Doughboys - Toront-dough: Swiss Chalet with Alana Johnston

Episode Date: October 17, 2024

Alana "The Knife" Johnston 🔪 (@theonlyalanajohnston, Self Esteem Party) joins the 'boys to talk Toronto adventures, landmarks, and chains before a review of Swiss Chalet. Plus, a Canadian edition of Drank or Stank.Check out Big Brothers on Omeleto!Watch this episode at youtube.com/doughboysmediaGet ad-free episodes at patreon.com/doughboysGet Doughboys merch at kinshipgoods.com/doughboysAdvertise on Doughboys via Gumball.fmSources for this week's intro:https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2021/02/history-first-swiss-chalet-toronto/https://canadianbusiness.com/people/the-story-behind-canadas-real-succession-family/https://prezi.com/p/gfqjdudrxu_u/history-of-swiss-chalet/https://www.swisschalet.com/en/our-story.htmlhttps://www.recipeunlimited.com/en/about/timeline.htmlSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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which Kara also purchased in the deal. And based off its success with the dual concepts, in the 21st century, Kara operations began gobbling up provincial eateries like a hungry chain chomp, acquiring such North of the Border favorites as East Side Mario's, New York Fry's, the Burger's Priest, and Quebec's answer to Moran's rotisserie,

Saint Hubert. And with Cara's merger with sit-down concept The Keg in 2018, the once Canadian railway news company fully rebranded as Recipe Unlimited. And its flagship operation, the rotisserie chicken chain so beloved that Canadians view it as a point of national pride, continues to thrive with nearly 200 locations the most of any brand in its 1300 plus dining rooms portfolio. This week on Doughboys we continue Torrents Dough, Dough Canada, the Great Bight North, a month-long culinary tour of the six with Swiss Chalet. Welcome to Doughboys, the podcast about chain restaurants. I'm Nick Weiger along with my co-host, Prime Minister Justin Food-Dough, the Spoon Man Mike Mitchell. Yikes. This is the third episode of the month. Yes, we are.

And that is the roast you're at? Prime Minister Food-Dough? What's wrong with that? I think that's pretty good. Food-Dough? Like chew- or what chewed oh shoot like chewed. Oh is pretty good Has wait chewed oh has been done wait. This is our second Justin Trudeau roast. We're recycling true dough roast You know, it's fun to get into Canadian politics, I got no idea what the fuck the deal with Trudeau is. Is he good? Is he bad? Who knows? I think he's the same sort of frustrating, mainstream, centrist liberal figure that we have in the United States is my understanding.

I don't got to worry about him. He's the left option that's available, but he does things like he busted this rail worker strike that I didn't know fully about, but it was just like, you know. Do people ever call him a false doe? Like, true doe, false doe? Oh, that's good, Mitch. Thank you. Well, that's the other thing, though.

It's probably the people who call him false doe are the anti-vaxxer, anti-immigrant weirdos. So that's the other thing. It's just like, yeah, this guy is not great, but also the people opposing him are also beats the shit. It's sort of one of those frustrating. That's my understanding. Can we just start on the, I said a funny thing to you before. Sorry. So what type style are this? And I said, gun gun. Yeah, that was fun. So we have this,

the, we have these paintings that are on the wall that are all, uh, we're here at podium studios and also this, your, your image is not mirrored from last week. Mitch and I are sitting on different sides. We're just mixing it up. We're flip-flopping here in Toronto. We're up here in Toronto at Podium Studios. Our friend Mo is helping us out up here. But there's this painting of an ad-at

that's a key part of our tableau. Oh, you know what? I even just realized in the background, there is even more of an ad-at. Yeah, there's more of an ad-at back there. I didn't see the pink ad-at. Yeah. But this is by a local artist as is all the art in here and we're trying to get that artist's name so we can shout them out.

Hell yeah. Hell yeah. I think it's, I like it a lot. I like it. Now it seems like I'm being, I like the art. The art is great. The art's good. Hi Nick, a Canadian roast with a spoon, lots of love. Mark from New Zealand, a parenthetical, once got kicked out of Canada.

Wow. Once got kicked out of Canada. I wanna hear the rest of that anecdote. What happened there? Kind of down under there. A little next door to down under. New Zealand kind of America's, New Zealand kind of, Australia's Canada.

That's true. In the same way, you know, it's the same sort of relationship that Canada has to America. Big pick. Oh yes, I've heard this big pick thing. Roast at birdfuck.com. If you want to be at New Zealand, big pick. Yeah, I've heard big pick. Big pick.

Big pick. Big pick. Big pick. Big pick. Big pick. Is this tough for you because it's the longest you've never spoken before? That's like if, uh, if my razor blade got canceled, I sent a woman a big pick. Oh my God. If his razor blade got canceled, he sent a woman a big pic. Tell me when I can talk. You can always talk, knock at whatever you want. Introduce me, I have so much to say. I didn't think we could restrain you from talking.

I'm trying to be good. You're being great. I gotta stop, because Alana's mic's really far away from her face. ["The Voice of the Mountain King"] Wiges, we're back. Oh my god, what the hell? We had to stop down because Alana's microphone

needed to be adjusted. First of all, I don't even need one. Everyone can hear me, Toronto. I'm not gonna lie, her mic was really far from her face, but I heard her like it was right here. So I don't know how that worked, but I had to face it just to get it. The microphone gained consciousness

and tried to get away from the knife. Yes, so true. We're in Podium Studios in Toronto for Toronto, Doe Canada, the Great Bight North month on culinary tour of the six. We have discussed Tim Horton so far and Harvey's, Harvey's being a sister brand with this week's chain. We got a big one today, but we won't get into it yet.

Wags, how, what have you thought of, my phone fell. What do you think, what do you think of? Pick it up What do you think? What do you think of? Pick it up. We're just gonna leave it on the floor. Right through your legs. What do you think of, what do you think of Canada in the last 30 minutes

since the last episode? Oh boy, since the last episode wrapped. Yeah, you know, I've really come to love this, this crazy town they call the T dot. Wow. What fun we have up here. Are you okay? Down to the Raptors.

I got it. Toronto Raptors, you know, too bad you're not here for an extra week. I know, the season's not, hasn't quite started yet, so I'm not gonna be able to catch any of the basketball up here. Yeah, yeah. I would've loved to seen some hoops at the Air Canada Center.

Now we're talking. Maybe that's where they have my bag. Your bag's at your hotel now. They found my bag in the back of my hotel. We the North is that the short? We the North, yeah. There was a guy on set wearing that, a crew guy, and I was like, oh, you were after us, right?

And he's like, no. I was like, oh. Okay, great. Just got it for free. He just wants people to know he's up North. Yeah. He just hits more of like geographical shirt for him. The Maple Leafs are the bigger team up here. Yeah, the Leafs, yeah. That's why I mean, the NHL is like the best, the bigger team up here.

Yeah, the Leafs. Yeah, that's why I mean that NHL is like the best, the biggest sport up here. Hockey Hall of Fame, you could go there. Do you know, and correct me if I'm wrong, but this was on Good Authority from Norm, Mr. Taste. The Maple Leafs are the, have the most money of any franchise. Like they have the most amount of money and are like the most losing team. They have so much money.

It's like the fans are just die hard, but everyone's always like, they love the Leafs, but they're always like, oh, they're gonna blow it. And then they like win one game and everyone's like, I knew it. Yeah. But it's like, yeah. They haven't won the Stanley Cup since the 60s. 1967, yeah.

Honestly, I feel like this is our year. It might be. Look, this is how I started the Tim Hortons episode by talking about the Leafs over time. So like, you know, and because of the Leafs defenseman is who founded Tim Hortons. That's the situation. Here's my thing is-

We're not talking about Tim Hortons today. No. Another totemic Canadian change. This city is nearly unnavigable. I don't agree with you. It's nearly unnavigable. I don't agree with you. But public transport is great. I'm saying driving in the city.

If the Leafs win, it will be, this city will burn to the ground. What do you mean win? You should see when they just made the playoffs. They go insane. Oh my God. I mean, you have no idea. It was madness here.

Like my parents live by the stadium. So they can see from their window, cause they're in a condo, you can see everybody down there. And it was like, I mean, people were going till like three, four AM just losing it on the streets. People were going crazy, according to my parents. The Roger Center. Yeah.

The, where the Blue Jays play, you can, there's hotel rooms. You can watch a Blue Jays game from your hotel room. You can jack off. You can jack off. And then like someone's in the, in the stadium, they can watch a Blue Jays game from your hotel room. You can jack off. You can jack off. Perfect. And then like if someone's in the stadium, they can see you jacking off. You can use the pitch counter to jack off

and see if you can beat the pitch counter. Me, when it's time to come, I go to his stadium. Always. And I just jizz away as fast as I can. Yep, stick up those seats, nice and easy. Oh my God. What? Oh yeah, me, I'm the gross one.

You're dropping phones all over your crotch. What do you want from me? I'm just trying to keep up, man. Look, you can jack off in the- You can jack off, yeah, and watch a- And watch a blue jade game. Legally, you're allowed to. I think there was a game where someone was,

like two people were going in, right? Wasn't there? Yeah, that's happened a few times. People have just been going out in the hotel rooms, watch it, cause you can look out from your room directly into the stadium. Why not? Really, those people are going at it watch it, because you can look out from your room directly into the stadium. Really, those people are going at it. Then they start jacking off.

Got to do something to pass the time. Yeah. You guys are freaks up here. You are freaks up here. Mars, I want to ask you about the, because I remember when the Toronto Raptors won the NBA championship, you'd sent pics of the parade. That was huge.

That was insane. It was amazing. There were like people on, like climbing like streetlights. Yeah, like as soon as they won, everyone just had this hive mind to all like congregate downtown and we didn't know where we're going. We're just following the crowd.

It was like one of the best nights in Toronto, just like running into friends, everyone's in great spirits. It was the craziest I've ever seen the city. I was so happy to win. Remember how funny Kawhi Leonard was being? Oh my God. What did he do?

Did his fake laugh. You know that laugh thing they made fun of him for? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, everybody really roasting him. Yeah, it's great. Everybody was really roasting him. What was his name? Gasol? Wasted? Marc Gasol? Yeah, wasted on the way.

Drinking a bottle of wine. Yeah, he's great. It was awesome. It was so good. That was a great parade. It really was. You know what I want to go to here big time? We saw it in the Strange Brew. We saw it at a beer store. I want to go to a great parade. It really was. You know what I want to go to here big time? And we saw it in the Strange Brew. We saw it at a beer store.

I want to go to a beer store. OK, Norm used to work at the beer store. Wow. What? Mr. K used to work at the beer store. Mr. K worked at the beer store. And so he would work in the back, like hauling all the, what are the, slats? No, no, what are the?

Pallets? Pallets, yeah. Hauling all the beer. And all you would hear was like crashing and glass breaking. Like it literally affected his hearing now to this day because of working at the beer store. And there's a lot more to the story.

I don't think I should share it, but there's a lot more to the story about the beer story. What the hell? Let's just say there's some shady business. Yeah, I wouldn't be shocked. They sell beer legally. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha No one decided not to come up here with us. Yeah, he opted not to be part of Toronto. Okay, first of all, he couldn't come. Is your mic trying to get away from you again? Is it a moon?

All right, we stopped down again for another microphone adjustment. Mine again. I don't think we've even introduced our guest yet. No, we have not. Harry, oh. Yeah, please drop. Salute, ho, to N to nation Collier.

Emma hit him with a drop. Don't look at me like that. Every time you refer to an item of food as quote good, you'll donate $2 to the independent restaurant coalition. How's that sound? It was good. It was good. It was good. It was good. It was good.

It was good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good. So good. So good.

I don't believe that they say good on purpose. They're not gonna give them money. That was pretty good. So good. I don't believe that they say good on purpose. They're not gonna give them money. That was pretty good. I mean, was that better than Ezra? Was it better than Mitch? Come on. Is it better than Ezra?

Yeah. I believe so, right? Yeah. Yo, here's a bad drop for a good podcast, in quotes, using the 90s alt classic good by Better Than Ezra. Wow, well done. 24 goods were used in this drop. So we followed your lead and sent $48 to the IRC.

