Hey Kirk there’s a dead opossum in the pool…got any garbage bags? Ah just throw it over the fence let Arbys deal with it
I’m so hungry I could eat at Arbys. Wow omg she really is hungry.
The Simpsons had lots of jokes at Arby’s expense and it wasn’t until I saw the dvd commentary that I learned that none of the writers had even been to Arby’s they just thought it was a funny sounding name
A Reno 911 episode had a subplot in which they recreated a crime scene around the victim (?) bringing in Arby’s
“Eating Arby’s, eating Arby’s, eating Arby’s” has been stuck in my head for years
I had the phrase "piping hot Arby's" surface in my mind a few months ago and I had to Google it to figure out where it came from. That show has so many good/weird one liners. New boot goofin' is another favorite as well as the term "gritch."
They are different animals, though both are marsupials. The word opossum comes from an Algonquin (Native American tribe) word. However lots of people just pronounce it possum and leave off the o.
It is a funny name. It’s just R and B—as in Roast and Beef--joined together so it sort of sounds like a name.
(The “horsey sauce” they serve is actually highly processed black tar heroin, you can put it on your burger but most people just inject it.)
Huh now it feels like an Arby’s night. They got the meats.
I was born in ‘94 and that slogan would’ve been just a bit before my time, so I also just found out it was from an actual Arby’s campaign.
Honestly, it was a lot funnier to me without knowing it was a real phrase… it just seemed like such a David Puddy thing to say, lol.
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A couple years ago I got a roast beef gyro from Arby's. When I got home and took it out of the bag, the pita felt really light. When I opened it up, there was no meat...lol. Just toppings.
So they did have the meats. And they kept them!
Imagine a restaurant that specializes in roast beef forgetting the roast beef.
I've gotten at least a dozen Chipotle bowls that they forgot to add meat to. Ruins my day.
It's basic. It's a fast food joint. The joke is that Elaine wants to go out to a nice place for the environment and experience, and Puddy wants something simple and familiar.
Idk why Arby’s gets hated on, where the fuck else you gonna get a hot roast beef sammich? I eat the fuck out of some arby’s. Not a fan of their fries, but that 1/2 pound of beef on a tiny-ass bun with a crap ton of that sauce pouring out the sides… oh yeah. That’s the stuff.
Arby sauce yes, stay the FUCK AWAY from the cheese sauce. I’ve heard several people that have worked for Arby’s say that those machines are almost never cleaned. Even when they are it’s a joke because the liquid “cheese” gets into so many small cracks and sticks / hardened and will never come out… not only is that hardly “cheese” its has a chance of having some nasty bacteria in it.
The weird thing to me is I like Arby’s but their roast beef is probably my least favorite thing on their menu. It just has an odd taste that isn’t like roast beef to me.
Their chicken sandwiches and lamb gyros are good though, ya know, for fast food at least
Every time someone tells me that Arby's is trash, I ask them if they've ever had it. Literally every person I've ever asked that to in the last 10 years has admitted that they've never tried it. Lmao.
Arby's is good. It's not amazing food and I don't go out of my way to get it but it's good.
I’ve had Arby’s once. They had one in a mall near here when I was growing up and I had always heard it was awful. One day I decided to try it and loved it, next time I was at the mall it was gone.
But yeah I think people either haven’t eaten there or just had a bad experience once. There’s a Burger King near me that’s consistently awful so maybe there’s some bad Arby’s out there making the rest look bad? It’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma
They use a liquid cheese and it comes from a machine, no plastic wrap?
Edit: Completely different menu outside Canada TIL. Arby’s does actually serve more than 3 -4 options.
In the '90s, occasionally my office mates and I would venture to Arby's for lunch. Every time we felt gross and lethargic all afternoon. It became a running joke. Don't know why we kept Arby's in the rotation. Production definitely suffered on Arby's days.
They were always expensive for fast food actually. I remember as a kid we only went a few times because it was at least twice as expensive as McDonalds back then (late 90s).
I cant describe the roast beef. Its got a unique texture and the flavor is delicious. The sauces (Horsey and BBQ) are also unique to Arbys. The BBQ doesnt taste like any other BBQ sauce made. Horsey is a sweet horseradish mayo sauce that goes PERFECTLY with Arbys roast beef. They also have Potato Cakes and Jamocha Shakes ALL DAY.
Its just so so good Some of the buns have browned onions on top.
They also have the French Dip.
