Parks and Rec but it's just Paunch Burger being the WORST company | Parks and Recreation

[@slimjim1329]

OK, yes Paunch burger is messed up but 512 Oz of soda for $1.59 is an amazing deal.

[@steverogers7601]

The 7/11 near me sells big gulps for $1.50 and it’s the only place I go to get my soda fix.

[@krispy3790]

@@Grand_Master_Skywalker ok

[@baxtronx5972]

A 72 ounce tub of beer at an Isotopes game is $1.25.(1990)

[@mneugent7658]

Nah... how are they "messed up"?

[@mneugent7658]

@@Grand_Master_Skywalker Good for you. I was gonna say the sodas are worse than the booze. I love your SUPER COUNTRY measuring device: a county. I have no clue what counties are two away from me. No one does.

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

_"Well, it's roughly the size of a two-year-old child, if the child were liquified."_ Sheer genius in marketing! 🤣

[@willpower8289]

@@syntaxusdogmata3333 I’m concerned about how they have that knowledge 😂

[@Meton2526]

@@willpower8289 It's really not that difficult. Especially once the "roughly" qualifier is added, you can get real loosey-goosey with the math. Average weight at 2 years old is 28 pounds, 16 ounces a pound, 448 ounces. Now those are mass ounces not volume ounces, and the density isn't exactly the same as water, but 1 us gallon of water is 534 mass ounces. So definitely within the right magnitude for rounding to the powers of two (64, 128, 256, 512.)

[@willpower8289]

@@Meton2526 I can’t argue with that math. Thanks for the calculations!

[@micahbush5397]

She could have said "It's roughly the weight of a two-year-old child," but no, she had to make it even weirder.

[@OM-fm9ge]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@soccerlovin1]

"Is that a threat" "Yes, I thought that was obvious" Amazinggggg

[@Meton2526]

John Redcorn is the best.

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

​@@Meton2526low-key GOAT

[@angelfuturejob]

Us natives are always underestimated

[@extranerdinarytroper4835]

“Have you considered not eating there?” “I will NEVER consider that.”

[@davidmetcalf8054]

i love that that was mike mitchell from doughboys podcast

[@steverogers7601]

An ex friend was complaining about how video games today are released unfinished and full of bugs, at full price. I told him to consider not getting the pre-order or just outright not buying them. Vote with your wallet. Dude got so mad that he threatened to buy two copies of a game just to spite me for “telling him what to do with his money” lmao Some folks don’t care no matter how bad something is. Im at the point of “scroo it; how can I get in on some of these paunch burger-esque businesses so I can make money off of people who don’t care.”

[@Miss_Camel]

Best quote! 🤣

[@raddimusmcchoyber3362]

'MURICA!

[@zack7658]

Mike Mitchell is an icon

[@BRouge]

"Start drooling fatties." That's surprisingly honest

[@grammar_shark]

It's refreshingly direct.

[@Volkbrecht]

I'd so love for real world marketing to try this level of honesty. Make ads fun again. Let me have a good laugh at myself while I kill myself with your products :)

[@steverogers7601]

Man, people really don’t care. Make a product “fun” enough and people will gladly pay you for it. I get why dudes get into advertising. Look at the comment above me from “volk brecht.” He’d fork over his own money for something that isn’t good for him just because an ad is fun lol smh

[@Abyssno1dad]

@@Volkbrechtever heard of the heart attack grill? People literally have died in there and they *advertise* their deaths. The store is unbelievably popular.

[@ebadd3468]

I love america, you can get as grossly fat as you want.

[@Shea_J]

“What did you put in this sugar? It’s so good!” What’s the recipe Ann?!

[@hansolowe19]

We don't have the strength as a species/society to resist sugar.. This was not a problem when we just had some honey now and then, ever since it became widely available it's messed with our health. Anyway, it's a fun show 😎

[@CalamityCain]

How _dare_ you show Jamm crashing Lesley's wedding without giving us one of the most satisfying punches to one of the most punchable faces in TV history? You're robbing us of some Jeremy Jamm Justice!