Hey, that's so nice. Everybody, Farley Elliott, who gave us that challenge in the episode he guested in Typhoon episode back in the day, that was a lot of fun. Thanks again for supporting local restaurants and restaurant workers xoxo Nate, Jasper, and Joel from Brooklyn, aka the Sour Bros. Wow, the Sour Bros. We also, we should say, and we did not just donate $2 per good, but we ultimately made a donation from that episode as well. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm donating my time. And boy, is it precious. We will introduce you, right? Not only my time. You don't even need to introduce me as if they don't know, not only my time, I'm spending social time with you guys as well, which I'm loving. You guys are making my trip. We've been having a blast, Drops at BirdFuck.com, our guest,

returning to the show, our good friend, Alana the Knife Johnston. Hi Alana. Guys, we've been together for two days straight. It's the best. I've been having a lot of fun. We had a lovely time last night. You did our live show. And just to sequence this, this is coming out, you know,

separated by weeks in our release calendar. But last night we did our live show with you and Stephanie Beatrice. We just recorded our episode which is coming out next week with Sean Distin. I'll just fucking spoil the guest. We're doing Harvey's with Sean Distin next week. Harvey's is the sister restaurant of Swiss Chalet. You have that backwards. You got it backwards.

This is the week after Distin. Distin came out last night. Take it, edit all that out. You fucking idiot. Edit all that out. You fucking dumbass. So we just recorded our episode of Harvey's with Sean Distin, which has already come out.

And now we're recording the sister restaurant, Swiss Chalet, right afterwards with you. Did you drop your phone again? I dropped my phone again. Let's drop this phone. Okay, now we're just the sister restaurant, Swiss Chalet, right afterwards with you. Did you drop your phone again? I dropped my phone again. Okay, now we're just getting desperate for attention and that's kind of my thing. I'm gonna say this.

Yeah. Why'd you ask me to time? We're 15 minutes in, I just wanna let you know. We're doing okay. I'm the timer for this episode, I got you, I got you. I'm gonna flash the timer at you every so often, just so you know. There's three timers, guys.

Wait, Emma's got a timer, Amelia's also got a timer. Hey, oh my God, we're very close. Look at how close we all are. Yeah, and Amelia's like a minute behind. And meanwhile, here I am having the time of my life. Amelia, you're way behind. Can you pause when we stop down?

Yes. Sharers is accurate. Wow, okay, so Amelia actually has the accurate one. You two are pretty locked in, though. That's pretty impressive, how close you got. Fucking kiss ass. Whose ass am I kissing? I was saying Amelia's the kiss ass to you.

Stopping it down. That's bullshit. Look. She's doing a good job. She's doing a great job. She said something really funny that I forgot that I want to bring up. I can't remember what it was,

but it was similar to her getting scared about Frankenstein getting into a car accident, which we talked about in the live show. And I vaguely remember something as well being said. And something happened. I know. Was that Soushalet? Yeah, it was Soushalet.

Was it that she'll gamble on fish? Was that it? You did say that you would gamble on fish. Yeah, you said you gambled on fish. I always gamble on fish. I mean. Okay, maybe that wasn't that. I mean, that wasn't it, but it was around that.

Something like that. But that was because you, that was because you had a little birthday celebration and you just ordered a fish cakes. Yeah. I don't even know what the fish in Toronto is like. I don't care. I will always try the fish.

If there's clam chowder, I don't care if I'm in like in the middle of the country, I'm gonna give it a shot. No, it's good. It's good here. From the Atlantic, delicious. One more do you want? Yeah, you're not too far from the Atlantic. Just a hop, skip, and a couple of jumps away.

I gotta be honest, I'm a little jealous. Of me. Of the tour, you're gonna all get a knife tour tomorrow. I'm gonna be working. Yes. How fun is that gonna be? I am very excited. So I am taking Nick and the dough gals, which we've been, which I've been saying all day.

We've been doing our own behind the scenes. You guys don't even know what we were doing today. We are like in our own plane right now. There might be a doe girls vlog in the works. There might be doe girls, you'll see. But I'm taking, I'm taking them all. We're gonna go to the waterfront and there will be an introduction to my parents.

It's gonna be huge news. I love it. Mike and Amal, they're ready to go. What? I'm not gonna meet your parents? And that's by choice from them. I basically, what happened was I just kind of said a little bit about each one of you and they went,

well, three out of four, not bad. I said, okay. No, my mom would love you. Love you, my dad, we'll see. I'm gonna be in the Hammer, which has great pizza. Lot of fun. We talked about the pizza. You have to shoot your TV show tomorrow,

so you won't be available for this outing. Aw, poor you. So sad. I wanna go to Buffalo. I do wanna go to Buffalo. I don't know if I will before this. Great outlet malls. Maybe at the end.

Possibly. I don't know if it will happen. You could go to Buffalo and then you could go to do maybe visit your old stopping grounds in Ithaca and then go back home. It's so far away. It will be like like a hop, skip and a couple of jumps. It's like two hours. It's two hours of Buffalo. Yeah, it's it's two hours to Niagara Falls.

Yeah, it's a little more than a bus. I think it's probably like two and a half hours. Yeah. I would like to get down there and try some of those, the wings. I've never done the Buffalo wing tour. What I'm saying is like, if the, at the end of your trip, you're like, well, my trip's over. I'll go stop by Buffalo for a couple of days. You know what I mean?

You could do it to somebody that doesn't know that. You could fly out of, you could have production fly you out of Buffalo. And that's where you leave and go back to LA. Possible. Let's keep talking about this. Uh, okay. I just want to eat some of the,

I want to go to Anchor, but I want to try all the wings. You can make this happen. I did a Buffalo wing tour like a month ago when I was there and it was awesome. Yeah, it sounds awesome. We can make a month of content on just the fucking wings in Buffalo. They were great.

I was roasting you, but it is true. We're making, look, future months we'll figure out. We're doing a month of content right now. Toronto, Doe, Canada, The Great Bight North, a month long culinary tour of the six. We were talking about Swiss Chalet. Harvey's we talked about with Sean Distin. Do you have any thoughts on Harvey's

and do you have a fork score for Harvey's? Yeah, so thoughts on Harvey's. Grew up on it, loved the stuff. I'm gonna say best veggie burger you're gonna get. Wow. Best veggie burger you're gonna get of like fast food. No question about it. I didn't even think to try the veggie burger.

Yeah, no question about it. They're known for it. And I mean, I gotta give it like a 4.5. Wow, you go that high, four and a half forks. Wags and I went three and a half forks each. Listen, I get it, but it's just the, did you have the poutine? We did, the poutine was great.

We love the poutine. Okay, cause that's my main thing that I get and the veggie burger. So you guys didn't have my other main thing. I didn't try the veggie burger. The other thing that Distance said was a highlight was the chicken and the hot dog. I didn't get a heated dog.

Never had a hot dog. I didn't know they had hot dogs. Me neither. This is news. We should get your thoughts on next week's chain. Oh wait, is that the one we can't say? No, it's next week's chain. Boston wait, is that the one we can't say? No, it's next week's chain. Boston pizza?

Oh, Boston pizza. You know, I'm not a woman to pass on things often, but that's a pass. Wow. Yeah, here's the thing, too many toppings, make up your mind, and we're not in Boston. Couple of things, couple of things in play. Yeah, fair, these are fair points.

Is there Boston, Ontario or something? What's the deal? No, we'll get into it next week. But the genesis of that name is that the founder was a Greek Canadian, I believe an immigrant, and had two other names that were Greek themed that were his first choices, like Parthenon Pizza and Acropolis Pizza.

And he went to the copyright office, they were like, both those were taken. He was like, all right, fuck it. What about a Boston pizza? They're like, oh, you can have Boston pizza. That's how- It's completely- That's incredible. It's pretty much an arbitrary decision

and they don't even really know. He's never lived in Boston. He has no real connection to the city. There's speculation that he had a friend who was from Boston and that's why he picked it. Stolen valor. It is, very much so. Yeah, we'll get into it. And away we go, very much so. Yeah, we'll get into it.

And away we go, you'll get into it. We'll get into it. Okay, but there is something I wanna dig into that we touched on at the live show. So you had a text exchange, you and Mitch, regarding whether or not something was a date, but there was one element that we didn't actually dig into. There was an autocorrect that we didn't relitigate.

What happened with this auto correct? What exactly was the transaction here? She can tell the story. You tell the story. No, you tell it. You tell it. You love it so much. Here you go.

Bring out the phone right out of his crotch. Let's do it before he throws it off again. Let's see here. Alana, who is this is when we're going to go to Norm, yeah, told me that this is a date. And I said, OK, well, I got to go on a date with Norm when I'm back there. She said, great, I want that to happen, basically. It's a hair here. Sorry.

Um, the pub. His phone was in his car. yeah, that's where it lives. Oh, I can't find your damn text, so I'm gonna have to text you. And you, look, you said you wanted to be a date. Yeah, big time. You've been doing this forever. The first time I met you, you were like,

too bad we never dated, I'd eat you alive. It's like the first time I met you, I was like, who are you? Okay, first of all, I already knew all about you from Holly, making fun of you before I ever met you, didn't need to meet you. I already you, I was like, who are you? What the fuck are you talking about? Okay, first of all, I already knew all about you from Holly, making fun of you before I ever met you, didn't need to meet you. I already knew where I stood. Here's, okay, you gotta get to this auto, correct? Because then we have to talk about today.

Okay, so I said, walking over now, great, almost there. And I said, and I'm also late, I'm around the corner. You there? And you said, I throb so. I said, that's why I made him read it. He loves it so much. First of all, you're not supposed to, you know, don't kiss, don't tell type thing.

You're not supposed to be telling people about my private texts to you. And you said it was a spelling mistake. Well, was it? Or was it just two texts back to back? That's a great question. Okay. Oh, and I'm the bad one?

Okay. But today, when we went to the Swiss chalet, like a lot of things in Toronto, it's down a set of stairs, right? It's kind of underneath. It was a little tricky to find and to find the entrance. So I got there first. Some are saying 15 minutes early. So I texted you guys to say it's down the stairs and you wrote, love it.

Intimate that it was intimate. And I said, perfect for a second date. You were the one that said it was intimate. That implies a date. I thought we were meeting as friends because it didn't work out, but it worked out. Turns out we're back on. Sorry, Norm. You can have Nick. You dropped your phone again. I can't breathe. I am suffocating in his phone and his pubes apparently. Nice and thick. Couple of beards going on on this bod. Sorry Norm. Norm I love you. I'm sorry. We love Norm. We love Norm. You try to do this with me when you said that I try to get it that I try to ask you about plugging in my phone charger. First of all you didn't try to ask me. You asked.

You knocked on my door at 11 at night and and you said, you stood there helplessly, and you were like, could I just plug in my phone charger? And I was like, yeah, dude, plug in your phone charger. It's the same plugs. And you're like, well, I don't know. And then kind of lingered, I want to say, for a bit. That's insane.

You kind of lingered. Did not linger. You lingered a bit, Mitch. I did not linger that long. Yes, you did, because you felt embarrassed, and you wanted to see what was going on in my room. I know you did. Did not want to see what was going on in the room.

Yes, you did. Anyways, we don't need to keep clearing up this obvious fact. Then today you and I were there first. We were waiting for Wags for a minute or two. This is at the Tim Hortons yesterday. No, it's Swiss Shelly today. No dude. Wait, what? What Chalet today. No, dude. Wait, what? What happened?

We were there before, Atlanta and I were there before you got there. Oh yeah, today. Oh, and Tim Hortons. Okay, so for both. Yeah, huh, interesting. No, I don't remember what happened with Swiss Chalet. Mitch just beat us there.

Oh right, it's all happening in sequence. That's what he's saying is that we were alone together. Are you all right? What's going on? No, I'm just saying, it's just a lot of I've had three fucking Canadian chain restaurant meals and like, those are the last few things I've eaten, so I feel like I'm in a kind of a fugue state right now. So we did have a little private mini date before they got there.

Today, it was pretty good. We covered nothing. Yeah. So that's a good day. I noticed that this table was sticky. Yeah, I noticed. I noticed you were a little sticky, too. table was sticky. Yeah, I noticed you were a little sticky too. I noticed that there was like 15 baby chairs in the corner. Amelia, you got to pick at that, right? There were a lot of baby chairs in the corner. Wow. But I was still hurting from

Tim Hortons last night. We had a lot of Tim Hortons yesterday. We were, I, not, listen, I went to bootcamp this morning with my mom and it was- Did you really? Yeah, at 7.30 and- Wow. Mom, this is, don't be offended. I mean, you're banned from listening to anything I do, but it was kind of a lot of old ladies.

