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We hope you enjoy the show. What's up, everyone?
Welcome to episode seven in our first season
of the Mark Mo Show. I'm your host, Mark Maloney,
along with co -host Aidan Maloney, also hosting
his own show, AK219. Aidan, how are you doing?
You're alive, that's good. I am alive. I've felt
better. I typically don't get ill super often.
It's usually just like little colds, but sometimes
when the flu hits me, it hits me kind of hard.
And it picked the wrong fucking weekend to do
that. Indeed it did. Indeed it did. But I'm very
angry at that virus or whatever it is. Yeah,
whatever. Bacteria, virus, could have eaten it.
Ebola, I don't know. Could have accidentally
eaten the other food I brought up today, but
we'll get there. You'll have to hear about that.
Oh yeah, definitely want to. Anyway, um... We
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with Aidan Maloney and Kevin Boland. You got
some new content out there, Aidan? Yeah, we do.
We had a video kind of pop off recently. We played
this game called Dream Daddy, a dad dating simulator.
Oh, okay. Okay, Daddy. Kevin's kind of the lead
character. He plays our dad. Oh. We, of course,
go out and meet and date other dads. So that
video kind of... popped off in a good way. We
got back to golf with your friends recently as
well, which was super fun. People seem to like
that one. Yeah, I agree. So it's been good. It's
been really fun. We missed last week, which is
unfortunate. But I mean, hey, between my illness
and Kevin's Kevining, we do what we can with
what we have. But if anyone's missing AK219 this
week, you know, always check out my channel,
Aiden Spell the Right Way. I got some fun stuff
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and we appreciate each and every one of you listening
into our content every week. And this particular
show, we try to keep it light. Now the last couple
of episodes... hasn't been so light at the beginning,
but we at least tried to make it kind of funny.
That's true. It's a skill. It's a skill to be
able to take some more serious content that you're
amped up about, and kind of lighten that up a
shade, if you can. And we've tried to do that.
It's kind of why we call it the opening dialogue,
because it's kind of in line with that late night
host opening monologue, always having a political
tinge to it, and finding the comedy. dog shit
country we're in. Oh man, no doubt about it.
I mean, what happened? We went from the shining
city on the hill, or whatever the hell Reagan
said years ago, to like... We're next to the
trailer park boys. I mean, it's not. We are the
trailer park. We are the trailer park. Amongst
our neighbors. Yeah, we really are. So it's a
thing now. It is definitely a thing. But hey,
what's the crack, Aiden? One of the biggest party
weekends is here. Not quite over yet. We got
another day of partying. And by the time all
you wonderful, beautiful people listen to this,
St. Patty's a day, week, or weekend will be in
the books. Or, you're listening on St. Patty's
Day, in which case, go ham. Tuesday's still several
hours away. That's right, it really is, and so
hopefully you'll have a pint in your hand and
all the finest meats and cheeses and potatoes
you can eat and just enjoy the day. That's kind
of the point. As the good Lord St. Patrick would
have wanted. Indeed, indeed. So hopefully everybody
has a St. Patty's Day. I, like a lot of other
Irish Americans, We are incredibly inclusive.
I don't care if you're Irish or not, man. Come
party with us. Uh, it's just about having a good
time. It's a celebration, baby. It's a celebration.
No one's excluded. No, not at all. And uh, and
it's Paddy, by the way, it's Paddy's Day. So
it's Paddy, P -A -D -D -Y, and Paddy is short
for Padraig, which is Gaelic for Patrick. You
may have heard that name just a moment ago. I
think you did. And was that my name on my fake
ID that I may or may not have had for most of
college? The answer is yes. And if you're out
there, Padraig McQuillen, thank you. Thank you
for many years of bar going. Doing the Lord's
work, brother. He really was. He really, really
was. You know, did he have brown curly hair and
dark eyes and he was 5 '5"? And I'm none of those?
And it worked? Yes. It's all about the attitude.
It's all about the attitude. The guy had a certain
look on his face on the ID. Yeah. So I tried
to mimic that when I got to the door, because
he just had kind of this unimpressed look on
his face. So I'm like, I'll have to get that
looked out. So every time it went up, I was like,
hmm, just had this look on my face, and just
handed the ID, and it worked like a charm every
time. It was unbelievable. That's beautiful.
It was unreal. So yeah, so it's P -A -D -D -Y.
Get it right. Pati, P -A -T -T -Y. You put on
a burger bun, or it's sure for Patricia. So get
it right, you fuck in facts. A fair point. A
beautiful point to make. That's all I'm saying.
Every time I see an ad for Pat -to -ee, I'm like
dudes. Dudes. You're either making a clever pun
and selling me a burger. True. Or you are sorely
mistaken and you got it wrong. And hey, some
people need a learning experience that we're
here for, right? That's right. We are your teachers
today. Indy, we will teach you, we will instruct
you. And if you get it wrong after this, that's
when the discipline comes in. Yes, that is when
the discipline comes in. Kevin Boland is very
familiar with that form of discipline. He's got
like three or four spankings at the ready. Oh,
for sure. Already queued up. Already queued up,
ready to roll. But Aidan and I love the high
holidays because of our Irish heritage. We have
family mostly from County Cork and County Mayo.
My grandfather Thomas immigrated from a tiny
town called Ballyhannis. My father, when he was
a young boy, he used to do the Irish jig on top
of bars. So his father then could earn the money
the people would throw in the hat that they were
actually giving to my dad, because he was the
one doing the dancing of the Irish jig to the
music, but the bar would actually go to Thomas's
beer tab. That's awesome So yeah, that's Ireland
baby. That's it's Ireland and Chicago In a nutshell
perfectly combined Growing up on the south side
so when I grew up on the south side It was a
little bit different where heritage was still
important to us But I didn't have to shake my
ass on any bar right for my old man. So that
was probably a good thing but there are many
Americans out there who are proud of their family
and where it's from, and AirFlex kind of how
we live our lives, and all of that. America is
really interesting that way, obviously. Culturally,
sure. Culturally. And it's not one of those things
that, oh, it's so divided because there's a Puerto
Rican neighborhood here and a Mexican neighborhood
there and an Irish neighborhood here. I think
it's great because you're saying you're American,
but you're still appreciating where your family
came from and adopting some of those traditions.
And I think it's great because then if I go to
that Puerto Rican neighborhood or I go to the
Mexican neighborhood, I'm going to listen to
the music and I'm going to have the food and
I'm just going to soak up their culture and learn
more about that. So I think it's extraordinary.
I think so too. And I think that's kind of the
original idea of the melting pot of America,
how it was supposed to be the sharing and appreciation
of different cultures. And it's unfortunate to
see that there are different groups that may
try and gatekeep or bogart certain things, but
I think it's best to focus on the positives and
realize that like, hey, whether it's a cultural
holiday like St. Patrick's Day, or even Cinco
de Mayo, which is in our near future as well,
I mean, It's meant to be fun. Everyone should
be sharing and sharing their culture and history
and enjoying each other's company. And I think
that's what's important. It is what's important.
And those are great points. And I love sharing
my cultural heritage with others. I haven't been
drinking today, well, very much. Which is a damn
shame, very un -Irish. I know, I gotta get on
it, but I was like, well... Well... I'm doing
a podcast I should probably not... Keep it for
the latter segments. We'll keep it for the latter
segments, because towards the end of the show
we're gonna... We're going to review a beer.
We've got a beer review. We've got a beer review.
So we're going to slam that. I mean, we're going
to drink those. Appreciate them. Anyway. Anyway.
But yeah, we enjoy sharing our heritage and our
culture with others. And we love when people
do that with us. It's awesome. I love it. So,
you know, I kind of pointed out like growing
up, like today I thought a lot about my mom and
dad, his grandma and grandpa. And because they
were so They were so important in that upbringing
in this Irish -American household. And so on
a day like this, they're missed because that
was such a huge part of that day. The South Side
Irish Parade in Chicago literally runs through
our backyard. And so it is so important. And
not just in terms of the Irish heritage in that
particular community or on the South Side of
Chicago. but also just our family. And it was
so important because, you know, we would all
come together and we would all go to their house
and hang out and have corned beef and just, like,
do the whole thing, right? Yeah. And it was always
great. I agree. It was the equivalent of Thanksgiving
that, of course, most Americans know. It was
that, but in March, you know? Yep. Yep. Very
much so. I would agree with that. And so I'm
curious, like, if you share with the audience
here some of your impressions. growing up because
it might be a little different the minor it'd
be different than it was for your grandfather
yeah for sure and i think i can split this up
into two different eras of my life because we
had the pre -drinking area and we had the post
-drinking age era so the pre -drinking age era
was baloney bowl you know going out to the south
side playing You know playing an hour or two
of football before the parade starts or soccer.
We did soccer one year and that was true That
soccer was super fun. So blarney bowl was always
a great time and then You know going out seeing
the south side parade Hanging out with family
fox's pizza Shout out not sponsored but definite
shout out on that that fox's pizza coming back
home Having that mashed potatoes that coal cannon
coal can corned beef watching the quiet man At
least getting a smell of what Guinness was what
was to be in my life And then the post -drinking
age You know going out to Kitty O'Shea's on the
Chicago Parade and then of course the Sunday
South Side Parade All the same except now I drink
Guinness at Fox's Pizza, which is a bonus. Yes
And it's just been wonderful kind of how these
traditions live on and even evolve in certain
ways. It's just really a good time. And the point
we were bringing up earlier about the whole idea
of the culture and watching these classic Irish
movies, drinking these Irish beers, enjoying
this traditional Irish food. I may not have known
my great grandfather or much of that extended
family because I didn't exist yet. But, you know,
being able to partake in enjoying that culture
is really, really fun. Yeah, it really is. And
there's a lot of history. There's a lot of history
there, too. Not all of it's good. And I think
that goes for a lot of cultures. You know, the
good stuff and the bad stuff. But it's all part
of the history. And you have to, you know, you
have to take that in. We'll talk a little bit
about that when I do an interesting twist on
our review preview this week where I talk about
some Irish movies and not all of them are gonna
be a glow up, you know, they're not just gonna
make you all shiny happy people and smiling and
all that sort of stuff. Sure, yeah. Yeah, some
of it's some pretty serious stuff and can even
make you kind of angry. Right. Oh, I know. Oh,
I know. But that being said, It's all part of
it, and it's an important history. It's something
that you should learn, and whatever culture you
are, and I know we have a lot of international
listeners out there, so I'm sure it maybe is
a little bit different in your country, but I
imagine, for example, like in Germany, There's
probably maybe pockets of Irish that live in
Germany or in France, something along those lines,
maybe like in the Philippines. Sure. Hello to
our fans in the Philippines. You know, maybe
there's pockets of Americans that live there
and maybe there's this American culture that
I don't often see here. Sure. But maybe overseas
because of people in the military or people that
just work internationally or whatever the case
is Maybe there's something there or perhaps because
we're so used to this immersive International
culture coming into this country. Maybe when
we go other places we're like, oh, we're just
gonna jump right into this right, right? It's
not so much like oh, I need to bring all of my
Merica with me, right? Instead, it's like, oh,
I'm in the Philippines. I'm in Japan. Let's see
what this is all about. Right. And I think that's
probably more the case, if I had to guess. Sure.
