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Kitchen Nightmares, Rizz Quiz Fails & the 12,000-Foot Space Needle

The Rizzuto Show | Daily Comedy Podcast

October 1, 2026

Gordon Ramsay is bringing Kitchen Nightmares to Missouri, which immediately has Riz reminiscing about the horrifying realization that he once ate at a restaurant featured on the show.

Speakers Rizzuto, Scott, Moon, Rafe, Lern

TopicsComedySociety & Culture

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Where's Pleasant Hill, Missouri? Is that in our area?

Scott (2:39)

No, I think it's down southwest, right?

Rizzuto (2:40)

Well, let's go look that up. Pleasant Hill.

Is that on the Kansas City side of things, or is that on our side?

Moon (2:48)

I feel like if we haven't heard of it, if we're not exactly familiar, it's on the Kansas City side.

Rizzuto (2:52)

Yeah, but some of these mid-Missouri towns are like in between.

Moon (2:55)

Yeah, but most of us like have, you know, experienced one or two, unless it's on the Kansas City side.

Rizzuto (3:00)

Yes, Gordon Ramsay is in town. One of these Kitchen Nightmare things.

Moon (3:05)

Over at Pleasant Hill?

Rizzuto (3:06)

Yeah, Pleasant Hill.

Moon (3:07)

There's a nightmare at Pleasant Hill?

SPEAKER_3 (3:09)

Yeah, yeah, I guess.

Rizzuto (3:11)

They pulled permits for Kitchen Nightmares. And I've been to a restaurant where Kitchen Nightmares has been to, like, and I was there before.

Moon (3:20)

Oh, really?

Rizzuto (3:21)

Oh, yeah.

Moon (3:22)

Can you say?

Rizzuto (3:22)

There was a place in New York that we used to go to all the time, and I found out that Kitchen Nightmares was there after I watched the episode. And I go, oh, my God, that was the kitchen. It was a nightmare.

Rafe (3:39)

It was a friggin nightmare.

Rizzuto (3:40)

Okay, so it's not in our area.

I would love to meet Gordon Ramsay. Honestly, he seems like a good dude.

Lern (3:48)

Yeah, I've watched interviews with him before. Like, he's the...

His wife's not a chef, is she?

Rizzuto (3:54)

No, no, I watched the documentary on him. She's not a chef.

Lern (3:57)

But they're like...

SPEAKER_3 (3:58)

He's got like six or seven kids.

Lern (3:59)

Yeah. But she's integral in a lot of what he does. Yeah. Like, he talks about her a lot.

Rizzuto (4:05)

He's got a lot of kids aging in range from like adult to like...

Lern (4:09)

Baby.

Rizzuto (4:10)

Like a two or three year old.

Scott (4:12)

Gosh.

Lern (4:14)

Yeah.

Scott (4:14)

He's pretty cool.

Rizzuto (4:15)

Yeah.

He seems to treat, you know, his employees well. And I think the whole yelling thing is a shtick.

Moon (4:22)

Oh, yeah, of course. He's the Simon Cowell of food.

SPEAKER_3 (4:24)

Yeah.

Moon (4:25)

Somebody said, oh, that Simon Cowell thing works. Let's do it for food.

SPEAKER_3 (4:29)

Gordon?

Rizzuto (4:29)

Yeah. Gordon?

Moon (4:30)

Can you do it? Yes or I can?

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