awesome job with it. Excalibur, I watch I watch every week. Nick is usually behind. He I'm not sure if he watches at all or if he catches up later.

I watch I'm a DV. I use the DVR. I have a hard time watching live, but I do. You are it. We have a wrestling boys text thread. That's right. And me and Sus and Carlson are trying to talk spoilers. And you and you and you and you haven't watched yet.

It's an it's become an issue. Sometimes I'll be behind, but I'm never like I'll I like you guys can just talk freely. It's fine because I'll just ignore it. Yeah. If I haven't seen that is that is true. Yeah. So just don't worry about the plus side of being a friend with you. You'll ignore everyone and you won't say a word.

Excalibur, thank you so much for being here. Anything you'd like to plug it this time? Well, thank you guys for having me. This is a dream come true, a dream fulfilled. I mean, well, I mean, yeah, I might be overselling it, but you know, that's. No, I guess you could follow me on Twitter, Instagram, shut up Excalibur, or you could watch me on AEW Dynamite Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on TNT or AEW Rampage Fridays at 10 p.m.

on TNT. And also we've got our next pay-per-view coming up full gear is coming on Saturday, November 13th from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It'll be on pay-per-view and or you can get it on Bleach Report or fight.tv wherever you get your pay-per-view. So please enjoy. Yeah. You might be seeing a surprise debut from Hungry Henry himself.

Wow. Is he the Joker in a match coming up? We'll see. Excalibur, we also, you do such a great job on the show. And yeah, it's it's it's been so great for you guys. And and yeah, a lot of a lot of my buddies and Quincy and stuff have been like, hey, I'm going to get into AEW. I've been away from wrestling for a while.

And I and I say the same thing to all of them. And I'm like, you should do it. It's great. It's really it's it's really so entertaining. And it's a great there's nothing there's nothing like it on TV. So so for sure, check it out. Yeah, thank you very much. No, I mean, that that means a lot to hear that. And I mean, really, to to be able to be a part of something

that is bringing all these people back to pro wrestling. I mean, there's I know so many people that that love wrestling when they were younger and kind of fell out of love with it and, you know, to to be able to to be a force in bringing that enjoyment back to people's lives is that's that's a huge thing. Hell, yeah. Well, God bless you. And they and thank you for being here. And hey, Mitch, that'll wrap up this week's episode of Dog Doe Bark Fest 2021

here on the Doe Boys podcast on next time for Mr. Slice Mac. Oh, God, until next time for Mr. Slice, Mike Mitchell, I'm Nick Weiger. Happy eating. The man knows how to cut a promo. See you. They keep that botch in there. On the next Doe Boys double, the treat lad is back.

Dog Doe Bark Fest continues with hot dog enthusiast Jason Sheridan of podcast The Ride as we talk theme park dogs and steaming weenies at home. Get the Doe Boys double every Tuesday only at patreon.com slash Doe Boys. Want to see the sources for this week's intro? Check the episode description. That was a hate gun podcast.