"Backyard Bowls with Erin Keif" is Episode 465 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Backyard Bowls with Erin Keif" was released on September 26, 2024.
"Tomorrow… with Erin Keif" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Erin Keif (Hey Riddle Riddle, SitcomD&D) joins the 'boys to talk Massachusetts hometowns, traveling to Ireland, an in-flight eats before a review of Backyard Bowls. Plus, Close Encounters of the Food Kind.
Nick's intro[]
"The Santa Barbara incident has frankly touched the conscience of the American people": this was from President Richard Nixon’s remarks on March 21, 1969, as he visited a disaster recovery site in the picturesque Southern California coastal community of Santa Barbara.
1969 was a seismic year in American life, with events that still resonate: the moon landing, Woodstock, The Stonewall Riots, the premiere of Sesame Street, the invention of ARPANET, the predecessor to the internet. But one impactful incident has been largely memory-holed: the Santa Barbara Oil Spill. At the time, the exploded off-shore drilling platform generated the largest oil spill in American history — a record tragically bested twice by the Exxon Valdez and the Deepwater Horizon, following the American political pattern of “never again” shifting to “again, only bigger.”
But the ecological crisis inspired activists, led by Wisconsin Democratic Senator, Gaylord Nelson, to convene a new holiday called Earth Day. The beginning of nationwide Earth Day celebrations in 1970 led to a barrage of environmental legislation under the Republican Nixon Administration: the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, The Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act, among others — all laws the Republican party of today actively works to undermine.
The beachy commune of Santa Barbara is a mix of million dollar residences and high-end luxury hotels that coexist with tree-hugger beach bums and University of California students enrolled in a notorious party school. And it proved a logical fit for an açaí-bowl concept founded in 2008 by two surfer-dude partners who became fans of the berry puree on a Hawaiian vacation. Today with a half-dozen outlets across SoCal, will it expand and endure like Earth Day itself? Or will it end in shambles like the Nixon Administration, felled not by scandal but by the oversaturated açaí trend?
This week on Doughboys… Backyard Bowls.
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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3.5 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
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3.5 forks |
| Erin Keif |
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3.8 forks |
Emma ordered a DUNE Day Crusher Smoothie.
Slop Quiz: Close Encounters of the Food Kind[]
In Slop Quiz, Nick presents a food-related exam (pop quiz) and Mitch and the guest compete for superiority.
For this episode, they are shown a close-up photograph of a mascot and guess what brand they represent. They previously did this with food in this episode.
| picture | Mitch's guess | Erin's guess | correct | score (MM - EK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a mustache) | Mr. Pringles | - | 0 - 0 (this was a practice round) | |
| (shoes) | M&M | M&M | 1 - 1 | |
| (a man's smile) | KFC | 1 - 2 | ||
| (eye and feather) | Toucan Sam | - | 2 - 2 | |
| (finger) | Hamburger Helper | 2 - 3 | ||
| (glasses) | - | Tootsie Roll Owl | 2 - 4 | |
| (red dots) | Wendy | 3 - 4 | ||
| (chef hat) | Chef Boyardee | 3 - 5 | ||
| (a cone) | Jack Box | - | 4 - 5 | |
| (a mouth) | The Noid | - | 5 - 5 | |
| (an eye) | The Doughboys | - | 6 - 5 |
Mitch wins!
Roast Spoonman[]
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
| “ | The 40 Year-Old Virgin | ” |
–Peter | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | Mitch: Which cemetery do you want to be buried in? Nick: I don't wanna be buried in a cemetery. |
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–The Doughboys gettin' serious | ||
| “ | You're the most Boston person I've ever met in my life. It feels like Boston personified is sitting next to me. | ” |
–Erin Keif re: Mitch (and she's from there) | ||
| “ | You guys are like Bert and Ernie if Bert and Ernie were TERRIBLE. | ” |
–Erin Keif | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | If you guys owned a restaurant, what would your weekly special be? | ” |
–Johnson in MI | ||
| guest / host | their restaurant's weekly special |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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| Mike Mitchell |
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| Erin Keif |
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Drops and Plugs[]
| reference | notes |
|---|---|
| old Hidey Ho embarrassed intros | in Mitch's drop (by Dan F) |
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Erin's podcasts |
Photos[]
