"Buffalo Wild Wings 3 with Johnny Pemberton" is Episode 441 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Buffalo Wild Wings 3 with Johnny Pemberton" was released on April 11, 2024.
"Tomorrow… with Johnny Pemberton" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Johnny Pemberton (@johnny_pemberton, JohnnyPemberton.dog) joins the 'boys to talk video games, health, and bidets before a review of Buffalo Wild Wings. Plus, another edition of Slop Quiz.
Nick's intro[]
"She's looking strong, she has a very positive attitude. I think we all feel she is in some ways more mentally prepared.": This was James Disbrow, chairman of the U.S. Figure Skating Association’s International Committee, in a February 2nd statement that cleared Nancy Kerrigan to compete in the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan
On January 12th, a male assailant had struck Kerrigan on the leg with a police baton as she departed practice. The attempt had been on her landing knee, but the attacker mistakenly hit her thigh, sparing her the career-ending injury allegedly intended. Two days later, the suspect, Shane Stant, surrendered to the FBI, and the ensuing investigation quickly centered on Kerrigan’s chief figure-skating adversary: fellow US Olympic Team member Tonya Harding. While Harding was never proved to have advance knowledge of the attack, her husband Jeff Gilooly and security guard Shawn Eckardt admitted to hiring Stant and his uncle to debilitate Kerrigan to advance Harding’s career.
Kerrigan would persevere and win the Silver Medal at that year’s Lillehammer Games, while Harding, still permitted to compete, placed eighth. Later, after Harding confessed to taking part in the cover-up, though not the crime, USFSA International Committee Chairman Disbrow banned her from the sport for life, an ignominious end to an otherwise accomplished career. But Disbrow’s capable crisis management of the most notorious scandal in ice-skating history while the whole world watched may only be his second biggest accomplishment. Because he’s also the founder, along with partner Scott Lowery, of a Buffalo wing-focused chain restaurant with nearly 1,300 U.S. locations.
In 1981, Disbrow, who had previously lived in Buffalo, New York, was judging an ice-skating competition at Ohio’s Kent State University, when he and friend Lowery noticed an inability to get quality wings in the area. The next year, they launched a wing-joint concept, savvily positioning the eatery near The Ohio State University. Their deep-fried bird collab would grow to massive scale over the next four decades, helping to expedite the rise of the chicken wing as a national cuisine.
In recent years, the Tonya Harding scandal has resurfaced via dueling documentary series and the bizarrely cast and painfully unsubtle film I, Tonya, an ineffective fictionalization of a much more interesting factual reality. So much more interesting, in fact, that a central figure in the scandal was also the founder of Buffalo Wild Wings.
This week on Doughboys… we return, once again, to B-Dubs.
Fork rating[]
The Doughboys have reviewed Buffalo Wild Wings twice previously. First, way back in 2015, Nick and Mitch each gave it 4 forks and it made the Golden Plate Club. Five years later, they returned and Nick gave it 3 forks and Mitch 3.5 and it was removed from the Golden Plate Club. B-Dubs also made a fairly quick appearance in the Munch Madness: Chicken Fight (losing its matchup and then also losing Fat Chance Kitchen).
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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3.5 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
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4 forks |
| Johnny Pemberton |
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3.5 forks |
Wiger's Little Nibbles At Noon goes to the All-American Cheeseburger. The last (and only) time he gave this award before was during the second Buffalo Wild Wings ep, when he enjoyed the Chocolate Fudge Cake.
Slop Quiz: Fowl Play Eggstrordinaire Pass or Quail Toucan Play That Game No Egrets edition[]
In Slop Quiz, Nick has a food-related exam and Mitch and the guest compete to see who gets more correct. If you get one wrong, you lose a point.
The theme for this episode has two parts: first is bird-related trivia (true or false),
| trivia | Mike Mitchell | Johnny Pemberton | correct | score (MM - JP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A turducken is a dish consisiting of deboned duck stuffed into a deboned chicken into a deboned turkey. | - | - | - | 0 - 0 |
| Buffalo wings have no relation to the animal. | true | true | 1 - 0 | |
| It is illegal to eat eagle. | - | true | true | 1 - 1 |
| Gastons are male chickens that have been castrated and fed a rich diet for a more flavorful taste. | true | - | false | 0 - 1 |
| Flamingos can drink near-boiling water. | - | false | true | 0 - 0 |
| Canadians studied augury and use the behavior of chickens to predict the future. | true | false | 0 - -1 |
Since this didn't go so well, they throw these out, and start over at 0 - 0.
This set is not true/false questions, but simple trivia. The final one is worth 3 pts.
| Mike Mitchell | Johnny Pemberton | correct | score (MM - JP) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An ostrich egg is equivalent to how many chicken eggs? | - | - | 24 eggs | - |
| A squab is another word for what common word? | Pigeon | Pigeon | 2 - 0 | |
| Which duck/goose organ is in fois gras? | - | Liver | Liver | 2 - 2 |
| Molly Shyler holds the world record for eating how many wings in 30 mins? | 100 | 89 | 501 | 4 - 2 |
| Buffalo Wild Wings is owned by the same company as what other chain? | - | Potbelly | Arby's (+ many others) | - |
Nick declares it a draw! (But I think Mitch won technically.)
Roast Spoonman[]
Howl's Moving Castle
| “ | Bowel's Moving Asshole | ” |
–San H and Steven | ||
| “ | Spirited McAy
Squintcess Monognocchi |
” |
–their alt Ghibli roasts | ||
Favorite Colors of Shit 💩[]
| guest / host | color |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | brown/mahogany |
| Mike Mitchell | green |
| Johnny Pemberton | taupe |
Quotes[]
| “ | Mitch: Even I confused right now? Yeah. Johnny: Why I don't know. Why I not know this? |
” |
–Mitch and Johnny | ||
| “ | Mitch: The Fly and the Wige: she's worked with both. Nick: I've also worked with Jeff Goldblum. It's a perfect tri-force of talent! |
” |
–The Doughboys re: Nick working with Geena Davis | ||
| “ | Mitch: By the way, I've looked at some porn. I've seen porn. Trust me. Johnny: What is it? Prove it. |
” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | If you could make a Doughboys Signature Spice Blend, what would be in it? | ” |
–The Finn Man | ||
| guest / host | Doughboys Ungapatchka Signature Spice Blend |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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| Mike Mitchell | |
| Johnny Pemberton |
Restaurants[]
| official visits | location | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Westchester, CA | Nick visited this location for the show |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Glendale, CA | Mitch got his BWW delivered from this location |
Drops and Plugs[]
| reference | notes |
|---|---|
| Final Fantasy VII "One Winged Angel" | in Mitch's drop (by Thomas) |
| Fallout | Johnny's plug |
Related Episodes[]
| Buffalo Wild Wings episodes | Johnny Pemberton episodes |
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Photos[]