[@beardoodle9835]

You just got Jammed 😆

[@austincleator3539]

Thought that too

[@willpower8289]

Much like Sweetums the amount of things Paunch Burger gets away with is both hilarious and kinda sad when you consider it’s pretty accurate to some irl fast food joints

[@notgonnahappen7899]

Sweetums owns Paunch Burger

[@Mightymajin]

I love how BLATANT they are about too

[@willpower8289]

@@Mightymajin And how everyone just accepts it and even celebrates it 😂

[@TheMartianMancumpster]

Just food companies in general really. Coca-Cola, Chiquita, Dole (who used to be called United Fruit Company, and Nestle all have a history of keeping paramilitarys on payroll in other countries, to kill union members or break up strikes and probably a lot more that doesn't get reported. Mcdonalds also did their best to defraud that lady who sued them in the 90s, trying spin the storyto make her sound crazy. Even though the coffee they served at the time was around 200°F and melted her skin together

[@crisorchi1399]

This show is perfection

[@topgazza]

Spot on

[@TRPB-]

Well said

[@dorkporkknobslob9918]

And it was almost cancelled every single season

[@irishkniferd9837]

Trump is perfect!!!!! Vote for a true leader who cares about america!!!!! TRUMP 2024!!!!!! TRUMP 2028!!!!!!!!! TRUMP 2032!!!!!!! USA!!!!!!!

[@Coastfog]

Yeah, no other show checks all the boxes for me quite like this one. The writers have so much love for their characters & the audience, everyone involved makes this a truly unique show.

[@raisinbreanncrunch]

"Until we ran that out of town" 😂

[@joshvercekaites1804]

Well, people don't like salads

[@alec6521]

@@joshvercekaites1804 You don't make friends with salad

[@JB-lp9xr]

The love of Paunch Burger is the second greatest thing about the people of Pawnee. The first being how they engulf the entire spout of a water fountain with their mouths.

[@Fools_Requiem]

TBH, Paunch Burger is not the worst. Jam is the worst. Sweetums is a terrible company. The drink sizes are hilarious. If those prices were legit, I'd go there and bottle the stuff so that the carbination keeps for a week or so. Never buy soda at the grocery store again.

[@steverogers7601]

That’s why I don’t buy soda at the super market. The 7/11 near me sells double big gulps for like $1.50.

[@AndrewMorris-wz1vq]

Tap water is exponentially cheaper. But listen I get it lol, stuff is legit addictive

[@wooaahh23]

The carbonation doesn't last because you put it in a bottle. It'll still go flat the same.

[@spiraljumper74]

People like Jam don’t exist without corporations like Paunch Burger bankrolling them and writing their talking points.

[@wooaahh23]

@@spiraljumper74 People like you don't exist without neckbeard sites like reddit bankrolling them, and writing their talking points

[@zxKAOS1]

7:17 six Paunch Burgers!? That's leverage. Also... _"Is that a threat?"_ "Why yes. I thought that was obvious"

[@bobsnow6242]

Tom getting angrily thrown out of the kitchen by the chef is a hilariously underrated scene just because it's how most normal people would react to Tom in real life after listening to his annoying BS for two minutes. The actor who played the chef channeled some disturbingly realistic anger when he turned around and started coming at Aziz.

[@mlo51987]

The soda cups getting larger and larger is my favorite bit from this show lmao😂

[@Dr.GregHouse]

fun fact: the “child size” is actually a few liters more than the liquified child would be.since the average 2 year old weighs 12.5kg,and humans are roughly the same density as water,the child is around 12.5-13 liters at most,512 oz is 15.14 liters

[@rocknrobin123143]

So... room for ice

[@veronicashields4405]

It’s not if that child is being raised on the Paunch Burger diet. 👉👉

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

Room for a couple of shot bottles.

[@minhalal-lawati2263]

Thank you for the information dr house

[@lavieestundestin]

Sir, you scare me 😅

[@babyzorilla]

They immediately started eating😂

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

Jamm made sure to starve them first.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Those burgers looked irresistable.

[@swanronson173]

Paunch Burger, the greatest banana delivery system known to man.

[@jog2243]

I love that Leslie as a character is desperately trying to help pawnee’s shortcomings but is literally from Pawnee and she’s Pawnee to the core so when Anne shows her the sugar she can’t help but eat it and agree that it’s bad, but she keeps tasting it lol.

[@jamsjars9505]

512 oz of soda for $1.59 is indeed quite the bargain lmao

[@geegeetomlinson2316]

I thought it was $159?

[@FedSmoker64]

I've heard multiple times that the cost of a disposable cup is more than the cost of the soda inside it. Huge profit margins on soda.

[@crimsonpride9975]

Should've included the part where the only way Ron could eat a banana was to put it in the middle of a greasy Paunch Burger.

[@HerrHoppenstedt]

A liquified child, child size. Gets me every damn time.

[@GregSRosen84]

"I'm still technically married but my wife knows the deal."

[@dustingutierrez2401]

She ran with another dude and he's like so were open now?

