"Munch Madness: Semifinals Match 2 with Michael Daniel Cassady" is Episode 146 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Munch Madness: Semifinals Match 2 with Michael Daniel Cassady" was released on March 22, 2018.
"Tomorrow... the #MunchMadness: The Slice is Right semifinals, round two...." - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Actor and Doughboys theme composer Michael Daniel Cassady (Drunk History, Love) returns for the second semifinal matchup of Munch Madness 2018: The Tournament of Chompions: The Slice is Right, as Costco battles with Little Caesar's for pizza bragging rights. A new licensed Girl Scout cookie breakfast cereal gets a taste test.
Nick's intro[]
"At Ellis Island, I was born again."
These words were written by a Romanian immigrant who entered the United States at the age of 10, and, on deciding to pursue an acting career as an adult, changed his name from Emanuel Goldenberg to Edward G. Robinson.
Famed for his tough-guy demeanor and distinct voice, which would become the vocal inspiration for The Simpsons' Chief Wiggum, Robinson would star in a string of early film noirs, including Double Indemnity, Key Largo, and his mob kingpin Caesar Enrico Bandello in a gangster film whose title would inspire the name of a budget-friendly Detroit-area pizza chain founded in the late 1950s.
Decades earlier, another immigrant to America, Peter Kirk from Derbyshire, England, settled in the iron-rich Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest to expand his family's steel business. Kirk would found a city named after himself: Kirkland, Washington, which would become the location of the headquarters of a nationwide warehouse-club chain, and the namesake of its Kirkland Signature brand of everything. In 1985, the stores would introduce a hot-dog cart, later expanded to a full food court that included among its offerings pizza.
Today, these dual pizza providers for the working class throw down right here in Kitchen Stadium.
So which of these value-oriented purveyors of supreme pizza will reign supreme?
This week on Doughboys: the second matchup of the semifinal round of Munch Madness: The Tournament of Chompions: The Slice is Right: Costco vs. Little Caesar's.
Let's a-go!
Munch Madness 2018 Rules[]
Rules:
- Pizza only. Sides stay on the sidelines, drinks stay in the Gatorade jugs on the sidelines.
- Level playing field, all things equally matched.
- From each chain, sample one cheese pizza on default crust and one wildcard pizza.
- The ratings are out of 10 college basketball scholarships, and they rate: overall, appearance, cheese, sauce, crust, toppings, X factor. (Again, they've dropped the 'overall' category this episode.)
- The winning pizza is sent to the Leaning Tower Of Pizza, to feed the engineers who are straightening it out. The losing pizza goes underneath The Eiffel Tower, because they don't like pizza there.
The Slice is Right - Semifinals 2 🍕[]
This week the battle is between Costco and Little Caesar's.
The order for this episode:
- Costco Cheese Pizza (Mitch only had one slice of cheese today)
- At Costco, Michael had slice of pepperoni
- At Costco, Nick had a combo slice (mushroom, peppers, sausage, pepperoni)
- They shared a Little Caesar's Cheese Deep!Deep! Dish Pizza and a Little Caesar's Ultimate Supreme Pizza
| guest / host | cheese | sauce | crust | toppings | appearance | X Factor | Leaning Tower of Pizza |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | C: 9
LC: 5 |
C: 3
LC: 8 |
C: 6
LC: 8 |
C: 7
LC: 5 |
C: 7
LC: 6 |
C: 10
LC: 10 |
Costco |
| Mike Mitchell | C: 8
LC: 5 |
C: 4
LC: 8 |
C: 8
LC: 6 |
C: 7
LC: 7 |
C: 5
LC: 8 |
C: 1
LC: 9 |
Little Caesar's |
| Michael Daniel Cassady | C: 9
LC: 6 |
C: 3
LC: 6 |
C: 7
LC: 8 |
C: 3
LC: 6 |
C: 4
LC: 7 |
C: 5
LC: 10 |
Costco |
Costco wins and advances to the finals!
Cereal 🥣[]
Girl Scout Cookie Cereal
This is Cereal - a segment told one bowl at a time.
For this episode, The Doughboys have the Samoas (Caramel Crunch) and Thin Mints flavors of the new Girl Scout Cookie cereal.
They rated them either Guilty (of being Delicious) or Not Guilty (of being Delicious), though this was immediately changed to Adnan (good) or Bergdahl (bad).
In the end, they disliked both flavors.
| guest / host | Caramel Crunch Cereal | Thin Mints Cereal |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Bergdahl | Bergdahl |
| Mike Mitchell | Bergdahl | Bergdahl |
| Michael Cassady | Bergdahl | Bergdahl |
Roast Mitchy 2 Spoonz[]
Rick Pitino
| “ | Rick Poutine-o | ” |
–Derek Kerns | ||
#2DShrekContest[]
The Doughboys asked for submissions of 2D drawings of Shrek. Mitch was wary that they'd all draw him as Shrek instead.
Here are the submissions that @doughboyspod retweeted.
| winner! |
|---|
| "And our #2DShrekContest winner is @therealsobreiro, for this abomination." |
| runner-up | runner-up |
|---|---|
| "#2DShrekContest entry" | And for the #2DShrekContest... first, our runner up, this wholesome and exceptionally executed version by @BobAlGreene: |
Quotes[]
| “ | Mitch: We ate baby food the last time [Michael] was here. Nick: And Mitch, that works for you because you're always wearing a diaper. |
” |
–(see episode DD16) | ||
| “ | Mitch: Mario Puzo is the Super Mario Brother? Michael: He's the same Mario that wrote all of the Godfather. |
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–Marios | ||
| “ | "When The Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin is my alarm in the morning. I rock out from the sun up! Or whenever I set my alarm at, which is not sun up. | ” |
–Mike Bonzo Mitchell | ||
#hashtags[]
- #SparklettsFamily
- #2DShrekContest or #2DMitchAsShrekCompetition
- #FoodSupremeCourt
The Feedbag[]
| “ | I'm currently eating at a mall food court one of my favorite "bad for you" meals. My favorite food court joint is Sorabol Korean BBQ - not sure if that's regional to [San Francisco], but it feels chainy as fuck - and is delicious and terribly unhealthy. What's your favorite food court restaurants? | ” |
–Carolina Portella | ||
Related Episodes[]
| The Slice Is Right episodes | Costco episodes | Little Caesars episodes | Michael Cassady episodes |
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Photos (via @doughboyspod)[]