And I love that for the majority of us, but I
have heard there are some nightmare tourists
out there who just... just shit on wherever they
go and it's... Don't be that person. No, don't.
Don't be that person. If you're going somewhere,
enjoy the culture, appreciate it. Don't try and
bend it to your will. You're there to... not
assimilate, but to appreciate where you are and
its history and culture. So just go out there
and have fun. If there's any lovely listeners
out there who maybe aren't as familiar with St.
Patrick's Day, but you have your own national
holiday or cultural holidays you would like to
share, hit us up on the socials. That would be
really cool to hear. Most definitely. We would
love to hear it. And wherever you are, because
I know St. Patty's Day is so unique. Right. Because
it's like st. Patrick and st. Patrick. He was
like Italian and then he lived in England and
it's an Irish thing There's like a whole thing
right and trying to figure out who this dude
was and and and Why it's an Irish thing and like
he did the thing with the snakes, huh? But he
did the thing with the snakes is the Pied Piper
He's out there Then here come all the snakes
like yo a Leon a check this guy out Hey, this
guy's not walking here. We need to follow this
guy. I don't know why, so just follow him. Hear
him out, man. And boom, all the snakes are gone.
And one would say, wow, how many snakes does
Ireland have? Well. Well, you're welcome. Yeah.
You're welcome. That's why we celebrate. That's
exactly why we celebrate it. But I love the fact
that even though it's this Catholic day. You
know because there's st. Brigid's day and st.
Anthony and all these other various things all
these other saints It's it's not so much about
it being catholic Anymore, it's it's more of
an irish heritage day. Sure, uh and just the
whole irish lore and and the irish have always
been Kind of adored and appreciated throughout
the globe because when they go places, they're
just like wow They're so super nice and it is
they're kind of like Canadians. Right, right.
They're just nice and they love life and people
love when they come to their country and and
so I think that's largely why you can go to France
or you can go to Germany you can go to Japan
and like there's St. Patty's Day celebrations.
Right, right. I love that. Yeah. I think it's
great. It's also a fair point why the Irish passport
is so powerful. It is. Yeah, Irish, yeah, we
trust you. Yeah, like all the passport, yeah,
all the people checking the passports and, you
know, they're just like, you know, going through,
going through, and then they get to the Irish
one, they're like, oh, how are you today? Aren't
you a nice Irish lad? Don't bring it down in.
Do you have any Guinness? Would you like some?
Yeah, I mean, it's just it's crazy. It's crazy,
but I love it and hopefully one day we'll have
an Irish passport Hopefully in the coming years
working on that that would be fantastic That's
that's gonna be a goal for sure. But at any rate,
Happy St. Patty's Day to each and every one of
you and We are gonna take a quick break and we
return Carpe Diem here in the Mark Mo show All
right, we are back everybody. This is the Mark
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And if it's a question, we'll answer it. Maybe.
Within reason. Within reason. We're not legally
obligated to, but we'll do it for you. We might.
We might do it, for sure. I have a few this week.
Oh, okay. And the first one I have is from At
Kiss My Blarney Stone. Beautiful name. Oh, it's
beautiful. Did I see the leader of Ireland went
to visit Trump? Oh, no. Right, exactly. At the
White House, before Patty's day, I sure hope
he told him to fuck right off. Oh, man. You and
me both, brother. You and me both. I mean...
I'm not sure he did. There's only so many choice
words we have for people like that. Right. You
know, 34 times felons. General I was disappointed.
I was disappointed. He went right like he'd like
if you would have been invited I'd have been
like well Let me check your calendar and I would
have ghosted him out and never got back to him
and then I would have like Talked to the mayor
of Boston or New York or Chicago or something
like yeah, man. I'll come to your place Yeah,
and just done it that way pull a Philadelphia
Eagles and be like nah Just like thank you. Yeah,
I I couldn't I couldn't do that and then Trump
insulted him anyway Yeah, it's like what did
you expect like no shit? Have you not seen the
other interviews with this piece of human dog
shit? Right. Just don't go. Just don't go. It's
like seeing traffic in the street and going,
well, all right then. Maybe I'll step out there
and just see if it hurts. It's so stupid. It's
so stupid. And I don't know. Hopefully the rest
of the world seems to be on to this. There's
about 30 % Americans that aren't. And do you
find, folks? I'd say you're not fine, folks,
and you got a problem. And you need to wake up
and figure some shit out, because this dude is
a piece of garbage. All right. Am I good? Yeah,
absolutely. Yeah, my face didn't flush. I am
with you on all points. I feel warm. Anyway,
the next one, at shamrockandroll, love your show.
Do you prefer Irish folk music or Irish rock
music? Oh, no. Great question. Fuck you. Yeah,
right. How dare you pit two bad bitches against
each other? How dare you? Shame on thee. I am
a huge fan of both. Yeah. And I would say, I
know this is a corny half answer, but I would
say it depends on the mood. Because if I'm feeling
hyped up and maybe slightly enraged, Irish rock
music all the way, 100%. But if I'm feeling more
You know st. Patty's day without the rage then
it's got to be the folk music sure I would lean
towards Irish rock though Yeah, I would agree.
You know because you're talking like tossers
dropkick Murphy's flogging Molly's all you know
all of that and I like all of that. I play a
lot of that on my radio show after hours WVLP
org check that out ABC always be plug -in always
be plug -in all the time so While I love that
I I do also like I grew up on the folk music,
right? I would agree and That's what really hits
home for me because I could sit there and I can
listen to The Dubliners I can listen to the Chieftains
Pogues the Pogues any of that and just really
appreciate the hell out of it, you know and and
so that boy what a question That's like that's
like a tie right? Yeah because it's like i know
it's easy way out but yeah well i was kind of
in the same boat but it's more so like nostalgia
versus mood you know at that point so that's
that's a tight race i gotta say for sure um i've
got one from at irish eyes 324 i will give you
ten thousand dollars cash and a tiny whoop where's
it at a tiny what tiny what What are you giving
me? $10 ,000 cash in a tiny Irish cottage with
lots of land in a poor rural part of Ireland,
or $25 ,000 cash in a condo on South Beach? Take
me to Ireland. I didn't even need the extra 10k.
That's just the cherry on top. Get me the hell
out of here. I will take the 10k, move to rural
Ireland every day of the week. Every day of the
week. I'm sure I could drive a tractor trailer
out in Ireland. Oh, yeah, they drive trucks.
You just gotta go on the other side. Eh, I think
I'd be fine. If I can parallel park on the correct
side of the road, I figure I could drive normally
on the other side of the road. I think that's
fair. Yeah. That's a fair comment. The last one
I've got for you. Oh, by the way, I suppose I
should get my answer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah,
I'm going to Ireland. Yeah, for sure. So, and
I love South Beach, so that says a lot. At Stoner
Stanley. Oh, my man. 420 Argyle. Living the high
holidays. Indeed he is. Hey Alan and Momo. Jesus
God. God bless you Alan. I have a new product
called Irish I was high. Must be that new strain
they're talking about. Packs a great buzz my
guys. Oh yeah okay. Then he says Kevin go bye
bye. Oh no. He's a gimp in my basement with Marcella
Walle. Bye. Stanley, you are a very unique person
to hear from every week. I think he met Marcellus
Wallace. That's what I figured as well. He kind
of messes names a little bit. Yeah, that happens.
It's close usually. A whole Momo thing. Yeah.
It just happens with him. I will not partake
in that brand new strain because I cannot with
my current profession. But for anyone out there
who does partake, I give it a shot, I guess.
Let us know. Yeah. Let us know how that buzz
gets on for you. For sure. No doubt. But yeah,
kind of worried since Kevin and I, of course,
missed this week. Last week, rather. I, uh, Kev
Go Bye Bye maybe played a part. Maybe. I'm not
sure how that panned out. Not sure how that panned
out with him being in a rubber suit in Stanley's
basement with Marcello Walli. Marcello Walli.
I almost said Martellus Bennett. Oh, no. I was
like, oh, man. Now we're going to get DMs from
Mike. Like, man, what are you talking about?
I'm not down there. Oh, jeez. Well, yeah, those
are my DMs for the week. All righty. I got some
DMs myself here. We got one here from our boy
Gumbo Gregory. Ah, Gumbo. They ask, five items
only, what's your last meal? Five items only,
what's my last meal? Five items only. OK. It's
a tough question. You got to limit it, right?
Yep. I'm going to say. Rico Bene's breaded steak
sandwich. Good choice. A Chicago -style thin
crust tavern style pizza. Preferably Fox's, but
most tavern style pizzas will do. Good point.
Al's Italian beef. Gets me to three. I would
say fried chicken, although I'm not sure where
I would get it from. Maybe White Fence Farm,
which is a place in the Chicago area. They have
really good chicken. But just a good fried chicken
will be on there. That leaves me with one. Hmm.
It's a lot out there. It's a lot out there. And
I know I missed some of it. So. Oh boy. Boy oh
boy. Yeah, that's a that's a challenging one.
