Frozen vs. Fast vs. Fancy Food Taste Test (ft. Ted Danson)

How much does Ted Danson's perfect meal cost? Well, let's talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. And please welcome our guest, iconic TV and movie star and host of the hilarious new podcast Where. Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson, sometimes, on the SiriusXM app or wherever you get your podcasts, it's Ted Danson.

Give us one of these, Ted. Do one of these. Oh, yeah. Yeah! Welcome to the show, man. Who got the better grip from me? You got a good grip my way. I like that. Okay. Now, we heard that you love a dirty martini, so. how about. a little toast? We want to butter you up. We're so glad to have you here. That is dirty. You can double fist. Look at that. You like it filthy, we were told. You like it real dirty, don't you? Yeah, no, I really only like olives soaked in.

Dude. Is this vodka or gin? This is vodka. I don't know. It's nasty to me, but we thought it'd be a good place. to start. Cheers. Yeah, cheers. That caught me off guard. Cheers. That's so good. Becker. You have such good taste. I just. This is pure olive juice. I just wanted to get. It's really, really dirty. They said Ted likes it really dirty. And they were like, let's make it really dirty.

I think I made it too dirty for Ted. Nasty. Now I'm afraid to eat your favorite foods if that's your favorite drink, dude. This is my favorite drink as well. Really? Yes. So we have a very similar palate. He hates olives. Did you get this, like, off Wikipedia? Because. I should be truthful. Because we're starting off our relationship. I've never had one. Hold on, I think it was actually ChatGPT. Yeah, yeah, ChatGPT. Yeah, yeah. Sorry. Well, that didn't work. Well, I'm glad.

Because, you know, if it had been. He loved it. He loved it, guys. He loved it. We were told that we're eating your favorite foods. Put that in the ChatGPT. He loved it. Let's see if that's accurate. You ready to eat? I feel clean with you now. Okay, you ready to eat? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's time for Naked Foods. Naked Ted Danson edition. Naked. No Rhetts, Links, or Teds will be naked. Sorry. Okay, boys. Well, I'm still absorbing that,

but go ahead. Go ahead. Would you like for us all to be naked? No, you don't. No, you don't. Throughout today's game, Ted's favorite foods will be served at low, mid, and fancy price point levels. Each round you'll all pick your favorite, and by the end we'll find out if price. really correlates to taste. Up first, this. is a cheese omelet. This is a cheese omelet. You like a cheese omelet? I do. Okay, so we got that right? Yeah, yeah. No, you got that right. Off the Wikipedia. I think we just pre-interviewed you.

Well, it's your favorite, so you. No, no. Do the honors. All right. This one. They all look different. They all. This one's very yellow with a very white. cheese. Was this? Quite a thickness to it. Made today? It all should be fresh. That tastes good to me. Yeah, it does. You think you got fancy tastes? I mean, do you think you're. No, no. Well, it's not an insult. I'm just. I mean, I wasn't suggesting it.

I'm more of an everyman. Okay. Okay. I mean, a cheese omelet. I mean, it's not fancy. No. That was good, though. I like the cheese. I'm not complaining about it. Yeah. This one, it looks like the cheese is on the outside. Yeah, it's orange. It's orange. Why would it be this orange? It might be one, you know, the eggs? Let's just go right here in the middle. Yeah, yeah. The organic eggs, they're darker. Oh, this actually. So that. That would lead me to believe that this is quite fancy. I got no cheese in that. I'm going back in. Cheese is very subtle.

Very nice. Well. Oh, that's really. And it's softer in there. Yeah. That's a lot better. Yeah. I hate this now. You know? We thought we liked it. Did you? Yeah, I agree. I'm actually. This is stupid. because we have a lot of. You gotta. No, it's not stupid. You gotta pace yourself. He likes that one the most. I want some more. Okay. Let's go to this third one. I like cutting in the middle like that. Let's rip that thing open. Kind of, unmelted cheese. Unmelted cheese has been noted.

by Ted Danson. It doesn't mean it's bad, though. Do you make your own cheese omelets? Yes, actually. He's an everyman. I am an everyman. I made. Link, do you make your own cheese omelets? I'm not an everyman. I'm a strange man. All right. You're right. I need to get in the middle there. Okay. See, I told my kids growing up that I, when they were growing up, that I was the world's best omelet maker to get them to eat it, and they believed it. And now in their forties, they tell all their friends to come over.

