Pressed with Arden Myrin

"Pressed with Arden Myrin" is Episode 367 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Pressed with Arden Myrin" was released on September 15, 2022.

## Synopsis

Arden Myrin (*Shameless*, *Insatiable*, *Will You Accept This Rose?*) joins the 'boys to discuss Boston accents, the Rat Pack, and what they like to eat on a hot day before a review of Pressed. Plus, a new segment, How Munch?

## Nick's intro

In 1972, Time, Inc. launched a movie-focused pay-cable channel called Home Box Office — or HBO for short. A novelty at first, along with cable television itself, by the '80s, HBO’s market had grown enough to attract competition from another movie-focused pay channel called Showtime. In response, HBO bolstered its original programming slate: live sports, 'too hot for network TV' stand-up comedy specials, and most crucially, original series.

By the 2000s, buoyed by zeitgeisty programming like *The Sopranos*, *The Wire*, and *Curb Your Enthusiasm*, the network had become a pop-culture institution, and a dream job for aspiring television professionals — including an NYU grad named Hayden Slater, who took an entry-level position with HBO straight out of college.

But Slater would find, as many adults have, that a dream job’s still, after all, a job, and in 2008, while on a vacation retreat to Thailand to get away from the daily grind of prestige TV, he embarked on a life-altering experience: a juice cleanse.

By 2009, the newly-juiced Slater had left the network to pursue liquified fruit full-time, and in 2010, he and two friends launched a cold-pressed juicery in a tiny 25-square-foot storefront in LA - conveniently not just the nation’s entertainment capital, but also its health-food capital. The produce-packed cocktails were a hit with moneyed gym regulars, and over the next decade, the company would first expand citywide, then nationwide; and also expand its menu to include more filling foodstuffs like bowls.

And while in an alternate life, 2022 Slater might be giving network notes on *House of the Dragon*, in his current life, he happily oversees a liquid-gold empire.

This week on *Doughboys*… Pressed.

## Fork rating

This is the first time Doughboys reviewed Pressed, though back in 2019, they did a Drank or Stank on three of Pressed's juices. (All were Dranks.)

	+ Vanilla Almond Non-Dairy Milk
	+ Orange Turmeric Cold-Pressed Juice
	+ Greens 3 Cold-Pressed Juice
	+ Roots 3 Cold-Pressed Juice
	+ Pear Basil Chia Cold-Pressed Juice
	+ Citrus 2 Cold-Pressed Juice
* Post-Workout Recovery Shot
* Energy Shot
* Passion Fruit Original Smoothie Bowl
 Mike Mitchell
* Mango Turmeric Lemonade
* Strawberry Orange Mango Smoothie
* Lime Power Greens Cold-Pressed Juice
* Roots 3 Cold-Pressed Juice
* Citrus 2 Cold-Pressed Juice
* Ginger Lemon Cayenne Wellness Shot
* Reset | ACV Shot
* Acai Power Bowl
 Arden Myrin
* Ginger Lemon Cayenne Wellness Shot
* Acai Power Bowl

With these scores, Pressed makes the Golden Plate Club! (To note, it's entirely because of the Power Bowls, and not the juice.)

## How Munch? 📰

In this new segment, Mitch and the guest are in the newsroom and Wiger, the food reporter, has to go around LA trying food items. They have to decide together how much a diapered Wiger must eat in one day for the story.

 salads
 sushi
 Philly cheesesteaks
 tacos
 slices of cheesecake

Arden wins!

## The Feedbag

 Mike Mitchell
 Arden Myrin

## Photos

Acai Power BowlCitrus 2 Cold-Pressed JuiceWellness Shot, Strawberry Basil Lemonade, Lime Power Greens Juice, Roots 3 JuiceJuice Starter SetVanila Almond Non-Dairy Milk, Orange Turmeric Juice, Greens 3 Juice, Roots 3 JuicePassion Fruit Smoothie Bowl