Right. For the last part. I'm going to go dessert
and I'm going to say a key lime pie from Key
West floor. Oh, now that's the idea right there.
I like that. So there you go. That's solid. That's
real solid. And yours, sir? I think I would start
off with a country fried steak. That's good.
With that white pepper gravy on top. Oh, hell
yeah. I think biscuits and gravy with that same
aforementioned white pepper gravy. Because I
love breakfast. So those two for sure. Bona beef,
that cheddar cheesy beef. It's good. It's good
stuff. I would say I also want a Chicago tavern
style pizza. Like a large pepperoni sausage.
There you go. And I'm gonna go and throw in a
handle of Irish gunpowder gin. There's a... That's
good stuff. Yeah, isn't there a... I'm trying
to think of the product. Isn't there like a gunpowder
gin, like isn't that like a brand or something?
I think you got that for me. A couple birthdays
or Christmases ago. I'm certain I did. It's that
Irish gunpowder gin, yeah. Yep, I'm sure I did.
I'm sure I got that from Ken and Laker, not sponsored.
Yeah. Yeah, that was great stuff. Yeah, for sure.
So that's my five right there. We've got... The
official Gordon Ramsay checking in. Oh. Asking,
what are your favorite creative insults? Or sorry,
what are your favorite creative insults? Creative
insults. I'm not, I don't know if I've used any.
I love Idiot Sandwich. And I love the fact he
actually brought out two pieces of bread when
he did that bit. Smushed them around the face,
said, you are an idiot sandwich. I love that
bit. No. Oh yeah, he did that. Oh my. There was
one too, where someone said like, oh yeah, I'd
microwave a salad or something like that. And
he looked at him, he's like, you fucking darn
it, you don't microwave a salad. Oh no. Calling
someone a donut is kind of a fun one. That is
fun. I love food related insults, like calling
someone a soggy loaf, because it makes them then
think what that means. And it throws them off
their game. They can't immediately respond because
they're stuck thinking, holy shit, what is a
soggy loaf? What does that mean about me? Exactly.
You have to start looking in the mirror and thinking
about life. Right. Somebody's referring to you
as a soggy loaf. Jesus. Food -related insults,
I think, are the most creative ones that I really
enjoy. Yep. Yep, that's great. Final question
I received comes from our boy creepy grew correct.
What is the importance of networking and how
does it play into? podcasting oh That's really
interesting It's a good question And I'm not
I'm not much of a net worker. I Just kind of
fly by the seed and just figure out what works
I don't have much of a social media presence,
which it's my fault, but I also don't I don't
spend a lot of time on social media. I don't
enjoy it. I think I used to be in some serious
habits of doom scrolling and sure never being
off my phone, which thank God I stopped. But
yeah, that's that's kind of my downfall is I
just don't use social media or use it to promote
things that well. So I think you you would have
a much better this side of the story when it
comes to networking and promotion. Yeah, for
sure. I mean, I've done it in a corporate sense
for a long time. But in this world of, this multimedia
world, whether it's radio, my writing, or whether
it's now podcasting, it's a little bit different.
There's a lot of ways you can generate likes
and follows and network in a sense. Where it's
not outright like oh, let's collab Because you
just don't say that off -jump you have to start
liking their stuff You have to start paying attention
if you think that there is someone on YouTube
or a podcast or whatever the case is and you
find their stuff interesting Then it's not just
like likes its engagement. So you have to get
on there and not just like something, but just
say, oh, that was awesome, you know, blah, blah,
and then just kind of maybe how that directly
relates to you and get them to eventually engage
with you. And this is not going to happen off
the top of your head. With some it will happen,
but it takes a little bit of work. It takes a
little bit of work to do that. And it's completely
different than local. I get marketing, I guess.
I was kind of searching for the word or networking.
So, like when you're doing something more local,
it's more face to face. You're going to events,
you're going to different things, you're out
at a bar, you're out at a restaurant, and you're
seeing different and important people. And you
take the time to strike up that conversation
and say, hey, I find your product really interesting.
I find your service really interesting. Oh man,
that event you have coming up, let's talk about
it. And then... develop that relationship where
you can then say hey I'm doing interviews with
my podcasting you you want to you know come to
the studio and let's get in there and do something
so it you know local stuff versus social media
it's a little bit different but on the social
media side of things it takes time it takes likes
it takes engagement it's not overnight there
are a lot of cheap ways you can go about Getting
likes and follows and all of that I don't like
marketing that way because I think it's cheap
There's like people that like create pages and
sub pages and pages and pages And then they like
and it's very incestuous on how right right that
whole network of pages works And I don't I don't
like that I actually find that much of a bother
sure to be completely honest I would just rather
have my page if I think that we do something
meaningful together, or maybe I have just an
awesome interview queued up or whatever the case
might be, I'll pay the extra bucks to get Instagram
or Facebook, maybe push that out a little bit.
Otherwise, I'm just, I'm going for viral. I'm
just, you know, it's gonna be natural and it's
gonna be kind of its own thing. And I'm willing
to do it that way. Maybe that's not the right
way. But I think it is from the standpoint that
the numbers I'm looking at, all the various stats
that come from doing the podcasting and YouTube
and other stuff, it's all genuine. Like we didn't
do anything in terms of financial investment.
Right. To pull those people into my page, they
stumbled across our podcast and went, huh, that's
cool. Right. Yeah. So I would rather have it
that way. I completely agree. Yeah. That's really
good. So, is that it for you? That was my final
question. That was your final one, alright. Well,
that was a good one. That was definitely a good
one to end. And before we go to our next break,
we have a little other foods queued up with Aidan.
Now, for all of you folks that... other foods,
what's that? Well, it's food. Yep. At the very
minimum, it's food. It's food. But it's other
food. It's not a burger, it's not a hot dog,
it's not pasta. Your typical stuff. Aiden finds
things that would make a billy goat puke. Sure.
Yeah. And he does a lot of research. And a lot
of puking. Just for fun at that point. Just for
fun at that point. So it's like, oh, look at
my finger. Oh, you're going there. Anyway, what
do you have for us, Aiden? Today I found this
interesting little tidbit called toriyashi. Or
tori -sashi. Torisashi. Yes. Okay. a Japanese
dish of thinly sliced raw chicken. The chicken
may be lightly seared, though originally it's
referred to as Torisashi eaten with wasabi, so
they go by different names. Could be quickly
dipped in boiling water, which... of course does
nothing to the inside pathogens, but it's commonly
eaten with soy sauce and wasabi just like other
sashimi dishes, which usually sashimi is made
with raw fish incorporated with sushi, that whole
sushi realm, which is less dangerous than eating
something like raw chicken, because raw chicken
contains things like salmonella, could contain
E. coli, several other different pathogens and
bacteria, which can cause this little thing called
food poisoning. And I've had it. Yeah. From undercooked
chicken at a barbecue one time, I was sick for
a week. Yeah. Like, could not get out of the
bathroom for several days, which is crazy. Yeah.
Yeah. The common symptoms of food poisoning.
Here we go. Diarrhea, potentially bloody. Vomiting,
stomach cramps, fever, headache, tiredness. All
of that. Yeah. So, I don't know how much you
really like thinly sliced raw chicken, but sometimes
you have to ask yourself, is this worth it? Correct.
Is this food dish and its potential, even though
I might disagree, its potential to taste good.
Is it worth it? Yeah, and I think no. I think
it's a no from me. It's a no from me. There's
no like... What's the draw? There's no draw.
Right, that's the word I was looking for. There's
no draw to try that. Is this kind of like somebody
being like, oh, hey, so want to eat this puffer
fish? No, thank you. No, that's the thing that
like... Like there's like what, like a dozen
chefs in the world that are qualified to cut
up a puffer fish. It's so toxic. For consumption
because if they fuck it up... People will die.
People die. Yeah. So let's not do that. Right.
And let's not eat the raw chicken. Let's not
eat raw chicken. I've had cooked chicken and
it has tasted phenomenal. Why would I stray from
that whilst risking food poisoning? Yeah. Don't
do that. Yeah, cooked chicken's great. I'll stick
with it, thank you. Anyone out there that's tried
raw chicken, let us know. Are we missing out?
Because I am going to make the choice to continue
missing out, but I'd love to know. Yes, we would
all love to know. We're all curious. Indeed,
if you have eaten the raw chicken and you are
alive to tell the tale. How'd you do it? How'd
you do it? Tell the tale. please speak your truth
speak your truth all right uh we're gonna take
a quick break here and then we're on to our feature
segment you just made the list here on the mark
mo show All right, everybody. We are back here
on the Mark Mo Show with our feature segment.
You just made the list. And we did. We made a
list. You're welcome. See you next week. Bye.
Nah, nah, nah, we playing, we playing, it's all
good. We're just joshing you. Ha ha, how funny.
Tee hee hee. Anyway, now see, alright, you're
catching us midway, a little bit midway through
the shenanigans and tomfoolery of a St. Patty's
weekend in Chicago. The romping and raving. The
romping and raving. The goofing and gaffing.
Mass consumption of... various liquids. Certainly.
And so you're catching us in that moment. Yeah,
for sure. So we're trying. We're trying. For
you. Lovely listeners. I've pulled four 3 a .m.
days in a row. That catches up. Yeah, especially
when it's like oh, there's other events. You
got to be up and out by 10 a .m. It's like wait
wait right that that's I got home at 3 that Sleep
debtor comes knocking at your door eventually
it really does like you do in a couple of days
You're like us isn't so bad than like third fourth
day. It's like right row Wow, why do I feel like
I need help walking? Yeah, yeah, my body's like
no moss No, moss is time to sleep But we're not
sleeping. We're here with you And we are here
to talk about our list. And this list, top 10
Irish Americans. Now, if that's not a broad enough
term for you, I don't know what is. It's a pretty
broad term. It's a pretty broad term. It could
have been a top 100 list. But it's only 10. And
we have to follow the rules. Wait, what? Rules?
Do I hear that word, rules? There's a judge.
What's the rules? There's one rule. There's one
rule, technically. OK. And that is that there
are no rules. Oh, I like that rule. Yeah, so.
