Nicholas Frank 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 Matt Apodaca) of '' Get Played'' (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 '' Party Over Here'' (where he was head writer), Sarah Silverman's ''I Love You, America'', the 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

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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 Paul Rust, Eva Anderson, Mookie Blaiklock, Neil Campbell, Michael Cassady, Dave Horwitz,

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

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show '' Earth to Ned''. 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 '' Doughboys'' with comedy writer Mike Mitchell in 2015. '' Doughboys'' 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 HeadGum 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 Matt Apodaca) of '' Get Played'', 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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