People want their pancakes and sausage on a stick
Posted Oct 21st 2006 6:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, The Daily Show, Celebrities, Comedy Central
If you caught Thursday's
Daily Show, you saw host Jon Stewart mock the Jimmy Dean/Sara Lee breakfast treat that provides a sausage wrapped in a chocolate chip pancake and skewered on a convenient wooden stick. While I think that particular breakfast item belongs in the pharmacy section as an ipecac to induce vomiting in case you accidentally ingest poison rather than in the freezer section next to the Eggo toaster waffles, Chicago-based Sara Lee said they received calls and e-mails asking where they could find the snack. Apparently people will listen to Jon Stewart when he attacks the current administration, but they prefer to make up their own mind when it comes to what pancake-wrapped meat they shove down their gullet. Stewart may have inadvertently kicked off a whole new trend of complete meals on a stick: I imagine we can expect to see a block of cheese wrapped in bologna and bread with a mayonnaise dipping cup soon, as well as a giant meatball wound in spaghetti.
Tags: breakfast, chicago, daily show, DailyShow, food, gross, jimmy dean, pancake, sara lee, sausage, stick
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-21-2006 @ 8:05PM
Melissa said...
I prefer braised beef and pate, wrapped in phyllo dough on a stick, myself. I'm just waiting for Shiraz on a stick to go with it.
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10-21-2006 @ 11:14PM
Bruce Bromley said...
Adam, why are you so against the idea. Do you have a fear about putting long warm things in your mouth. :) I'm surprised it took JD to add this to its product line. I was selling those at a 7-11 over five years ago so they are not exactly a new thing. Just leave us fat bastards alone while we seek out more and tastier ways to spend more time on the couch watching the very thing we talk about.
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10-21-2006 @ 11:36PM
Mark said...
You know, I'm overweight and love the junk food, and even I find these things disgusting and excessive. It's really a sign of where America's going (and already gone).
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10-22-2006 @ 4:00AM
Jordan Running said...
You can see the Jon Stewart bit on YouTube, natch:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=diH9m0EQgv0
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10-22-2006 @ 12:06PM
elf said...
Am I the only one old enough to remmeber Larry Bud Melman's Toast on a Stick?
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10-22-2006 @ 12:23PM
Nacho said...
I had the plain kind and they rock. And roll. You are really quick to say that the company is evil for making things like this, and that's crap. Seriously. You can enjoy any food you want in moderation, obviously, you shouldn't eat these things three meals a day. You know, too much water can kill you too so maybe water should be regulated by the FDA too.
There was a six month period that all I had time for was a single meal a day, which was from a popular to roast fast food restaurant. I lost about 20 pounds during this time, the reason being that I was working so hard- and I was eating A LOT during that meal- possibly 4 or 5 thousand calories. I stopped eating there all the time, and then I stopped working at the store I had been working at- I gained that 20 pounds back within a few months.
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10-22-2006 @ 1:02PM
Charles said...
Nutritional info (one serving, 14 servings per box)
220 calories, 13 grams fat (4 grams saturated, 53 percent fat calories), 5 grams protein, 22 grams carbohydrate, 25 milligrams cholesterol, 1 gram dietary fiber, 350 milligrams sodium.
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10-22-2006 @ 2:07PM
Sam Goldman said...
I don't care how great they taste. This is clrearly a sign of the impending apocalypse.
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10-22-2006 @ 3:02PM
Retro TV Sitcoms said...
The real question?
What will Marie Callender do to top this one.
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11-14-2006 @ 5:40PM
Chuck said...
War rages world wide = a sign of the apocalypse
Pancake wrapped meat on a stick = good eatin
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10-23-2006 @ 12:56AM
erroneous_nick said...
The plain kind are my wife's Sunday-morning breakfast. She has one, sometimes two, every Sunday morning and no other day. I don't know why, but she does. I agree that any food in moderation probably isn't too terrible, and besides, doesn't everyone know that EVERYTHING TASTES BETTER ON A STICK!
That said, you couldn't get me to eat one of those things. I'd rather stick to my frosted, chocolate-coated, deep-fried butter balls topped with a sausage cream gravy. I'm on a health-food kick after all.
elf...you're not the only one to remember Toast on a Stick. I'm just angry my grocer would never stock 'em!
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10-23-2006 @ 1:04PM
Radioscott said...
Hold on, I'm writng this down...
"...a block of cheese wrapped in bologna and bread with a mayonnaise dipping cup soon,..."
OK. Got it. I could do pastrami and rye bread too. The mayo might go bad, though. Mustard, maybe?
"...as well as a giant meatball wound in spaghetti."
God, this is great stuff. Oh, you're laughing now, but just wait until I hit the county fair circuit next year. I'll be laughing all the way to the bank! MMMWWAAA HAH HA HAH HAH HA HAAAAA!
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