Companies/restaurant
Wendy's
2016-08-09, 1 mention2018-03-13, 1 mention2018-04-18, 1 mention2018-06-13, 2 mentions2019-03-31, 1 mention2019-07-21, 1 mention2019-11-24, 1 mention2019-12-22, 1 mention2021-07-11, 1 mention2022-06-26, 1 mention2022-10-30, 1 mention2024-01-27, 1 mention2024-04-13, 1 mention2024-10-12, 1 mention2025-01-18, 1 mention2025-02-01, 1 mention2025-03-13, 1 mention2026-03-21, 1 mention
Tim’s take
He treats Wendy's from his childhood as genuinely the best fast food chain around, singling out the Monterey Ranch chicken sandwich and the old salad bar as evidence it once "looked like it used real meat" 29:58. He calls a 1990s Wendy's "maybe the greatest restaurant that God has ever given man" and returns to that sandwich again later as a marker of a better, if bleaker, era 47:10 38:27. Outside that nostalgia, Wendy's is mostly a stand-in for fast food in general — a boycott punchline, a lawsuit target, a place low-wage workers get fired from, a brand that needs "a monster" to sell death-row last meals 1:14:31 27:53 28:30 51:04 32:44. He also holds up its founder Dave Thomas as the model of an honest, folksy spokesman, the opposite of the AI executives he distrusts 38:30.
Every Reference (19)
"Have you seen the new Wendy's commercial for the Baconator that they're talking about all the different meat and cheese on the burger and not a, quote, not a single vegetable to get in the way?"
Auditioning for 'Hot Spots' and the Tragic World of Food Personalities — Day Drinking At Borders+136s into the segment"He's very good to her So he shows up with double stacks from Wendy's for her and her friend Oh nice, but he's like we're in a mental"
Cousin Bobby Lopez the EGOT Winner Who Doesn't Care About the Family — Graveyard Shift At A Bread Warehouse+364s into the segment"he injured himself. I've got addicted to oxycontin and fucking Wendy's or whatever but then like in a situation like where you are shoved"
"don't you get on the fucking ball you haven't had a hit in years wendy's hasn't had a fucking hit in a decade running your mouth they had"
"Wendy is ready. Oh well, I guess I have to eat it myself. Try Wendy's new Monterey Ranch Chicken sandwich. Yeah, you ready yet? Yeah,"
"I mean, listen, if I'm in a Wendy's and a fucking, I could tell some, an immigrant who just got to this country is working their ass off."
Analyzing the Diner Guy's Confusion and Not Feeling Superior — The Big Booth (with Devan Costa)+177s into the segment"died Scott you know talk about I'm boycotting right you know Wendy's cuz they don't what what did they not do I don't know she got"
Manifestation Culture and Blaming the Guy Who Falls in the Hole — 157 - Cancel Your Family+10s into the segment"I am upset I am no longer eating at Wendy's because Wendy's does not hasn't talked about chewing on so if Wendy's doesn't talk about Q I'm out"
QAnon, End-Times Christianity, and Kanye/Joel Osteen — #175 - Corporate Steakhouse | The Tim Dillon Show+132s into the segment"also do jokes about the death of the diner declining quality of Wendy's and other important things that while they night might not be"
Firing the Audience and Fairfield County Snow Bunnies — #179 - Sal Vulcano | The Tim Dillon Show+20s into the segment"lawyer. He's defending like gay people who get like fired from Wendy's. I mean he's not a good lawyer. If you were to go through with"
Reading the Fraud Lawyer's Bad Yelp Reviews and Prank Calling Him — #260 - Prison Pen Pal | The Tim Dillon Show+8s into the segment"kids got raped. Being an American to me means understanding that Wendy's in the 1990s was maybe the greatest restaurant that God has ever"
Extended Riff: What America Means to Me — #304 - What America Means To Me | The Tim Dillon Show+359s into the segment"oh Wendy's then Wendy's was like going out getting steak when I was like this was amazing do you remember when they used to have the newspaper the newspaper tabletop the old-timey newspapers and a salad bar"
"citizens jump out of Windows on [Laughter] 911 we were eating the Wendy's monter r chicken sandwich bacon in the ranch dressing in a gold"
Taco Bell Nostalgia and the $2.59 Beefy Five-Layer Burritos — Price Of Poison | The Tim Dillon Show #379+57s into the segment"the time right which is interesting like the lady that works at Wendy's right anyone you know yeah I which I like about him I like Nuance"
Wall Street Journal's War on the American Home — Mike Recine & Lizzo Be Quitting | The Tim Dillon Show #388+41s into the segment"The hell do you know? You were serving you Didn't she work at Wendy's? And now she's a musician? Your fans want Mamala. Serve them what"
Being in the Worst Movie Ever Made: Joker 2 — The Joker 2 & Kamala Harris | The Tim Dillon Show #412+265s into the segment"like if you're a fast food company and your sales are low if they're dipping you got to get a monster like Wendy's has got to get a monster"
Marketing to Monsters: Wendy's Death Row Meal and Ball-Bathing Influencers — Ceasefire Cheat Day & Realtors In LA | The Tim Dillon Show #427+426s into the segment"ourselves it was good I was raised and my generation was raised at Wendy's at McDonald's at Taco Bell at Burger King at Boston Market and"
RFK Jr.'s Confirmation Hearing and Fast Food Childhood — The D.C. Plane Crash & RFK’s Hearing | The Tim Dillon Show #429+78s into the segment"you're injured and no one told you that there was a wet floor Sue Wendy's because they give you money what's wrong with you people out there"
Morgan and Morgan Ad — Little Moments With Meghan Markle | The Tim Dillon Show #435+12s into the segment"a daughter and he fed her burgers and they had a thing called Wendy's. And people trusted him. Dave Thomas, he had a chubby guy and"
AI Needs Its Own Dave Thomas: Why Sam Altman Can't Be Trusted — Bibi, Genghis Khan, & The Decency To Stay Home | The Tim Dillon Show #488+134s into the segment