"Dave & Buster's with Allan McLeod" is Episode 70 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Dave & Buster's with Allan McLeod" was released on September 15, 2016.
Synopsis[]
Actor and comedian Allan McLeod (You're The Worst, Drunk History), aka "Molasses Boy", talks with Mitch and Wiger about video arcade/eatery Dave & Buster's, discusses growing up in Alabama, and brings a portion-sized surprise. Plus, the debut of Dinner and a Movie.
Nick's intro[]
Space Invaders
In 1953, Michael Kogan, a Russian/Jewish businessman who had settled in Japan during the Second World War, founded Taito Trading Corporation. Like the many foreign industrialists then gravitating toward the island nation, Kogan aimed to capitalize on post-Imperial Japan's rapidly modernizing economy, and so he imported vending machines and jukeboxes, as well as his ancestral homeland's national spirit, vodka.
In 1969, a Tokyo engineering-school graduate named Tomohiro Nishikado joined the company - at first designing mechanical amusements and, later, after Nolan Bushnell's Pong initiated the video-game craze, arcade games. In 1978, following minor successes like Speed Race and Western Gun, Nishikado created Taito's killer app, Space Invaders - an enduring classic that launched the Golden Age of Video Arcades. In the 1980s, the dank cabinet-filled halls became omnipresent at shopping malls in Japan and North America.
In 1982, restaurant owner, David O. Corriveau, and arcade owner, James W. Corley, merged their businesses under one roof in Dallas, Texas, naming the eatery by combining their names, creating a grown-up version of Bushnell's Chuck E. Cheese's. The concept exploded in popularity during the 1990s by focusing on the alcohol-consuming adult market, just as more powerful home consoles from Nintendo, Sega, and Sony pulled the youth market away from arcade sticks and on to their living-room couches.
Now with over eighty locations in North America and over 500 million dollars in annual revenue, the original bar arcade continues to be a force in the chain-restaurant sector, and perhaps the only arcade that remains at all relevant.
This week on Doughboys: Dave & Buster's.
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | games played | rating |
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| Nick Wiger |
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2.5 cat paws |
| Mike Mitchell |
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3.5 forks |
| Allan McLeod |
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3 forks |
| shared |
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Jack Allison and Evan Susser went with them to Dave & Buster's; they both had Original Coronaritas. Susser had a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad.
Dinner and a Movie 🍽️🎥[]
Sully
In this new segment, the Doughboys have a picnic basket and are sneaking some food into a movie.
For this episode, the film was Sully, starring Tom Hanks; so the food choices are plane-related, Sully-related, or Hanks-related. And gnocchi, which Allan likes and had recently.
| beverage | meal | dessert |
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Snack or Wack[]
In Snack or Wack, The Doughboys have a snack and decide if it is 'good' or 'bad.'
For this episode, Allan McLeod made The Doughboys some Portion Bread (Allan's old family recipe found here), and serves them one quarter portion.
Nick and Mitch enjoyed the bread and now The Force Awakens is Mitch's favorite movie.
| guest / host | rating |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Snack |
| Mike Mitchell | Snack |
Roast Spoonman[]
normal scenario Donal Logue
| “ | Worst-case Scenario Donal Logue | ” |
–Dave King | ||
Toast Spoonman[]
| “ | Mitch, I'm a big fan of you - your personality, your work, and your frustration at Nick Wiger for existing.
I don't know if you were there since it was so long ago, but back in 2010, many of The Birthday Boys came to my shitty UCLA night-school sketch class and very politely answered questions like "So do you like comedy?" and "Who are you?" If your willingness to engage with night-school dregs like me is any indication of your character, well I gotta say, I think that you're just the bee's knees. A big boy with a heart of gold, that's what you are. You'll never let anyone fuck your wife. |
” |
–Brian Levy | ||
Nick's Heathcliff rant[]
After ranting about Heathcliff in the prior episode, Nick was reminded about the Garbage Ape, a notorious Heathcliff character, by previous guest Sean O'Connor. Nick calls the Garbage Ape an "abomination."
Here are the three Heathcliff comics that Nick brings up in this episode.
| “ | These are not jokes. They are just little slices of absurdism. They don't make any sense. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | Mitch, I haven't seen you this emotional since at dinner when Jack Allison ate the last boneless buffalo wing. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
| “ | My Cousin Vinny is true on so many levels. | ” |
–Allan McLeod | ||
| “ | Here's the question: do Yodas lay eggs? They look like they might be the kind of odd mammal that lays eggs, like a platypus. They're an alien species. Who knows? | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
| “ | You know what would be a good food gimmick? Tall rib. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
#hashtags[]
- #ToastMolassesBoy
- #TrueGrit vs. #NoCountryForOldGrits
- #HotYoda
- #ChampionChicky
- #NameThatNickName
The Feedbag[]
| “ | How do you feel about or deal with the awkward situation when you are eating with coworkers and casual acquaintances and all the food does not come out at the same time? | ” |
–Peggy McCauley | ||
| guest / host | food protocol in a group setting |
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| Mike Mitchell | go ahead and eat. tho he may wait 4 minutes. |
| Allan McLeod | go ahead and eat, but also needs to be told to do so |
Restaurants[]
| official visit | location | notes |
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| Dave & Buster's | - | Nick, Mitch, Allan, Jack Allison, and Evan Susser all went together, but unclear which location |
| restaurants referenced | location | notes |
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| Dave & Buster's | New York, NY | Allan talks about a fun date he had with his wife at the Times Square location |
| Dew Drop Inn | Mobile, AL | Allan gives them a little shout-out |
| Hominy Grill | Charleston, SC | Nick had just been to Charleston and mentions this restaurant |
Plugs and Drops[]
| movies / tv | notes |
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| You're The Worst / Drunk History (tv) | Allan's plugs |
| South ParkJohn Williams "Harry Potter Theme" (I believe)
Big Bang Theory |
in Mitch's drop (by Ethan) |
| Sully / Joe Versus the Volcano / Forrest Gump / Big | Dinner and a Movie |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Allan makes portion bread! |
Related Episodes[]
| Allan McLeod episodes | Star Wars episodes |
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