"Twisted Monthal 🤡: McDonald's Ice Cream with Samoa Joe" is Episode 510 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Twisted Monthal 🤡: McDonald's Ice Cream with Samoa Joe" was released on August 28 2025.
"Tomorrow, we close out Twisted Monthal… with Samoa Joe" - @doughboys.bsky.social
Synopsis[]
Samoa Joe (@samoajoe) of Twisted Metal joins the 'boys to talk San Diego Comic Con, video games, and Hawaiian food before closing out Twisted Monthal with a review of McDonald's Ice Cream.
Nick's intro[]
Pinto Colvig as Bozo
In 1949, Pinto Colvig, the original voice of Disney’s Pluto and Popeye’s Bluto, no relation, first appeared on television as yet another character whose popularity would outstrip his own: Bozo the Clown. Bozo would come to dominate children’s television for the next two decades and persist through the turn of the century — though not only portrayed by Colvig, as the clown persona was licensed to other performers who would serve as local Bozos on different regional television affiliates.
One of those Bozo clones was Willard Scott, a happy-go-lucky light entertainer who’d later gain national fame as the gregarious meteorologist of NBC’s Today show — the Al Roker of his day. In 1963, prior to his weatherman stint, Scott was hired to play a Bozo-derivative clown in a fast-food television commercial, and so he created his own simulacrum named Ronald. In Scott’s telling, “There was something about the combination of hamburgers and Bozo that was irresistible to kids,” and like Bozo, Ronald would outgrow its creator and first portrayer, becoming central to the fast-food brand’s marketing toward children over the decades.
Today, the word “Bozo” is more often employed as slang meaning 'dumbass' or 'dipshit', and Bozo himself is less known than his imitators and parodies, like Ronald or The Simpsons’ Krusty the Clown. Though also these days, Ronald, once inseparable from Happy Meals and PlayPlaces, has been hidden by his corporate master, due to negative associations with the clown scare of 2016 and the child obesity crisis.
Much like the company’s line of ice cream, shakes, and McFlurry’s, the character introduced as Ronald the Hamburger-Happy Clown is on ice.
This week on Doughboys… we return to McDonald’s for ice cream.
Harold rating[]
For Twisted Monthal 🤡, they rate it on a scale of 0-5 Harolds (Sweet Tooth's "friend" on the show).
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
|
4 Harolds |
| Mike Mitchell |
|
5 Harolds |
| Samoa Joe |
|
5 Harolds |
Spoonman's Bite of the Night went to his Vanilla Cone. Nick's favorite was his Vanilla Shake.
With these scores, McDonald's Ice Cream joins the Golden Arches Club. (The McPlant from McDonald's is also there.)
Snack or Wack[]
In Snack or Wack, the Doughboys have a snack and rate it either 'snack' or 'wack.'
For this episode, they try three varieties of Pringles Mingles - Sharp White Cheddar & Ranch; Dill Pickle & Ranch; Cheddar & Sour Cream.
They kind of enjoyed the flavors, but did not like the puffed snack.
| guest / host | Sharp White Cheddar & Ranch | Dill Pickle & Ranch | Cheddar & Sour Cream |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Wack | Wack | Wack |
| Mike Mitchell | Wack | Wack | Wack |
| Samoa Joe | Wack | Wack | Wack |
Roast Spoonman[]
Mr. Grimm
| “ | Mr. Crimm | ” |
–Scott | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | If you could any other food to make the rounds in an ice-cream truck, what would you pick? What music would it play? | ” |
–Damian | ||
| guest / host | food to sell in a moving truck | music to play from it |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | soft pretzels or churros |
|
| Mike Mitchell | pizza slices |
|
| Samoa Joe | Daiquris | funk music (Gap Band, The Time, etc.) |
| Emma Erdbrink | pupusas |
Quotes[]
| “ | Nick: I'm just thinking about how much our fucking fans are gonna gif [Mitch's] underwear scenes. Joe: Oh it's coming, dude. Hot Mitch Summer is on the way! |
” |
–Nick and Joe re: Mitch on Twisted Metal | ||
| “ | How much more do we have to pay [Emma and Amelia] to at least pretend to like our stuff? | ” |
–Mitch re: his jokes | ||
Drops and Plugs[]
| reference | notes |
|---|---|
| "Doughboys After Dark / Careless Whisper" | in Mitch's drop (by Kate) |
| Twisted Metal | Samoa Joe & Mitch's show |
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