Because I make the world' best, and I suck at it. They still believe you? Yeah. They never ate anybody else's omelet? All right. The cheese has got to be melted in the middle. Come on. It's not bad. No, I got my one, two, three already. Oh, yeah. Okay, so you're gonna use your flags. And I'm going to give you a three, two, one. You pick your favorite. Three, two, one. I mean, there's no contest here. Oh, God. Don't hurt Ted, Link. Okay, I think we have a first. here.

because. you have. all. collectively chosen the fancy option from "petweet", petite. "Petweet"? Petit trois. for twenty-five dollars. Now, we always do a fancy dance, Ted. When the fancy option is chosen, this is, I believe, our first first round three way. And the fancy dance for today's game. will be fancy pants dancing with Ted Danson.

And also Ted Danson. So. let's get to dancing? Yeah. Nice. Ted. Ted. He's an older gentleman, so let's be gentle. Would you like to cut in? Oh, we're all dancing? Can I? Pass him off. Keep going. Keep going. Oh, don't show the backside of flat, Ted. Don't ruin the illusion, Ted. Watch your hands. Watch your hands.

Look at that. That's Ted Danson. Yeah. That was good. That was really good. We are some fancy boys. I wanna see what's next. Twenty-five dollars? Yep. The first plate is our mid price point option from The Griddle. Cafe for sixteen ninety-five. And then the last. offender with the unmelted cheese is our low price point option from. IHOP for eleven ninety-nine. Y'all gotta melt that cheese, IHOP. How come y'all don't get sued all the time for, like, how dare you?

You do? Oh, good. Oh, we do. You do? Yeah. Oh, good. These. are veggie burgers. These. are veggie burgers. No, these. are veggie burgers. Oh, these are very big veggie burgers. Yes. Okay, so. Oh, wow. How? We're not sharing, huh? Okay. Okay. So this patty has. Has heft. I see a bunch of particulates. Like. Yeah. There's an orange one, there's a green one.

It's very veggie forward. And buns are important, too. Oh, yeah, they are. All right, you want to give it a triple dink? Yeah. Triple dink it. And sink it. How do you guys judge a veggie burger? The bun, which is an important part of it, is okay. I thought the burger, the veggie was quite tasty. Kind of sweet. You make the veggie. burger choice.

instead of the, like, Beyond or Impossible? Yeah. Yeah. By far. Yeah. You don't like the imitation stuff? No. Yeah. Are we getting sued? No, no, no. Let's see. Say whatever you want. Let's see if we can. Okay, but some of those that are. trying to taste like. burgers, you kind of. When you smell your hands after you've been working with it. I never smell my hands, just as a policy. This was good. Smell his hands, Ted.

Yeah, don't. Ted, don't smell my hands. Come on. I was just dancing with Ted Danson a second ago. All right. Now, I've been told that two of these burgers. top your. list, Ted, so I don't know. if you already know. the two or if, again, it's a dirty martini situation. This one looks like a burger. This looks like a smash burger. I don't see particulates. Are we going in? Going in. I'm actually hungry. I got a big pickle.

Now, I prefer this one quite a bit. This one, might, you like a pickle? Okay. Yeah, you're welcome to it. Is that a black bean. Want your pickle? You can. Well, I already. I've already really. torn into it. I think this is black beans. I need one more. I like that. It's good. Just don't eat a real burger first, you know? That'll really throw you off. Great condiments. Yeah. Really good bun. Bun is great. I love the bun.

Love the bun. And when you do all of that, condiment and the bun, then the patty, actually. Thank you. Nah, you do it. Now you pick up where he left off. Can I smell your napkin, though? Yes. Yeah. Okay. You want to smell his napkin? I'm good. Okay, here you go. All right, we got one more to go, boys. I have a very elegant publicist watching. He just lost it. That one's got tomatoes.

Smell my napkin. And then this right here. I mean, you would think this was just a regular burger. Yeah, this one actually looks like a. meat patty, so. I'm perking up. Okay, I've had enough. I like it more than the first one. Because I like actual burgers, Ted. Well, you're not getting actual burgers, but. We'll talk later if I guess right. Okay. Sounds like he's ready to vote.