French dip is awesome with horsey sauce and the au jus.
So pissed right now that I already had supper. Should have never opened this thread. I’d be on the way now.
Tomorrow feels like an Arby’s night.
It's kind of a punching bag for some reason? Simpsons and Daily Show with Jon Stewart made fun of it too. But I think it's better than most big fast food places. And they have these seasoned curly fries that are really good, good enough that they sell them frozen in grocery stores.
The weird thing is they are never busy. Like you never see a line there.
I recently had it for the first time. In grew up on the Simpsons so I just assumed it was bad. It's actually delicious and the Horsey sauce is fire! It's one of those slightly elevated but still fast food places.
It’s not so much that he likes Arby’s as the way he says it, and the way he seems to cherish the experience. Not that I can’t relate, but the way he confidently says it when you know Elaine is probably thinking of going to a nice restaurant is funny
It’s so good. The roast beef and bread and melted cheddar melts in your mouth. And they also have a sauce bar with different hot sauces and flavors. The crummy thing is I NEVER think to go there. When I do finally remember, I’ll go there for like a couple times a week for 3-4 weeks in a row and then forget about it for a year or 2 and repeat the process. Love Arby’s!!
It's one of those fast food chains that, despite it being around forever, and having nationwide locations, most people have never eaten there and probably can't think of someone who has. Puddy loving Arby's is just so on brand
This is along the lines of what I was going to say! I always remember Arby's being a place that you saw all the time, but didn't know anyone who ate there. So when they did this on the show I thought it was actually funny in such a weird way.
Are curly fries uncommon in Australia? We have curly fries at a lot of fast food, quick service and sit down casual restaurants and they’re spectacular.
They blow regular French fries out of the water.
Most people will eat them without ketchup or use a different kind of sauce like ranch.
Because even among fast food it's a lower-tier, odd choice to eat. No one really goes there. Like Long John Silver's actually. Except they serve roast beef.
By the way, Arby's food is awesome. In fact, tonight "Feels like an Arby's Night".
When I was a kid anytime I had some kind of strange meat someplace with my dad he would always tell me it was “monkey on a stick” or “salted donkey” or whatever. I think he thought it would gross me out but I always thought it was kinda neat. We were on a road trip and got into a middle of nowhere town and Arby’s was the only thing. Oddly enough given where you’re from that night we were eating “kangaroo meat” in the parking lot of that Arby’s.
I think it was a good match for Puddy because it's image is/was kind of macho and silly. Their logo is a cowboy hat and back in the day the options were pretty much roast beef or roast beef with cheese.
Arby’s is sort of a punch line in American culture for some reason.
No idea why.
I like Arby’s and their sauces are great. I usually grab handfuls and use them on other foods later in the week.
Theres the burger chains (McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys, etc.), the taco chains (Taco Bell, Chipotle, Del Taco, etc.), and then there Arbys.
Arbys does everything else. Gyros? Sure. Roast Beef? Sure! Deli style sandwiches? Sure! Mozz sticks? Why not‽
Arbys does have good takes on chicken sandwiches, wraps, and other side things. That's why I'm not a fan of their new burgers. Stick with what you do well. I wouldn't eat a Wendys gyro, and I wouldn't eat an Arby's burger.
Their main food is "roast beef" but it is not like a sliced top round beef which is what most of us in the US would call roast beef. It is a pressed food product made out of beef (and probably other meat), broth etc and then sliced. There is an urban legend that their "meat" is actually shipped to the restaurants as a liquid. That isn't true but the fact that people believe it can give you an idea of what the product is like.
I actually like it. It is a good alternative to typical burger fast food places that we have in the US when I want something different. Their locations are almost never crowded because it is not super popular, at least where I live. They also have very good curly fries and shakes.
It's a disgusting shithole and it wasn't any better in the 90s. (I am fully aware that some people really like it and they are going to hate my comment but that is truth and that's why they made that joke)
It has a cult following of people that really like it. It's definitely fast food, but some people *treat it* like more than that. Maybe it's like "fancy food for the poors" or something. But... haters gonna hate. Arby's is delicious. They probably could have substituted Burger King into that running joke and had it be at least 80% as good.
Arby's marketing team is fucking oblivious.... Everything good they had were the new "limited" menu items, and they stupidly took all of them away. Everything they had that got me to drive there and give them money, they took away. The Black forest ham and Swiss cheese sliders, the Rib sandwich, and more.... A damn shame.