[@jenniferri7735]

this show will always be freaking perfect

[@thebenforever]

Triple Decker Pancake Breakfast Pizza I need a minute.

[@TommyBoy8771]

Gets me every time 😂

[@thebenforever]

@@TommyBoy8771 that guy's delivery is from the heart. Lol

[@moleratical1232]

@@thebenforever That's cholesterol

[@thebenforever]

@@moleratical1232 worth it.

[@tau-5794]

So breaking this down, there's three major components to this dish: 1. The 3 layers 2. The pancake(s) 3. The breakfast pizza Going off this, it sounds like it's 3 hefty pancakes loaded with various breakfast food toppings, arranged or made similarly to pizzas, stacked on top of eachother. Ngl sounds kinda good if it's pancake sized and not pizza sized, though who knows what the toppings are and how they would mesh or not with the pancakes.

[@choryllis6646]

"What did you put in this sugar, it's so good!"

[@JenLight]

Chief Ken is lowkey the best character on the entire show

[@funk3nst3in]

"I have to go to the one that's ten minutes away and that makes me 20 minutes late for work... I work from home"

[@rsync9490]

512 oz is over 15 liters of soda. 15 liters of soda for $1.59 is insane.

[@bugermcking4968]

Yeah, a 2 liter Walmart brand pop which is about the cheapest pop you can buy is a dollar. That's 22 cents a 2 liter. (so like a quarter the price of the cheapest off brand option) It would have to be a loss leader, even 10 years ago when this was made. I doubt you could sell the soda for that price let alone the labor and cup.

[@zxKAOS1]

It's also 32 pounds. It looks like the container would break under all that weight! :O

[@mattrobson3603]

@@zxKAOS1 512 fluid ounces of soda would be ~6,000 calories, from more than 3lbs of sugar. It would be a lot healthier to drink the liquefied toddler.

[@FrankDux-uo7ig]

@@mattrobson3603 this guy cannibals

[@emmanuelbeatty2777]

“What did you put in this sugar? It’s so good!”😂😂😂😂😂

[@WJen8]

They should make a fake ad for Paunch Burger that unashamedly leans into how ravenous and callous its customers are while showcasing insane menu items 😂

[@Dimeinurear]

There's the Paunch Burger ad somewhere on KZbin. I don't know if it was on the show or not, but it's there.

[@hunterprowsemrereviews9141]

Honestly a 512oz sized drink would be awesome, but the trips to the bathroom would be horrendous lol!

[@xeltanni8999]

I think what I appreciate the most is how you went out of your way not to show these in sequential order so the story isn't clear. Very government of you.

[@ikemotosystems1434]

"Is that a threat?" "Well yes, I thought it was obvious"

[@DoubleHCreations]

I love how they basically made paunch burger a villainous character in the series you wish you could “paunch” in the face.

[@prestobizmal]

The Chef getting real in his kitchen was a nice slice of normalcy.

[@Dingusdongus257]

A lot of this show is real Indiana. Local Facebook group is 50/50 for and against every new fastfood chain that pops up in town. Small town politics can get extremely corrupt as little to nobody holds those in charge accountable. Nobody cares about local politics enough to go to one of those meetings. Notice how in the show it's always side characters (the other public employees) in the stands, not local citizens.

[@sarahberkner]

They accidentally put a reverb on her voice at the end when she says "How can I ever repay you?" and he's drinking from the straw.

[@Monotremata]

The Big & Wide, The Fat Sack, Colonel Plump's Slop Trough.... All winning franchise names.

[@balkthor]

Can we just talk about how disgusting they made the actual burgers look? …I want one.

[@Kritacul]

Ron always knows what to say

[@jgon9]

1:21 lol all their competitors’ names

[@stereothrilla8374]

What did you put in the sugar, it’s so good.😂

[@ravenshrike]

All I saw was Paunch Burger being the GOAT and Councilor Jamm being an idiot.

[@flipsolo]

I love Jon Glaser's hammy and douchey performance as Dr. Jamm.

[@jacksonduruy4303]

This is Stavros' favorite restaurant

[@sumanthmurthy1642]

The food industry in America in 8 minutes!

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

The day they start successfully selling gallon sized sodas at fast food restaurants, I'll groan in disappointment but I'd be lying if I said I'd be surprised

[@wooaahh23]

​@@miledeno they offer a half gallon because it's for a big family meal. Not for a person.

[@deancarrion4716]

@@hfar_in_the_sky

[@MrSophire]

Woooah, shh don’t upset the nanny state.