Paradoxical doesn't matter. It doesn't matter
because paradoxical where we're from is not a
rule. It's not a rule. I watch Doctor Who. I
know how that works. That's true. I am an expert
by now. And there's no rules. And there's no
rules. That much we know. Which is the overarching
term. That is the overarching term. Oh, help
us. This one's for you, Philippines. Absolutely
it is. Absolutely it is. All right, so top 10
Irish. Here we go. I have ten. I stuck to ten.
I stuck to ten too. Which was hard. Yes. Number
ten, Kurt Cobain. Very good. Lead singer of Nirvana.
Number nine, Lewis Sullivan. He was an architect.
A lot of designs. He did a lot of things with
Frank Lloyd Wright in the Chicago area. So he
was a G. It's a classic right there. No doubt.
Number eight, Jim Morrison. Lead singer of the
Doors. Ah, nice pick. Was brilliant. It's a good
pick. Life cut short can't imagine all that stuff
left on the table, but right He was amazing this
one this one Aidan might not like but you can't
deny the achievements I Have to go with Tom Brady
at numbers man. I know I know you gotta do it
though Tom Brady's deflated balls on this list
deflated balls So they're an awesome set of deflated
balls From what I hear. From what I hear. I don't
know my experience, but there's this guy. Well,
anyway, number six. It's kind of a surprise because
the name isn't necessarily Irishy, but his Irishness
must come from his mother's side. Quentin Tarantino.
Yeah, he almost made my list. I was thinking
about Quentin. Yeah, he directs so many movies
that are in my top hundred. Yeah. and He's just
great. Yeah, one of the great directors of the
last several decades number five great writer
And a lot of his books have become movies Tom
Clancy. Oh my man the Jack Ryan stuff Yeah, three
games and all that like that's all that's all
him and games movies and games. Yes. Yeah exact
games, right? Yeah, exactly. I'm trying to think
of that one Game something six rainbow six rainbow
six. Yeah, I hear great things. Yes, very popular
Want to then number four Robert Kennedy. Nope.
I'm not not talking about the fuck. I'm not talking
about the guy that sounds like rar rar rar I've
been smoking eight packs of cigarettes a day
or rotten I'm not talking about that the bringer
of measles the bringer the bringer of measles
Hey, maybe we should use some facts a rar. No
don't do that just Drank buttermilk. I mean,
whatever, dude. Raw buttermilk. Raw buttermilk.
Let your children die from measles and raw milk.
Raw milk. Thank you. So not that guy, but his
dad was a G. Senior. Senior was a G. And so Robert
Kennedy, number four. George Carlin. Oh, my man.
Not just a brilliant comedian, but a voice of
a generation. Carlin was the best. Oh, by the
way, we do ten through two and then our big number
one reveal. Right. Didn't say that at the beginning.
So this is my number two, Barack Obama. Now,
let me be clear. You know, I may be a bit Irish
on my mother's side. Never told Michelle and
the kids, but I got that Guinness in me today.
I love it. I love it. So that's my number two.
Beautiful. Wonderful list. Couple on there I
wish I had. I should have put George Carlin.
I was thinking about Tarantino. But I went a
slightly different route on some of them. Number
10 on my list is comedian Jimmy Fallon. Yeah.
Funny guy. Always breaks. It's like the one thing
people know about Jimmy Fallon. He can't keep
a goddamn bit because he always breaks. But he's
funny, you know? I mean, really, SNL should have
never said, OK, we've got this idea for a skit.
We're going to put Farrell. With Fallon. Why
would you do that? Because he's doomed. He's
doomed. He's gonna die. Number nine. Wonderful
painter, George O 'Keefe. Oh, that's excellent.
Phenomenally talented. Number eight. This is
a pair. Twins, Scott and Mark Kelly. Astronauts,
commanders. Big into that NASA culture. I believe
the first twins to go into space together. Number
seven on my list, Maureen O 'Hara, actor. Oh,
I have regrets. A legend. I have regurts. Someone
said Rutrow. Oh, no. That's number seven. Number
six, Kurt Cobain, singer. Mm -hmm. Wonderfully
talented guy. Number five, the old prez, Barack
Obama. You see, Michelle, I made two lists, Michelle.
Did you see that? I made both of them. I made
both of them. Was in the top five, even. Wanted
a Reuben, got that roast beef. Michelle looked
at me funny. I said, why? Not the only roast
beef I'm eating today. Number four. I'm so sorry.
Number four, Eileen Collins, astronaut commander,
wildly brilliant NASA engineer. It's amazing
how many Irish Americans are involved in the
space program, whether they're astronauts or
whether they're scientists or whatever the case
might be. And Ireland is sitting over there like,
hey, we're not going to space anytime soon. What
the hell are they doing over there in America?
I don't know. Let's sit back and drink some Guinness,
I guess. Right. I honestly can't blame them.
No, no, no. They have no desire. Right. Number
three on my list, comedian best. Talk show host
of all time Conan. Oh F my life. Yes, someone
forgot Conan O 'Brien I love Conan O 'Brien Conan
O 'Brien is the best in the business best talk
show host period end of effing sentence and Not
just that But he produced a lot of online content
now, which is hilarious. His podcasts are fantastic.
They're great. Yeah, and the stuff that he did
With Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, the first time
I watched it, I literally cried laughing. It
was hilarious. Oh, yeah. Yeah, oh, that's a good
one. Well done. Yes, for sure. Number two on
my list, Mary Jones, labor activist in the 18
and 1900s, securing contracts for coal miners,
being right in the middle of that period of American
history when the government was killing protesters.
Yeah. and labor activists so that's it's a dangerous
place to be it is indeed and you know i i always
support labor movements and her being at the
front of them was pretty fantastic no doubt that
was that was excellent that's a good one my number
one and seeing as i haven't heard you say his
name i have a strange feeling i'm going to assume
that he's probably yours too right my number
one is president john f kennedy good old jay
fits jerald kennedy There's so many homes on
the south side of Chicago, especially Irish Catholic
homes. You always had two things hanging on your
wall. Somewhere in your home, there was a hanging
of Jesus, right? Yep. Jesus Christos, he's up
there somewhere in your home. We had a portrait
of him in my mother's sewing room. And then,
of course, there was a crucifix in some other
room. Not because my dad played with dark magic.
That's a different story altogether. She was
kind of doubling down, like, all right, if he's
playing with that, I better, you know, lean into
Jesus a little bit. Triple this crucifix. To
balance it out. Right. You know, life's about
balance. But there was always that hanging on
the wall. And then of course JFK was always hanging
somewhere So many South Side households, but
I imagine in Massachusetts and New York and other
places. There's probably Probably the same thing,
right? Let's be honest. I mean you can sit there
and think Lee Harvey Oswald killed him It's probably
the same people have over Trump. But I mean,
I'm just saying you know, you you can believe
that if you want I think He was killed because
he was trying to make change for the better No
different than Martin Luther King and others
that were trying to implement change at a time
when change was needed, right and You know, he
was a great man now. Was he a perfect man? No
We we know about all of his various Affairs and
extracurricular activities. Yes. Thank you. So
he was not perfect by any stretch I'm guessing
most presidents and kind of had those sure Setups
or arrangements not that it makes it right. It's
just couldn't be me Michelle can be couldn't
be me. I'm I'm a good man Chicago good stock
too busy with this Monte Cristo in front of me
That's that's right and being did I mention top
five on both lists Michelle pay attention just
open up this can of Smith wicks in front of me
Heard people tell me that's not how you say that
Barack I say I was the president. Fuck you. I
know what I'm talking about. So yeah, yeah, so
John F. Kennedy, for me, it's easy. I got him
hanging up on my walls, for sure, and he just,
he tried to make a lot of change. He was able
to do some. And LBJ was able to continue a couple
of his programs, which was good, but one thing
he was trying to do was keep us out of Vietnam.
That didn't happen. Yeah, as we know. The old
three -letter American agencies didn't like that
too much. No, they did not. Yeah, they did not.
Curious how that works. Yeah, my number one was
your number one. Good ol' JFK. Good ol' John
Fitzgerald. Yeah. It's a good list. It is a good
list. And I'm sure there's some we missed. And
if you people are like, hey, idiots, you missed
blah, blah, blah, let us know. Very true. Yeah.
Let us know. If I don't make your... Top five.
What's the problem? Have to send the Secret Service
to your house. Or perhaps you go, whoa, where
did this iron ass product come from? Be smart
about it. Be smart about it, people. They ain't
know how to get you. They ain't know how to get
you for sure. My man. My man. My man Barry. That's
our top 10 list. We hope you enjoyed it and we
kind of slide right about now into review preview
I review a movie preview movie. Here's the thing.
I don't often See a movie sometimes I do sometimes
I'll do a couple in a week But if nothing is
tickling my fancy so to speak I'm not I'm not
going not gonna pick some piece of garbage, right?
Yeah waste my time and money on that. So when
that happens, I try to get creative with the
segment. So based on just kind of the overall
arc of this show and topic, very topical as it
were, it's my Irish movie edition. And these
are five Irish movies that I like that I try
to watch every year around the holiday. The first
one I'm going to mention is The Quiet Man, directed
by John Ford. He could have been on the list.
Sure. Directed this romantic comedy drama featuring
Winston, I'm sorry, Wittenhock's stunning images
of the Irish countryside. Both men won Oscars
for their work, which stars John Wayne and Maureen
O 'Hara as a lass who falls in love with the
Irish American boxer. They moved back to Ireland.
And those two, Ford, the director Ford and Wayne,
they were known for their work on Westerns together.
So doing this kind of made a lot of sense for
them to come together and do that. And the story
is good. It's funny. It's lighthearted. More
than anything, it is a love letter to Ireland.
Right. Without a doubt and just, it is free.
It is free. Bar towel And who almost gets into
a fight at the train station? Mr. Maloney, of
course, of course Go figure. I'm like, oh, yeah,
dude. Maloney's getting a fight at the train
station. That kind of checks out. Great movie,
though. Bloody Sunday. I watched this yesterday
after Quiet Man. Probably should have done it
the other way around. Oh, sure. But Paul Greengrass
wrote and directed this historical drama. based
on the 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre in Derry,
Northern Ireland. That was the subject of U2's
early classic, Sunday Bloody Sunday, starring
James Nesbit and Tim Piggott -Smith. The film
won several honors, including the Audience Award
at Sundance and Golden Bear at the Berlin International
Film Festival. There's a lot I could say about
this movie. Can I do it and not get angry? No,
I cannot. Or so to speak, get your Irish up.
