"Jollibee with Jonah Ray" is Episode 56 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Jollibee with Jonah Ray" was released on June 9, 2016.
Synopsis[]
It’s the long awaited appearance of actor and comedian Jonah Ray (Hidden America, The Nerdist Podcast), who discusses foods of his home state of Hawaii and reviews Filipino fast food sensation Jollibee. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is again in our sights with the return of segment Cereal.
Nick's intro[]
flag of the Phillippines
3,000 worldwide locations, 14,000 employees, 62 billion in annual revenue: numbers like these may conjure images of American megachains like McDonald's, Taco Bell, or KFC, yet the franchise I am describing is largely invisible to the West.
Flashback to 1898, when Spain's crushing naval defeat in the Spanish-American War led them to surrender their overseas colonies to U.S. hands: Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the 7,000-island archipelago collectively known as The Philippines. The Filipino people, understandably upset at having their sovereignty be used as a bargaining chip, rebelled for independence, igniting the Philippine-American War the next year. The conflict led to a prolonged U.S.-military presence that would leave a heavy imprint on the nation's economy and cultural identity over the course of the 20th century.
This was certainly the case in 1978 in the Filipino metropolis of Quezon City, where entrepreneur Tony Tan Caktiong converted his fledgling ice-cream parlor into a hot-dog and fried-chicken stand. The outlet's ability to adapt American food to local tastes made it a sensation and expanded throughout the islands by opening new locations, and via savvy acquisitions of its competitors. By the '90s, it had a massive presence across much of the Eastern hemisphere and embarked on some colonialism of its own, expanding to U.S. shores.
So how will its Yumburgers, Chickenjoys, and sweet spaghetti be received by Kanos like us?
This week on Doughboys: Jollibee.
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Pineapple Float | 3 forks |
| Mike Mitchell | Pineapple Float | 2.75 forks |
| Jonah Ray | Ube Shake | 2.5 forks |
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Cereal 🥣[]
From Feral Audio Studios in Burbank, this is Cereal - a segment told one bowl at a time.
For this episode, the Doughboys try Kellogg's Star Wars: Force Awakens Limited Edition cereal and the Kellogg's Finding Dory cereal.
Neither cereal was particularly impressive, though Mitch and Jonah both preferred the Force Awakens cereal over Dory. (Nick chose the latter.)
Mount Buzzmore 🐝[]
Nick offers his favorite bees. Mitch and Jonah don't participate.
Roast Spoonman[]
Hodor
| “ | less-articulate Hodor | ” |
–Jay Rock | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | I hope the white race gets fucking wiped out and destroyed. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell, covering his bases | ||
| “ | Mitch: The burger kind of reminded me of a sweet, weird Whopper. Jonah: That's how I describe you! |
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–Mike "Sweet Weird Whopper" Mitchell & Jonah Ray | ||
| “ | I wish we could have had a blood pressure monitor on Mitch the first time he was watching The Force Awakens to see what happens every time John Boyega appears on screen. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
#hashtags[]
- #GetTheDoughboysSomeBeanbagChairs
- #DarkMeatCan'tBeBeat vs. #WhiteMeatSupremacist
The Feedbag[]
| “ | So my father is a classically trained French chef. He's been an executive chef at three restaurants in Chicago prior to having to give up the trade in order to raise myself and my two siblings. As my mother's white-collar career took off, chef hours just weren't in the offing while we sprung up in the suburbs. He remains a caterer and a brilliant chef, but as with most people who cook great dishes for a living, he's loathe to eat his own meals.
As such he often falls back on leftovers and fast food. And though he isn't a glutton, some of the fast food rank as rather calorically unwieldy. At Burger King, though not every time, this was his order through my youth: Triple Whopper with cheese, double cheese, double mayo, no other accoutrements/condiments, one patty out of the three run through the broiler twice, so as to give it a charred edge. It was unshockingly delicious. I haven't had one in twenty years though because I still like fitting inside my sports coats. What's the weirdest or most over-the-top order your parents ever put in at a chain? I could go on about him asking every Popeye's we stop at if they have chicken livers but that's a podcast for another lifetime. |
” |
–Kelly Dwyer | ||
| guest / host | weird orders by their parents (or anyone) |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | saw someone at Baja Fresh who wanted all the parts of a platter as separate sides |
| Mike Mitchell |
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| Jonah Ray | his dad would cut up everything in a Hawaiian Plate Lunch and mix it together |
Restaurants[]
| official visits | location | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jolliebee | Eagle Rock, CA | Nick, Mitch, and Jonah all went together to this location |
| restaurants referenced | location | notes |
|---|---|---|
| L&L Hawaiian Barbecue / Ono Hawaiian Barbecue | - | Jonah is from HI, so talk about some Hawaiian chains |
| Leonard's Bakery | Honolulu, HI | |
| Rutt's Hawaiian Cafe | Culver City, CA | Jonah says this is best Hawaiian food in LA (Nick agrees) |
Plugs and Drops[]
| movies / tv | notes |
|---|---|
| The Meltdown / Hidden America (tv) / The Nerdist Podcast | Jonah's plugs |
| South Park / Borat / The Chappelle Show / The Hangover Part II / Comedy Bang BangSaturday Night Live / Road Trip / Sling Blade / Meet the Parents / Rednex "Cotton Eye Joe" | in Mitch's drop (by Eloy Lugo) |
| Bajillion Dollar Properties / Kids in the Hall / Alan Partridge / Monty PythonThe Mighty Boosh / Garth Mahrengi's Dark Place / Man To Man with Dean Learner / Flowers (tv) | Jonah plugging Seeso |
| Nick Thorburn "Bowe Two (Theme)" | theme for Cereal |
Related Episodes[]
| Jollibee episodes | Star Wars episodes |
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Photos (via @doughboyspod)[]