[@CountJeffula]

Not really. The sizes have all basically halved and prices doubled since covid. It’s quite depressing really. Fast food isn’t cheap anymore.

[@ArbiterDan]

1. We make money.2 They make money. 3 They make bugers. 4. We EAT burgers. That's a WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN. Presentation over. Jam out!

[@darken27]

4:51 no, let her cook

[@tumsfestival8027]

2:21 this is real life in local city council meetings

[@iminumst7827]

Let's be real. Those look absolutely delicious for fast food burgers, literally better than any chain that exists, and that soda price is a steal. I wish it was real.

[@jancerny8109]

“You stripped my freedom by putting a park there.” That would be funny if it didn’t reflect how many people really think.

[@TheMattastic]

To be fair 512oz of soda at $1.59 really is an incredible bargain.

[@richardcurtis7854]

I somehow never watched this show. I think I've watched about 2 seasons in clips in the last month

[@tlahmed]

Time to actually watch it!

[@philliptivis3082]

That's actually how I got hooked on the show: KZbin clips.😊

[@hellokittyangel211]

Lol, I feel like I’ve done this with 2nd half of TBBT, 😂. However, dispite it having a couple of now cancelled actors in it, I DO highly recommend you give it a shot because it’s SO well written and it makes these SO much more enjoyable.

[@tonyblake7569]

If you ever start watching it fyi I loved it, but the first season wasn't that great. Imo either the jokes got better starting season 2 or the first season they were trying to make it more realistic, still was funny but not a child size soda is a soda the size of a child funny.

[@jurrasicpig2426]

“you don't have to be Asian to do math that simple”, amazing... honestly, some of the Punch burger items sounds tasty, makes me wanna try it, but not the lard one, that thing sounds horrible....

[@simplegirl265]

Now I want a burger

[@sharonrobinson3186]

Me too ❤

[@jewwyjones9760]

If the voice of the Indian chief sounds familiar…that’s the same actor who voiced John Redcorn on King of the Hill.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

ok but tell me more about this “triple-sex”

[@iRIOTfromPL]

Are they even taking bites out of those burgers at the 0:45 mark lol?

[@nataliewalker9682]

lol i’m getting so many parks and rec recommendations and the clips i watch are always entertaining

[@juniorlsdmusic]

I love it when someone gifts me junk food

[@smylesg]

8:00 How could they leave out Ron's "paunch"?

[@mneugent7658]

1- Paunch Burger does not look like a "the worst company" in this reel. 2- I wish Paunch Burger actually existed.

[@zerosystem8743]

Punch Burger is a real burger place in Indiana where the show is set.

[@mneugent7658]

@@zerosystem8743 No it's not. Paunch Burger is fictional as is Pawnee, IN.

[@zerosystem8743]

@@mneugent7658 Did you really think I meant Parks and Rec was real? If you see a WcDonalds in a show and said “I wish I could go there.” Then someone comments “you can it’s called McDonalds.” Would you really go that “place in the show is not real.” Or would you understand the writers and location scouts took inspiration from a real place and didn’t want to deal with licensing or copyright issues.

[@mneugent7658]

@@zerosystem8743 No idea. I didn't say you said Parks and Rec was real. I said the burger chain and city are not real after you literally said Paunch Burger was real and in the town where the show is set. If you were being sarcastic you gotta remember that sarcasm doesn't work well in print if you don't nail it. No tone of voice in print.

[@starry7544]

He never said Paunch Burger was real and he didn't say Pawnee was either. He said Punch Burger was a real place in Indiana ​@@mneugent7658

[@jasonr8525]

leslie thinking she can stop people from doing something they love by taxing it more is peak government disconnect

[@Volkbrecht]

It works, though. And it's really clever politically. Because if you can pull it off, whatever the people elected into office after you may think of the situation, they do like to keep those sweet tax dollars rolling in.

[@zxKAOS1]

I believe it helped somewhat with cigarettes

[@duncanluciak5516]

Bought any reasonably-priced EVs lately? Right... Because they're Chinese, the your US government won't let you. Sure works; their buddies GM et al. get time to catch up. You lose, GM stays on top.

[@ae4164]

@@duncanluciak5516 You are adorably misinformed. The reason people in the US don't buy Chinese EVs isn't because of tariffs, it's because nobody in the US wants an EV, especially not one made in China. Enjoy yours, I bet there isn't THAT much lead paint or offgassing carcinogens in the interior.

[@christian_cantarutti]

I prefer Fupa Shakes.

[@rabidslurpy]

I kinda want a Paunch Burger in my town.