Oh, it'll definitely get your Irish up. Yeah.
But the fact that it was so premeditated on the
side of the British. Those cunts. And literally
like young girls would be on the ground and the
soldiers just walk up and shoot them in the back.
Right. Like that. Like when I see all of those
Irishmen running around and they're so angry
and they're throwing rocks and stones, I would
definitely be one of them. 100 % would be one
of them and would try to hit any of those Brits
in the temple with a stone if I can. Maybe multiple
times. Maybe multiple times. Like what happened
was just despicable. Here's the thing, it's like...
Am I anti -Brit for the sake of being anti -Brit?
No, I'm not. I love Doctor Who. I love parts
of their culture. Iron Maiden. I love all of
that. So it's more, I suppose, the crown and
the government. Sure. The military. All of that.
The same way you can appreciate American pop
culture while also understanding that American
politics fuck a lot of people in this world.
And we know that. Yeah. And world out there,
trust me when I say, there are a lot of us here
in the country that know that we've shot on you
a time or two in the past. So we are fully understanding
of that. And that's kind of my take on that,
is that I understand it's just, it's politics,
it's religion. And it's a great movie, but it
will make you angry. For sure. It will really
make you angry. In the Name of the Father, very
similar kind of deal. Daniel Day -Lewis, who's
amazing, who is of Irish descent on his father's
side, played by Gerard Patrick. Patrick Jerry
Conlon, a man mistaken for an IRA sniper in the
biological crime drama based on a story of the
Guilford Four, four people wrongly accused of
a pub bombing that killed a civilian and four
off -duty British soldiers. The film was nominated
for seven Oscars, including Best Picture and
Best Actor for Daniel Day -Lewis. Really great
movie. Really great movie. But once again, makes
you mad. Right. Makes you mad. This one definitely
more of the light -hearted nature. It's called
Brooklyn. So American -born Irish actress Saoirse
Ronan. Love her. She's great. She's amazing.
Plays a young woman who immigrates from Ireland
to Brooklyn in the 1950s to seek better employment.
The romantic drama directed by John Crowley and
based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Colm
Tolbin was nominated for Best Picture, Best Adapted
Screenplay, and Best Actress for Ronan at the
2016 Academy Awards. It's a rare immigrant story
with a female lead and one of the better films
about the immigrant experience. 100 % agree.
I think this is kind of one of those under -the
-radar type movies. And it was so great. The
first time I saw this, I'm like, why? I haven't
more people see right? Yeah, this is such a good
movie You know and she meets an Italian guy and
that that is so genuinely American Because like
there are a lot of truly Irish families in the
United States But we happen to be Irish German
and I know Irish Italian families and I know
Families that are Irish and Spanish or Irish
and Mexican and so many other things and that
is so genuinely American, right? Once again,
cultures coming together. The melting pot we've
been talking about. The melting pot we've been
talking about, and that's like, you know, like
I said, America's got a lot of problems, a lot
of things we've done wrong. But I think one of
those things that is right about it is that ability
to take the rest of the world, bring it in here.
It's like, all right, we're going to do kind
of our own take on this and immerse ourselves
into all these other cultures. Right. And I think
it's pretty cool when that happens. The last
one. that I put out here, Michael Collins. He
was an Irish revolutionary and politician at
the forefront of Ireland's struggle for independence
from Britain in the early 20th century. Director
Neil Jordan, Liam Neeson plays the freedom fighter
along, co -stars Aidan Quinn, Stephen Ray, Alan
Rickman, Alan Rickman. What a G, rest in peace.
And Julia Roberts. She was a weird addition,
but whatever. Although generally praised and
nominated for two Academy Awards, the movie was
criticized for some historical inaccuracies.
It happens. It's Hollywood takes their... That
is why the name of the award given out is Adapted
Screenplay. Right. You're taking your creative
liberties and you're turning it into a story
you want to see on the big screen. Correct. It
doesn't have to be one for one. Right, exactly.
Necessarily. Yeah, and so that wouldn't be the
first movie with history that kind of plays with
it a little bit. But basically the overall way
that this movie worked out I thought was very
good and Liam Neeson's spectacular anyway. Yeah,
that's very true. We are almost ready for our
next break, but there's a segment that Aidan
does while you were sleeping, so it's more of
a multi... Media type segment where Aiden will
explore gaming and TVs and and youtubers and
other things and Say hey guys, I think you might
have missed this one check it out So Aiden takes
these deep dives and find some really cool stuff.
What do you got this week this week? I I wish
I had gone in and gone with something Irish for
the holiday, but Unfortunately, I did not there's
this game called Cuphead this game was pretty
big in the late 2010s so you might be thinking
well how does that fitting do well you're sleeping
and I would tell you to shut up because it's
my segment you showed damn damn I would say he's
sick I'm tired just yeah I would say it slept
on in its not only its replayability which is
important for games because you know you put
the money in you want to get the entertainment
out but they had a dlc in the last couple years
which is essentially an entirely new game built
into the game and it's it's phenomenal it is
one of the tougher games i recently started playing
for the first time. It is a remarkably difficult
game, but Cuphead, a 2017 run -and -gun platformer
shooter style game developed and published by
Canadians, good on ya Canada, by Studio MDHR,
the game follows, quote, the game follows its
titular teacup -headed character and his brother
Mugman as they make a deal with the devil. to
pay casino losses by repossessing the souls of
runaway debtors. So these two jovial lost little
cups have to go on this devil's quest to collect
the soul contracts of the devil's runaway debtors
because they themselves got themselves into that
situation and instead of taking the L they decided
to cut a deal. That's kind of the plot of the
game. You're going through this treacherous mini
boss hell bullet hell style levels as a little
cup with magical abilities oh No, it is and it's
in the style of Like the early 1900s Disney or
Warner Bros animation every frame was drawn by
hand No way. Every frame was drawn by hand. One
of the only games I've ever heard of that does
that, especially in recent years. Hand -drawn
animations, just clean gameplay. I would say
it's unfair and it's difficulty, but that's only
because I'm not good at it. That's just a skill
issue. It is very well -tuned. And the music,
all original music, jazz, soundtracks, 1930s,
40s -esque jazz. Phenomenal soundtrack and gameplay.
And I don't believe the DLC is that expensive.
The game itself isn't that expensive either.
It's not like a AAA game you're paying 70 or
80 dollars for. It is really, really fun. And
you could easily dump several dozens of hours
into it and with the DLC a couple dozen more.
So, highly, highly recommend. And you can play
that on PC, Switch, PS5, PS4, 360, One, Series
S. It's kind of everywhere. But yeah, highly
recommend. Not sponsored, but highly recommend.
It has been slept on recently because it came
out just shy of a decade ago. But yeah, its original
game is worth replaying if you've already played
it, and its DLC is definitely worth the price.
Yeah, that sounds amazing. Just, it's so stylish.
It's so 1930s, 40s, with the music and the animations.
There was so much heart poured into it, and with
how much AI slopped dogshit, and half -baked
AAA game studios. It's just a gem, you know?
Yeah. It's just a gem, and I recommend it. Well,
I appreciate that, and that is definitely something
you should all check out, for sure. And like
I always say, reach out to us, YouTube, any...
DMs, any way you want to do it, reach out to
us. And especially if you play it and you like
it, let us know. That'd be really cool. It's
fun to other people to play that. Very true.
But at any rate, we're going to take a quick
break. And then we're going to drink for you.
You've earned it. You've earned it. We love you.
We're going to drink for you. We got a beer of
the week. And then we are going to finish up
with some tier listing here on the Mark Mo Show.
All right, we are in the home stretch here, ladies
and gentlemen, the Mark Mo Show. I'm Mark Maloney,
your host, along with co -host Aidan Maloney.
And we are now on to the beer of the week. The
official beer review. And I'm excited. I'm excited
by this. I, too, am excited by this. I've seen
this in liquor stores for a while now, and I
haven't had the opportunity. It's been a while.
It's been a while. Since I've had founders all
day IPA. That didn't work. Anyway. It just doesn't
fit the scheme. It doesn't fit the beats. It
really didn't. You know, you start the song and
the lyrics sometimes don't fit. It's just the
way, just the way it works. But today we have
founders all day IPA. Flavorful and easy drinking.
It's what they claim. What they claim 4 .7 %
ABV is a session IPA. supposedly citrus crisp
and refreshing. Now session IPAs, from what I've
heard, are IPAs with the specific ABV below five.
I believe the history of session IPAs is people
made them to bring to work with them back in
the day when you had a beer at work because they
are below 5 % and they would not disrupt your
productivity as much. I believe is the history
of Session IPA, so it is a low ABV, but it's
meant to be citrusy and lovely 42 IBU, so there
could be a little hop going on, if you know what
I mean. A little bit. I found it interesting.
Brewed and packaged. Founders Brewing Company,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, and then it says Puerto
Rico. Oh. Uh, so... Right. Grand Rapids, Michigan
is not in Puerto Rico. That is a good point.
They do want to protect the environment and says
don't let her. I do respect that. It's a fair
point. It's a good point to make. But Michigan
is not close to Puerto Rico. No, no. But if you
are a Puerto Rican in Michigan Hit us up. Hit
us up. Let us know. By all means, hopefully you're
enjoying the show. My guess is they were making
this beer and they were sampling and then they
were doing more sampling and they were doing
more sampling. A little too much sampling. And
then they started ordering some empanadas. Right.
Which are fantastic. Oh, beautiful. And now all
of a sudden Michigan is in Puerto Rico. That's
what I'm guessing happened. And I can't blame
you. I can't blame you. Hey, you know this beer?
I swear. You know Senegura Bear was this beer?
