"Mrs. Fields with Matt Singer" is Episode 484 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Mrs. Fields with Matt Singer" was released on February 27, 2025.
"Tomorrow… with Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social" - @doughboys.bsky.social
Synopsis[]
Matt Singer (@superpulse, Opposable Thumbs) joins the 'boys to talk movie tie-in menus, theme parks, and wrestling before a review of Mrs. Fields. Plus, a new Snack or Wack.
Nick's intro[]
MC Hammer
In 1971, a 9-year old boy named Stanley Burrell began working odd jobs for his hometown team - newly minted Major League Baseball franchise, the Oakland Athletics. Burrell eventually graduated from gofer to batboy, and became a beloved fixture of the A’s clubhouse as a youth. So much so that, after a stint in the US Navy, Burrell received a loan from a group of former Oakland ballplayers to launch his music career under the pseudonym MC Hammer.
But Hammer, who later Sean Parker’d away the MC — it’s cleaner — wasn’t the only celebrity who built his brand by first working for the Oakland ballclub. Around the same time the “Can’t Touch This” rapper was cleaning cleats, a recent high-school graduate and aspiring professional baker named Debbi Sivyer took a job with the A’s in the newly created role of ballgirl. The brainchild of obviously horned-up owner, Stanley Finley*, ballgirls were a troupe of fetching young women who were fetching foul balls while wearing short shorts and platform shoes, and former homecoming queen Sivyer was a standout — leaning into her true passion by offering milk and cookie breaks for umpires.
After a few seasons with the club, using her savings to perfect her own cookie recipe, in 1977, Sivyer achieved her dream of opening a chocolate chippery under her married name in the Stanford University college town of Palo Alto, California. After just four years of operation, the brand had over a dozen stores, and numbered in the hundreds by the 1990s, a fixture of mall food courts much like Hot Dog on a Stick or Cinnabon.
In 1992, the missus sold her eponymous cookie store to Famous Brands International for 100 million dollars. But today, with sagging sales amid new, more internet-savvy competition like Insomnia and Crumbl, the brand is perhaps getting a little long in the sweet tooth. In recent years, it was rescued from bankruptcy by a sale to private-equity firm Z Capital Partners 'cause of fuckin’ capitalism or whatever the fuck.
Meanwhile, the Athletics have their own issue with new shitty ownership, led by Bay Area pariah, John Fisher, who is now relocating the team to Las Vegas, taking Oakland down from three major-league franchises just a decade ago to zero as of next season. But still, almost fifty years later, to paraphrase fellow A’s alum Hammer, the trailblazing ballgirl’s cookie shop has proven that it’s "2 Legit 2 Quit."
This week on Doughboys… Mrs. Fields.
[*The team owner's name was Charlie Finley. -ed.]
Fork rating[]
Doughboys Cookie Cake
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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3.5 forks |
| Mike Mitchell | 3.5 forks | |
| Matt Singer | 3.5 forks |
Amelia picked up their order from the Mrs. Fields in the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, CA.
Spoonman's Bite of the Night went to the Cookie Cake (which said 'Doughboys' on it).
Nick and Mitch initially rated Mrs. Fields 3 forks, but after eating the terrible jellybeans in Snack or Wack (below), they bumped up to 3.5.
Snack or Wack[]
In Snack or Wack, the Doughboys have a snack and rate it either 'snack' or 'wack.'
For this episode, they have the Cold Stone Ice Cream Parlor Mix of Jelly Belly jellybeans. In the mix, there are five flavors of jellybeans:
- Apple Pie a la Cold Stone
- Birthday Cake Remix
- Chocolate Devotion
- Our Strawberry Blonde
- Mint Mint Chocolate Chocolate Chip
| guest / host | rating |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Wack |
| Mike Mitchell | Wack |
| Matt Singer | Wack |
Roast Spoonman[]
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
| “ | Mitchell vs. The Vaccines | ” |
–Alex | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | If you could write an historical food-themed musical with Lin-Manuel Miranda, what would it be about? | ” |
–Max in the midwest | ||
| guest / host | theme for his musical |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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| Mike Mitchell |
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| Matt Singer |
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Quotes[]
| “ | I could not believe how much urine is inside the human body. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
| “ | I always wanted Mama Celeste and the Red Baron to get together. That'd be cute. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
| “ | Everyone's showing me horny pictures today!! | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
Drops and Plugs[]
| reference | notes |
|---|---|
| "sniffle / Lettuce Rap / White Hot" | in Mitch's drop (by Kramer) |
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Singer's books |
Related Episodes[]
| Cold Stone Creamery episodes | Matt Singer episodes |
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