Nick Wiger

Nicholas F “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, weird, and wonderful video games.

Nick Wiger
Born
Nicholas F Wiger

(1980-08-28) August 28, 1980
Bellflower, California
Other namesBurger Boy, Little Wiges the Burger Boy, Mitchy Two Spoons, Cookie Ass
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]

Personal life

Wiger was raised in Lakewood, California and is an alumnus of Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He currently resides in Culver City, California with his lovely wife Natalie.[4]

Career

Wiger began his career as a video game tester and designer for Activision.[5] 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.[6] In 2020, Nick Wiger was a writer for the first season of the Disney+ show Earth to Ned.[7]

On May the 4th, 2020, Wiger appeared on The George Lucas Talk Shows charity fundraiser, raising money for the out of work employees of the UCB theatre in New York which had shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

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.[9] The co-hosts review chain restaurants with a weekly guest, including Nicole Byer, Haley Joel Osment, Sarah Silverman, among others.[1] 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.[10]

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 and wonderfulest" video games.[2] The name is derived from fellow Earwolf podcast How Did This Get Made?

References
  1. "Headgum // Doughboys". headgum.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. "How Did This Get Played? podcast on Earwolf". www.earwolf.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  3. "Nick Wiger". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  4. "Nick Wiger on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  5. "Nick Wiger Video Game Credits and Biography". MobyGames. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  6. "UCB Theatre". UCB Theatre. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  7. Earth to Ned (TV Series 2020–) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-10-08
  8. Colburn, Randall (April 29, 2020). "Connor Ratliff and Griffin Newman bringing The George Lucas Talk Show online for epic Star Wars livestream". AVClub.
  9. Legaspi, Althea (2015-10-05). "The One Podcast to Start With, Across 24 Topics". Vulture. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  10. "Doughboys: Patreon Earnings + Statistics + Graphs + Rank". Graphtreon. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
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