"Chick-fil-A with Betsy Sodaro" is Episode 12 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Chick-fil-A with Betsy Sodaro" was released on July 29, 2015.
Synopsis[]
The ‘boys assess hot button chicken sandwich chain Chik-fil-A with their guest, actress and comedian Betsy Sodaro.
Nick's intro[]
Chik-fil-A ad
In 1845, the American Baptist church banned slave owners from serving as missionaries, leading its Southern membership to secede. From this ignoble schism came the Southern Baptist Convention, which, 170 years later, is now the largest Protestant sect in the US.
One prominent Baptist was S. Truett Cathy who claims to have invented the fried-chicken sandwich at his Dwarf Grill restaurant in 1946. A decade and a half later, Cathy developed a more efficient pressure-cooking method that allowed him to expand his chain wildly under a new name, first to mall food courts, and later as standalone eateries. By 2010, this icon of the South was leading the entire fast-food industry in sales per location.
Yet the conservative politics of its deeply religious founder are ingrained in its corporate identity: in addition to staying closed on Sundays, in 2012, S. Truett's heir and current CEO, Dan T. Cathy publicly declared his opposition to same-sex marriage. This led to fierce protests from gay-rights activists and defiant chicken-sandwich binges from the Christian right.
Today, it's both a battlefield in the culture wars and the fast-food wars.
It's time to 'eat mor chikin', because this week on Doughboys, we're talking Chik-fil-A.
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
|
4 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
|
4.5 forks |
| Betsy Sodaro |
|
5 forks |
Despite these scores, Chick-fil-A was denied entry to the Golden Plate Club due to the chain's owners' open views against homosexuality. This decision will be reversed in the very next episode, however.
Side of Guys[]
Cinnamon Twists
Cap'n Crunch Delights
In Side of Guys, the Doughboys sample two side items from one restaurant, and pick a winner.
In this episode, they sample two desserts from Taco Bell's menu: Cinnamon Twists and the Cap'n Crunch Delights.
Mitch mentions that the Cap'n Crunch Delights reminds him of a toaster strudel. All of them agree that they are too sweet. Nick thinks the Cinnamon Twists are more like a chip that tastes like a churro.
| guest / host | choice |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Cinnamon Twists |
| Mike Mitchell | Cinnamon Twists |
| Betsy Sodaro | Cinnamon Twists |
Quotes[]
| “ | I'm covered in this Cap'n Crunch jizz. | ” |
–Betsy Sodaro | ||
| “ | Almost like a Batman villain, we are giving you two dessert items to taste test. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | Did they live in a castle and eat children? | ” |
–Mike Mitchell when learning Nick's ancestors are from Estonia | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | Like Mitch, I grew up in Mass: Haverhill. Since listening to the show, have been really hoping to get Mitch's opinion on Papa Gino's. I was raised on it, but truly do not think it is a sentimental choice as my favorite chain pizza. It is so much better than Hut, Domino's, Caesar's, etc. My favorite memories were the weekly Papa Gino's pizza days at school. The smell of it warming up is not like any other pizza. Anyway, just really wanted to get the Mitch perspective on that.
To give you a question that's not regional, of the big three (BK, McD's, Wendys'), which chicken nugget is your favorite and why? I've always thought of the McD nugget as disgusting but still edible in some weird way and I think the BK and Wendy's are really similar to each other / much better than McD. I'm going to give it to BK because they infiltrated my school with a kids club initiative and made it so eating at BK was "educational", something to do with reading if I remember correctly. |
” |
–Greg | ||
| guest / host | chicken nugget preference |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | McDonald's |
| Mike Mitchell | McDonald's |
| Betsy Sodaro | Wendy's |
Restaurants[]
| official visit | location | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chick-fil-A | Hollywood, CA | Mitch went to this drive-thru location on Sunset & Highland |
| Chick-fil-A | Westwood, CA | Nick went to this location near UCLA (with Natalie) |
| restaurant referenced | location | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chick-fil-A | Atlanta, GA | Nick recalls his first visit to a Chick-fil-A was at the Atlanta airport |
| Chick-fil-A | Los Angeles, CA | Betsy mentions going to the location near USC to load up on sauces for home |
| Johnny Rockets | Los Angeles, CA | Nick notes that there was a Johnny Rockets in an Automative Museum in LA |
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