And they one, schooled me and two, I puked right afterwards and that was cause of the Tim Hortons. Oh my God. That's why it got a two out of me. I did, I had to bootcamp. You puked? Yeah, because it was- Where did you puke? Hortons. Oh my God. That's why it got a two out of me. I did, I had to boot camp. You puked. Yeah, because it was- Where did you puke?

In the bathroom. I mean, I got out of there, but it was like, it was the Tim Hortons, like the sugar, I was like, oh my God. It just, it hit me. You barfed. Yeah, it hit me. Yep.

Anyways, don't I look thin? Are you a frequent puker? No, it's, I think- It's pretty infrequent for you. I think it's like, if I'm drinking. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, and then I kind of even stopped doing that because I was like, I don't want to be puking.

Maybe I'll have half a drink and call it a night. But no, from food and like, no, I try not to over eat to a point of getting sick, but it was the sugar. Just, it really was all that sugar. No, yeah, you should just not be putting that in your body. And we had it late at night. We did. Remember the beaver, like it was a whole thing.

No, it was kind of like, because we had the, I had, I tried to never have caffeine after, you know, at two or 3 p.m., but it was a whole thing. No, it was kind of like, cause you know, we had the, I had, I tried to never have caffeine after, you know, at two or 3 p.m., but I, there was, it was, it was unavoidable. Exactly, we had to try all the drinks. So I had a bunch of caffeine last night. I was like, so even though I was on like, like three hours of sleep, I was still just like buzzing.

Yeah, me, I had a hard time falling asleep. I was just so happy to be back together with my one true love. We had a blast with you. And I'm sad that I'm not going to be there for your tour. So what are you going to show? What are you going to show? When you take someone through Toronto, what do you have to show?

Well, this is specific to it's very touristy area, but it's really beautiful. It's literally right on Lake Ontario. So there is a walking path and a bike path. And there's all these like little parquettes and restaurants and bars and little coffee shops and stuff like that. So we're just going to go on a walking tour of that And if we want to stop and get something we can we'll meet my parents and do people swim in Lake, Ontario There's beaches not where my parents are but there's like beaches. It's there's literally a neighborhood called the beaches. Okay. Yeah

And but now it's almost now that that season is basically over at this point. Oh, yeah. Way too cold. You can you can swim here for 30 seconds all year round. And that's what I got here in June, July. You could do it. It was a lot warmer. So no CN tower. You guys aren't going to see the CN tower. We don't. We don't. It's we don't want to.

We're going to walk by it. We're going to walk by this. The well, I like to still say Sky Dome, but it's not what it's called anymore. Roger said, yeah, and Air Canada, like I'm going to take them to all that. It's cool to see. It's really fun. So we're going to go see the downtown is what we're going to go see. Here's the thing. Do you like going up to a big tower?

Do you like it's a tower? I'm going to go to Empire State. Let me go to the top of the Empire State. Because they don't do any shit like that. You're just like, all right. Well, I'm here at the top fucking place. Yeah. Or it's like scary. It's like, oh, this is fucking I don't want to the top of the Empire State Building. Cause anytime you do any shit like that, you're just like, all right, well I'm gonna go to the tall fucking place. Or it's like scary. It's just like, ah, this is fucking,

I don't wanna be here. This is fucking scary. Kong's there. Oh no, that glass floor. That happens all the time. The glass floor. I didn't walk on the glass floor. It's horrifying.

I mean, it's the scariest thing on the planet. It's really not fun. And kids are jumping. Oh my God. And it's like the fucking sky dome. You look down, people are just jacking off down there. Yeah, down below. They got a good view you look down people just jacking off down there They got a good view I mean if they're looking straight up they see some stuff yeah, but we're gonna be with my parents guys We can't have this

Yes, yes, we promise not to jack off around your parents. That'll be a first for you Okay, we so we were yes we arrived last we had it we took a little train ride over, we went to a couple subway stops. Choo-choo. We took the choo-choo. You and I had a lovely train ride home last night. We did. How fun was that?

I dropped you off at your stop. You did. That was really nice, but you were an incredibly able guy. You were so crazy. You took the choo-choo, then you had a choo-choo. Mitch, that is crazy. Wow, more on this later? Justin choo-doh?

Are we bringing that back? No, it's Justin food-doh. Today was food-doh. Yes. No, but we had a lovely time. And we met a couple of local people members of the improv scene up here, Lance and Ian, who you've known previously.

Wow, they're gonna freak out that you mentioned them. That's awesome. Lance and Ian, what's up? Yeah, they are, so I taught a workshop here about a month ago, and when I went in, it was like, I was introducing myself to everyone, and I was like saying a bit about me, and I do some podcasts or this or that, and they were like, yeah,, Dope Boys and I went, okay, so you know who I am.

Like it was like right away I was like, okay, so you guys already know what I do. Perfect. What was the workshop? It was, okay, so it was like this eight week workshop and they have a different teacher with like a specialty and mine was about honesty on stage. So what I made everyone do was get up and start doing a scene and I would call bullshit if I didn't believe them.

And I was like, there's no fucking way you would do that. And then I made them all tell real secrets and pull secrets out of a bin and have to do scenes on them. Just to see- It's like you're just trying to get a lot of secrets from all of your students. Yeah. Yeah, like which one's your favorite, doe?

They all said Nick. Oh, that's nice. Thrilled to see him last night. You had to see their faces. Thrilled. No, Mitch, come on, everybody loves you. They love you. You know that.

People love you. Our listeners like you a lot of the time. They like you too. They do. They like both of you guys. You're kind of all similar in a lot of ways. You and our listeners. Yikes, the boys are wishing we didn't shout them out now.

I'm kind of the wiger of my group of friends. Oh, cool, interesting. Very cool. Yeah, I get it. You don't say. I had no idea. How about that? Actually, it turns out I'm pretty booked up for the afternoon, so the walking tour is off. So yeah, Rogers Center, there's a nice aquarium. I haven't seen the aquarium yet. I haven't seen Little aquarium. I haven't seen the aquarium yet. I haven't seen Little Canada. I haven't seen Toronto Island. I want to see Toronto Island. I didn't know there was a Toronto Island.

How about that? You know what? Holly used to work. Holly Prazov, former guest of yours, used to work at in Centreville, like which is on the island. And she used to work at a funnel cake shop. Really? Yeah, summer job.

And it was like all young people and it was like a fun summer job that everybody worked and it was like, everyone was cute and having a great time and eating free funnel cakes. We love Holly. We might have to do two Rondo because there's just too many great guests we could have on for the Toronto Mines.

I know, so many Canadians. I'm gonna stop you right there. It's done after this. Wow, and on a high note. Ended early? for the Toronto Mines. I know, I know. So many Canadians. I'm going to stop you right there. Yeah. It's done after this. Wow. And on a high note? Ended early? This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Mitch, what's something that scares you? Share a fear, no matter how big or small.

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I'm up here in Toronto, Canada, away from my Helix mattress. Oh boy. Back down in the good old US of A, my Helix mattress is in Wally and Armless hands, and you know what? I check in on them every night. They're sleeping on my Helix mattress.

I bet they're sleeping like they like having a great night's sleep. They are wise because my Helix is a Moonlight Lux. Wow. It's nice and soft. It feels like you're sleeping on a cloud. Now my understanding, this is just a thing I've heard. If there's like a rumor that's circulating, so maybe you can just like either like affirm

the truth of this or just put it to bed forever. But the rumor that's going on is that you took a quiz and Helix matched you up with your Moonlight Lux mattress. That's right, Wigs, you just go to helixsleep.com and you take the quiz and you match up with the perfect mattress, something that fits you perfectly. It's easy, it's fast, and guess what? It's delivered right to your door.

And if you wanted to know, set up is easy, Wags. You set it up and you get 100 nights to try out your mattress or you can return it back. Now Mitch, you know on this podcast I'm not afraid to have the hard questions and have the tough conversations. I have to ask you, how has your sleep improved since you've had your Helix mattress? Wags, when I'm back home, I'm sleeping like a baby. Wow. And you know else who loves it? Wally and Irma, my mom.

Anytime she comes to town, I'm a good son. I go downstairs, I sleep on the couch or I sleep at her feet like a dog. Sure. And she sleeps fantastically. She says it's the most comfortable bed in the world. Oh, I love that. I love my Helix mattress.

And it seems like your Helix has been a clear upgrade from your old mattress and you can't wait to get home to it. Are you kidding me? I can't wait to get back there. Wow. I was more excited to see the Helix than I was to see you up here. If I went to the airport and the Helix stepped off the plane I would be, my tears would be streaming down my face. You didn't meet me at the airport? Yeah, I know. You're not my Elix. There's an October offer for 20% off all mattress orders.

That's right, 20% off all mattress orders in October. Just go to our podcast URL, helixsleep.com slash doughboys. That's helixsleep.com slash doughboys. Oh, yeah, but a lovely, lovely ride home, but we got over the Swiss chalet, which I knew what it was, but I didn't really know what it was. And you were pretty, I'm really glad that you were available to guest on an episode

in studio for us up here. And then also you were like pushing us towards Swiss chalets and pushing us towards going to Swiss chalet. Because it really is a thing that I think certainly for a first visit you should experience in person. This is a rotisserie concept based on a Swiss method of preparation. I believe that's the origin of its unique sauce as well. It was founded in 1954 in Toronto by the same founder as would later go on to make Harveys. And it has a-

Really? Uh-huh. Didn't you- Mitch. Have you listened to anything I've said over the past two episodes? I can has a- Really? Uh-huh. Didn't you, weren't you- Mitch. Have you listened to anything I've said over the past two episodes? I can't even.

It's the same company. And not even the past two episodes, we've just in general been just, we talked about this, the Switch LA Harvey combo was like a month ago. Literally an email. You probably have the email. Yeah, if it's in an email, Mitch didn't read it.

I didn't read that shit. Like, I'm beside myself right now. Oh, cool. Let me look at this planning email. No, thank you. Boring as hell. Is that even the first time you said it this episode? Yeah, forget the email.

I find it fascinating. Forget the email. Nick's right. I find it fascinating. There are 185 Swiss chalet locations, 152 of which are in the province of Ontario, so 82% of them. This is a very Toronto and Ontario area chain specifically.

But Alana, what is your history with the Swiss chalet? I am so glad you asked. Okay, here's the deal about the Swiss chalet. Basically, it's like, if you were going, in my town growing up, if you were going on like a nicer date, you were going to the Swiss chalet. Really?

Yes, because it was classy. Wow. It wasn't like chicken tenders. Yeah, sure. It was like chicken breast and, or like, you know what I mean? And you're sitting down at table service. Yes, you can get a baked potato.

It's like a whole thing. I would go there with my, sad to say now, ex-boyfriend. Why is it sad to say? I miss him, Mitch. I miss him. Okay, when you know, you know. It's as simple as that. I'm team Norm.

I love Norm. We love Norm. Well, Norm's team, Brock. Okay, that's his name. My high school boyfriend, and I love him and I want him back. Brock stinks. I think he did.

Norm worked at the beer store. Rock was a drug dealer. He sounds bad. Rock is such a drug dealer name. He literally did stink of weed. Yeah, he sounds awful. Oh no, miss him. He took you to States at the Swiss Jell-A?

Yes. This guy sucks. He's a dream. He had a car and I lived in the country. But we did get an accident. He drove us off a cliff one time. Oh my god. It's another episode. You like the drug dealer who smells bad

and drove you off a cliff? He's my everything. Wait, how did you drive off a cliff? OK, really quick. I grew up in farm country, off dirt roads. The city is Orangeville, I believe, yes. So like off- Did the road runner draw lines off the road?

Yeah, pretty much. There was a porcupine crossing and he was going really fast. That's gonna be a flat. Like an absolute idiot. Yeah, there you go. That's gonna give you a flat. And that's the worry there. That's the worry there. That's gonna give you a flat and that's the worry there That's the worry there. That's why he had to swerve so we didn't get a flat tire

But instead drove off a cliff the car landed straight like the front of it all the way down in this like Marsh straight up. So when I undid my seatbelt, I flat fall Oh my down at the front of the car. Then I had to climb out. And when I jumped off, I burnt my whole leg on the exhaust. Then we had to walk two kilometers to the nearest house. I had no shoes. So we had to walk on dirt road, two kilometers.

We're like soaking wet. Did you lose the shoes in the accident? Pardon? No, my shoes, it was heels and they broke when I tried to get out. Oh my God. So I had no shoes to wear. so it's like I'm walking to this farmhouse that we find and anyways, the worst part of the story is that we were on our way to go see Minority Port with my family. We missed the movie. Oh my god, it's a great movie. We missed the movie. Have you seen it since? I did, I have seen it since. We missed the movie, but honestly if that movie were true to life, they would have known that the accident was going to happen and we could have prevented it.

