Don’t worry,  Y&H didn’t know that the Fast Foodie had left, either. I just stumbled upon these videos this morning and fell for the character played by Hannes Phinney when he said, “I got to get back to basics. I got to get back to my reality. My reality is burgers and fries, tacos, extreme burritos and french fries and burritos and overstuffed nachos and occasional breakfast sandwiches.”

You can watch more Fast Foodie videos here.

Don’t ask me why someone decided to make this video, but the guy playing Capt. Crunch is hilarious as he takes you through the history of the hamburger, from the raw to the frozen.

Given the amount of pizza that this area now produces, both high and low end, Y&H sort of feels like these two schlubs in this rather surreal Bite and Chew Montage vid.

As Y&H bids farewell to the Zagat era in this week’s cover story, I’d like to recall this hilarious SNL sketch in which the late, great Chris Farley was so funny as a matronly, oblivious wife that Adam Sandler could barely keep it together.

Yeah, that’s right, Y&H had high hopes for Mike Judge’s new comedy, Extract, which is set in a food flavoring factory. I was hoping for something as dementedly funny as the scene from Judge’s Office Space, in which a gaggle of cubicle drones drags a malfunctioning fax machine into the woods and beats the crap out of it with a baseball bat — as Geto Boys’ “Still” plays in the background.

Alas, the early word is decidedly mixed. CP’s Tricia Olszewski calls Extract “amiable enough to produce constistent chuckles, if only the occasional gut-busting laugh,” which practically sets Judge up for an Oscar nomination compared to Dan Zak’s review in today’s Post.

Writes Zak:

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Leave it to colleague Erin Zimmer over at Serious Eats to find this gem of a video. The dude in this vid can help you make your very own hot dog skin flute or, as it’s known in some circles, the “gristle whistle.” My favorite line: The leftover drill meat, the instrument man claims, can “be saved for other uses.” Yeah, for like filling the rusty holes in your car.

Homer becomes a supertaster following an unfortunate act of gluttony on a carny midway. It’s funny stuff, but my favorite moment comes in the second segment, when Homer realizes he must take responsibility for Bart and Lisa’s failures in school. Homer turns to his own Popeye source of fuel and wisdom: a jar of mayonnaise.

I’m sure someone out there will find this video instructive. Of course, if you want a university-level education on sexy eating, you must review this clip from Tom Jones.

Dating Humor:
How To Be Sexy Eating Messy Food

Poor Germans. First it was SNL’s Mike Myers and his Sprockets skit, with all the creepy talk of  “touching my monkey.” Then came Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi. Now this dark skit about a German doughnut shop where an order, without the proper papers, can land you on the obit page.

What, are we supposed to feel bad about roasting marshmallows now?