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Season 2 Episode 6

Hot Dog on a Stick feat. Monis Rose (Restaurant Fiction Podcast) & Alex Borstein (Family Guy, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

In this episode of Fine Dining: The Search for the Most Mediocre Restaurant in America:

○ Part 1: Restaurant Fiction's Monis Rose joins Michael to pretend to learn the Eat Deets about Hot Dog on a Stick because he already knows everything

○ Michael does a Keyser Söze walk to hide his limp from Monis

○ [Audiodrama segment] Turf wars over who can sell Dodger dogs on which corners

○ Alex Borstein berates Michael's preferences in hot dog condiment

○ Hot Dog on a Stick is also known for its lemonade, which started as a Muscle Beach health drink with honey

○ The history of the famous employee uniform

○ Monis raps the whitest version of an Ice Cube song that references Hot Dog on a Stick
○ A customer is perfectly content finding actual trash in her dessert in this week's Yelp from Strangers

○ Part 2: Restaurant Fiction podcast host Monis Rose is here to wax romantic over the "character" of the original Hot Dog on a Stick kiosk by the Santa Monica Pier

○ There's nowhere to sit, so the boys pick a dragon/pirate ship playground as their venue
○ Public beachside seating has empty beer bottles and even a used Magnum love glove nearby...
○ Military helicopters are circling us overhead and it makes us ask What's Going On Over There?
○ Harrison Augustine 💸 Arrylius XIV talks about the recreational drug habits of the ultra-wealthy
○ Monis has a thing for hot Hot Dog on a Stick chicks

○ Overhyped "hand-stomped" lemonade, decent corn dogs, and polarizing dessert in the form of funnel cake sticks

○ Juicy, Jr. defends himself against Monis

○ Monis's score spectrum deals in extremes
○ JUB & Petunia re-unite!

Location: Santa Monica, CA

Michael's Score: 3.94

Monis's Score: 6.20

Tchotchke of Mediocrity Score: 5.07

Host: Michael Ornelas

Guest Host: Monis Rose

Music by: James McEnelly

Theme Song by: Kyle Schieffer

Segment Transitions Voice by: Sandy Rose