The precogs could have. They would have arrested the porcupine, I guess. For giving all those flat tires. Although they arrest the people who commit the crime, the murder, so the, was the porcupine okay? Oh yeah, because we swerved. guys word to the wise don't swerve I'm so sorry, but kill the animal you will drive off a cliff Well, that's how that's how the in in beetlejuice Alec Baldwin and Gina Davis die

They do today swerve to avoid a dog on a bridge and they go into it Let's be real if that didn't happen. They wouldn't have met Beetlejuice. Okay, that's it. Not one more Not one more. Not one more. We've said it twice. That's enough. That's why I said not one more. Alec Baldwin. Not one more Alec Baldwin. I'm not the one holding the camera.

Oh my God. We must move on. So here's one thing. what's Swiss show like- Would you rather have Beetlejuice show up or Alec Baldwin? I think Beetlejuice would be more fun. Yeah, I'd rather have Beetlejuice. He doesn't say it's showtime in Beetlejuice 2. How do you not say it's showtime?

Spoiler. Yeah, well it spoiled the movie for me. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice is a, that whole movie is ungepatschke. It's just way too much cram day. He said too much. Too much going on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I agree with you. Okay, here's the one thing I will say about Swiss Chalet.

Cause I knew this, I knew people like Swiss Chalet. I looked into it a little bit, but I didn't really know what the experience was going to be. But the one thing it does make me think of, and I don't know if either of y'all from living in LA know this, is the sport chalet jingle. Sport chalet, we take it to the limit. I do know that.

What? So when I hear Swiss chalet, I think of it as Swiss chalet, we take it to the limit. Oh yeah. I hear that in my head though, like every time I hear Swiss chalet. No, Swiss chalet has a lot of limits. Yeah. Yep. There's weirds, I love this by the way.

I agree with you. I know what you're talking about. There's a lot of crossovers that Canadians don't get and then stuff that you guys know that we don't get. I brought up Jim Blossoms and all you Canadians didn't know what I was talking about. I don't know what that is. What the fuck? You don't know, hey, jealousy?

I don't get jealous. It's funny though, but it's also like, it's the kind of thing like if you look at it, you look up some deep Canadian cut and you're like, all right. And then like what, just in the live show, you say like, like, I don't know, kind of reminds me of Fawz Wiggles. And the audience is like, yeah, Fawz Wiggles! Like losing their minds, like what the fuck are you talking

about? That's what it was last night when he was saying Harvey's in Swiss chalet and everyone was going insane. Here's the thing that you got to remember though, right? Like when you look at movies and television and this or that the only times Canada gets a shout out is to be made fun of so the fact that it's Like people are actually talking about Canadian things in places. It makes us really excited because nobody references us or anything here Everybody references America. So it's like, we are going to cheer. It's very exciting.

You guys are here from America, and you're talking about Canada. We love it. Wow. I will say that I think the thing, the Canadian influence on American pop culture is obviously immense. But a lot of times, it's like people don't even

realize these are Canadians. Exactly. Like, someone like Leslie Nielsen was such a huge comedy star. And I think America just kind of claimed him as their own. Or like, you know, I was talking about the band Rush on previous episodes. I feel like people know that Rush is Canadian,

but I think in America they're just sort of like, oh, yeah, there's a great band. You know? Jim Carrey, Mike Myers. Yeah, of course. But I want to say something, too, is that not all those famous Canadians promote being Canadian, how Canadian they are.

Like, I try to make a point to talk about Canada so people know there's a lot of talent up here. Right. Comedians up here as well to work with and you know, you should take note of. So they're also not saying it. You know, it's like they could and it would really help us, but they're not. You guys are all right up here. Excuse you. Be so lucky to be in such company. Oh my God. Look, without Canadians, we wouldn't have the mask. We wouldn't have Fat Bastard. Somebody stop me. We wouldn't have Fat Bastard, the burrito or the man.

We didn't talk about Fat Bastard burritos. We walked by Fat Bastard burritos on the way to Harby's. Yeah. Oh, and you didn't, of course, because you were going to Harby's. Yeah. You couldn't come in. It was funny. We like that as a reference to Fat Bastard from the movie. on the way to Harvey's. Yeah, and oh, and you didn't, of course, because you were going to Harvey's. Yeah, you couldn't hop in. And it was funny. We like that as a reference to Fat Bastard from the movie.

We'll do anything for a loft. Get in my tortilla, that sort of thing, you know. Oh my God. You can say that at Fat Bastard Burrito. Or like, get in my taco. Yeah, that's good too. Yeah, it also works. Yeah, these both work.

Or, get in my nachos. We don't always have to do rule of three. So we got the pierogies with sour cream and Cajun sour cream. Ooh. Cajun sour cream. It'll taste at a bayou. Now, season one of Twisted Mel shot down in the bayou, and now season two is up here in Toronto.

And now what's the big difference wise between Toronto and? Well up here, the gators are cold. You got snow gators up here. What the, are you hitting on me? What's happening? Up in Toronto. You are looking deep into my eyes. We're looking for some sort of reaction.

Yeah, the reaction is me going, what? That's the reaction. I'm like, I feel like I'm on another podcast. I don't know what's happening. Toronto, you got snow gators. You got snow, the snow gators up here. White is snow, right? Classic cold gators of the north.

Gotta be careful going down to moguls. You might as well hop over a gator. Gator or two. I, yeah, I don't know how to do the accent. I can't tell if we're tired or if it's bad. I mean, I know it's bad. It's bad. That's no, that it's, it's bad.

That's what it is. You are usually never lost for words. Oh my goodness. I literally didn't know if you were referencing a movie or something. I really didn't know what was happening. I was like, oh, is this something like, another thing I don't know?

Like another reference? You know the best way to calm down a Northern snow gator? A nice bowl of poutine, fuck it. I don't know, we don't have to do this anymore Okay, throw your phone in your crotch, let's call it a day Crawfish poutine, who cares? Crawfish poutine is good. We were excited to do snow. We decided to do northern gators and you're not on board with it It's fine. It was a bad said it's fine. It's fine. We cut a crowbar. We're gonna cut it out.

We'll cut all this out. Had a problem. What the fuck was that? Not a problem in French. It's not a problem. With the pierogies with sour cream and Cajun sour cream, kind of like that sour cream down in Dubai. You know, it's like the first season of

Sister Meta, I was thinking about this, Mitch, took place, you shot it in New Orleans. Yeah. And then now you're shooting it up in Canada, up in Toronto, and have you noticed a difference? Yeah, I think I noticed a difference or two. Now, Atlanta, do you notice a difference or two between the Bayou and up here in the Great White North?

I don't, I've never been to the bayou. Down there of course, they got the gators. Yeah, and up here we have- And there's scallion, what color are those gators? Down there? Mm-hmm. Green? That's right.

And what color are the gators up here in the north? White. That's right. Snow gators. Snow gators. Oh, they're white. Well, I do declare- The gators are white. Oh look, I did it. I got it. That you didn't do a good that wasn't an occasion accent. That wasn't it.

That was gone with the wind. Oh, okay. Well, there you go. I don't have pierogies often. These were these were, you know, that they're kind of like dumplings filled with cheese and potato. They had two different sauces, a sour cream, a zesty sour cream. They have a loaded pierogies with their pushy, you know, they're kind of like dumplings filled with cheese and potato.

They had two different sauces, a sour cream, a zesty sour cream. They have a loaded pierogies that they're pushing. You originally ordered them, Mitch, and asked, I was like, hey, can we get them out of bacon for me, which is very nice of you. And then our server, who is great, was like, you know what, you don't have to get the loaded pierogies. You just get the pierogies as is and get it with a couple of dipping sauces. I'm a good man.

I was thinking of wags. He doesn't eat pig. And we got the perogies. And you know what? I think the way we got it was the way to get it because you get to dipping sauces. I'm a good man. I was thinking of Wags doesn't eat the, he doesn't eat pig. And we got the, and you know what? I think the way we got it was the way to get it because you get to really appreciate the pierogies themselves. Oh my God. You don't need all that stuff on top. And they're great with the two dipping sauces.

Those were delicious. I loved the pierogies. I love them. I love the pierogies too. And you know what? Perfect way to start the meal. Yeah. The two sauces, I actually kind of enjoyed the occasion sour cream.

Yeah, I like the occasion sour cream. But you know what was funny about that occasion sour cream? I'd Yeah, I like the Cajun sour cream. But you know what was funny about that Cajun sour cream? I like the Toronto sour cream because it was white with snow. We won't get back into the Cajun gator bit, the Northern gator bit, whatever. I can't speak. We've done three shows and not even 24 hours.

My brain is broken. You're supposed to just carry this for us. Just carry the show, would you? Hey man, I'm just waiting for you to move on. You're the one that keeps bringing it back. I'm ready, I'm ready. She's trying to pedal a rickshaw like uphill and we're both just digging our heels into the ground.

I told you that I drove off a clip and you decided to take this podcast off a clip. You were like, that sounds like fun. You know what's funny is that we so wanted to do the Northern Gator bit in the live show last night. Yeah, we did. And we didn't do it. I wonder what the audience would have thought.

They probably would have fucking loved it. Yeah, I bet you they would have. I bet you they would have thought Snow Gator was great. All right, let's get back to Swiss Shelly. Sticky tables, 100 baby chairs, what else? Delicious pierogies. Delicious pierogies. Pierogies were great.

I loved our, first of all, we were in there at noon. Yes. And there was like 12 tables. Hell yeah. It feels very much like a blue hair restaurant. Did you see that business table? No. There was like that business table? No. There was like a business table beside us.

There was a business dinner going on. And then there was like a string of old people going down this way, looking for that deal, you know? Yeah. So, okay, so basically the thing to get here is a rotisserie chicken dinner. And so we all got versions of the quarter chicken dinner. Mitch, you got a quarter white.

Alanna, you got a quarter dark. I got the Thanksgiving feast, which is a seasonal thing for Canadian Thanksgiving, which takes place in October when we're recording. And the difference there is with the quarter chicken, you generally get a dinner roll, the signature chalet dipping sauce, which we will talk about, and your choice of size.

It is fries by default, but you can also get a baked potato, which you opted for Mitch. And I got a loaded baked potato or you can upgrade to poutine, which you did Alana, um, and my Thanksgiving feast, uh, by, by contrast comes with stuffing and cranberry sauce and a dinner roll and fries. Yeah. Uh, so it was a, it was a bit of a haul. What is, what, what is the traditional? Canadian Thanksgiving dinner exact same as you got it's the exact same the cranberry stuffing

Turkey turkey yes yam sometimes you get a couple hams in there Okay, people are going wild you'll get some ham in there, but it's otherwise. It's the exact same Yeah, yeah, but the fries that they have there are because it's, it's Swiss chalet and that's what they do, right? It's not like that's like a traditional thing. And because you like the sauce and it's like the whole thing. Well, here's what I will say. Both the poutine and the fries themselves,

not to mention the fries and the dipping sauce, but both the fries and the poutine themselves were just both so great. They were just such a wonderful execution of fries. I preferred the fries themselves to the Harvey's fries. And honestly, I might like the poutine more than the Harvey's poutine. I know you kind of, I think you like the Harvey's poutine

more maybe. Okay, but then my answer is no, based on what you just said about the Harvey's fries. Okay. Because the Harvey's fries in my time, very crispy, but we commented on how crispy the Swiss Chalet fries were. So if you're saying Harveys wasn't as good, then Swiss Chalet has to be the clear winner

because you and I were relating about the crispness of the fry. The texture is so great. Yes. I liked the Harveys poutine quite a bit. And I also did like the Swiss Chalet poutine. That was really yummy. Well, here's the thing, the poutine, and I know you guys already talked about it

on your other episode, but the cheese curd. That was really yummy. Well, let's just, here's the thing, the poutine, and I know you guys already talked about it on your other episode, but the cheese curd. This is, because you guys have disco fries, and then the cheese curd is, yeah, in the States, they call it disco fries, and it's like shredded cheese. Disco fries aren't like a thing that you see on the menu a lot. Yeah, they're not like national.

It's more of a, it's more a regional thing, but they exist. But it's more like, it's your only thing of poutine would be a disco fries. No one's gonna order poutine, are they? Yeah, well, there's the fries with gravy that they'll have in Baltimore, but I forget what that's called, but that's its own thing as well. Yeah, but it was like I just I knew I wanted the poutine right away.

