Shakey’s Pizza with Kyle Mooney

"Shakey's Pizza with Kyle Mooney" is Episode 121 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Shakey's Pizza with Kyle Mooney" was released on September 14, 2017.

## Synopsis

The 'boys welcome Kyle Mooney (*Brigsby Bear*, *SNL*) to talk tacos vs. burritos, eating while on *SNL*, and the virtue of barcades, before getting into their recent trip to Shakey's Pizza. How will this pizza, salad, and entertainment chain fare? Plus, another segment of Dinner and a Movie, and Mitch receives a mystery package...

## Nick's intro

"*Wayne's World! Wayne's World! Party time! Excellent!*"

These words opened "Wayne's World," a recurring sketch that began on *Saturday Night Live* in the '88-'89 season, though Mike Myers' character Wayne Campbell originated in a sketch called "Wayne's Power Minute" on a CBC show a few years prior.

"Wayne's World" was an immediate pop-culture sensation and landing amidst the heyday of "*SNL* to feature film" adaptations, it went to the big screen in 1992 with a box-office hit of the same title. The movie version featured a famous fourth-wall breaking scene in which Wayne and Dana Carvey's character, Garth, proclaimed their refusal to sell out to Rob Lowe's antagonist character, Benjamin, while simultaneously displaying on-camera product placement for Pizza Hut, Doritos, Reebok, Nuprin, and Pepsi.

But the first brand mentioned in the film actually comes in its first scene and it happens to be the first pizza franchise in America.

In 1954, Sherwood Johnson and Ed Plummer opened a beer hall and pizza parlor in the California state capitol of Sacramento. Far from the family-friendly budget Chuck E. Cheese's it is today, the original location was a rollicking scene with flowing booze and live jazz music courtesy of Johnson himself and the many acts he booked. The pizzeria's jazz shows and sponsorship of a branded jazz radio program would later lead to Johnson being honored in the American Banjo Museum.

An immediate local hit, a second store opened in 1956 and the franchise saw rapid expansion across the U.S. and the Pacific Rim in the '60s and '70s.

But as the large-footprint pizza-parlor concept gave way to competing delivery-focused chains with kiosk-sized storefronts, the company receded from its peak of 300 locations, though it still has over 50 stores today.

But what of the restaurant's distinct brand, which is vocalized by Rob Lowe in the second line of dialogue in the *Wayne's World* movie?

Sherwood Johnson had suffered nerve damage from contracting malaria during World War II and was given a perhaps derogatory nickname as a result, which became the name of his original American pizza franchise.

This week on *Doughboys*, Shakey's.

## Fork rating

* Shakey's PCM Deal
	+ 1/2 Shakey's Special, 1/2 Pepperoni Pizza
	+ Golden Fried Chicken
	+ Mojos
* Salad Bar
 Mike Mitchell
 Kyle Mooney

They all shared their order, as you do at a pizza parlor. The pizza was 1/2 Shakey's Special (salami, pepperoni, Italian sausage, ground beef, mushroom, black olive) and 1/2 Pepperoni.

## Dinner and a Movie 🍽️ 🎥

In this segment, The Doughboys decide what the perfect dinner would be to pair with a specific movie.

For this episode, the film was the 2017 remake of Stephen King's *It, s*o the food choices are all related to that film/novel.

They came up with this meal:

* a root-beer float
* oysters in the half shell (with peanut mignonette sauce)
* peanut curry clownfish
* either King prawns or King crab
* ice cream sandwiches (consisting of circus animal crackers, mint chocolate chip ice cream, marshmallow creme & queso)

## Quotes

**Nick**: Wow. So the pizza is a ground-rules double. The fried chicken was also a ground-rules double?
**Mitch**: It's a hit-by-a-pitch, but then the guy scores.
**Nick**: OK. Then what would you rank the salad bar?
**Mitch**: It's a walk. But they let him go to second.
**Nick**: And then the pitcher of beer?
**Mitch**: That's a home run!

## #hashtags

* #PubFaves
* #BatterUp vs. #YouuuuureOut
* #Hit vs. #Shit

## The Feedbag

As socially awkward men, do you have any tips for making lunch plans with your coworkers? Any favorite places to have a work lunch?

## Related Episodes

* DD. Pirates of the Caribbean Ride
* 373. Blue Bayou

## Photos (via @doughboyspod)

1/2 Shakey's Special, 1/2 Pepperoni PizzaGolden Fried ChickenBud Light (pitcher)Shakey's ArcadeShakey's wall artMojosSalad