ABM empanadas would be really fucking good with
this on -day MPA. So let's not wanna do it. And
so that's how I think Puerto Rico got on the
can. I'm guessing that's what happened. I was
talking to Michelle. Thinking about making Puerto
Rico a part of Michigan. I think that's an important
thing to do. Because when you have all day IPA,
you want an empanada. Let me tell you. That's
what I hear. American people. American people.
So crack one open at home. We're not sponsored
by this brand, but we are sampling it for you.
Indeed. Here we go. Slantcha. Slantcha. Oh, yeah.
Hoppy. Hoppy piney. Bit of pine in there. A little
bit. Trying to get the citrus. I didn't get that
too much on the first sip. I think because pine...
and lime are so similar on the palate. I can
understand the idea of citrus, but it is more
pine than it is lime or lime juice. Sure. So,
yeah, I can test that point, but it is refreshing.
I'll give them refreshing. Quite light. You know,
it doesn't... And it does not have... See, here's
the thing. I'm getting the citrusy notes now.
Sure. That it sat on my palate for a hot second.
And I think that... that helps with, sometimes
if you have an IPA, it'll leave a little bit
on your palate, a little bit of an aftertaste.
I think that citrus helps out with that. Because
I didn't really get that with this. Instead of
a bitter, hoppy aftertaste, you're left with
this lemon -lime mixture that just kind of sits
on your tongue, and it's very pleasant. I would
completely agree with that. I'll give this a
three. 7 .5 out of 5. Absolutely. Usually session
IPAs are not my favorite, as I like a more hazy
imperial type, but this is very enjoyable. I
enjoy it. That's fantastic. And Founders All
Day IPA was fantastic. Not sponsored. But I do
give it praise. I do give it praise. I too, because
we use the app where we grade these drinks and
we do them. Untapped. Untapped. And I think I
would give it a solid four out of five. Yeah.
And I'm not a big IPA guy, but I think this is
very enjoyable. I completely agree. That is high
props coming from a non -IPA fellow. No doubt.
So, okay. We are now on to... the final segment.
We swap things in and out a little bit on the
back end of our show, keep things lively, keep
things a little different. Sometimes we do the
world of weird news. And sometimes we do the
15th. Sometimes we'll do a rapid fire. We haven't
done that in a hot minute. And tier listing,
which is actually from 8 Show. An AK -219 classic.
Indeed. So we did a part one of a tier list and
I thought, well, heck, we might as well strike
while the iron is hot and do the second part.
Absolutely. And it is a good tier list. We're
tier listing fast food and pizzerias. And in
alphabetical order, these are, I don't want to
say they're regional, but they are kind of specific
to the United States. So if there's fast food,
or pizzerias, where you are, you're not in the
US, you may not hear too many familiar names,
and for that I apologize, but this is just what
we know, and it's what we're able to tier list
accurately. So, alphabetically, we started with
Arby's last week, went down the list, we finished
with Five Guys. We did. So, we went from A through
F, we are starting with K in this part of the
tier list, tier listing. KFC, Kentucky Fried
Chicken, is first up tier listed for this week.
I will say that most of the ones in Northwest
Indiana are closed. They're no longer open. Yeah,
they killed them. That is telling. I mean, it's
poor business practice period, but. Sure. Still
kind of telling. And it's part of that young
brands umbrella because a lot of the pizza huts
nearby closed as well. So it's part of that same
umbrella. So was it a matter of time thing or
maybe they were killed off by other chicken joints?
Who's to say? What I do know is that it's not
my first go -to for chicken. Sure. I do like
the bowls that they have. I think those are really
good. So that's why they take the chicken and
vegetables and potatoes and gravy and you put
it all together and a little cheese and it's
really good. I do like that. They also came out
with some new fries that were actually pretty
decent. Yeah. So they have some good things,
but the chicken itself is just okay. It's okay.
I would agree. It's just okay. Yeah. Based on
that, I'd probably just have to give it a solid
C. I'm kind of in the same boat, and one thing
that always pissed me off is a family -sized
bucket. with a couple sides is like $37 .00.
It's stupid. It's stupid expensive. That's fucking
absurd in my eyes. As far as fast food goes,
you could go to a sit -down restaurant, you know,
spend nine bucks a head and come out with a better
outcome than that. So, in that aspect, I don't
like it, but like you were saying, the bowls
are great. I enjoy the wraps. They came out with
the new fries, which I never got to try, but
I heard great things. Yep. I'd have given it
a C+. Okay, I can live with that. Compromise
on a c -plus. I think we can I can I can deal
with a c -plus c -plus brings us to one of the
more controversial ones in In as far as food
taste goes it's not really a controversial company
as far as I know Little Caesars pizza now I When
I was a wee lad up until the age of about 20.
I was not a huge Little Caesars guy I didn't
really like the sauce that much. I thought the
topping to cheese to crust ratio was not good.
And yet, in the last couple years of my life,
I have come full circle. I think their Detroit
-style pizza, which is kind of a rip on Jets
to be completely honest, is really good. And
you could spend six bones, get a... Detroit style
pizza and a drink, that's not a bad price for
lunch. And even though they no longer do the
five dollar hot and reddies, you know, their
cheap pizzas are still seven bones, which as
far as the crazy price increases we've seen recently
is not that bad. I kinda like Little Caesar's.
I honestly would give them a B plus, maybe A
minus territory. The guy that owns Little Caesar's
also owns the Tigers. So when me and my friend
Steve went to check out a Tigers game, they had
a package that we got. So we got our ticket and
we got a slice of pizza and a pop. It was like
20 bucks. Now that's a steal. So that was pretty
good. That's like White Sox level cheap. It really
is for a team that isn't ass. Right. So yeah,
I really enjoyed that. The pizza itself and what
I try to do in my head on these things is where
do I put it in relation to like restaurant? Yeah,
you wouldn't compare it to a Giordano's or a
Fox's. No, because that's not fair. Or a home
run in. It's not fair. No. So I look at it in
terms of Domino's or, well, we used to have Papa
Murphy's. We don't anymore. Rest in peace. RIP
Papa Murphy's. I'd have to put it once again
at a solid C. Because while when you're talking
about affordability, and it's the end of a pay
period, you're waiting for your next check, you
got 10 bucks in your wallet, hey, that pizza
can feed me and my significant other or me and
a couple of my kids or whatever the case is,
that is appealing. The fact that it's the quality
is very mid Some of the sauces are kind of good
and it says a lot about a pizza company When
they're trying to sell you sauces to go with
their pizza because they know their pizza itself
doesn't have much flavor That's an interesting
point to make I can get behind that so I just
I consider it just like I consider see it's kind
of that perfect pizza for a school outing Like
a work thing, you know, because you can walk
in there with 20 or 30 bucks, come out with a
bunch of pizzas or whatever. Yeah. So like that,
it's good. But I don't know. Taste -wise, it's
just kind of meh. Middle of the road. Yep. Sure.
I can get behind that. So would you comp it like
a B minus maybe? Maybe a C plus? I think it has
to be in the Cs. I think I would do C plus. C
plus. I can get behind that. Like I said, I do
appreciate their prices and I think what brought
me around to almost recommending an A - was that
Detroit style pizza. Right. Because it is, I
don't want to say it's as good as Jet's, but
it's pretty dang close. Yeah. And that's what
kind of swayed me. But C +, I can get behind
for Little Caesars. Next one up is another one
that's kind of dying in our local area, Long
John Silver's. Yeah. Fish and chicken and hushpuppies
and all of them, in my opinion, lack flavor.
The fish filets without tartar sauce are nothing.
The chicken just tastes like the oil it was fried
in. Which usually tastes like fish. Which usually
tastes like fish. And the hushpuppies themselves
have no flavor. And granted, we have been pampered.
There's a local joint around here. Louie's. Called
Louie's Wings and Catfish. And they, in my opinion,
have some of the best chicken, hush puppies,
po' boys. I have had the pleasure of tasting,
and they didn't make the list because they're
not a fast food joint, they're a local joint.
Long John Silver's, in my opinion, gets, they
get a D. I mean, straight down the middle they
get a D, because it's not horrible. But I never,
ever choose to go there. So that's a D, purely
and simply. I always found it amazing that at
Long John Silver's, there was never a car in
there, ever. Never a car in the lot? Never a
car in the drive -through? No cars. I always
found that really amazing and the fact that it
was year after year after year, I'm like, oh,
it's gotta be a drug front. That's what I was
thinking too. I don't understand how this business
is even open Because here's the thing like I
went in and someone had recommended they're like,
oh my god I know that a fish guy, but their their
chicken is really good Now what I got from it
like the breading on it. Yes, it's almost akin
to beer batter Right exactly. And so it was I
was really excited and the consistency of the
chicken and it was really good Sure the fries
A little bit better than mid, mid plus. Yeah,
right, right. C plus. C plus. But, like, I was
really excited about that and I loved it until,
like, you've been into it and you took a couple
bites and you got a fishy taste. Right. I was
like, God damn it. You couldn't separate the
fryers? You couldn't just have one for the chicken?
Everything in your restaurant is fried. You don't
have enough fryers to maybe separate them? You
should. Definitely should. Yeah. I, I... I concur.
I will be kind and give it a D. Right. D right
down the middle. Makes sense why they're closing.
Next one up, the magnate. The multinational McDonald's.
Oh yeah. Here's the thing. In terms of Aidan
and myself and how we have this disdain for big
corporate America and things like that. Right.
I do have... A love. A little soft spot. A little
soft spot in my heart for one McDonald's. And
I think it's, number one, I think it starts at
breakfast. I think they have the best fast food
breakfast, bar none. The bagels are good. When
they cook them, like when they put them in the
toaster and they're crispy, they're great. Yes,
I can get behind that. A lot of times you get
it and it's like, did they just pull this out
of the bag? I think sometimes they do. I think
sometimes they do. When they get busy, they don't
even do it, they just pull it out of the bag.
Yeah. And I should be better about being a consumer.
And when that happens, to stop and go back in
and be like, hi, you just pulled this bagel out
of a bag. You want to toast it for me? Right.