I love poutine so much. And it's just obviously the make or break is do you have the real cheese curds and are the fries good? Are they crispy because the gravy and the cheese immediately is gonna make them soggy and you have to be able to pick it up without all the toppings falling off. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here's what I love.

First off, you can get the poutine with the gravy or with the chalet sauce if you so opt for it. But the gravy itself is really, really yummy. Yeah. And you advised a dip in that chicken and the gravy as well, which worked really well. Yes. But it's tough to even,

I was trying to figure out how to even describe the chalet dipping sauce because it is so distinct. It is not exactly savory. It is so aggressively like aromatic. And it's got like a clove, like nutmeg, like cinnamon sort of character to it. This blew me away. Because I had heard about the chalet sauce. Everyone talks about the chalet sauce. It's a big deal. I didn't realize that Swiss chalet is like a Thanksgiving type restaurant.

That's like what my like takeaway from it's a rotisserie chicken. But that's that chalet saucewags is like very nutmeg-y. Yeah, very seasonal. I think when you describe it as like drinking a cider. Yeah, 100%. What is it, milled cider? Mold cider. Mold, thank you. The mold cider is very similar.

People will literally go to Swiss chalet, get their meal, and then get like three sauces to go, just to go have it at home with other food. Well, it's so distinct. It's like, I'm like having this sauce and I'm like, I can't quite place this as a flavor that I've had another contact. It's like sweet with a non-spicy kick.

Yeah. Do you know what I mean? But it's not like sweet sweet. No. It's not like, it's not like, because we have like a honey garlic sauce that's very, very different. It's very gravy-like.

Very gravy-like. But I like that it's not as thick as gravy. I like that it's like thinner than gravy. It doesn't fill you up as fast. I got the honey garlic, what is it called? Glaze. Glaze. And you almost got it on, in which I said no. Yeah, you said no.

I said, you have to get it on the side. And we agreed that was the right decision. It was the right call. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I think the chicken, the rotisserie chicken is straightforward, but it's really well done. It's like a well executed. Skin's good, well seasoned.

It's a nice Christmas to it, nice and moist, at least the dark meat was. I really enjoyed it. You know, all the fixings that came with the Thanksgiving feast, I was like, these are things I promote. It's like replacement level stuffing or dressing, whatever you call it.

I thought it was fine. The cranberry sauce thing, I thought it was fine. The dinner roll, I thought was fine. But the fries were great and the chicken was great. And that signature Shelly dip and sauce. I mean, I felt like I was looking at a new color. Like what's going on here? Like what is this? It's amazing.

Can you believe this? This is the only, the two times I've eaten poutine I've been up here were today. Wow. Oh my God. That's right, of course. Yeah. There was one other time I was walking by this place and it said, fresh hot poutine.

It was like this sign that was written out and I was like, what's in there? And then I heard the voice from inside the shop. I was like, come on in and get some fresh poutine. Oh my God, Mitch. I was like, what the hell? And I said, who is that back there? You don't look human.

He said, what color is my skin? I said, white, you know. Oh, you're white. Okay, it's growing up. I said, okay, well, you're not green. If the gators I know are from the bayou are green, I'll walk right in. He says, okay, perfect.

I walked in there. I said, are you a Northern snow gator? Are you trying to trick me to come in here with poutine? Are you gonna eat me? He said, no, no, no, no, no. And I said, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. You're a snow gator, a Northern snow gator. I walked right out of there.

So that was the only time, that was the only time I would have had a poutine for that. This is crazy that you're telling the story because I was not gonna tell this on the podcast. I had a similar experience last night after I got the train stop. I was walking back to the hotel room. I was like, oh man, I'm pretty hungry after that show.

There was a guy with a sign. It was like, free poutine inside. Free poutine? Yeah, and I was like, okay. Mine didn't even say free. Well, that's the thing. I was like, free. I was like, well, there's gotta be some sort of a catch,

but I'll hear him out. He's like, come on inside. There's some free poutine. And I said, now hold on a second, I've heard about these northern snow gators, are do you happen to be green sir? He's like, I'm not green, I'm white. And I'm natural, I'm like, oh he's white. So I go in there and he's like, that's free poutine if you will suck me off. And I'm like, well, all right, well, a human man, I'll suck off a human man. I go down there to suck him off.

It's a gator. He's got a big gator dick. Oh no. Why same thing happened to me. Just a quick question though. What color was the dick? It was green. That's how I knew.

That's the tell. That's how you know it's a Northern gator. That's the green genital. I was sucking the gator off and I was like, this dick. Yeah, I was the same thing. Okay, well you said you walked out of there. So is this another gator? Because you said you left. This was another, this is later on. This is another gator. This is later. I got tricked again. There was another son that said...

Fresh or poutine? Fresh, more fresh. The best poutine. And I walked in. Got it, got it. And he was like, you like poutine? I was like, look, I just almost got tricked by a Northern snow gator. You were, and he said, no, I swear,

I'm not a Northern snow gator. I said, okay. I went in there and he said, it's free, but you have to suck me off. I said, yeah, of course. That makes sense. I'll suck you off. Yeah, I know the world works. I go down and suck him off.

I start sucking him off. Perfect. I'm sucking him off. Yeah, sure. I'm sucking him off. And then as I'm sucking him off. I'm sucking him off. Yeah, sure. I'm sucking him off. And then as I'm sucking him off, I'm like, wait, that's a green dick, Wiggs, as you said. And he said, that's normal.

A lot of, did he say this to you too? Yeah, he was like, it's normal. It's like a lot of, you know, a lot of also up here got green dicks. Pfft. Also, just for the people out there that want to get a hand job from Mitch, I don't know if you can see in the camera,

so do make sure you can see mine. This is how tight he was clenching his hands. Can you see how tight that is? Great, make sure that's on me for that part. Clenched fist. Clenched. He's trying to hold a coffee straw. Jesus Christ.

Hey man, I call like I see it. Anyways. Yeah, and just be careful out there. That's all we're saying. We're just saying be careful out there. That's the moral of the story. Nope, free poutine isn't actually free. Can I be honest with you?

Yeah. Since I've been here, that's happened to me at least 16, 17 times. Tight hand ups. No, me sucking off gators. Right, okay. And the only way that you can tell a gator is the green dick. Yeah. Yeah.

Otherwise it's amazing. It's happening to you more here than it did in New Orleans. It's happening to me more here than a hundred times more. Yeah. But that's because you saw they were green, so to me more here than a hundred times more. Yeah, yeah. That's cause you saw they were green. So you knew they were a gator right away. Right, right.

So you didn't go near. No, these Northern snow gators can hide in plain sight. I thought the quarter chicken, I thought the quarter chicken was really yummy. I thought that plus the fries, plus the signature chalet dipping sauce, I just think that was a triumph. I thought that was great.

Now a lot of the other stuff that we had, I thought was, besides the pierogies, I thought was a triumph. I thought that was great. Now, a lot of the other stuff that we had, I thought was, besides the pierogies, I thought was just fine. Like the garlic green beans were- Amelia just texted me something. We were trying to figure out what Amelia said. And I think this is what it is, Amelia. Okay.

She says, was the thing I said at Swiss Chalet our snow gators reel? And you know what? That is what it was. Yes, that is what it was. We brought up snow gators and you asked if they were real. Oh my God. That's what it was. Yes. I mean, we knew it. We were like, no, it wasn't. It was like something extreme, like Frankenstein.

And that's it. It's very similar to Frankenstein getting into a car accident. Yeah. Yes. These are Snow Gators real. And the answer is, yes. They're all too real.

That's the last experience. They're very real. In my experience, it speaks to me. Very real. Be careful out there. Garlic green beans I had was the evidence. Do you think we should just start this episode over? We don't have enough room on the SD card.

We just gotta blaze through the end. Yeah, I'm good. We're an hour into the, we're an hour in, Nick. We're doing pretty good. We're doing fine. We're doing good on time. We're doing great. The garlic green beans was what was a side I got just because I wanted to have something like at all nutritious

over the course of eating these, these, this Harveys and Swiss Chalet back to back. I think that they were, it could have been seasoned a little bit more, could have added more garlic, honestly. I don't know if you had any of those green beans, I think they were kind of just gonna hurt. Garlic, well, white beans, northern white beans, just cause the same thing with the Gators. Yes, right, that would have been consistent with the Gators.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I actually didn't realize they were garlic green beans, so you just said it, I thought they were just a side of green beans. They just tasted like plain and unseasoned basically. Yeah. You, Emma and Amelia, you both got a soup cups. One of you got a chicken soup.

Amelia got the chicken soup and Emma you got the broccoli and cheddar soup. How were those soups? I liked my soup. It was really good. It was pretty simple. It wasn't like too complicated, just like broccoli, cheddar and chicken.

The chicken was really good. Yeah. So I think that's like the whole thing, yeah. My chicken noodle soup was really good. I had to add a little bit of salt and pepper. Yeah. But other than that, perfect. Yeah, maybe just some general.

But I mean, this also might be that it's like they have, they've been doing the same thing since 1954. Just the general, like, things could use another layer of seasoning, I feel like. I feel like you could have turned the clock back in that place to 1954 in a lot of people who were eating there and working there would be still there. Yeah, sure. They've all, but they've really expanded the menu. turned the clock back in that place to 1954 and a lot of people who were eating there and working there would be still there.

Yeah, sure. But they've really expanded the menu. Well, that's the thing. And we didn't dig into a lot of that. Also, by the way, I loved our server. Our server was awesome. Our server was fantastic. She was great.

They've got a lot of like handhelds, they've got a lot of salads, they've got a lot of bowls, they've got like quesadillas and I'm looking at all this shit and honestly it feels like I'm looking at the Tim Hortons flatbread all over again. I'm like, kind of like, I don't know if y'all need

to be doing all this. Cause what you're doing well works really well. As fast as I could, I said, we're not getting bowls. I couldn't have made that clear. I was like, guys, we're not here for bowls. They have no business making any of this. That- But you did want to say the pierogies were new,

aren't they? Yes, but pierogies are good and of this that. Well, you didn't want to type the pierogies were new, aren't they? Yes, but pierogies are good. And I know that and they can do a good pierogi. Yeah. But it's the bull like trying to make a healthy bull. I'm like, that's not possible there. That's not what they should be doing. Yeah. So why put it on there?

Mars, you ever you ever go to a Swiss chalet? It was it was this ever a thing for you growing up or anything? Yeah, it was more so a place growing up. Did you grow up in Ontario? Yes, I grew up in Richmond Hill and then I moved to Toronto. Richmond Hill, which is where, wait, is that where, no, Richmond Hill is where Harvey started, yeah. Yeah, it was definitely a place to go for the holidays

with the family. You might get into this later, but it was really great for kids. They used to have a toy chest there that at the end of the meal, you could open up this toy chest and you'd get to pick out a toy, which they took away. But now it feels more, it's better as a takeout place now. They do take out really well during the pandemic. Not so much like a sit-in restaurant anymore.

Yeah, not as many kids. Kind of a sexier vibe. Oh, I didn't even think about it. Remember all those empty baby chairs? We know kids aren't allowed anymore. No more babies. The babies are gone. The babies are gone. The babies are grown, maybe. On that note, this was a thing we should have talked about last week, but Mars, you mentioned

that with Harvey's, there is a location known as the Hooker Harvey's within Toronto. Yes, you can talk about Harvey's in Toronto without mentioning Hooker Harvey's, an iconic location where I guess in the early 90s and 80s many sex workers can be seen outside there. Longer than that. Oh yeah. I personally, I don't think I've ever witnessed one outside but that's just like people in Toronto love to point out Hooker Harveys when they go by it. I absolutely have been to Hooker Harveys and one time I saw a woman and man what a what a bottle, Miss One, good on her, in a shoelace dress,

where it was just a series of like string, like not a couple of them, I mean the size of a shoelace, and that was the string covering her body. And I was like, go get them. It's gonna be a busy night. My response to that is, brrrr, brrrr, brrrr, brrrr brrrr brrrr brrrr brrrr brrrr.

Mitch just threw up on his dick. I didn't throw up. That was the horny, I was doing the horny noise. Oh, who, I was. What was that, what that was? I'm kidding, this is a good date. I didn't throw up on my dick. No, come on.