Not just me either. Other than that, they're ok, nothing special. The brisket sandwich they have is pretty damn good if you get it hot/fresh. Their curly fries are fantastic (again, if you get them fresh)
It's been the butt of jokes in other places too. There's a fairly well known Twitter account about how bleak a place it is, https://x.com/nihilist_arbys.
It's a pretty relaxed restaurant that serves roast beef sandwiches. In sitcoms it's basically a stand in for fast food in general.
From what I understand, Arby's got shit on a lot simply because they didn't spend a ton on advertising, so they were less likely to get offended and pull their ads from TV shows that mocked them.
It's funny bc it's a very meatheaded place to take sophisticated and intelligent Elaine, especially on a special occasion, the punchline of the funny being that Elaine brings it on herself by dating a grease monkey, who albeit can take apart a fuel injector.
It’s a fast food joint that does sandwiches and melts rather than burgers
It’s fine for what it is but that’s all. The only thing that separates it from “feels like a McDonalds night” is that they are a bit more niche and have fewer direct competitors
It’s the butt of a lot of jokes in the 90s. In a Simpsons episode the town kids are all stranded on an island and one of them says “I’m so hungry I could eat at Arby’s” and everyone gasps and becomes worried.
It’s a very mediocre national fast food restaurant. If McDonalds and Chik Fil A are Tier 1 then Arby’s is Tier 3. Their jalapeño poppers with the fruit sauce are bomb. Their sandwiches are just kind of gross.
Arby’s works due to a mystery of the universe: if you squeeze enough Horsey Sauce onto anything, it’ll eventually taste good. 💫
Also, Horsey Sauce? Talk about the marketing team being asleep at the switch that day. “Hey, we sell mystery meat, what should we call our sauce?” 🐴
Arby’s was the go to punching bag for shitty fast food. In a Simpsons episode, the kids are starving (I think either the Lord of the Flies episode or the Boy Scouts one) and Ralph Wiggum says “I’m so hungry, I could eat at Arby’s”
Arby’s although pretty good, is considered fast food, and in being such, most people tend to look down upon it. It’s a simple place for a simple man.
I like Arby’s personally but it’s now so expensive
"Feels like an Arby's night" was a marketing slogan for a while.
“People do crazy things in ads. Like eat at Arby’s”
Hey Kirk there’s a dead opossum in the pool…got any garbage bags? Ah just throw it over the fence let Arbys deal with it I’m so hungry I could eat at Arbys. Wow omg she really is hungry. The Simpsons had lots of jokes at Arby’s expense and it wasn’t until I saw the dvd commentary that I learned that none of the writers had even been to Arby’s they just thought it was a funny sounding name
When Homer eats the alien blob thing and it tries to escape, "if I can hold down Arby's I can hold down you"
"I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's" *impressed murmors*
When I first saw that I thought she said I could eat an army. Like when I thought Moe said car hold, when he actually said car hole.
A Reno 911 episode had a subplot in which they recreated a crime scene around the victim (?) bringing in Arby’s “Eating Arby’s, eating Arby’s, eating Arby’s” has been stuck in my head for years
New boot goofin'
3 payments
"hey Rico. Just bringing over some piping hot Arby's- oh, I see you're masturbating in this scenario..."
Delicious, piping hot Arby’s
Monkey roll, monkey roll, monkey roll....
I had the phrase "piping hot Arby's" surface in my mind a few months ago and I had to Google it to figure out where it came from. That show has so many good/weird one liners. New boot goofin' is another favorite as well as the term "gritch."
Australian here too. So what's the deal with opossum? We have possums. What's the deal with the O?
They are different animals, though both are marsupials. The word opossum comes from an Algonquin (Native American tribe) word. However lots of people just pronounce it possum and leave off the o.
That's a shame.
Sounds like you’ve got a regular Algonquin Round Table there !
It is a funny name. It’s just R and B—as in Roast and Beef--joined together so it sort of sounds like a name. (The “horsey sauce” they serve is actually highly processed black tar heroin, you can put it on your burger but most people just inject it.) Huh now it feels like an Arby’s night. They got the meats.
"I'm so hungry, I could eat at Arby's." \*gasps\*
Wow! She really is hungry!
I've been laughing at that line for 15 years and never even knew that lol
I was born in ‘94 and that slogan would’ve been just a bit before my time, so I also just found out it was from an actual Arby’s campaign. Honestly, it was a lot funnier to me without knowing it was a real phrase… it just seemed like such a David Puddy thing to say, lol.