Well. He's still eating, though. Three, two, one. Yeah. I'm over here. I'm on team Ted on this one. You fool. It's the most like a real burger, and that's what I'm really fond of. I think that's Fatburger. Yeah. I think that's a Fatburger veggie burger. Okay, so. Rhett and Ted, you agreed. You both chose. our. low price point option, which happens to be, I believe, one of Ted's favorites,

Hi-Ho for nine ninety-five. You did it. And it was the lowest? It's the lowest price point. You get the best for the lowest price, please go to Hi-Ho Burger. Are you an owner? What's going on here? No, no. My son-in-law to be. is a co-owner of. Oh, I see what's happening here. Yeah, yeah. But you did. It was a honest choice, though. It was an. Thank you. Thank you. Link, you chose our mid price point option, Doomie's.

for fifteen seventy-five. I know about that place. Yep. My future son-in-law. I'm gonna meet him there. Just be hanging out. The first one was our fancy option R and D kitchen for twenty-two. Also very good. I believe you. Yeah, like tha. Yeah. I have enjoyed their. burgers forever. I think it's just a little too veggie. A little too veggie-fied. Well, you guys are. You don't order. veggie burgers. You order hamburgers, right? We do. You do. Yeah, but,

like, once your palate has adjusted. I'm really selling high. I just thought we were, like. Wagyu beef. Thought we were on the same page, man. Oh, the regular burgers, they got Wagyu beef. Okay. I thought you were gonna say they use Wagyu beef in the veggie burgers. A son-in-law commercial over there. That's cheating. That would be cheating. This. is Caesar salad. These. are Caesar salads. That's right. Alrighty. Now. you're studying this one.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's? What are you observing? Nice. slab of thinly. sliced cheese, which is nice. Yeah. Not happening over here. Not happening? This isn't bad. This one looks greasy. You have to. You have to try to get a little everything. Now, do you like the, like, real deal Caesar salad with the anchovies in there? Like, how hard do you go? I like the. hint of anchovy, and I always take it off and give it to Mary, because she loves. anchovies.

I definitely don't want to see it. Right. And I don't like anybody talking about it. Okay. But I don't mind tasting it. Okay. Yeah, we'll stop talking about it now. Sorry. Yeah, I'm all right. All right. That one's a little. Yeah, yeah. You know, Ted. It also feels like old, maybe day old letters. Yeah, yeah. Maybe if I talk about his son-in-law, he'll listen to me. Oh, yes. You know him? See? I love the fact that you have such a connection.

What I was gonna say was. I'm really following in your hair story, you know, where you, you know, walked. I'm now. standing on. the gray shoulders of giants or something. He's trying to do that analogy, but. I'm trying to do the analogy. Did you dye it for a while? I did. Oh, yeah. It was so black, it looked like a cartoon. And I had to make a transition. while the world was watching. Because your face was aging?

Yeah. Well, my hair. My hair was getting grayer, Ted, that's. Hey, it's a relief, though, isn't it? Where did you have it dyed? Did you go to the salon? His bathroom. In my bathroom. Yeah. Oh, you were a covert. I was very secretive. No, it wasn't covert at all. Yeah, everybody else knew. He had forehead stains a lot of times. All right, this one. Have you been there? To that salad?

Oh, is that a? Now, your hair's not dyed right? That's just. your own glorious hair? Right. I wouldn't touch it. Oh, all right. I never touch it. Guys, what that? What is that? Oh, my friend, I am so sorry. You all right? Yeah. He didn't just talk about it. He got one. Send that. I caught one. But see, that's. Give that to Mary. This is a sign, though, guys.

This is a sign that this thing's for real. I got one. Okay, I'm done. Don't talk about it. Three, two, one. Oh, yeah. Yeah. The middle one's the best. Okay, so we're all going with the middle one. Now. Another three way. It's interesting because. I do believe one of these is Ted's favorite or. Used to be. And it's not the one that you chose, because you all chose the mid price point option.