The date never started. Guys, stop humor in women. I'm kidding. I didn't throw up on my dick. The date never started. Guys love humor in women. I like Swiss Chalet. I think it feels old school. Yes, all the old school elements that I really like. They have not given an upgrade indoors. The interior is great because it's got a lot of just

a Canadian pastiche-like, you know, like snowshoes and... Yes. Snow gators. Yeah, for snow gators. And like, you know, landscape paintings and stuff on the walls. It feels like very homey inside, but also kind of... But like brown fake leather booths.

Exactly, yeah. You know what I mean? It's the dirty table. But kind of like tacky and kitschy in a fun way. Yeah. Like, I like that element of it. The thing is, is they don't need to change because people will just keep going. Yes.

Like we don't care. We're going for the chicken. No, I mean, I really enjoyed being in there. Yeah. I really liked eating that chicken. I thought that was delightful. They also have ribs and you were like, you're not really a ribs person as much.

Mitch, you're not really a ribs guy. I'm not even pork. I mean, I like ribs, but I don't like to get like chain restaurant ribs. My problem was if you looked at the picture of the ribs, the sauce looked so thick and like sticky. And I was like, this can't be right. Like it didn't look how regular ribs would look.

The picture was so, yeah, off putting to me. Well, and that also like isn't the reason you're there necessarily. No, not at all. You would not, if you want ribs, you would not go to Swiss Chalet. Yeah. Most certainly not.

Yeah. I was happy with the quarter white chicken meal that I got. I mean, I could have had a half chicken, but I mean, the quarter dark was absolutely getting the job done. Well, we had to eat another meal. We did have to eat another meal. We should talk a little bit about our beverages,

which we didn't touch. And I got a lemon iced tea. Did they just not have unsweetened iced tea as much up here? No, it's not really a thing. Yeah, cause I was like, I got an iced tea and she was like, okay, I got, and like brought out this lemony.

She brought out iced tea himself. Yeah. We got him. Swish LA got him. The coolest. So nice. She brought out a lemon. And it was super sweetened.

And it had aggressively lemony. Still yummy. But I feel like I like the refreshing character of an unsweetened iced tea. All that said, I liked it. You got a Shirley Temple, Mitch. Well, it was a three-drink morning for me. Yeah.

That's right. Well, I guess it was afternoon, technically. But a Shirley Temple, Mitch. Well, it was a three drink morning for me. Yeah, that's right. Well, I guess it was afternoon, technically, but it was noon, exactly. I ordered a diet Pepsi, and then in the corner of my eye, I see Shirley Temple. Me, thank you. I saw that on the menu. Okay.

You wanna be compared? Was Shirley Temple a child, actually? Great hair. Oh, she did have great hair. She had great hair. Did you know she later worked in the Nixon administration? Isn't that crazy? Really?

How long life is, yeah. News to me. What was that movie? That's what I'm saying. Yeah. Shirley Temple working for Nixon. Yes, that's a movie. Absolutely, that's a movie.

No, she was like, you know, it's like she was like this child actor and then like, you know, the waiter, like a lot of people would use their platform to turn political later. And so that was, yeah, of her generation. She was like, I think a Nixonian. That's what Justin Trudeau did with his abs.

He's got my vote. Is he a hunk, Trudeau? Yeah, dude. Name a politician better looking than him. Are you crazy? Maybe Gavin Newsom. One of the transport drivers was telling me that his mom was like a wild, wild child. She hung with the stones and stuff.

Whoa. Yeah. It was like a Studio 54 person. Yeah. And his dad was the best. It's a cool family. Wait, Tudeau's mom. I thought you meant like the guy's own mom. I was like, it's kind of weird to be telling those stories about your mom. What the hell? I was just like, this is crazy. You thought I was talking about the transport's own mom. I was like, it's kind of weird to be telling those stories about your mom. What the hell? I was just like, this is crazy.

You thought I was talking about the transport driver's mom? I thought he was talking about his own mom. And I was like, that's kind of weird. I've almost got a while. She hung out Studio 54. Yeah, that's what I was saying. I'm like, all right. Why would he ever tell me that?

I don't know. The Trudeau's mom was like, she dated Mick Jagger and was at Studio 54 and stuff. Why can you not? I'm dying over here. This damn cough. It's not going away. It's funny Mitch, cause I was like walking over here

and I saw a guy and he had a sign for a miracle cough cure. Yeah. And I was like, Hey, actually my friend's got a cough. Yeah. And he's like, Oh, come on out on the heat. I'll cure your cough. I just got like the thing for that sore throat. So you might want to visit him afterwards. Oh, yeah.

He's a real nice guy. All right, cool. Yeah, I'll go down there. I'll check it out. Yeah. Yeah, his cure is just snow, which is cold water, which you refuse to drink at the live show when you were joking.

I'm drinking water right now. Yeah, but you were joking for 30 minutes and wouldn't even have a sip. Montellier. I'm drinking Montellier water here. I will say this Montellier is pretty fun. It's awesome. It's a good sparkling water.

Nice bit of effervescence. Okay, wait, I have a complaint. I told you guys already at the restaurant. Yeah. Because when you ordered the Thanksgiving meal, what did it come with? As the- Pumpkin pie!

Exactly, right? So my complaint, and the Canadians will know this, is when you get the festive meal around the holidays, Christmas and everything, it used to come with a pie, and now it's two Lindor chocolates. Wow, that's a bummer. That you can go buy yourself a Chopper's Chocolate. What a downgrade.

Two Lindor chocolates. So it's a travesty, yes. Two Lindor chocolates. Wow, that's a bummer. If you can go buy yourself a Shopper's Drug, two Lindor chocolates. What a downgrade. So it's a travesty, yes. Two Lindor chocolates. So they have a pie, it's a pie for Canadian Thanksgiving, but for Canadian Christmas, which is just Christmas, you get Lindor chocolates. It's just Lindor chocolate. That's fucking half-assed. Yeah, you're going there, you get the Lindor, you put in your kid's stocking, Santa came.

Here we go. Charge a couple more bucks, get us a piece of pie back. Yeah, give us a piece of pie. By the way, we do have that pie still. Yes. And so we can taste that as we get it wrapped up. We weren't thrilled with your choice of pie. There was no choice, it came with it.

No, no, remember, it was- Oh, you weren't thrilled. I'm sorry, I thought you said we weren't thrilled, like me and you. No, we weren't thrilled. Well, we're a unit now. Wait, what's going on? What happened?

You got pumpkin pie, there was other options that we liked more. Mitch and I thought you should have picked coconut cream. Oh, it was that one. Yeah, coconut cream. But it was a Thanksgiving meal. I feel like pumpkin liked more. Mitch and I thought you should have picked coconut cream. It was me. Coconut cream. But it was the Thanksgiving meal. I feel like pumpkin is appropriate. Yeah, I thought that's what it, yeah.

Yeah, that makes sense. There was options. There were options, but I'm saying, like for the fucking Canadian Thanksgiving meal, I felt like pumpkin pie is the appropriate pie. Yeah, I think you have to get the pumpkin pie as well. If you're gonna get the traditional meal. Yeah. I agree with Nick.

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I got water. Yeah, and so we're having, we're gonna just eat the fucking pie. I still maintain that this was the correct choice. What you're arguing is basically like saying like, oh, I don't wanna have, I don't like turkey, I'd rather have a pizza. It's like, what's fucking Thanksgiving?

Have the fucking turkey. That's the whole spirit of the event. You can have any type of pie on Thanksgiving. I don't need a, I'd rather have a pizza. It's like, what's fucking Thanksgiving? Have the fucking turkey, that's the whole spirit of the event. You can have any type of pie on Thanksgiving. I don't need a fucking coconut cream pie, I'm gonna have a pumpkin pie. No, no, Mitch, get fucked. It's pumpkin, I'm with Weiger on this. I love coconut cream pie, that's my favorite pie. I like it more than pumpkin pie,

but for this particular occasion, I think this is the correct choice. Oh my God, coconut cream pie's my favorite pie. I love it. Can I be real with you? Yeah. You haven't even been here 24 hours, I'm sick of your shit already. Same with you.

Same goes for you. Oh, you're sick of me? Yeah. You come on a podcast and bash my city and you're sick of me? I love Toronto. You told me that you hated it and that's why you moved. I said I hated not having money and that's why I moved.

No money to afford Atlanta, Johnson mistake. You're changing your tune now. You left for a reason, you abandoned this country. I left to go to you. I ran to you Mitch, I ran to you. You cost me 10 grand in green cards because you wouldn't marry me. There you go.

Is that how much it costs? Yeah. God, our immigration system is insane. It's a lot of money. All right, I'm gonna take a taste of this sum, bitch. I gotta say better than I thought. Good pizza pie. Yeah, better than I thought.

It's really nutmeggy again, right? Yeah. That's a solid pizza pumpkin pie. Yeah, I than I thought. It's really nutmeggy again, right? Yeah, yeah. That's a solid pizza pumpkin pie. Yeah, I'm in agreement. What's your, so coconut cream is your favorite pie. Mitch, what's your favorite pie? You know what, we were talking about this earlier. Yeah. I share my favorite pie with Emma's brother.

Chocolate cream pie. Oh, that's a great pie. Okay, wow. It's the best pie. Yeah, good pie. Actually, I brother chocolate cream pie. Oh, that's a great pie. Okay, wow. It's the best pie. Yeah, good pie. Actually, I think banana cream pie might be my favorite. Yeah, the cream pies are good. Mila, you got a favorite pie?

I think blueberry or some type of berry. Blueberry pie, classic pie. See, I won't do a fruit pie. No fruit pies? I feel like you're missing out. No, I've had all of them and I hate all of them. I don't want warm apple, I don't want warm cherry, I don't want warm rhubarb, I don't want any of it.

I just want the cream pies. Oh man. It's funny how your video editor Mike shares your opinion. No cooked fruit. I won't do it. No cooked fruit, yeah. Call me the Sean Distant of pies. I won't do it.

I don't fuck with that shit. Distant doesn't fuck with subs. Yeah, exactly, I don't fuck with that shit. Distant doesn't fuck with subs. Yeah, exactly. I don't fuck with fruit pies. We drove by a Bertucci's on the way here. Is that Bertucci's, the chain restaurant up here, the pizza place or no? Did I ask too much?

You know what pie I used to like that I don't know if I could have anymore cause I've been developed a bit of a reaction of nuts, but a pecan pie. I do really like a pecan pie. See, that's the holiday pie I want. Like I used to be- Yeah, but a pecan pie. I do really like a pecan pie. See, that's the holiday pie I want. Like I used to be, I used to love pumpkin pie growing up. And then as I got older, it was all pecan pie for me now.

Like that's all I wanna have. It's so sweet. Mars, where do you stand on pies? I was gonna say pecan pie as well and Swish LA does a good pecan pie. Yes, they do. Yes, they do. They do.

Wow, okay. Yeah, we should. Yes, they do. Wow. They do. Okay. Yeah, we should have got that. Anyways, go on. Sorry. I don't think we got your Shirley Temple thoughts. And then also we got a classic Caesar. And then we should get our first score. And I got a water.

I had three drinks for the whole meal. It was great. Classic Caesar, fantastic. Emma and Amelia tried it. They liked it. I tried it too. I liked it. Amelia didn't, you tried it.

Amelia was afraid of my cough. Oh yeah. It's funny because a classic Caesar is of course, you know, the didn't, you tried it. Amelia was afraid of my cough. Oh yeah. It's funny because a classic Caesar is of course, the Canadian drink, which is a vodka and a Clamado as long as well as spices. I think better than the Bloody Mary. I think better than the Bloody Mary, yeah. But then like the modern Caesar is Caesar Catalina

of Megalopolis as embodied by Adam Driver. Oh, you mean your Bane impression? Okay, just so everyone knows, when we were at Tech at the live show, when we were at Tech, they were running the song and the monologue and he was like, did that sound like Adam Driver? And I went, is that what you were doing?

I thought that was Bane. I was so certain that was Bane. He was like, really? It's so funny. It was a great, you did a great job. Thank you. You did such a good, they loved it. Oh my God. And you know, look, I maintain.

Wow Platinum is Aubrey Plaza's character in Megalopolis. We say wow on Doughboys and we have the Platinum Plate Club. I believe that Francis Ford Coppola listens to Doughboys and included that as an Easter egg. And that all makes sense because we are Coppola goofballs. Yeah. That's an Alana Johnston guarantee. Oh, dear God.

We should get to our fork scores. So Swiss Chalet, Alana, a beloved chain of your childhood and of modern times, a chain that's been with you for a while. You have childhood and of modern times. A chain that's been with you for a while. You have a lot of thoughts, your final thoughts and your fork score. Well, okay. I do have some new thoughts.