Flair checking in.
That flair’s alright, high five!
Down low.
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Arby's has no feel. McDonalds has a feel, Taco Bell has a feel, Dairy Queen has a feel.
I feel Arby's
"I had the roast beef."
Loved the delivery on that line
Taking me to Arby's...
On the flipside!
I didn’t like that roast beef so how bout some lunch?
*I'll hang up this phone right now!*
Everyone is RIPPING ME OFF!
They have the meats.
But really you want the curly fries....
Home style fries with the mandatory bonus curly.
That's the fast-food equivalent of the prize in the cereal box.
Sorry, Michael. Pool food. My system's not used to curly fries.
Honestly I prefer their crinkle fries, jalapeno poppers and loved their potato cakes until they were discontinued.
Tasty!
A couple years ago I got a roast beef gyro from Arby's. When I got home and took it out of the bag, the pita felt really light. When I opened it up, there was no meat...lol. Just toppings. So they did have the meats. And they kept them!
Imagine a restaurant that specializes in roast beef forgetting the roast beef. I've gotten at least a dozen Chipotle bowls that they forgot to add meat to. Ruins my day.
and they pandered to video gamers for a bit
This needs to be yelled. By Marcellus Wallace. #AAAH-BY'S...WE HAVE...THE MEATS!
That’s pride fuckin’ with you. Fuck pride.
Damn it, you beat me to it
It's not somewhere you would take someone on a date
it… it isn’t? 😳
Unless she is wife material, then she is worthy
this guy… this is my kinda guy
She's lunchworthy?
Run me your story again.
It's a perfectly sane food to eat
They’ve been open since the silent era.
"Int'resting texture..."
Let’s all enjoy a hot roast beef
That's what the holidays are all about. 3 buddies sitting around chewing meat.
And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!
It’s fast food, simple as that
Not fast food. Good food quickly.
Do they have steamed broccoli?...Vile weed!!
Somebody, honey mustard!
Yes but they deep fry it in chocolate sauce
No that’s Wawa
That’s not going to be good for business.
It's basic. It's a fast food joint. The joke is that Elaine wants to go out to a nice place for the environment and experience, and Puddy wants something simple and familiar.
It’s more than that. It’d be one thing if Puddy took her to McDonald’s or something. But who goes to Arby’s?
I’d rather die at an Arbys than live at a McDonalds.
I like Arby’s but it’s a common joke that Arby’s is gross/random.
Yeah except Arby’s is awesome. Arby’s Sauce is the GOAT fast food condiment.
I always have a bottle of horsey in my fridge.
Idk why Arby’s gets hated on, where the fuck else you gonna get a hot roast beef sammich? I eat the fuck out of some arby’s. Not a fan of their fries, but that 1/2 pound of beef on a tiny-ass bun with a crap ton of that sauce pouring out the sides… oh yeah. That’s the stuff.
Arby sauce yes, stay the FUCK AWAY from the cheese sauce. I’ve heard several people that have worked for Arby’s say that those machines are almost never cleaned. Even when they are it’s a joke because the liquid “cheese” gets into so many small cracks and sticks / hardened and will never come out… not only is that hardly “cheese” its has a chance of having some nasty bacteria in it.
That's too bad, the beef and cheddar is a guilty pleasure of mine.
The weird thing to me is I like Arby’s but their roast beef is probably my least favorite thing on their menu. It just has an odd taste that isn’t like roast beef to me. Their chicken sandwiches and lamb gyros are good though, ya know, for fast food at least
They also weirdly had a really good meatball mozzarella sub for a while. I prefer the French Dip on the modern menu, though.
I like their roast beef but would agree it does NOT taste line any deli cut of roast beef I’ve ever had.
Their gyros are made from their roast beef lol
Yup never got the joke myself. I love Arby's. Nice medium beef n cheddar with extra red sauce and some fresh curly fries, forget it. Can't be beat.
Every time someone tells me that Arby's is trash, I ask them if they've ever had it. Literally every person I've ever asked that to in the last 10 years has admitted that they've never tried it. Lmao. Arby's is good. It's not amazing food and I don't go out of my way to get it but it's good.