So I do think that when you hang out again, perhaps. consider going together to California Pizza Kitchen. California Pizza Kitchen. That's this? Oh, wow. For fifteen ninety-nine. This one that we picked? Yeah, the one that you picked. Well done. Yeah. CPK. First. TRL at CPK. The first one is our low price point option from Basecamp. Dinette for ten ninety-nine. Which one? Which one? The first one on Rhett side. This is cheap.

And then the one on Link's side is from, is our fancy option from Ivy at the Shore. for twenty dollars. Oh, I'm so sorry, guys. They ain't watching. There goes my favorite table. I'm gonna be big at California kitchen. Ted Danson's back. Yeah, I don't know what you're gonna get out of that. I don't think we reserve tables. This is pumpkin ravioli.

These. are pumpkin raviolis. 'Tis the season. Not really. Okay, we got, we got, several different shapes. We have. what is that? Is that sage? Do you know? This is a square. We got big. We got little halfsies. Oh, wow. What is that? I think sage. It's on all of them. Yeah, yeah. Whatever it is. Oh, we're going this way? Yeah. Let's start over here. I gave away my.

This greasy guy. Are you going whole? There is a hair. I'm doing halfsies. Don't. Don't do the hair thing. Sorry. Sorry. All right, so what I'm gonna do is I don't want to eat the whole thing. That is really good. I typically, I don't order this. It does come together and create a dish that my kids usually order. Is this your half eaten one? Yeah. Thanks for that. Yeah, it's just right there for the taking.

With just the. They've made these half, which I like. So this is the crescent shape? Right. Do you have a shape preference? I'll tell you later, because it wouldn't be fair. Yeah, that was. Had a nice bold taste. Yeah, it really. popped. I'm going in for two. All right. Now. You keep doubling up. This last one. is also square. Kind of brown, buttery. Yeah, I like it.

Yeah, me, too. Maybe I'll cut a little. Do you ever eat this close to people in restaurants? I don't like it, but. sometimes the fancier the restaurant, the closer they put you to strangers. Yeah. Oh, I hate that style of seating. Closer to your date. You're closer to the person to your left and right. Yeah. I'm not a fan of that. I am so ready. Yeah. To me, the choice is obvious. Me, too. Okay. Two, one.

Oh, you. silly man. That would be, like, twice now. Yeah. That we've disagreed? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Listen. We like. We like our martinis really, really dirty. Okay, Link, you've chosen the mid price point option from Centanni for seventeen dollars. Okay, mid. And Rhett and Ted, you've chosen the. fancy option from Giorgio Baldi for twenty-three dollars. Nice. Let's dance it up first.

And then I have a little fun fact. Does he have to be? All right. Ted. Ted. We could do a kind of a polka. Look at me. Why did you go along with this idea? It's a really stupid idea. Hey, I'm here for you, man. We agree on everything. Yeah, we do. What are you doing later? Do you still play a lot of golf? I'm gonna go to the drugstore, get some Tums. All right. Yeah. I think he's gonna be hanging out with your placard.

So, Ted. Yes? You knew from the start, that the middle one was your favorite. Bit of a cheat. I know the shape, but it's a wonderful. Well, I will say for this one in particular, we. really knew not only. from gathering information beforehand it was your favorite, but also. when our culinary team went to go pick up our pickup order, it was right next to a bag for your pickup order.

No, no. This was last night, right? Yep. So you were doing homework? Yeah. No, I was going for. I was actually torn between their ravioli and. Dover sole, but Dover sole felt so la dee da rich kind of thing. I thought, no, I will go with ravioli. I love the fact that you ate it last night. I'm one of them. All right, let's hear the results.

Well, the last one I didn't talk about is the low price point option from. Nuovo, which is a. pre-packaged. thing for seven seventy-nine. And I think that we're. a little bit all over the place today. I think, you know, proving that. good food doesn't have to have a high price tag and. Triple the big TD. Maybe you found some new favorites today. Me or him? Well, I did do Bi-Ho Burger, you know, yes,

I will be going to California kitchen for their Caesar salad. Yeah. All right, don't forget to check out Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted. Danson and Woody Harrelson sometimes. New episodes premiere every Wednesday on the SiriusXM app or. wherever you get your podcast. I was promised four courses. Did we have four? You had them. We did four. Remember? Do you remember them? You had that good of a time. What was the first one? Okay, let's see. First, I don't know if I can remember this. We had.

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