Wait, it's not Buster Keaton, is it? Who did Modern Times? It's Charlie Chaplin. Mitch, I'm in the middle of something. Sorry. No. I can't believe that worked. Okay, please, Charlie Chaplin.

Was Charlie Chaplin in modern times? Yeah, I believe so. Poor little lamb. Okay, thoughts on Swiss chalet. Love the dining experience. I know you were saying the to go, but love the dining experience. Can't get enough of it.

You know, I really enjoyed time with my friends. I'm gonna go Harvey's on this. I'm doing four forks and two prings. Is that how you say it? Two prings. Four forks and two prings. I swear to God, I heard prings. I went, is that what we're calling it? You know what?

You're one of the people who've been on the episode. You've been on some of the most episodes of the show. I only give my knife scores. Now I'm trying to adhere to the podcast and look what you're doing, you're dragging me. Is this what it feels like to be you? I think Pring's are canon now. I think you can give Pring's.

I think this gets more forks than two Pring's. It's more forks than two Pring's. Now you guys are gonna be calling me Alana the Pring Johnson. Oh, the Reddit's gonna have a field day with this one. And by the way, the Reddit, two things. One, whoever called me chonky, jokes on you. We've all decided that means sexy, okay?

And the second thing I have to say is a public apology. During the live show, you had brought up pizza pizza, and I brought up a lunch buffet that was at Pizza Hut. The rest of the quality of the pizza is still about pizza pizza. Okay, there Reddit, fucking go off. You said that you mentioned the buffet is still about pizza pizza. Yeah. Okay, there Reddit fucking go off. You said that you mentioned the buffet, which pizza pizza does not have.

Yes, but then the quality of the pizza, I was talking about, well listen, I think pizza hut and pizza pizza have the same quality, but that's another episode. I don't know, I don't know. I maybe like pizza pizza more now. Four forks. Yeah.

Four and a half forks, four forks, two prings. Mitch, what do you think? I like Swiss chalet. I don't really even get it's a Swiss style of chicken. Yeah, preparation. Montreal has a lot of like rotisseries, right? Well, okay, so this is the thing. This is the founder's father. I forget what this first name Moran is the last name. Robert Moran maybe, but Moran, his father was Swiss and they'd worked in one of these restaurants in Montreal. So that's where the concept was imported into Toronto. Montreal, a great city.

I do love Montreal a little bit. I've never been. Oh man, you're gonna like it. You've never been? No. Why? This is only my fourth time in Canada. Oh, very nice.

So much better than Toronto. Okay, wow, sure. I mean, am I wrong? Oh, very nice. So much better than Toronto. Okay. Wow. Sure. I mean, am I wrong? Yeah. You're wrong. It's pretty good. Montreal and Toronto are both great. They both have their pluses. Where in Montreal? Like old Montreal for me? Okay, I'll give you that.

Montreal, Quebec. No, there's different areas in Montreal, okay? Old Montreal, where it's like Cobblestone and whatever, I will give you that over Toronto. I won't give you the rest. They both have their plus sides. I love Toronto. I do like Toronto quite a bit.

I like Toronto. I do like it. Say that T one more time. I like Toronto and I like Montreal. I like I like Toronto. And I like Montreal. I like Canada. Yeah, Canada likes you guys. I like Swiss chalet. I didn't know if I was going to like it.

When I walked in, I was like, we're in for a dump of a meal. This place is a fucking dump. Yeah, you mean like the first time I did your podcast at your apartment? Literally, it was I mean, you were there, dude. You were there. My tables were way more sticky than the tables at Swiss Shawarma. In my defense. It seemed like it is. It's an old, it's like, it does feel a little bit like it's maybe dying in some way, is

it? No. It's still riding high, huh dying in some way, is it? No. Hmm, it's still riding high, huh? Well, yeah, but more takeout. Like, it's not... The dine-in experience is fading, yes. But the food itself, I think, is still well-liked, right? The insides needs an upgrade. They need to get rid of a few baby chairs.

But that's just it. They like their tradition. Like, that, I think why... Like, we kind of touched on that. I'm like, I think that's like kind of the appeal. I loved our I loved our our server. She was great. The Caesar was great. I love that they just there just was a what's it called? The little child there.

Shirley Temple on the. Yes, yeah, yeah. I love I love the little child that we hung out with. A little child, the little child drink, the Shirley Temple. I love the little child that we hung out with. The little child, the little child drink, the Shirley Temple, I love that it was on the menu. You don't see that that often. And I thought that when it comes down to it, this is the difference for me. Yeah.

Harvey's last week, Swiss Chalet this week. The star of the show is the chicken, and the chicken delivers. The star of the show over there at Harvey's the burger. It's not as good. The chicken at Swiss Chalet puts it into the four forks. I'm gonna go four forks, one pring. Wow.

Thank you for that. Four and a quarter forks for me. You know, you're- A good score. Very good score. Very good score. To hop on your comparison, I would also say the chicken at Swiss Chalet

beats out the veggie burger at Harvey's. And I was the one promoting the veggie burger, but if we're comparing the main thing. And that's your favorite thing at Harvey's. Yes, that is my favorite thing at the Harvey's. I wasn't as high on Harvey's, even though I enjoyed Harvey's, based on my dining experience there.

I love my time at Swiss Chalet. I'm walking in and I do like, yes, I don't feel like it's a dump. I feel like I'm being transported to a different land. And I like that feeling. Also, didn't you say you almost walked into the wrong place? Wasn't there this, there was like a sign that said Swiss Chalet on it?

Yeah, there was a guy holding a sign that said Swiss Chalet. And I was like, oh, this must be where the restaurant is. And I go down there and it's just a darkened, it's like kind of dark in there. But it's like, I don't know, I've never been here before. And he's like, Oh, right. This way for Swiss chalet. Hey, long story short, I'm like, Oh, he's, he's white.

So I'm, I feel like it's good. And so you sucked him off. Yeah. Cause I'm sucking him off green dick. What are we doing here? Wow. Very different experience than what I had when I walked in. When I walked in alone and was like,

table for vibe please. And then sat alone and she was like, do you want something to drink? You waited about 20 minutes and then you did say it to her. See, I told you I had friends coming. I did have to say that to her. Continue. Anyway.

You eventually made it to the real Swiss chalet. I made it to the real Swiss chalet. And I was like, this is great. I love the vibes in here. I love the energy in here. I love that the clearly the clients in here, the people who are dining in are like loyal to this place. Like this is clearly like a place that's drawing

and repeat business. And it's also like, I think what it's doing well is to your point Mitch, is like the chicken and the fries. It's just like, these are just such great executions and what a classic combo. And it's just so distinct. It's so specific, the chalet dipping sauce. Like that dipping sauce is like,

you know, nothing else I've ever really had on the podcast. It's like, it's really its own thing. It's like in its own category. And I really enjoyed it. And from that standpoint, I think this is a place that belongs in the Golden Plate Club. I'm gonna go Four Forks, Two Prings,

handholding club with our guests. We're all ballpark buds here. Welcome to the Golden Plate Club. Four Forks, Two Prings for me too. Wow, Four Forks, Two Prings all around. Guys, this is making me so happy because I was so adamant about the experience going the exact way I wanted it to go.

Well, I- You can't control everything, but today you did. I did, I was like, we're ordering this, and I was like, have the gravy with the fry and have it with the chicken. I really was being bossy, but like, it worked. It worked out great. I loved my meal, and I would go back to this place.

One of the best basements I've ever eaten in. Wow, congratulations to Swiss Chalet. Welcome to the Golden Plate Club. The first member here in Toronto, Doe Canada, the Great Bight North, the month long culinary tour of the six. One Golden Plate Club member so far. How about that?

How exciting is that? Well, doesn't sound like Boston Pizza is gonna make it in there. We'll see, we'll see. No, not bad that you got one out of three, not bad. Could have gone, and listen, Tim Hortons was a beast. We knew that was We'll see. No, not bad that you got one out of three. Not bad. Could it not? And listen, Tim Hortons was a beast. We knew that was going to be trouble.

Yeah, sure. The your fans told you that was going to be trouble. A&W would also I mean, it is. A&W is in the Platinum Plate Club. Yeah, we like A&W a lot. I wouldn't know. Or Francis Ford Coppola, no, doesn't that A&W episode? Platinum Plate Club.

Hmm. Wow. Wow. Huh, this Canadian episode has really inspired me. All right, well, we got a beverage, and we got a segment, we got a beverage we can decide if we should pour down your throat. It's another edition of Drank or Steak.

Alana, you brought these in. Yes. The Clearly Canadian Raspberry, or rather I should say, you were like, we need to try these and Amelia tracked them down. Yeah, the dough, well, first of all, I tracked them down. That's not true. It was me who went and found them.

You did find them. I did. Oh, then nevermind. Basically, I requested it. Okay, I'm doing it here so you can see it clearly. Clearly Canadian Country Raspberry is what we're tasting. So I had suggested it, saying I would really like for you guys to try it, okay?

And you can buy them online and get a case of them online and stuff like that. My dough girl's here, Amelia went out and couldn't find it, you guys went to the shoppers. And I was like, that's so strange that you didn't find it there because when Sean came to record, and we were talking about Clearly Canadian,

he's like, yeah, I got mine at the shoppers. So I went on a mission. Turns out she meant the exact same shoppers we went to yesterday. Yeah, and he says, oh, that's weird, they must have been out. And I was like, or you bought them all. So.

Distant? Yeah, I'm accusing him of buying all the Clearly Canadians to derail the podcast. Well, sorry, nobody derails a knife. Okay, so. I told you guys. He actually does mess with Clearly Canadians. He fucks with it.

He fucks it. We all fucks with it. So I I said I have all this time in between when we were eating at Swiss Chalet and then coming back for the record, I was like, I'll find it. Don't worry. And you guys were like, no, it's okay. I'll look, I'll look. I'll check here. And I went, I'll find it. I walked out of here, but five minutes later, sent a photo to everyone of the Clearly Canadians very clearly sitting on a shelf in the Metro and I texted you and I was like, you're gonna walk out, you're gonna make a left

and I took a picture of the store just so you could find it. That's how badly I needed you guys to have this. Wow. Yes. Well, it worked, we got them. Yeah, we got them, here we are. Cheers. Guess what, I've had it before,

I've had Clearly Canadian, we used to get it back in the day, Wags. I've had Clearly Canadian but I've not had this varietal. I don't, I've not had this flavor. Cheers, bottoms up. I like the bottles, they're a've not had this varietal. I don't, I've not had this flavor. Cheers, bottoms up. I like the bottles. They're a lot of fun. Yeah.

Oh. Bottles are great. It's so good. Oh, that's so yummy. It's so good. No, here's the thing. It's like drinking a mamba. It has.

No one? It has 90 calories. I get what you're saying. It tastes like drinking a mamba. Okay, it does taste like drinking a mamba. It has 90 calories. So it's not like one of these sugar, like everyone down now is on the sugar-free,

you know, the zero calorie, you know, aromatic, you know, like sparkling drinks. This one hit this order or five calories. This one has, you know, a substantial number of calories and a good amount of sugar, but it's not terrible. And it's really, really flavorful. Well, here's the thing you got to think about too. People will be pounding those zero cal soda waters.

You only need the one. It's like, and you can sip on it. It is sweeter. So it's like, you don't, because you are getting that actual flavor that you want. It's like, you want the berry flavor, you're getting it. You can taste it. You don't need to be chugging it as much.

It's delicious. That's really yummy. I mean, I probably could finish this pretty quickly because it's just so, so tasty. I gotta say, great name on top of it. Clearly Canadian. Well, clearly. Clearly Canadian.

Someone's like, I love these, clearly. Here you go for the joke. It's also clear. Huh, so it's not hot. I did it! Thank God. You finally are on board with it. It only took the whole episode. You finally are on board with it? It only took the whole episode.

You weren't on board with it for so long. I was embarrassed. I wanted to start the episode over. And I was sad for you when I heard about the porcupine that almost killed you. The porcupine almost killed you that's sad to me. Well now that I think about it I don't know if he was a porcupine because he was green. Don't you start this now. You can't come in now. He's so mad at me. What is this me giving you laryngitis? Cheers to me! You would never know you had laryngitis because you were talking the same amount you always

say. Unlike me at the beginning of the episode. Quiet as a mouse. Or when we were talking about fucking white snow gators you didn't say shit. Because I was waiting to see if it went anywhere and the answer is no so i had to bring it back the right way i can't believe 20 some odd years ago we almost lost because of a porcupine we almost lost brock wise what would the world be without drugs?

