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Fast Food Twitter Wars and Wendy's Monterey Ranch Chicken

from I'm A Comedy · #100

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4 min

Discussion of the mysterious IHOP 'gang' Facebook status, then a long tangent about fast food brands trash-talking each other on Twitter, culminating in an old Wendy's Monterey Ranch Chicken commercial and jokes about Wendy Thomas.

In this bit9 moments
  • 6:31Tim questions whether a viral Facebook post from a restaurant account was actually real.
  • 6:58He recalls getting stoned in the morning with a friend and going to IHOP for pumpkin pancakes.
  • 7:30Tim complains that IHOP doesn't serve bran or cranberry walnut muffins in the morning, only pancakes and waffles.
  • 7:47Bran muffins aren't unhealthy just because they contain some sugar—they have fiber and help digestion.
  • 8:48Fast-food social media accounts now all run ironic, snarky personas, talking shit to everyone like Wendy's.
  • 9:03Wendy's hasn't had a real hit in a decade; one viral tweet about free fries doesn't change that.
  • 9:30The Monterey Ranch Chicken Sandwich from the late 90s was phenomenal—bacon in the ranch dressing.
  • 9:48Tim's father asked if he'd done drugs besides pot while Tim was eating the Monterey Ranch sandwich in the car.
  • 10:13Tim says he's never threatened a drive-through worker for forgetting bacon because it comes pre-made in the dressing.
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