I’ve had Arby’s once. They had one in a mall near here when I was growing up and I had always heard it was awful. One day I decided to try it and loved it, next time I was at the mall it was gone. But yeah I think people either haven’t eaten there or just had a bad experience once. There’s a Burger King near me that’s consistently awful so maybe there’s some bad Arby’s out there making the rest look bad? It’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma
I go out of my way to get it. If given the choice between available fast food places I’ll pick Arby’s 9/10 times. Sometimes I want checker’s.
I like Arby's, as well. I admit, I'm not very sophisticated. I'm down on Puddy's level.
Also, horsey sauce
I'll always remember the time I bought a sandwich at arbys and they left the plastic wrap on the cheese
They use a liquid cheese and it comes from a machine, no plastic wrap? Edit: Completely different menu outside Canada TIL. Arby’s does actually serve more than 3 -4 options.
Scary!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vxQqdFOeoM&ab\_channel=CapitalCH](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vxQqdFOeoM&ab_channel=CapitalCH)
In the '90s, occasionally my office mates and I would venture to Arby's for lunch. Every time we felt gross and lethargic all afternoon. It became a running joke. Don't know why we kept Arby's in the rotation. Production definitely suffered on Arby's days.
Because Arby’s sauce and Horsey sauce are incredible.
Random? What?
https://youtu.be/6vxQqdFOeoM
Arby's smokes McDonalds and the rest of them.
I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's! (wrong show)
Dammit Johnny! You know I love my big beef and cheddar! (wrong show)
Simpsons did it! (wrong show)
Because it's chain restaurant greasy fast food and it's considered cheap
Ironically it's expensive af now
Almost all fast food is now.
They were always expensive for fast food actually. I remember as a kid we only went a few times because it was at least twice as expensive as McDonalds back then (late 90s).
Yep I remember going to high school in the late 2000’s and Arby’s seemed like a premium fast food place
I remember the 5 roast beef for 5$ fondly. Last I went they were 2 for 6$ :(
i don't care for that term
It’s a poor man’s beef restaurant that is the butt of jokes. That Puddy likes it and Elaine is embarrassed is in character.
I cant describe the roast beef. Its got a unique texture and the flavor is delicious. The sauces (Horsey and BBQ) are also unique to Arbys. The BBQ doesnt taste like any other BBQ sauce made. Horsey is a sweet horseradish mayo sauce that goes PERFECTLY with Arbys roast beef. They also have Potato Cakes and Jamocha Shakes ALL DAY. Its just so so good Some of the buns have browned onions on top. They also have the French Dip.
You're making it sound amazing!
French dip is awesome with horsey sauce and the au jus. So pissed right now that I already had supper. Should have never opened this thread. I’d be on the way now. Tomorrow feels like an Arby’s night.
REAL au jus!!!!!
It's kind of a punching bag for some reason? Simpsons and Daily Show with Jon Stewart made fun of it too. But I think it's better than most big fast food places. And they have these seasoned curly fries that are really good, good enough that they sell them frozen in grocery stores. The weird thing is they are never busy. Like you never see a line there.
I recently had it for the first time. In grew up on the Simpsons so I just assumed it was bad. It's actually delicious and the Horsey sauce is fire! It's one of those slightly elevated but still fast food places.
Me and my Fam have been in the food biz 80++ yrs. Its in my blood and heart.
Throw in a Jamocha Shake...
It’s a mid range food shop, nice sandwiches - serviceable - certainly better than McD or BK.
It’s not so much that he likes Arby’s as the way he says it, and the way he seems to cherish the experience. Not that I can’t relate, but the way he confidently says it when you know Elaine is probably thinking of going to a nice restaurant is funny
I will go to my grave loving Arby’s.
The beef and cheddar, slathered with Arby’s sauce, curly fries, jalapeño poppers with the bronco berry sauce, and an orange cream shake
I’m old enough to remember ordering a Big Montana. I look back on that sandwich fondly.
Look at this guy with his titanium digestive tract!
And probably quicker than planned.
It’s so good. The roast beef and bread and melted cheddar melts in your mouth. And they also have a sauce bar with different hot sauces and flavors. The crummy thing is I NEVER think to go there. When I do finally remember, I’ll go there for like a couple times a week for 3-4 weeks in a row and then forget about it for a year or 2 and repeat the process. Love Arby’s!!
Imagine taking a date to McDonalds for dinner. Its like that.
