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"Sizzler with Marisa Pinson" is Episode 108 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger, with Marisa Pinson. "Sizzler with Marisa Pinson" was released on June 15, 2017.

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"Tomorrow's Doughboys Sizzles" - @doughboyspod

Synopsis[]

Writer and comedian Marisa Pinson (Angie Tribeca, Don't Trust The B-) joins the 'boys to review Sizzler, the favorite chain restaurant of her SoCal childhood, and to discuss the recent addition of seafood to her vegetarian diet. Marisa, Mitch, and Wiger evaluate the new hip-hop themed potato chips Rap Snacks in another edition of Chips Inhale: Res-Chew Rangers.

Nick's intro[]

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Skepticism about the expansion of the American military is practically a third rail in contemporary politics, yet those words were spoken by a U.S. President, and a conservative Republican and a retired General at that. Dwight D. Eisenhower coined the phrase "military industrial complex" in his ominous speech upon leaving office after two terms in the White House from 1953 to 1961.

Bookended by the war-torn 1940s and the turbulent 1960s, the historical import of the '50s is often downplayed, but the decade saw the intensification of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, a devastating war with Korea, the landmark civil rights decision Brown v. Board of Education, and the admission of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, Alaska and Hawaii.

And in 1958, it witnessed the establishment of a family steakhouse in Culver City, California, a SoCal town that underwent economic expansion during and after World War II as the site of Howard Hughes' aircraft plant. The eatery delivered a restaurant-quality, sit-down experience at prices competitive with drive-in hamburger joints, partly by limiting wait staff via counter ordering and a self-service buffet.

It expanded across the U.S. and later to Australia and Asia in subsequent decades. However, its main hook, the all-you-can-eat salad bar, would come to be its downfall as customers would learn to forgo the higher-margin entrees entirely and treat the salad bar as a meal in of itself. In 1996, the chain was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, closing 65% of its restaurants in the process and re-centering its operations in the western US.

Still, it continues to draw working-class families as a budget-friendly dine-in chain. The year Eisenhower delivered his prescient farewell address, their steak dinner cost one dollar and inflation-adjusted defense spending was one trillion dollars lower than it is today.

This week on Doughboys: Sizzler.

Fork rating[]

guest / host ordered rating
Nick Wiger
  • Mango Lemonade
  • Steak & Jumbo Crispy Shrimp Combo
    • Baked Potato
    • Salad Bar
  • Cheese Toast
  • 1/8 portion of Banana Pudding
4 forks
Mike Mitchell
  • Cherry Limeade
  • Steak & Malibu Chicken Combo
    • Cilantro Lime Rice
    • Salad Bar
  • Cheese Toast
  • Chocolate Vanilla Swirl Soft Serve
4.5 forks
Marisa Pinson
  • Cherry Limeade
  • Shrimp Scampi
    • - Salad Bar
  • Cheese Toast
  • Chocolate Vanilla Swirl Soft Serve
  • Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp! [David Neher's order]
  • Banana Pudding [David's order]
4 forks

With these scores, Sizzler makes the Golden Plate Club!

Chips Inhale: Res-Chew Rangers 🐿️[]

No bag too big, no bag too small
When you've got chips, just call
Ch ch ch chips inhale res-chew rangers
Ch ch ch chips inhale res-chew rangers
You know it never fails once we're involved
Somehow these chips, we'll eat 'em all
Ch ch ch chips inhale

In this segment, The Doughboys have a bunch of chips and they eat them all.

For this episode, they try various flavors of Rap Snacks, which are chips with famous rappers as their brand. The flavors were Fetty Wap Honey Jalapeno, Romeo Miller Bar-B-Quin' with my Honey, Migos Sour Cream with a Dab of Ranch, Lil Boosie's Louisiana Heat, and Fabolous New York Deli Cheddar.

They rated them all Rap or Crap. Mitch gave them all Source Awards. They all agreed that Lil Boosie gets the Source Lifetime Achievement Award for the best flavor.

guest / host Fetty Wap Romeo Miller Migos Lil Boosie Fabolous
Nick Wiger Rap Crap Crap Rap Rap
Mike Mitchell Rap Rap Rap Rap Rap
Marisa Pinson Rap Rap Rap Rap Rap

Roast Spoonman[]

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President John Quincy Adams


John Quincy Sadams

–Matt Wood

Quotes[]

I was rarely seen without a corn dog in my hand.

–Marisa Pinson

Nick: You think I was raised by some feral hillbilly woman?

Mitch: Yup!

–after Mitch's impression of Nick's mom

Nick: Mitch got conked with a coconut and the coconut broke.

Marisa: You can conk people with Mitch's head.
Mitch: I thought you were going to say, when the coconut fell I opened my mouth and put my head up to the sky and swallowed it whole.

–re: Coconuts / Mitch

"Flat-bottomed cones make the Sizzler world go round!"

–Marisa Pinson's Freddie Mercury impression

The Feedbag[]

I just graduated from college and started my first big girl job in Boston. (Hey, Mitch!) Surrounding my office are various fast casual dining places - Sweetgreen and the like. Given my astronomical student loan debt and my low starting salary, I really can't afford to buy lunch like at all even though it would be so easy.

To cope with this, I bought a little lunchbox on Amazon to bring my own lunch, but honestly the thought of eating refrigerated cold cut sandwiches I made at 6am makes my stomach turn and never fills me up.

Doughboys, how do you try to make your own lunches and meals more enticing? Trying to ball out on a budget here.

–Danielle Larizio

guest / host improving lunch
Nick Wiger work kitchens might have some tools to use
Mike Mitchell go out one day a week
Marisa Pinson soup, snacks

#hashtags[]

  • #MitchSwitch
  • #Doughboys18andUnder
  • #HumUp vs. #HumDinger
  • #ToasterOvenArmy vs. #ToasterOvenAWOL
  • #Cronch

Restaurants[]

official visits location notes
Sizzler Atwater Village, CA Nick, Mitch, Marisa, and her husband went to this location together
restaurants referenced location notes
Hot Dog on a Stick - Marisa loved it as a kid
Mendocino Farms - Mitch tells a story about trying samples
Son of a Gun Los Angeles, CA Mitch recs this place for its seafood
Sugarfish - Mitch also recs this for its sushi

Plugs[]

movies / tv notes
  • Angie Tribeca
  • Don't Trust The B-
  • The Soup
Marisa's plugs
  • The Mummy
there's a full-on spoiler warning and discussion about the plot

Related Episodes[]

Marisa Pinson episodes

Photos[]

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