Yeah, it's crazy to think about. Real sliding doors moment. Where would everyone get their drugs? We'd be sober and bored. This is a big time drink for me. I mean, I really, really like this. I'm not sure, y'all might be skittish about sharing beverage or you have one to sip on over there.

We just opened the blackberry one. Oh, you got the blackberry over there. And it's pretty delicious. So if a lot of saying this one's way better, I think this is great. Are you willing to have a sip? Yeah, I'll have a sip. I wanna try blackberry.

I'll pour it from above. Okay. Here we go. I mean, I don't think anyone's gonna want it back. Yeah, I think you're gonna be okay. I'm gonna waterfall it. That's it. Okay.

I'm water falling. All right, so let's check it out. This. This. This. Wow, we did it. Let's check it out. Wow, we did it. Oh my God, gargled sparkling water. Did that hurt? It's good. It's good. I think that blackberry one's a little bit sweeter.

Sweeter than the raspberry. Like, or it's just a different, I don't know. I like the raspberry more. I like the raspberry more too. It's just punchier in a different way. I'm gonna see if I can mitch it. That's what I call it. Pfft.

Ha ha ha ha ha. That's a no from me, Weiger. Do you want me to try it out? I feel like I'm not gonna be able to do it. I think you, well you can, you're the last one. You can just have it. No, he's gonna try it. He's gonna mitch it.

It's gonna be bad. There he goes, he's trying. Why are you gargling? What is wrong with you two? I'm feeling gargling, so do I. That's so hurt. Gargling. Does that not hurt your throat?

Man, looks like you just walked out of a back alley with a snow gator. Oh my God. I thought you guys were giving them hand jobs, not a full deep throat. Holy crap. Thank you, Mars. Okay, but now I want to hear your comparison because for me, it is too sweet. I don't like it as much.

I like the raspberry. It's as punchier, right? Yeah. The raspberry is perfect. That's why I said, when you were like, well, flavors, I was like, you have to get the raspberry one. Yeah, there should be, or was, back in, I believe back in the day.

I love strawberry flavor stuff. I think they had like so many flavors, but I don't know if they're still doing, like I don't know what ones they're doing. I only know the raspberry is the best one. Marsha, you like the Clearly Canadian. I've honestly never had them before. You've never had them?

Yeah. What? Did you taste this one? Yes, raspberry? Sure. All right, take a sip of the sun bitch. There's also a blackberry one you can gargle if you want. What do you think of that bad boy? It's really nice. Yeah, it's taste this one? I take it take a sip of the sun bitch. There's also a blackberry one. You can gargle if you want What do you think of that bad boy? It's really nice. Yeah, it's fun. We go like a perfect. Okay, what's your What do you think of Montreal? Do you like Montreal? Yeah, um

You guys are territorial that you don't like Vancouver. You don't like Montreal We hate Vancouver if you don't know French or you can't speak it perfectly Sometimes they give you like a hard time there. Yeah, I won't get too much into politics. We talked about the French thing. We talked about the French thing. Yeah.

That seems a little, yeah. But tread lightly because the referendum is alive and well. They will separate the second we say one bad thing about them. Marce, have you ever seen any Northern Snow White gators up here in Toronto? I have not. I'm not trying to sell them. Oh, then I guess you don't give hand jobs. Do you have a fork score for the Swiss Chalet? Yeah, I have to give it four forks for sure.

Four forks, wow. Yeah! All right. Awesome. I love it. Hey, are you and I the only ones who run to these Northern Snow gators? Yeah, it's weird.

It's weird. So strange and you guys are so good at gargling and everything. Wait, quick question. What color is your dick? Mine's green. Yeah, mine's green, of course. Oh, so interesting.

Wait a minute. Wait a second. Hold on. We're sucking each other off? We all knew that. Yeah, we didn't need the snow gators to reveal that info. Big time drink for the Clearly Canadians. Alana, what a way to hunt it down.

Thank you. Today was my bossy day. I took over and I'm really glad I did. I'm really, really glad I took over. I wanted you to have this exact experience and to end it off on the Clearly Canadian after the Swish LA did so well in the ratings. I'm a very happy camper. What a hoot.

You're the queen of Toronto. Oh, I'm so sorry. In true Canadian form, I'm so sorry. There is, well actually the queen I guess is the queen. I thought she was dead. Well there's a new one, isn't there? No, she's not a queen. Oh she's not. She doesn't have the title of queen I guess is the queen. I thought she was dead. Well there's a new one isn't there? No she's not a queen. She doesn't have the title of queen.

She's a nobody. They're so weird about the titles with royalty where it's like you know that one fucking guy was the prince consort or whatever the fuck because he wasn't actually a king. King Charles, it's a king. King Charles now but he doesn't, oh wait I don't think Kamala's the queen.

I don't think she's allowed to be the queen. I think she's running for the queen I don't think she's like allowed. I think she's running for president. Is it Camilla? Yeah, Camilla? I think she's running for president. Is it Kamala? Kamala is running for president. Is it Camilla? I thought it was Camilla. It's Camilla. It's Camilla. Oh, that's okay. That's how you say her name Whatever I'm fucking follow the royal family. Yeah, man. Fuck the royal family. I'm the Duke of Orangeville Who the hell is Orangeville? What? That's where Solana's from? That's where she's from. We talked about this. Also been brought up.

Unreal. Do you hate us? What is happening? We've done three episodes in less than 24 hours. And I've seen two of them and look how well I'm doing. Just like a restaurant, let's open up the feedback. Hi, my name is Jeff and I would like to know, as we all know, Canada is America's hat.

If you could reshuffle geography to have a different neighbor to the North, either for culinary or fashion reasons, interesting, those are the two criteria, what country would you pick? Thanks for your service. Thanks, Jeff. Okay, so we're shuffling the globe around.

Canada is going somewhere else. And another country is going in its place. This is fun, we're shuffling the globe around. Canada is going somewhere else. And another country is going in its place. This is fun. We're shuffling the globe around. We're shuffling the globe around. We're back, it's Pangea, but we're mixing things up when it breaks apart. I would say, you know, it's fun to put up North because it would just be so different as Australia.

So it's like down Nunda and then now it's up over. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That would be really interesting. That's pretty fun. It's also like kind of like, because Canada is kind of in the same sort of way Canada is kind of a bizarro US, it's the same sort of thing with Australia.

You know, it's like, it's like there are elements of commonality, there's obviously a shared language, but different accent and, you know, a bunch of different cultural specifics. So that's kind of fun. I like that. I think I'll put it in Australia there. And then Canada gets to be a little fun little island.

You get some different weather. How about that? All I've ever wanted. You guys are fine off down there on your own. Oh, wait. Would it be different? The weather would be different, you're saying. I think they have to swap places and swap climates, right?

Otherwise, it doesn't really make any sense. Australia has winter. It's just the opposite of our winter. So when we're in summer, they're in winter. But hold on, aren't we basing this on food and fashion? What's your Australian fashion preference? Tilly hat? Or food.

Man, it would be great. I like those open-toed shoes. Those are fun. Now I give it. They call them thongs. I give Italy a hard time, but having Italy's food right north of the border would be pretty nice wags But the thing I would say is like there's already so much good Italian American food I imagine good Italian Canadian food too because there's so many expats that I kind of feel like it's you know

There's such a strong Italian Population here. I don't know if you need it. I have a new answer, but I don't know what you guys are gonna say Okay, go ahead. Hey, I have a new answer, but I don't know what you guys are going to say. Okay. You want me to hear my new answer? Of course. Double up. Two United States. Spoken like a true American. Oh my God. Unbelievable. Two Spoon Man, two Trumps.

Do you think we'd just nuke each other off the planet? We probably would turn on each other and kill, the United States would kill the United States. No they will. Which is kind of funny and fitting in a way, but double up the United States, baby. I think what you do, I think you take North America and you just spin it 180 degrees.

Mexico's up north, United States in the middle, but upside down, and then Canada is in the south. Why? Oh, that's fun. Because then everyone's got different climates and everyone's got to mess, like figure out different things. Now all of a sudden, like Boston's on the east coast? But wait.

Or on the west coast, how about that? Hold on a second. You said why, when meanwhile, your only reasoning for Australia was so you could say a funny way instead of saying down under up over. He's throwing chaos. Massachusetts is where California is. First of all, removing Canada is chaos.

We're already in the chaos, Mitch. We might as well double down. Northern California is now Southern California and vice versa. How wild is that? I love it. But it's on the other side. It's on the other side. It's by a different ocean. You got the Atlantic Ocean to deal with now.

Boston would basically be where LA is. Yeah. Oh, I don't like this. Uh-oh. This is making me sick. Atlanta, do you have an answer for what we would, I mean? I'm actually gonna hop on with Weiger. I was gonna say Dubai.

You're gonna spin it? Well, I'm hopping on with you. Dubai. You're gonna spin it? Well, I'm hopping on with you. Dubai. Dubai? I guess Dubai would be not bad to have up above us. Why not? We wouldn't have to go to the United States. I mean, yeah. No, I like the switch.

Yeah. I like it. Why not? You're dying. Atlanta's gotta go We got to wrap up the episode. If you have a question or comment about the World of Chain Rats, you can email us at feedback at birdvac.com. Or leave us a voicemail at 830-GO-DOE. That's 830-463-6844.

And to get the Doughboys, double our weekly bonus episode. Plus our entire pre-2018 back catalog. Subscribe at patreon.com. Alanna's got a show tonight. Our producer is Emma Erdbeck. We're going to go check that show out. Our associate producer is Amelia Moreno. Special thanks to super Producer Mars Melnick

for sitting in and helping us out up here in the North. And our engineer is Casey Donahue and our video editor is Mike Dorfman, Alana Johnston. Thanks so much for being here. Guys, thanks for having me. I can't wait to do all the other chains with you. So nice of you to make me your only guest and to cut Sean's episode.

I do appreciate it. There was a talk of you being the only guest at one point very early on. This is the truth. Who nixed that? No one nixed it. No one. We just realized there was a lot of people. There were people up here who were like, yeah, but shows all. Are they named after a utensil? No, sorry. Pring. Atlanta the Pring. Oh my God. I got to get out of here.

Pring, do you have anything you want to promote? Check out my Instagram. All my shows are posted on there at the only Alana Johnson. I know you guys will tag me as well, but yeah, all my live shows and stuff are posted on there and I'm yeah, some other fun stuff is happening. It's not out yet, but some other fun stuff. So keep an eye out. Wow, there you go.

Okay, fine, I'm in a horror movie. How exciting is that? Really? Yes, I'll tell you all about it when we're done. Do you get murdered? Well, you can't tell. Yes. What the hell?

What are you doing? I murder everyone, I murder me. No, that's not how it happens. But I will give you one spoiler. I start the first scream. Like of the screams, it's me. Yeah. Wow. Very proud, very, very proud.

Can we hear the scream? No, we will break the mics. It's so loud. Yeah, let's not test it. Yeah, don't test it. This is not our studio, don't test it. All right, all right, all right, that's fair. It's amazing that you're in a horror movie.

How cool is that? Yes, the director and writer, Devin Lawrence. Wow, how cool is that? Yeah, Ingrid Haas' husband, yeah. Wow, that's fantastic. Yeah, he's awesome. Yeah. And hey, who's scarier than you? Oh my God!

I did it to myself, I really did. Hey, that'll do it for this episode of Toronto, here at the Doughboys Podcast. Until next time, for the Spoon Red Mike Mitchell Lab, Nick Weiger, happy eating, eh? See ya. That was gator. Pfft.

Wigs, guess what? What, Mitch? I have something to plug for myself. Wow. October 17th on Amaletto. I'm in a short film called Big Brothers, directed by Matt Mazzani. Wow, Matt Mazzani passed Doughboy's guest.

And our good friend. That's right, and he saw a goblin once, I believe. That's true. A great cast, great crew. It's called Big Brothers. It's gonna be on Amaletto October 17th. Check it out. Check it out. You know the Spoon Man's gonna be great in be on Omeletto October 17th. Check it out. Check it out.

You know the Spoon Man's gonna be great in this sum, bitch. October 17th. That's today. Check it out. Get your computers. Check out this link below and watch the short. See The Spoon Man and Big Brothers directed by Matt Mazzani on Omeletto right now.

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