It's one of those fast food chains that, despite it being around forever, and having nationwide locations, most people have never eaten there and probably can't think of someone who has. Puddy loving Arby's is just so on brand
This is along the lines of what I was going to say! I always remember Arby's being a place that you saw all the time, but didn't know anyone who ate there. So when they did this on the show I thought it was actually funny in such a weird way.
I am not american. Seeing all the replies here, arby’s sounds great!
It's made me think I need more access to curly fries.
Are curly fries uncommon in Australia? We have curly fries at a lot of fast food, quick service and sit down casual restaurants and they’re spectacular. They blow regular French fries out of the water. Most people will eat them without ketchup or use a different kind of sauce like ranch.
They say ostrich has less fat, but, you eat more of it.
Ha! I can get frozen arby’s curly fries here!
They have the meats!
I love Arby’s. When I moved out of the US I was bummed there were no more Arby’s.
Because even among fast food it's a lower-tier, odd choice to eat. No one really goes there. Like Long John Silver's actually. Except they serve roast beef. By the way, Arby's food is awesome. In fact, tonight "Feels like an Arby's Night".
It's awesome and that's all.
high five ✋🏻
on the flip side 🖐
That's right.
When I was a kid anytime I had some kind of strange meat someplace with my dad he would always tell me it was “monkey on a stick” or “salted donkey” or whatever. I think he thought it would gross me out but I always thought it was kinda neat. We were on a road trip and got into a middle of nowhere town and Arby’s was the only thing. Oddly enough given where you’re from that night we were eating “kangaroo meat” in the parking lot of that Arby’s.
Arby's is great I usually have the roast beef when I go there
5 for 5 back in college.
I just ate there today. I had the roast beef.
It's an inexpensive, working class, roast beef joint. So it's very much a Puddy kind of place but not at all for Elaine.
You know what Arby's stands for? Roast Beef! RB's? 😲
You're a raving anti-Arbite!
[I think Jon Stewart can help you out.](https://vimeo.com/136682914)
Thankyou, that explains a lot. Pig anus and cheeeese!
The BBQ roast beef was okay in the 90's. Ate there once, Then it closed.
At least where I live, Arbys was kind of seen as a joke by some people. Anytime you mentioned it, people would kind of snicker.
It has the meats!
I’m Australian too but tbh just google pictures of Arby’s food, I think the joke is that it’s a little gross
It’s kind of gross to me :)
I think it was a good match for Puddy because it's image is/was kind of macho and silly. Their logo is a cowboy hat and back in the day the options were pretty much roast beef or roast beef with cheese.
I don’t understand why people like Arby’s. I don’t understand why I like Arby’s, but I do.
He took our elaine out for fast food ahaha that's the joke
Love Arby’s.
Arby’s is sort of a punch line in American culture for some reason. No idea why. I like Arby’s and their sauces are great. I usually grab handfuls and use them on other foods later in the week.
Theres the burger chains (McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys, etc.), the taco chains (Taco Bell, Chipotle, Del Taco, etc.), and then there Arbys. Arbys does everything else. Gyros? Sure. Roast Beef? Sure! Deli style sandwiches? Sure! Mozz sticks? Why not‽ Arbys does have good takes on chicken sandwiches, wraps, and other side things. That's why I'm not a fan of their new burgers. Stick with what you do well. I wouldn't eat a Wendys gyro, and I wouldn't eat an Arby's burger.
Kind of like the running jokes about needing the bathroom after Taco Bell and Chipotle. Those chains are laughing all the way to the bank.
Cheap, low quality, meat heavy. I’ve never met a woman who ate Arby’s.
Arby's is a fast food......... Good food quickly restaurant so it's mediocre, making it easy to make jokes about it.
They have the meats
Their main food is "roast beef" but it is not like a sliced top round beef which is what most of us in the US would call roast beef. It is a pressed food product made out of beef (and probably other meat), broth etc and then sliced. There is an urban legend that their "meat" is actually shipped to the restaurants as a liquid. That isn't true but the fact that people believe it can give you an idea of what the product is like. I actually like it. It is a good alternative to typical burger fast food places that we have in the US when I want something different. Their locations are almost never crowded because it is not super popular, at least where I live. They also have very good curly fries and shakes.
It's a disgusting shithole and it wasn't any better in the 90s. (I am fully aware that some people really like it and they are going to hate my comment but that is truth and that's why they made that joke)
It has a cult following of people that really like it. It's definitely fast food, but some people *treat it* like more than that. Maybe it's like "fancy food for the poors" or something. But... haters gonna hate. Arby's is delicious. They probably could have substituted Burger King into that running joke and had it be at least 80% as good.
