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"Little Caesars 3 with Johnno Wilson" is Episode 477 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Little Caesars 3 with Johnno Wilson" was released on January 9, 2025.

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"Tomorrow… with Johnno Wilson" - @doughboyspod

Synopsis[]

Johnno Wilson (@johnnowilson, Twisted Metal) joins the 'boys to talk Massachusetts eats, Twisted Metal Season 2, and big names before a return visit to Little Caesars Pizza. Plus, another edition of Slop Quiz.

Nick's intro[]

I was expecting like four of my friends and my parents to buy the game and that would have been awesome, so no, the entire past year has been a series of crazy events.” This was solo developer LocalThunk reflecting on the unexpected success of his indie game, Balatro.

Balatro

Balatro

On February 20th of 2024, the pseudonymous LocalThunk unceremoniously released Balatro, a deck-building roguelite that remixed the rules of poker in a sooth-core aesthetic, on the Steam store. With vibes aided by a looping chillwave score by composer LouisF, the ingeniously addictive design would become one of the breakout hits of 2024, selling over three million copies by year’s end, and winning Independent Game of the Year at the Game Awards.

In Balatro, a core gameplay mechanic involves collecting and utilizing “jokers,” wild cards that alter the rules of a run and in so doing, guide the player’s deck-building strategy. And while many might reasonably assume “Balatro” is one of those made up video game words like “ReFantazio” or “Revengeance” or “Undiscovery,” it’s in fact a brilliantly fitting name with historical origins, because 'balatro' was the term for a jester — or joker, if you will — in Ancient Rome. No doubt Julius Caesar, and his grand-nephew, Augustus Caesar, were amused by the jokes and japes of balatros in their imperial courts, where they also gorged until they puked and then fucked everyone.

In 1959, partners Mike and Marian Illitch opened a Detroit-area pizza parlor that’s the namesake of both the last Roman dictator and the first Roman emperor. Its mascot would become a diminutive simulacrum of toga-clad Roman rulers with signature catchphrase “pizza pizza” — no relation to the Canadian chain of the same name. The company’s success led to a footprint as sprawling as the Roman empire itself, and today, it has grown to the third largest pizza chain by sales in America. In 2024, mere weeks after the release of Balatro, the chain debuted Crazy Puffs, cheesy saucy bites with the form factor of cupcakes, and the once limited-time offering has since become a regular menu item.

Balatro seems set to be a time-sink fixture on smartphones and Steam Decks for the foreseeable future. But will the Crazy Puffs sold at the Roman pastiche pizza-pie purveyor have similar staying power?

This week on Doughboys… we return, once again, to Little Caesar’s.

Fork rating[]

This is the third visit to Little Caesars by the Doughboys. First, in 2019, Nick gave it 5 forks and Mitch 4.25, and it made the Golden Plate Club. They would return two years later, when Nick gave it 4.5 forks and Mitch 4 forks, but it was demoted from said Golden Plate Club.

Little Caesars was also a part of The Slice Is Right pizza tournament, where it won a round, but then lost to Costco, before finally losing to Domino's in the loser's bracket. They also tried the Pretzel Crust Pizza in this episode.

guest / host ordered rating
Nick Wiger
  • Detroit-Style Deep Dish Veggie
  • Cheese & Herb Crazy Puffs
  • Caesar Wings - BBQ
4.5 forks
Mike Mitchell 5 forks
Johnno Wilson 4.5 forks
shared
  • ExtraMostBestest Cheese Pizza
  • Slices-N-Stix Jalapeño
  • Detroit-Style Deep Dish Cheese
  • Cheese & Herb Crazy Puffs
  • Pepperoni Crazy Puffs
  • Stuffed Crazy Bread
  • Caesar Wings - Buffalo
  • Crazy Sauce
  • Cookie Dough Brownie made with M&M’S® MINIS Chocolate Candies

Nick went on his own to a Little Caesars for lunch, before the whole group shared an order together.

With these scores, Little Caesars returns to the Golden Plate Club!

Slop Quiz: Chew or False: Movie Tie-In Menu or Movie Lyin' Me-No edition[]

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Howard Johnsons 2001 Children's Menu

In this segment, Nick presents a food-related exam and Mitch and the guest compete to see who gets more questions right.

For this episode, Nick reads the description of a movie tie-in menu and they have to decide if it was chew (true) or food (not).

clue Mitch's guess Johnno's guess correct score (MM - JW)
IHOP's Grinch menu:
  • Grinch's Green Pancakes
  • Whoville Holiday Cheesecake French Toast
  • Minty Who Hot Chocolate
Chew Chew Chew 1 - 1
Baskin-Robbins' Mitchell vs the Machines menu:
  • Rocky Road Trip
  • Rainbow Robot Orange Sherbet
  • Pal Pistachio
Chew Food Food 1 - 2
Johnny Rockets Kong: Skull Island menu:
  • Hickory Smoked Peppered Bacon Cheeseburger
  • Route 66 Mushroom Swiss Burger
  • Street Tots
Chew Food Chew 2 - 2
Howard Johnson's 2001: A Space Odyssey children's menu:
  • The Happy Clown - spaghetti dinner
  • Jack Horner - PBJ dinner
  • Tommy Tucker - roast turkey dinner
  • Little Boy Blue - burger patty dinner
Food Food Chew 2 - 2
Cracker Barrel's Hillbilly Elegy menu:
  • Mama's Chicken Casserole
  • JD's Homemade Ham & Cranberry Sauce
  • Country Pumpkin Soup
Food Food Food 3 - 3
Wendy's Harry Potter menu:
  • Tri-Wizard Triple Stack
  • Hogwarts Lemon Pepper Onion Rings
  • Dumbledore's Army of Fries
Food Chew Food 4 - 3
Five Guys Fantastic Four menu:
  • Human Torch Burger
  • Fantastic Five Guys Cheese Fries
  • Invisible Woman Cookies & Cream Milkshake
Food Food Food 6 - 5

Mitch wins!

Roast Spoonman[]

Obiwank

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi 10-1 Kenobi

–Andrew from Charlotte, NC

Quotes[]

Johnno: [Wiger] has a bigger mouth than 99% of human beings on the Earth.

Nick: I'm in the top 1% of mouth size.
Amelia: No wonder why he can self suck.
Mitch: Thumbs up, Amelia!
Johnno: That's two references.
Mitch: Maybe you didn't even know this?
Johnno: Oh, I know. The legend has preceded the man!

–Nick's mouth

Mitch: I had to change three litterboxes last night.

Nick: Wolly's, Irma's, and your own?

–The Doughboys

Who wants to sex The Spoonman?

–Mike Mitchell

The Feedbag[]

I've been listening to videos of rug cleaning and lawnmowers to help me sleep. What would be some good food prep sounds that would be good listening?

–Jerry from Kingston, PA

guest / host cool food sounds for sleeping
Nick Wiger
  • pour of a soda
  • whipped cream from a can
  • breakfast sounds
Mike Mitchell
  • an Italian guy saying 'pizza's up!'
  • some guy saying 'ooh tasty'
Johnno Wilson
  • salt shakers
  • boiling water
Emma Erdbrink
  • distant cooking sounds
  • frying onions

Drops and Plugs[]

reference notes
"No Pecan / Choking on a Cheez-It" in Mitch's drop (by Kenny, the winner of Drop Off 4)
Twisted Metal season 2 Johnno's plug

Related Episodes[]

Little Caesars episodes

Photos[]

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