2 MANY COOKS
Episode 13 - Sheamus Feeley's Buenos Encharito from an Italian Restaurant
It's the Season 2 Premier, and who better to have on the show than Rick Shaw's lifelong best friend of like 6 months, Sheamus Feeley! The 2 Many Cooks guys explain that inside joke and find out Chef Feeley is just a humble kid from Arkansas that grew up to kick ass in the culinary world. They find out how he decided to open Noche, one the "New York Times Best New Restaurants of 2024" in Tulsa, what to expect from his next joint venture with Elliot Nelson, Malfi, and his firm stance on burritos. There's this and so much more including a lot of trash panda talk on the lucky 13th episode of 2 Many Cooks!
Episode 12 - The Many Lives of Lacee Rains
It's the season finale! Rick and CR wrap things up by talking to the charitable and funny Lacee Rains. She outlines an impressive resume that includes attempted nunnery, attempted sex therapist, certified Dick's Sporting Goods credit card salesperson of the year; twice, and finally comedian. She tells the guys the origin story of her alter ego and sex education clown, Butter Sluts. There is also a bombshell during flame grilled where Lacee reveals some shocking opinions on pizza. There's a lot to unpack and so much more on this hilarious episode of 2 Many Cooks!
Ep 10 - It's Pronounced Bad Mitch!
After debating the pronunciation of their guest's last name Rick and CR get the story and DNA make up of "Bad" Mitch Gilliam from the US power metal band Blind Oath. He talks about growing up in Coweta with field trips to the ice cream plant and turning his back on youth sports in favor of music. He gives the guys his impressive resume; which includes Tulsa bands like the cult favorite Lizard Police, being the world's greatest delivery man, and also an award winning journalist that interviewed Weird Al. "Bad" Mitch also gives Kitchen Studios his account of talking a co-worker out of going to sandwich college. There's whisky and a live audience involved, as well as, so much more on this the 10th episode of 2 Many Cooks!
Ep 9 - I Can Get Fuller On Shrimp!
Bass player, bartender, human banana, and general man of mischief, Jacob Fuller from Blind Oath rolls into Kitchen Sink Studios. He regales Rick and CR of his humble beginnings as a Sallisaw Black Diamond and how following his heart brought him to Tulsa. We find out the many ways he has celebrated his birthday, and how being talked into dropping out of Sandwich College set him on the path to chasing his metal dreams! Fuller shares the secrets to eating 100 shrimp, and has perhaps one of the most interesting answers CR has received to a question. It's endless fun with that and so much more on the 9th episode of 2 Many Cooks!
Ep 8 Kels Yeah!
Comedian, show promoter, fashion designer, the one and only Lady Landback aka Kels Cooper join Rick and CR in Kitchen Studios. Kels talks Blue Whale Comedy Festival, meeting The Fonz and Marlee Matlin, being one of the boys, and her parents' origin story. She also throws a chapstick lesbian under the bus about taco salad. All this and more on the 8th episode of 2 Many Cooks.
Ep 7 It’s Brent, not Ronnie James!
Fresh off his Blue Whale Comedy Festival Cain's Ballroom main stage debut Brent Deo joins CR & Rick for an equally impressive debut on the mics at Kitchen Sink Studios. The guys talk comedy shop and other chuckle engineering aspects. They break big, big news about "Crunchies" after finding out Brent is previously employed by none other than the notorious Long John Silvers. The young comedian asks for a potato soup recipe that results in a cook off for a future episode, and informs our two middle aged colonizers about his Creek & Yuchi heritage. More than just the tater soup recipes are loaded for the lucky seventh episode of 2 Many Cooks.
Episode 6 They Went to Jared
After five episodes CR & Rick finally bring in a therapist! This one just happens to be a food critic and author of the recently published book "A Feast for the Senses." Jared Gleaton sits on the couch, okay, futon of Kitchen Sink Studios for a talk. The fellows unpack some of their many issues including the goos and seeds of life. They run down the restaurants Gleaton recommends from white tablecloth to greasy spoon, and how he dropped over a hundred pounds in a year. The boys are billed for these items and more on the sixth episode of 2 Many Cooks.
Episode 4 - Nico's DiCaprio Scoop
Finally, a female joins the boys in Kitchen Sink Studios. Chef Nico Williams from Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness and the sludge metal band Medicine Horse discusses her journey through the culinary world, music, film, and television. Rick fanboy's out by reminding her of her greatest dishes and CR attempts a "non racist" question. Also we get a juicy scoop on Leonardo Di Caprio turning a native stable into a luxury item! That and so, so much more on the fourth episode of 2 Many Cooks.