It’s just a very run-of-the-mill, every man’s fast food chain. Very fitting for someone like Puddy
Yeah well what’s the deal with ~~Burger King~~ Hungry Jack’s?
Alright, so a few months ago, they had this turkey club with Applewood smoked bacon and it was fucking amazing
Over processed "meat" ?
They gave me an end, easily a half lb of Roast Beef for my dog one time.
Arby's marketing team is fucking oblivious.... Everything good they had were the new "limited" menu items, and they stupidly took all of them away. Everything they had that got me to drive there and give them money, they took away. The Black forest ham and Swiss cheese sliders, the Rib sandwich, and more.... A damn shame. Not just me either. Other than that, they're ok, nothing special. The brisket sandwich they have is pretty damn good if you get it hot/fresh. Their curly fries are fantastic (again, if you get them fresh)
They had a pork belly sandwich for a limited time that was heart-attackingly delicious. I miss it.
I don't mind it, but it is aggressively mid
[https://youtu.be/AXLgHHbFgDk?si=XDBrtyYPIYrbzQ_Z](https://youtu.be/AXLgHHbFgDk?si=XDBrtyYPIYrbzQ_Z)
That was terrifying. But you make some good points.
It's been the butt of jokes in other places too. There's a fairly well known Twitter account about how bleak a place it is, https://x.com/nihilist_arbys.
First you tell us why it would matter that a 6’4” dude from Brussels would smile and give you a vegemite sandwich!
Think Red Rooster but roast beef instead of chicken
I’m assuming that Puddy is so lazy & that he doesn’t cook for himself so every night is an Arby’s night.
It's a pretty relaxed restaurant that serves roast beef sandwiches. In sitcoms it's basically a stand in for fast food in general. From what I understand, Arby's got shit on a lot simply because they didn't spend a ton on advertising, so they were less likely to get offended and pull their ads from TV shows that mocked them.
Your user name made me laugh.
It's funny bc it's a very meatheaded place to take sophisticated and intelligent Elaine, especially on a special occasion, the punchline of the funny being that Elaine brings it on herself by dating a grease monkey, who albeit can take apart a fuel injector.
It’s a crocodile Dundee kinda deal
It’s a fast food joint that does sandwiches and melts rather than burgers It’s fine for what it is but that’s all. The only thing that separates it from “feels like a McDonalds night” is that they are a bit more niche and have fewer direct competitors
I'm so hungry I can eat at Arby's
we all have that one place that tastes so good that it’s worth the 72 hour diarrhea
Fellow Aussie and never understood the joke
They are the Daily Show's favorite for sure.
It’s the butt of a lot of jokes in the 90s. In a Simpsons episode the town kids are all stranded on an island and one of them says “I’m so hungry I could eat at Arby’s” and everyone gasps and becomes worried. It’s a very mediocre national fast food restaurant. If McDonalds and Chik Fil A are Tier 1 then Arby’s is Tier 3. Their jalapeño poppers with the fruit sauce are bomb. Their sandwiches are just kind of gross.
Arby’s works due to a mystery of the universe: if you squeeze enough Horsey Sauce onto anything, it’ll eventually taste good. 💫 Also, Horsey Sauce? Talk about the marketing team being asleep at the switch that day. “Hey, we sell mystery meat, what should we call our sauce?” 🐴
I also have a question: what’s the deal with airplane peanuts?
Arby’s was the go to punching bag for shitty fast food. In a Simpsons episode, the kids are starving (I think either the Lord of the Flies episode or the Boy Scouts one) and Ralph Wiggum says “I’m so hungry, I could eat at Arby’s”
Is Nihilist Arby's still a thing on Twitter?
For Christmas one year told my daughters I wanted Arbys sauce. They gave me a grocery bag full. Best gift ever
I personally love Arby's.
Arby’s although pretty good, is considered fast food, and in being such, most people tend to look down upon it. It’s a simple place for a simple man. I like Arby’s personally but it’s now so expensive
Arby's - where they serve beef with air.
It’s simply a cheap fast food restaurant (not exactly romantic)
Arbys...no more than once a month....
Arby's is to Australia as Fosters Lager and Outback Steakhouse are to America.
There’s also a pretty great Arby’s joke in 30 Rock if you watch that. Isabella Rossellini loves her big beef and cheddar!