But that being said, nine times out of 10, that
bagel is fine. I enjoy the egg and bacon biscuit
thing. Oh, sure. Yeah. That's really good. The
breakfast is good. Even the McGriddles are fire,
too. They're just pricey. The McGriddles are
pricey. They are pricey for what you get. But
I think their breakfast is really good. In terms
of the other stuff, the menu has not changed
a whole heck of a lot. in does it need to but
it doesn't need to yeah it's like if people want
the two cheeseburger meal they're gonna get the
two cheeseburger meal because they've had it
for the last 25 years maybe that royale with
cheese the royale with cheese you know they're
gonna go ahead and go with that or you go you're
mcnuggies and you're you're gonna get those uh
and the fries the fries are some of the most
tried and true in the fast food world wendy's
has changed them 10 times over the last five
years yes I mean, Chick -fil -A changed them
for the worse recently. Buffalo Wild Wings actually
changed them for the better recently, but McDonald's
is always tried and true with the fries. Tried
and true. They have, like, why? If it ain't broke,
don't fix it. Right. And they have, when those
things are hot and you, like, open your bag and
you notice how hot those fries are, it's like,
oh, I'm gonna, I'm just gonna pound these right
now. Oh, yeah. Because hot McDonald's fries are
the best. And if they're salted perfectly. Perfectly
every time. You don't need to add anything. Nope,
there's a lot of places where you get it and
you'll just be like, oh man, and then you forgot
you didn't ask for salt. Right, just tastes like
potato. Right, and I got choked down this flavorless
potato. But yeah, they do a great job. I don't
know if I can put them in superior, although
it's pretty damn close. I would agree. I think
I gotta go A+. I was thinking A. I was thinking
A as well. I think we can throw McDonald's in
the A plus territory. Solid, yeah. Solid, absolutely.
I have nothing besides them underpaying their
staff, which almost every fast food joint does.
The food itself, you can't... And the Diet Coke.
They do it different. I don't know what crack
they put in the Diet Coke, but it's so good.
I have heard their contract with Coca -Cola.
I'm not sure if this is true. You are... Hearing
this from a third party hearing it from a second
party take this with a grain of salt, but I heard
that their syrup That they get from coca -cola
their coke diet coke coke zero syrup comes in
refrigerated metal containers oh Whereas every
other syrup you know comes in that you know the
bag or whatever box with the bag inside they
get it refrigerated in Like metal containers,
that's really interesting And then, of course,
they have that wider straw, which science says
gives you more flavor and less bubbles. So I
hear you there. I'm just not a big soda guy,
but I do hear you there. Next on the list, Papa
John's. Now, I got something to say about Papa
John's. What up, A? You got something to say?
I got something to say. Callback. That's a callback.
That shit sucks. Papa John's is the fucking ashtray.
of pizza. I mean, that shit makes Little Caesars
look like Gino's. That shit makes Domino's mid
-ass pizza look like Giordano's. Papa John's
is so ass, they literally put garlic butter in
the box because they know you hate the fucking
pizza and you just want the garlic butter. You
just wanna douse it. Papa John's... And on top
of that, they have the fucking goal to charge
you $17 for a pizza. True. Papa John's. D minus.
Uh, that's fair. That's just my take. Besides
the fact... Besides the fact the owner's ass.
He's a cunt too, yeah. And, oh, is he going,
he kills rhinos or some shit, whatever he does.
Like, he's just not a good dude. Yeah, the pizza's
not good. I think I've had it once ever. Ever.
Right. And that was enough. Yeah. It's enough
to know that it's not good. I'm like, that was
wildly substandard. Right. Just not good. So,
I... Boy, I would think F. You're thinking F?
I'll go F with you. Because my D - was kind of
a compromise in itself. Nah, we're flagging them.
Yeah. Papa John's F. Next up, Pizza Hut. Pizza
Hut's an interesting beast. Because half the
time you get the Pizza Hut with the Wing Stop
included. Yes. And Wing Stop, I believe, does
wings cheaper than Pizza Hut does themselves,
and they do it better somehow, too. But Pizza
Hut is, like, it's fine. In my opinion, Pizza
Hut is better in flavor than Little Caesar's,
but you're also paying a lot more. So there's
a compromise to make there. But Pizza Hut is
never as good as a local chain is. So that's
right. I'm kind of torn. I want to place them
higher than the C plus we gave little Caesars
But being in that young brands umbrella, they've
closed a lot of the local joints around here.
Like we were mentioning earlier. Yeah So what
do I do besides say C plus again, you know, right
and and the actual pizza is pretty good When
I was young Pizza had a buffet Yes. Oh, I remember
that. They had a buffet. They got, yeah, you
were young when they got rid of it. Yeah, into
my youth they had it a little bit. And you could
get slices of pizza. You could get pasta salad.
You could get regular salad. You could get soup.
They had all sorts of shit and you paid one price.
Right. And you got the goofy little red plastic
cup for your beverages or whatever. It was, it
was great. Yeah. It was so good. It was a steal.
And like, I appreciated that. And I think back
in the day, because they had that, Their restaurant
was always full of people, especially at dinnertime.
And it was kind of a fun place to be at. But
then they got rid of it, and any time you actually
physically walk into a pizza hut, there are no
people inside. No, right. Because they're like,
well, why do we want to be here? I'll go eat
the pizza at home. Because there's no reason
to be there. But if it's a buffet, yeah, I'll
show up. Right, right. There's no atmosphere
like there is for a Chicago pizzeria. Correct.
Yeah, there's none. There's none. So, I see.
Yeah. I go see. I could go see as well. So we'll
go see for Pizza Hut. Next up, Popeyes. Popeyes
Louisiana Kitchen. More like Louisiana chicken,
let's be honest. In my personal opinion, they
won the chicken sandwich war all those years
ago. 100%. I completely believe that and stand
by it. I would say the fact that their Cajun
fries are bomb. Very good. Good biscuits. I mean,
the mashed potatoes are good, too. The mac and
cheese could use a little work, I'll be real.
But as far as chicken... chick -chickenerias
go? Chickareas go? Sure. I mean, I'm willing
to give Popeyes an A. To be honest. I could even
go higher than that. Aha. I... Okay. So we just
had Mardi Gras not too long ago. Alright! And
I went to this place called Franklin House, the
local place here in Valparaiso, Indiana. And
it's like the perfect vibe, right? It's not too
bougie of a place, and it's not a complete ass
dump. Sure, yeah. It's just that kind of perfect
local place where all like real people go. Yeah.
I really appreciate that. So I go in there. It's
probably my regular spot now. And I go in there.
During Mardi Gras, I had my beads on, showed
my boobs, you know, whatever. As the Lord intended.
As the Lord intended, he gave me boobs, I'm gonna
show them, whatever. So I acquired my beads and
they had some specific menu items. One of them
was red beans and rice. Oh, that's an idea. And
so I'm like, oh, I'm gonna try that. Blew my
balls off. I was like, oh my God. Why have I
not done this more often kind of like that whole
Thanksgiving argument? We have you have Thanksgiving
you love the turkey and you love this stuffing
in the Nashville down and you have it one time
a year once a year right once a year even though
you love it and this is kind of the same thing
with the red beans and rice my god damn why don't
I so Fast forward to a couple weeks later, and
I forgot lunch. I'm like god damn it so I'm not
far from my work as a Popeye so I run into the
Popeyes, and I was like I'll just have Like a
cup of the mac and cheese off a cup of the red
beans rice and something to drink. Okay So I
grab those things I get out of there I go back
to work and I mix up the red beans rice like
oh my god baller So good. Oh, yeah had just the
perfect amount of kick to it too. It was like
us is perfect Huge Popeye's fan huge fan of their
chicken. They cook it right. It's always juicy.
The crust is delicious You can get it with The
spicy, if you like the spicy, and the spicy is
warm. You'll feel it in your head. In a wonderful
way. In a wonderful way. I enjoy their spicy
chicken. It's not too spicy, but it is spicy.
Yeah. Everything there is great. I really have
no complaints. I would probably have to go B
plus on the Popeyes. B plus? Would you comp me
at an A minus maybe? I'll meet you there. I'll
meet you there because I love it. Yeah, absolutely
meet you there at an a -minus next up the final
five of tier listing for this week starting off
with the raising canes another chicken joint
One that we kind of only have one nearby and
even that's a 20 or 30 minute drive Kind of tough
to get around here, but I will say it's good
But the couple times I've had it. I don't know
if I'd put it higher than Popeyes right that's
well that's the tricky part because i don't the
chicken's good in terms of the crust in terms
of like it being juicy like i think it's really
good right i don't think the the proportions
are large i think they're i agree i think they're
very average sized but you're you're not paying
for the chicken you're paying for that freaking
sauce because i don't know what the hell it is
cane sauce man that is so freaking good And I
love it. And they give you the big piece of Texas
toast with it. Right. And so like it is it's
a thing. And I really do like it. As a matter
of fact, I went up there and got some last week.
I have a friend named Taylor, and she's a bartender
up at Knuckleheads in this town that has the
Canes. Right. And it was after the pub crawl
I went on in Crown Point, Indiana, which is great.
Good job, Crown Point. Every town seems to have
an Irish celebration except Valpo anyway. Yeah.
Right. So. I'm heading back and I'm like not
ready to shut down for the night. Like I'm just
not there So I went to a local bar just had like
a beer and I'm kind of just sitting there and
I'm like Nope. Nope. Uh -uh. Nope. The night's
gonna go continue. What am I gonna do? What am
I gonna do? I want chicken. I want chicken. Am
I going to Popeye's? No, I'm not. I'm going to
Cane's. So I went up to Cane's and of course
while I was up there I was like, I'm gonna see
if Taylor's working. She was so that was awesome.
I got to hang out with her for a while But I
went up to Cain's and it was everything I remembered
it was because the only time we ever used to
get it was when we would travel down south. Now,
where do we grade it? That's the question. That
is the question. Because I was thinking, I'm
like Popeyes and A-, I'd have to go B then. I
feel comfortable B, B +, yeah. Yeah, I think
a solid B. A solid B down the middle. It needs
to live, yeah. Yes. It gets that good rating
from the old Mark Mo show. Next up, Subway. Subway,
I have very very mixed feelings about. Agreed.
