A segment during which the Crew discusses famous, interesting, or bizarre food products, companies, or restaurants. Topics include Starbucks , Coca-Cola , Pepsi Cola , Doritos , and McDonald's. This segment later got its own drop , made by Jorma Taccone of The Lonely Island.
Seasons 1-2 [ ]
Episode No.
Date
Details
18
May 22, 2016
Jake calls in to discuss the dark history of Doritos and PepsiCo 's involvement with Richard Nixon.
19
June 5, 2016
Jake calls with the history of former PepsiCo CEO Donald Kendall and his success in getting Pepsi into the Soviet Union.
22
July 17, 2016
Jake talks about the invention of Doritos at Disneyland in the 1960s.
26
September 11, 2016
FritoLay's advertising budget, and Hydrox cookies, the forgotten predecessors of Oreos.
28
October 9, 2016
Lots of snack talk and the origins of Hot Cheetos.
29
October 23, 2016
Celebrities' endorsements with Pepsi and Fritos.
30
November 6, 2016
Jennifer Saenz calls to talk about her work with Frito-Lay and the branding of their snack food portfolio.
32
December 4, 2016
The Crew talk about Michael James Delligatti, inventor of the McDonald's Big Mac.
Season 3 [ ]
Episode No.
Date
Details
35
January 29, 2017
Bart Elmore calls to detail the history of the Coca-Cola company while the Crew talk Starbucks and The Founder .
40
April 9, 2017
Steve Lillywhite's CDs in Indonesian KFCs, the history of Pepsi (a.k.a. Brad's Drink), and the Pepsi ad featuring Kendall Jenner.
46
July 2, 2017
Mark Shatzker calls in to talk about the history of Doritos, and how the chip altered the way snacks foods are engineered.
47
July 16, 2017
Subway's "$5 footlong" jingle and ad campaign.
49
August 13, 2017
The history of Ben & Jerry's. First use of the segment's drop.
54
October 22, 2017
Talk on the Amazon/Whole Foods merger.
55
November 5, 2017
Deeper history on Whole Foods.
58
December 17, 2017
Winter's first appearance and lots of Starbucks talk.
Seasons 4-5 [ ]
Episode No.
Date
Details
59
January 14, 2018
Taco Bell's "Belluminati" campaign and the prevalence of Tim Hortons in Canada.
60
January 28, 2018
The Goldfish and hummus Super Bowl challenge.
61
February 11, 2018
Diet Coke's "Becase I can." campagin and "lady" Doritos.
62
February 25, 2018
World's largest Starbucks, McDonald's Next, and Lady Doritos Town Hall.
65
April 8, 2017
Wendy's mixtape and T-Pain's menu hacks.
91
April 21, 2019
The history of Panda Express.
94
June 2, 2019
A brief inquiry into Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps.
95
June 16, 2019
History of Eistein Bros. Bagels.
106
December 1, 2019
Discussion on Olive garden and their rising stock prices.
Season 6 [ ]
Episode No.
Date
Details
110
February 16, 2020
Butterfingers and their history with Ferrero and Ferrara.
111
March 1, 2020
Discussion on Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts, and the "Fred the Baker" campaign.
121
May 17, 2020
Red Lobster's associations with Darden Restaurants and General Mills.
122
May 24, 2020
A deep dive into the Silicon Valley origins of Chuck E. Cheese's.