"Olive Garden 2 with Joel Kim Booster" is Episode 152 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Olive Garden 2 with Joel Kim Booster" was released on May 3, 2018.
"Tomorrow... A real OG...." - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
The 'boys welcome actor and comedian Joel Kim Booster (Conan, The Week Of) to discuss midwest eats, how to get fired from service jobs, and to review the Italian-American chain he worked at as a server for two years: Olive Garden. Some day-old pasta gets taste tested in another edition of The Leftovers.
Nick's intro[]
In 1866, Cadwallader Washburn opened the Minneapolis Milling Company to compete with another local miller named C.A. Pillsbury.
Cadwallader Washburn
Washburn and Pillsbury merged businesses just three years later, and though Pillsbury's name endures, it was Washburn's savvy that powered the company, leading to a succession of mergers, acquisitions, and engineering innovations that made Minneapolis into the flour capital of the country.
In 1928, Washburn's company converged with four other mills to form General Mills, a massive conglomerate that even today is a titan of the food industry. Over the decades, General Mills generalized its business beyond mills, launching the iconic Betty Crocker brand, expanding into the toy industry with the creation of Play-Doh, and even dabbling in military hardware, developing submarines and high-altitude balloons in conjunction with the Navy.
In 1970, GM added another new source, restaurants, acquiring an upstart seafood chain known as Red Lobster. The shellfish-concept's success led to General Mills establishing a separate restaurant division, which would later become known as Darden, and in 1982, General Mills launched an Italian-American restaurant in Orlando, Florida. Calculated from day one to be a nationwide brand with mainstream appeal, it was a quick hit, becoming the fastest-growing sit-down chain of the decade.
Other than pizza, Italian food was uncommon in those swaths of the U.S. without sizable Italian-American populations, so GM's admittedly generic take began many American's entry point to the cuisine.
The restaurant's value-oriented marketing was reflected in its original slogan "good times, great salad," referencing its still-signature all-you-can-eat salad, soup, and breadsticks.
Though today its slogan has shifted away from gluttony - first with "when you're here, you're family," and now "we're all family here" - a welcoming greeting from an eatery coldly conceived as a profit center by one of the most powerful food conglomerates on Earth.
This week on Doughboys, we return to Olive Garden.
Fork rating[]
The Doughboys first reviewed Olive Garden in 2016, when Nick gave it 2.5 forks and Mitch just 1.5. This trip seemed to go a bit better.
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
|
3 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
|
2.85 forks |
| Joel Kim Booster |
|
4.5 forks |
| shared by Nick & Mitch |
|
The Leftovers[]
Olive Garden Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
In this segment, The Doughboys eat something that has been left in the fridge overnight.
Carrying over from the Olive Garden review, for this episode, they brought home some Spaghetti with Meat Sauce from the restaurant.
They decide whether they leave it behind on Earth, or it is taken up to Heaven.
| guest / judge | rating |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | take it up to heaven |
| Mike Mitchell | take it up to heaven |
| Joel Kim Booster | take it up to heaven |
Roast Mitchy 2 Spoonz[]
Guillermo Del Taco
| “ | Guillermo Del Taco | ” |
–Jean Paul Ruby | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | If the sun went away for a year or so, I'd be ok with it. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | Joel: There's nothing I like better than being around people who make me hard when I'm gassy. Nick: Get super full off of chili cheese fries and then have a boner and jack off with your hand covered in wing sauce. |
” |
–The Doughboys re: Hooters | ||
| “ | You sang at Coldstone, then you went and worked at the famously toasty Quizno: sounds like A Song Of Ice And Fire. | ” |
–Mitch re: Joel's employment history | ||
#hashtags[]
- #TheScaryMoviesDoOrDoNotHoldUp
- #PinchedEdgePastaTerm
- #GrabandGo
- #DumDumSmarts
The Feedbag[]
| “ | When you're in a rush to get out the door for work this morning, like I was, what's your favorite thing to grab on the go?
What is your all's favorite Dum Dum lollipop flavor? |
” |
–Zac from Louisville, KY | ||
Related Episodes[]
| Olive Garden episodes |
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Photos (via @doughboyspod)[]
