"Dogdoughbarkfest: AMC Theatres with Adam Gertler" is Episode 323 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Dogdoughbarkfest: AMC Theatres with Adam Gertler" was released on October 21, 2021.
"Tomorrow… with Adam Gertler" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Adam Gertler (Dog Haus) joins the 'boys for Dogdoughbarkfest and discusses sausage making and breakfast burritos before a review of AMC. Plus, an appearance by the president of the Chicago Hot Dog Foundation.
Nick's intro[]
"We come to this place for magic."
Nicole Kidman
So begins an advertisement launched by the world's largest movie-theater chain in September of this year, part of a $25 million campaign. The on-camera narrator of this poetic plea for in-person cinema attendance amid the ongoing COVID pandemic? An actress with a storied career, Academy Award-winner, Nicole Kidman.
A home-grown star in Australia, in 1989, she broke through in the US, starring opposite Sam Neill and Billy Zane in the aquatic thriller, Dead Calm. Two on-screen collaborations with Tom Cruise, Days of Thunder and Far Away, led to a real-life collaboration in the form of holy matrimony (though the marriage would end in 2001, not long after the duo starred in Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut - itself a portrayal of a strained marriage).
Kidman's career continued to thrive in the Aughts, netting an Oscar nomination for her role in Moulin Rouge and a win for The Hours. In 2006, she wed country musician, Keith Urban, a fellow Aussie-turned-American star. And in the 2010s, she scored two more Oscar noms for her turns in Rabbit Hole and Lion. Though it's symptomatic of the evolving industry that in recent years, this movie star's most notable roles were on the small screen: in HBO's series, Big Little Lies and The Undoing.
As for the theater chain she's endorsing, which is credited with inventing the multiplex and has made a conscious effort to improve its food offerings since launching dine-in theatres in 2008.
Are its hot dogs worth the price of admission? Do these steamed meats in soft bread live up to the audacious tagline of the Kidman-led campaign, "we make movies better"?
This week on Doughboys, we continue Dogdoughbarkfest 2021, a month-long grillebration of hot dogs and pet dogs, with AMC.
Fork rating[]
The Doughboys previously reviewed the slightly fancier version of AMC, the AMC Dine-In Theatres in this episode. Also Adam Gertler is the chef behind Dog Haus, which The Doughboys also reviewed once (it made the Golden Plate Club).
Nick and Mitch each went to AMC to watch Venom: Let There Be Carnage (separately), while Adam saw No Time To Die (along with his wife and parents; thus the big order.)
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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4 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
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4 forks |
| Adam Gertler |
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4 forks |
Thus, with these scores, AMC makes it into the Golden Plate Club.
Mitch also bumps his score for Costco on the previous episode up to 4 forks.
interview with Dom Domolski[]
The Doughboys next bring Dom Domolski, the President of the Chicago Hot Dog Society, in for an interview.
They discuss how polarizing the Chicago-style hot dog is.
Also because he has to look into what The Doughboys actually is before he talks to them any further, he takes their names: Michael Donovan Mitchell and Nicolas Frank Wiger, but sometimes he goes by:
Let Me Be Frank 🌭[]
The Lovin' Spoonful "Summer in the City"
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Hot dog simmer in the city |
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Elvis Presley "Hound Dog"
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You ain't nothin' but a hot dog |
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Cynthia Harrell "Snake Eater"
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What a grill with charcoal or propane heated right |
” |
Taken
| “ | I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking for franks, I can tell you I don't have buns. But what I do have is a very particular set of grills. Grills I have acquired over a very long career. Grills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
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” |
Full Metal Jacket
| “ | Tonight, you pukes will sleep with your hot dogs!
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” |
In this segment, Mitch searches Google for 'hot dog' and discovers the latest news about hot dogs. They then discuss!
- First up, Mitch finds some good news about Impossible Nuggets at the Dog Haus in Chicago (Adam's chain).
- An article about a place handing out hot dogs on Halloween excited the President of the Chicago Hot Dog Foundation. Dom's neighborhood has a fancy hot dog-themed Halloween party (ie., no candy, just hot dogs).
- Next Mitch brings up an article about rice dogs from Chung Chun in Toronto, which apparently are famous on TikTok for some reason.
- Last, Mitch finds an article about Hamburger Hot Dogs, which replace the wiener with a ground patty in a tube.
Spooky Roast Spoonman[]
Jigsausage
| “ | Jigsausage | ” |
–Russ | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | You're lucky your daughter wasn't born during the movie, it'd be No Time To Cry, am I right? | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | Mitch: It's feel like it's hard to eat a hot dog in the dark. Nick: Yea. It's the most challenging thing I've ever done in my life. |
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–The Doughboys | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | Over lockdown, I got very much into making pigs in a blanket. I was making a lot. Probably too many. Sometimes I would have them on a salad or with a side of sweet potato fries, but other times I would just have them on a plate for dinner. There has been a great debate of how many hot dogs count as a meal, which I believe ranges somewhere between two and three. But my question is, how many pigs in a blanket count as a meal? |
” |
–Mary from NJ | ||
| guest / host | pigs in a blanket rules |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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| Mike Mitchell |
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| Adam Gertler | regular size: two |
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