Nicholas Wiger (born August 28, 1980) is an American comedian, improviser, podcast personality, and television writer. He is the co-host (with actor and comedian Mike Mitchell) of the popular weekly podcast ''Doughboys'', which reviews chain restaurants with guests and includes additional segments centered around snack food and related topics. He is also the co-host (with

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and

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) of ''

Get Played ''Get Played'' (formerly ''How Did This Get Played?'') is an audio podcast that follows Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger and Matt Apodaca as they discuss and review video games, with early episodes focusing on weird or bad games. In January 202 ...

'' (formerly ''How Did This Get Played?''), a podcast about video games. As a television writer, Wiger's extensive career spans a wide range of work including the FOX sketch show ''

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'' (where he was head writer), Sarah Silverman's ''I Love You, America'', the long-running Comedy Central game show ''

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'', and ''Comedy Bang! Bang!''

Early life

Wiger was raised in

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and is an alumnus of

Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach Polytechnic High School, founded in 1895 as Long Beach High School, is a four-year public high school located at 1600 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California, United States. The school serves portions of Long Beach, including Bixby ...

Career

Wiger began his career as a video game tester and designer for

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. He began studying, performing, and teaching as an

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and sketch comedian at the

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Theatre in

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. He most notably was a member of the sketch and improv team A Kiss From Daddy, alongside comedians

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, Mookie Blaiklock, Neil Campbell, Michael Cassady,

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, Allan McLeod, and

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. In 2020, Nick Wiger was a writer for the first season of the

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show ''

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''. On May the 4th, 2020, Wiger appeared on ''The George Lucas Talk Show''s 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.

''Doughboys''

Wiger created the comedy podcast ''

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'' with comedy writer Mike Mitchell in 2015. ''

'' was named "The One Food Podcast to Start With" by pop culture site Vulture. The co-hosts review chain restaurants with a weekly guest, including

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, among others. 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

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and is now a member of the

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network. Mitchell and Wiger use

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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.

''Get Played''

Since June 2019, Wiger is also the co-host (with

and

) of ''

'', a podcast about video games. Until December 2021, the podcast was called ''How Did This Get Played?'' In 2022, Wiger and his ''Get Played'' co-hosts spun off a podcast ''Get Anime'd'' following the same format of ''Get Played'', but with a focus on

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television series and movies.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiger, Nick 1980 births Living people American podcasters Upright Citizens Brigade Theater performers 21st-century American comedians Comedians from California People from Lakewood, California Long Beach Polytechnic High School alumni