"Rocklobsterfest: Red Lobster 1 with Jessica McKenna" is Episode 73 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. This episode was released on October 6, 2016.
Rocklobsterfest 2016
Synopsis[]
Munch Madness veteran Jessica McKenna (Party Over Here, Serious Music) joins Mitch and Wiger in studio for the first edition of Rocklobsterfest, the month-long review of Red Lobster. Jess discusses her lifetime of Red Lobster fandom and the Halloween season. Canada-exclusive snacks are in the spotlight in a Canadian Thanksgiving edition of Season's Eatings.
Nick's intro[]
John Rowan
"Lobster shells about a house are looked upon as signs of poverty and degradation."
Those were the words of John J. Rowan, a 19th-century Kentucky politician reflecting the sentiment of his time, extrapolated from a Colonial America where lobsters were abundant and low-value.
On the beaches of New England in the 1700s, unwanted lobsters would stack waist-high on the shores. Native Americans used them mostly, not as meat, but as fertilizer. Up through the Civil War, lobster had a well-earned reputation as a cheap protein source for prisoners and indentured servants.
The slow conveyor-belt of time, combined with the relative scarcity of the shellfish in the ever-growing inland territory of the U.S., gradually shifted it into a gourmet delicacy, as if an alchemist had transmuted tin to gold.
And it was restaurateurs Bill Darden and Charlie Woodsby who completed the circle in the 20th century by making the now highbrow fare once again accessible to the masses.
This week on Doughboys: the premiere of Rocklobsterfest, our month-long review of Red Lobster.
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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3.5 tines |
| Mike Mitchell |
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3.5 tines |
| Jessica McKenna |
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5 forks |
During Rocklobsterfest, only the guest gave a full fork rating until the final episode. Nick and Mitch rated each visit out of 4 tines (i.e., 1 fork), so they could add their visits (forks) together at the end of the month.
Mitch gives Walt's Favorite Shrimp the Batter Up Award.
Season's Eatings / Snack or Wack 🇨🇦[]
In celebration of Canadian Thanksgiving, the Doughboys review a bunch of Canadian snacks. Normally in Season's Eatings, they don't rate the foods, just try them; but today, they Snack or Wack them.
Someone ate the bag of All-Dressed Chips so those didn't get rated.
Some of these have shown up in their other Canadian-themed segments.
| guest / host | Maynards WineGums | Lay's Ketchup Chips | Cream Soda Mousse | Nestle Big Turk | Kinder Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Wack | Snack | Wack | Wack | Snack |
| Mike Mitchell | Snack | Snack | Snack | Wack | Snack |
| Jessica McKenna | Wack | Snack | Wack | Wack | - |
Roast Spoonman[]
Greg Grunberg
| “ | bargain-basement Greg Grunberg impersonator | ” |
–Joshua Fine | ||
Toast Spoonman[]
| “ | There are a handful of people that embody joy in this world. Mike "Spoonman" Mitchell is one of these rare treasures. From The Birthday Boys to Comedy Bang! Bang!, Mitch has given us all a little sparkle of fun in our otherwise dull Wiger-esque lives. Thank you for making the Doughboys worthwhile, Mitch. Spoon Nation loves you. | ” |
–Zack Cody | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | A lot of heavyset comedians die when they're 33, but I don't think I was nearly funny enough. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell (this ep was released on his 34th birthday) | ||
| “ | You thought I was going to camp out in front of the tank in hopes that some of these lobsters would get it on and get some sexual pleasure from it? | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
| “ | I have to tell you this thing I used to do. When I was 19, when I would ding-dong ditch teachers I had in high school, we would ding-dong ditch them at 11 at night and they'd open their door and see a KFC chicken bowl sitting there. We called it ChickenBowling. | ” |
–Jess McKenna | ||
#hashtags[]
- #SpoonNation
- #KetchUsUp
- #BuffaloKills or #WigersChristmas
- #ImCrabby vs. #LobSnob
- #ShrimpPersonalBest
- #FrighteningFood or #FoodFlow or #MoreTrickThanTreat
- #FeralMystery
The Feedbag[]
| “ | The food I associate most closely with Dairy Queen is easily the Chili Cheese Dog. As a kid, chili cheese dogs were my favorite food due to their connection with Sonic the Hedgehog. What food would be the chili cheese dog to your Sonic the Hedgehog/pizza to your Ninja Turtles/pork chop to your Homer Simpson? | ” |
–Jack Bills | ||
| guest / host | if they were Sonic the Hedgehog, what food would fuel them? |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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| Mike Mitchell |
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| Jessica McKenna |
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Restaurants[]
| official visits | locations | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Red Lobster | Canoga Park, CA | Mitch went to this location (with Jack Allison) |
| Red Lobster | Monrovia, CA | Nick and Jess went together to this location (with Jess' husband) |
| restaurants referenced | location | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Red Lobster | Brea, CA | Jess' childhood Red Lobster |
Drops and Themes[]
| references | notes |
|---|---|
| South Park
The Chappelle Show Saturday Night LiveThe SimpsonsMetallica "Master of Puppets" Soundgarden "Spoonman" |
in Mitch's drop (by Chris Hickey) |
| Guster "Mamacita, Donde Esta Santa Claus?" | Season's Eatings theme |
Related Episodes[]
| Red Lobster episodes | Jessica McKenna episodes |
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Photos (via @doughboyspod)[]
