Nick Wiger

Nicolas Frank “Nick” Wiger (born August 28, 1980) is an American comedian, improviser, podcast personality, and television writer. He is the co-founder and co-host (with actor and comedian Mike Mitchell) of the popular weekly podcast Doughboys,[1] which reviews chain restaurants with guests and includes additional segments centered around snack food and related topics. As of June 2019, he is also the co-host (with Heather Anne Campbell) of How Did This Get Played?,[2] a podcast about low-rated and weird video games.

Nick Wiger
Born
Nicolas Frank Wiger

(1980-08-28) August 28, 1980
Other namesBurger Boy
OccupationComedian, writer, podcaster
Years active2007–present

As a television writer, Wiger's extensive career spans a wide range of work including the FOX sketch show Party Over Here (where he was head writer), Sarah Silverman's I Love You, America, the long-running Comedy Central game show @midnight, and the TV show version of Scott Aukerman's Comedy Bang! Bang! [3]

Early life

Wiger was raised in Lakewood, California and is an alumnus of Long Beach Polytechnic High School.

Career

Wiger began his career as a video game tester and designer.[4] After dropping out of college, he began studying, performing, and teaching as an improv and sketch comedian at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB) in Los Angeles. He most notably was a member of the sketch and improv team A Kiss From Daddy, alongside comedians Paul Rust, Eva Anderson, Mookie Blaiklock, Neil Campbell, Michael Cassady, Dave Horwitz, Allan McLeod, and Harris Wittels.[5]

Doughboys

Wiger created the comedy podcast Doughboys with comedy writer Mike Mitchell in 2015. Doughboys was named "The One Food Podcast to Start With" by pop culture site Vulture.[6] The co-hosts review chain restaurants with a weekly guest, including Nicole Byer, Haley Joel Osment, Sarah Silverman, among others.[7] Wiger's fans call him the "Burger Boy" and refer to themselves as members of the "Burger Brigade".

As of early 2018, the podcast is no longer associated with Feral Audio and is now a member of the HeadGum network. Mitchell and Wiger use Patreon to bring exclusive paid Doughboys content to their subscribers beyond the weekly episodes. As of February 2020, the Doughboys Patreon is the 9th most popular podcast Patreon and the 27th most popular Patreon in general.[8]

How Did This Get Played?

Since June 2019, Wiger is also the co-host (with Heather Anne Campbell) of How Did This Get Played?, a podcast about "the worst and weirdest" video games.[9] The name is derived from fellow Earwolf podcast How Did This Get Made?

gollark: Oh no. My code has failed.
gollark: Look here, everyone! This is firecubez' origin story!
gollark: How will you view them on GitHub?
gollark: I meant that ironically. Do NOT.
gollark: THIS IS A USELESS DIVERSION

References
  1. https://headgum.com/doughboys
  2. https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-played/
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4696339/
  4. https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,136235/
  5. https://franklin.ucbtheatre.com/show/1915
  6. Legaspi, Althea (2015-10-05). "The One Podcast to Start With, Across 24 Topics". Vulture. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  7. https://headgum.com/doughboys
  8. https://graphtreon.com/creator/doughboys
  9. https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-played/
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