Because I get it so rarely and every time I get
it I'm like, oh shit, I think I like Subway a
lot. And then I don't eat it for a while because
my brain tells me I don't like Subway. And there's
a reason for that. Because for the following
40 hours after you eat Subway, every burp tastes
like Subway. Yes. And it gets progressively worse.
It's true. It's expensive. There's no $5 foot
long you walk in there $14 for a foot long for
a foot then you get a drink. You're talking 18.
That's crazy. Then you get a bag of chips You're
talking 20 bones for lunch. It's a freaking sandwich.
It's a sandwich sandwich. It's a sandwich Stay
in your lane bring back the $5 foot long fuck
you subway C maybe C - yeah, that's the thing
for me is that When I when I get a sandwich look
The roast beef, the cheese, the vegetables, whatever
you're putting on there, it's fine. The bread
can make the sandwich or could destroy the sandwich.
Sure. Their bread is wildly mid. Yes, I agree.
I just don't think there's anything spectacular
about it. But as a matter of fact, Ireland is
classified, their bread is not bread. It's a
pastry because of the sugar content in the bread.
They need to put sugar in the bread to make it
palatable because it's so fucking cheap. Correct.
That is correct. So I'm not a huge fan of that.
They do make some. If you can find the subways
that do the breakfast, because not all of them
do it. Right. Right. You can find the ones that
do breakfast and they got the egg and the bacon
and you put some green peppers on there and do
some other. There you go. And it's good. I do
like that. So just like you, it's it's there's
nothing spectacular about it, but it's not ass
either. I'm thinking just C right down the middle.
I could go C down the middle as well. We've got,
and I'll let you start because I've got feelings
about this place, Taco Bell. Taco Bell. Taco
Bell. I frequent Taco Bell often because I'm
usually up at two or two thirty in the morning.
Sure. You know, doing the Lord's work. Yeah,
of course. As any brother in Christ would. Yes,
we do doing the doing the Lord's work on that.
So I go very late at night to the Taco Bell.
are certain places are open late, so that when
you are out and you're having drinks, you get
the food. Taco Bell happens to be one of those
places, in addition to White Castle's, but ours
is an open late. That's true. Jerks. So, Taco
Bell has a pretty inexpensive, cheap menu for
late night. The little cheese roll -ups, or the
potato tacos, or things like that. So I can sit
there, get like four or five or six things and
spend ten bucks right and so that I like a lot
do I think any of the food is like spectacular
I do not there are some there are some items
that I would consider low -grade dog food that's
fair to say but it's it's it's hit or miss depending
on what part of the menu you're at it's also
depending on which Taco Bell you go to yes I
feel like they vary in they do quality and taste
some are good some are not and For the most part,
it's fine. And interesting, my friend Anna, when
she stays over, and we've been out drinking or
whatever, she tells me, hey, you gotta order
through the app. So she'll order through the
app. And she'll, like, I get a crunch wrap and
a burrito and nachos and a taco. And she gets
the same thing. And she spends like 12 bucks.
On the whole thing. On the whole thing. I'm like,
I need to get the app. Right. I'm like, what
am I doing? I'm doing something wrong. So once
again, it's affordability, it's quality. Most
of the time convenience. Most of the time convenience.
So I would probably have to go B overall. That's
fair. A year ago, I would have said S. I would
have said S plus. Sure. And these days, I still
think they're an A, A plus. I really, really
like Taco Bell. Yep. As far as food quality and
its content, it ranks near the top. And believe
it or not, Taco Bell and White Castle rank near
the top as far as fast foods go, as far as the
quality and purity of their food. You know, no
additives or limited additives. So I like that
point, and I try to be food conscious, but...
You know, maybe once a week I'll go out and I'll
get fast food just because I want to or I'm feeling
lazy. But that aside, I really like Taco Bell.
I love Mexican food. This isn't really Mexican
food. It's definitely Mexican American food.
But there's just something about it I really
like. But recently they changed, in my opinion,
I don't know if it was announced or not, they
changed something about the nacho fries. And
the nacho fries are already up in contention
because they're here one day and then they're
gone for four months. But I would still give
them like an AA plus. So that means we're gonna
have to find a compromise between B and A plus.
We could go B plus or A minus. I'm good with
B plus. We'll go B plus for Taco Bell. If you're
good with that. I can live with that, for sure.
The last two we have today, Wendy's. Boy, that's
a tough one. It's a tough one. I don't like Wendy's
prices. I think they're ridiculously high. They're
almost in line with Five Guys' prices and they
have no right to be up there. No. But I think
the food is good. That's where I'm torn. It's
because they charge a shit ton, but the food
is good. But your fast food, you shouldn't charge
that much. You shouldn't charge that much. And
also your fries are fucking crazy changing all
the time, and somehow they're always mid. Right.
Back? God, I don't even know how long ago this
is. It's when their fry, their fry container
used to be yellow, and you said the Wendy's thing,
and the fries were different. The fries were
good then, and I liked the fries. They almost
emulated. McDonald's -esque. It was like a McDonald's
fry, but a little bit thicker. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I really liked that, and I loved those fries,
and then they changed them and did these things
with the potato skins on them, and then they
did another version of that, and then another
version of that, and every time they did another
version, it was like, okay, you just went from
an okay fry to an okay fry. Right, right. Like
if I'm gonna change something, especially when
you're changing across such a large corporation,
Like it's gotta blow my nuts off. Yeah. I mean
I'd have to like eat that fry and be like that
is so much better than that fry. That is what
we're going with. Right. None of those have been
that much better than the other one. I agree.
Except the original fry which I always thought
was really good. So that was kind of a weird
adjustment. Yeah. That they made. Aside from
that I think the chicken sandwich is excellent.
As a matter of fact I probably would have put
it second to Popeyes. I can agree with that.
Yeah. It's a good chicken sandwich. The burgers
are good. Like they're regular burgers or whatever,
I always thought were just okay. But like the
Baconator, I think is top tier. It's a top tier
burger. Anytime I get Wendy's, I always get the
Dave's Triple. And that is a really tall, very
caloric, high protein burger. And I've never
not finished a Dave's Triple. in my life. Anytime
I order a Dave's Triple, I finish the Dave's
Triple. And it's a great burger, it's just pricey.
In my eyes, besides the fries, that's the downside,
the Wendy's is the price. That's it, and when
you eat the Dave's Triple, you have to do one
thing. You have to beat your brain. Right. So
before your brain says... Dude, you're full.
Eat, eat, eat, eat that sandwich and then be
like, ha, I win. Got to eat. So yeah, that is
good too. Boy, oh boy, that's a good question.
And I think as a company or a corporation too,
they're a little bit better than most from my
understanding. So take all that into consideration,
I support. Sure, yeah. Just fix your fries. If
you fixed your fries, you'd probably be really
close to an S. I'm not even going to joke about
that. Oh, I could agree. I was thinking A as
it stands today. I'm thinking A minus. A minus.
I can live with that. For sure. That's very good.
The final one we have today, the king of all
kings, the White Castle. Welcome to the Castle
of White. Ah, I love it. I love it. Ah, boy oh
boy. What a castle. What a treat. Off jump. Yes.
I want to give them an S. Here's the thing. Your
mac and cheese nibblers, the mac and cheese bites,
they come and go just like nacho fries. Fuck
you for that, first of all. Yes, agree. Secondly,
every time they come back, they're a little bit
different. I don't like that. I just want them
to be the good ones they were. Fuck you for that.
Thirdly, there is no thirdly. I'm willing to
go A, maybe A plus, but you gotta figure out
that mac and cheese bite situation. Oh my god,
yes. It should be a menu item just like the fries.
Why not have it all the time? Is it that tough
as a corporation to get mac and cheese into a
bread? Should not be. Should not be. Once again,
another good late night spot. Like it for like
we we get it together and watch a big game or
something It's always you just get a crave case,
which is a case of the burgers, right? 30 burgers
and what it cost 26 bones something like that
Yeah, you know and you're gonna feed all you're
gonna feed all the friends. Yeah, it's good I
am a huge fan of most of their items. I don't
think there's anything on there I dislike. Right.
I'm not a fish guy so I'm not gonna judge the
fish just because I don't like fish in general.
Their breakfast is pretty good too. Their breakfast
is good. Yeah. I do like their... Their breakfast
is good from the standpoint like I can get two
breakfast sliders and it satisfies me and I'm
not full. Yes. Like over full, yeah. I'm not
over full and I've spent like five bucks. Yeah.
So I am a huge fan of all of that. I am... I
feel like the only thing I really knock them
for, besides the mac and cheese bite debacle,
is their soft drinks and their sides cost a lot.
Like a large soft drink costs you $3 .10. That's
a little high. And like a large fry costs you
$4, $3, $4. That's a little high. So that's one
of my gripes besides the mac and cheese bite
issue. But I'm still in A territory. yeah I I'm
looking I'm looking hmm I think a plus I'm thinking
a plus two I just really close and it's they're
not far away from being in the superior level
oh I agree if they were open late around me I
probably would put them in their hint hit nudge
nudge yeah right stay open when I'm done consuming
alcoholic beverages at two three in the morning
I want a couple of white castles. Right. Then
we'll talk. Then we'll talk. Then I'll bump you
up. Not that this is a pay to blame, but I'm
just saying. Or if you want to sponsor us. Or
if you want to sponsor us. Then we'll talk. Absolutely.
100%. That concludes tier listing. Fast food
pizzeria edition. To run you back. Run it back.
The full list. We gave Arby's a C. Burger King
and F +, which I think is too high. Yeah. Carl's
Jr. Hardee's a B. Chick -fil -A, C +, Chipotle
C-, Dairy Queen B +, Domino's B, Duncan C-, Five
Guys A, KFC C +, Lil Caesar's C +, Long John
Silver's D, McDonald's A +, Papa John's F, Pizza
Hut C, Popeyes A -, Raising Cane's B, Subway
C, Taco Bell B +, Wendy's A-, and White Castle
A+. I love it. No S on the list, and only one
F. No, two F's. Two F's. Sorry about that. Two
F's. So... Man, and White Castle's was close.
White Castle's was damn close. McDonald's was
too, to be fair. Yep. Oh yeah, for sure. But
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