[@Mia-dt3gl]

Great, now I’m hungry. 🤣

[@willpower8289]

You should get the Paunch Burger Dinner for Breakfast Combo 😂

[@Mia-dt3gl]

@@willpower8289 I’d like to try a triple decker pancake breakfast pizza at least once in my lifetime.

[@JoeyP946]

every time I see a burger somewhere I'm like "damnit, I want a burger"

[@willpower8289]

@@Mia-dt3gl Maybe Binging with Babish can try to make it so you can know how to do it

[@HeyMyLifeIsLibby]

Thank god, I thought I was the only one.

[@apollomacgregor6534]

I'd eat at Paunch Burger...no hesitation.

[@leovitss]

All of you should be ashamed af tbh me too 🥲

[@OwentheKingofDudes]

If Paunch Burger was real, I'd be a regular customer.

[@PuddleBooks]

Growing up is realizing Leslie Knope was the villian of Parks and Recs

[@Redhairedviking09]

I think you mean the BEST company.

[@D3ADM0N5T3RC4T]

I love how Paunch Burger just has a silhouette of a fat guy as the logo 😂

[@AnthonyThomas_Ant]

Those Paunch burgers look good.

[@infantryman116]

Watched every episode!!!!!!

[@wednesday1986]

Many times.

[@0DdOne]

Ooooooo punch and paunch Jam on a burger It’s just a long bad pun

[@Volkbrecht]

Examine again the company logo. The pun might be accidental, the intended joke is rather on the nose.

[@patrickofearth]

Gentlemen it appears i have fallen ill

[@agentsjk9632]

I wish Paunch Burger was real, those burgers look amazing. I'll take mine with a child size soda.

[@protorhinocerator142]

John Redcorn in his non-cartoon form.

[@Zerox5861]

Paunch burger looks so good

[@vmen5570]

I would happily eat at one. Or wherever that place where the buns were pizzas.

[@G-Unit1111]

Ugh... number 2 is right!

[@Idotisme]

I live in a town of 50 to 60k people. We have 3 McDonald's in my town. This is spot on the money.

[@cornelionsqween8028]

"oh this is bad, i should not have done this."

[@jairusaxstudios8322]

Honestly everytime I watch this show, I feel like the main cast are the 1 with the most common sense while the rest of town is little adults with children sized brains 😂

[@Mightymajin]

The real question, which is worse, Paunch Burger or Sweetums?

[@lego4virgo]

Ron Swanson, the type of conservative we really don't have anymore.

[@DINXIII]

Get me a refill

[@vivekraghuram2459]

All things aside, putting a poached egg inside a burger is just a disaster waiting to happen.

[@Michael-dy2lb]

A fried egg on a bacon cheeseburger is awesome. A poached egg ... no thanks.

[@mdhj67]

That burger looks good.

[@stereothrilla8374]

Sweetums sugar splash!😂😂😂

[@fransionseamor9368]

Honestly with how bad that company is I’m surprised they haven’t went out of business with the amount of lawsuits they probably received….. unless this show gets brought back?

[@HeavyMetalBeliever]

"Well, it's roughly the size of a two year old child, if the child were liquified." Uh....

[@leraspberrie]

So this is exactly what Total Wine does and yet no one fights them.

[@billfitzpatrick6138]

I think we can all come together and agree that a Park or a Paunch Burger are both better options than a Sue's Salads.

[@artaizen1613]

Ron is amazing, he ate like that but his body is .... just like that lol

[@Scoups_bakery99]

I need a child-size soda of Dr. Pepepr

[@tonyblake7569]

Always loved how it was a recurring joke the town was full of overweight people, yet in the entire show they only had a couple people that would be considered overweight, none were nearly what they say the average person there was.

[@xdanbo1859]

0:52 - Ann grew up in Michigan and now lives in Indiana. Why does she say "soda" and not "pop"? This always bothered me about this show.

[@NcxX-c8f]

I’m from Minnesota and I say “soda”

[@TomM-ty2bq]

I'm from Michigan and we say soda, not pop.

[@andrewghostronin38]

Soda has become a more broad term. I’m in the south and people think we say coke constantly but I’ve only heard soda

[@MichaelSnyder1776]

Soda won the pop wars. I have converted myself. Grew up saying pop now I say soda

[@acousticfacts]

Im from michigan and i say soda because it makes more sense imo and also spite

[@tubagod85]

5:43 "I'M MARION COTESWORTH-HAY!"

[@drewneedsmoresleep6680]

Aww I want to see Ron punch Jam

[@tubularbill]

One of the best all time shows