Buffalo Wild Wings

07/11/22 • 45 min

Buffalo native and hater-by-trade, Christian McCann, has dropped by the podcast to give us a people's history of the most bizarre restaurant chain: Buffalo Wild Wings! It is kind of crazy how many things Buffalo Wild Wings has entered into our culture. Its origin story is COMPLETELY left field. We also talk about how busted the service industry is. If you like wage theft, polio, or overindulgent descriptions of meat, this is definitely the episode for you. Christian is so near and dear to my heart, follow @c_and_c_dueling_pianos on Instagram or his twitter @CThomasMccann (he thought his handle was @fullonacidtrip, but it is not. he simply lied for attention)

FOOTNOTES:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/195224567/?terms=a%20Woman%20Worth%20Moving%20a%20Restaurant%20Chain%20For&match=1

https://www.nrn.com/mergers-acquisitions/arby-s-buy-buffalo-wild-wings-29b-deal?NL=NRN-02_&Issue=NRN-02__20171129_NRN-02__134&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_1&utm_rid=CPG06000002760274&utm_campaign=20321&utm_medium=email&elq2=4c13e545705c41069634f725a3785a8e

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-11/buffalo-wild-wings-sued-by-server-over-tipped-wage-practices

https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2015/10/buffalo_wild_wings_owners_agre.html

https://www.fslawfirm.com/blog/current-cases/buffalo-wild-wings-complaint/

https://www.bradleygrombacher.com/blog/2017/september/buffalo-wild-wings-wage-hour-lawsuit-alleges-unp/

https://www.legalreader.com/buffalo-wild-wings-agrees-to-pay-1-5m-ending-lawsuit-over-employee-pay/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-27/buffalo-wild-wings-cuts-jobs-amid-rising-labor-wing-prices

https://www.carlsonattorneys.com/news-and-update/food-poisoning-lawsuit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ODqkxgg1AM&ab_channel=MattPlapp

FOOTNOTES:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/195224567/?terms=a%20Woman%20Worth%20Moving%20a%20Restaurant%20Chain%20For&match=1

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-11/buffalo-wild-wings-sued-by-server-over-tipped-wage-practices

https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2015/10/buffalo_wild_wings_owners_agre.html

https://www.fslawfirm.com/blog/current-cases/buffalo-wild-wings-complaint/

https://www.bradleygrombacher.com/blog/2017/september/buffalo-wild-wings-wage-hour-lawsuit-alleges-unp/

https://www.legalreader.com/buffalo-wild-wings-agrees-to-pay-1-5m-ending-lawsuit-over-employee-pay/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-27/buffalo-wild-wings-cuts-jobs-amid-rising-labor-wing-prices

https://www.carlsonattorneys.com/news-and-update/food-poisoning-lawsuit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ODqkxgg1AM&ab_channel=MattPlapp

Previous Episode

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

TECH ERROR FIXED! Woman with BFA, Sarah, is back on the pod to talk about the musical that got cancelled to its death on Twitter: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812! This is my favorite musical ever written that unfortunately was, in fact, a busted business. Bad decisions all the way at the top. I'm not kidding, you should put this on a playlist with all the bangers from the show. If you like controversy, overindulgence, opulence, and Josh Groban, this one's a must-listen! If you're going to listen to one song to get into the show, I think I might recommend sitting down and fully listening to The Ball. Sooooo enchanting. Anyways, plz follow @BustedBizBureau on tiktok and instiegram if you want to see all the Great Comet vids I've posted (of which I've posted many). Donate to the patreon, I guess. Go on Dave Malloy's website, too. You won't regret it. Cheers! :)

FOOTNOTES:

https://www.papermag.com/beetlejuice-broadway-tiktok-trend-1-2640689936.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/theater/how-to-keep-the-great-comet-party-going-on-broadway-dish-out-the-pierogies-and-add-josh-groban.html

https://digboston.com/experience/2011/12/from-the-aisle-three-pianos/

https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-broadway-shows/

scribd.com/book/401397644/I-Wanna-Be-a-Producer-How-to-Make-a-Killing-on-Broadway-or-Get-Killed

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/theater/on-the-town-producers-keep-faith-in-their-investment.html

https://playbill.com/article/great-comet-and-ars-nova-say-contract-dispute-resolved

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/theater/josh-groban-great-comet.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcTfhMT2_4o&ab_channel=KevinSpaceyTalks

https://www.npr.org/2017/05/18/528803081/josh-groban-leaves-big-shoes-to-fill-in-the-tony-nominated-great-comet

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ohenry-report/id1261146501

https://playbill.com/article/mandy-patinkin-will-return-to-broadway-in-the-great-comet

https://deadline.com/2017/07/mandy-patinkin-drops-out-of-natasha-pierre-and-the-great-comet-of-1812-on-broadway-1202138576/

https://nypost.com/2017/09/21/investor-demands-answers-from-shuttered-great-comet/

Next Episode

Johnson & Johnson's Risperdal: For the Boys!

Dan Carroll, who is one of the boys, joins me for probably the most fucked up episode I've made to date. Medical horror abound, this one is certainly dark. If you think illegally marketing a drug to be used off-label for disabled children is bad, it's literally not even scratching the surface of how bad the rest of it gets. Strap in for the longest episode script I've made thus far all about geriatric abuse, simping for the FDA, and body changes that are so shocking that I waited until 30 minutes in to tell Dan where the episode was going. Oh also, you get some lore about me! Follow @DanCarroll__ on twitter, hug your people tight, and thanks again for listening to this podcast. Love you all! B)

FOOTNOTES:

1. America's Most Admired Lawbreaker, Steven Brill, Huffington Post DocuSerial 2016

2. Johnson & Johnson to Pay More Than $2.2 Billion to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations, DOJ 2013

3. https://risperdalboys.com/

4. https://thenationaltriallawyers.org/2014/03/risperdal-lawsuit-montana-5-9-million-settlement/

5. https://www.drugwatch.com/risperdal/lawsuits/

6. https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/jj-janssen-risperdal-lawsuit/

7. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804183932/https://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/jj-biochemist-testifies-company-never-gave-fda-risperdal-safety-analysis-it-knew-about-years

8. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804183827/https://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/latest-risperdal-verdict-jj-hit-70-million-compensatory-damages

9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1256452/?page=3