Stephen A's Take: He has strong and personable opinions about French Fries and who should be Number#1. - podcast episode cover

Stephen A's Take: He has strong and personable opinions about French Fries and who should be Number#1.

Jun 16, 20253 min
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Stephen A. Smith is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, host of ESPN's First Take, and co-host of NBA Countdown. 

It focuses on a ranking of fast food French fries based on Yelp reviews and delivers a passionate, opinionated reaction to the results.

🍟 Key Points from the Script 🏆 Survey Results (via Seeding Masters)

  • In-N-Out ranked #1 with a 3.86/5 average.
  • McDonald’s was not in the top 10, scoring only 1.86.
  • KFC ranked last.
  • Other top contenders included: Shake Shack, Bojangles, Chick-Fil-A, Hardee’s, Freddy’s, Zaxby’s, Arby’s, Checkers/Rally’s.

🎤 Commentator’s Reactions

  • McDonald’s exclusion is called “egregious” — their fries are described as “delicious” when fresh and crunchy.
  • Chick-Fil-A is the personal favorite, ranked #1 by the speaker (with the only complaint being they’re closed on Sundays).
  • Burger King fries are harshly criticized.
  • White Castle gets a humorous shoutout — praised for both its fries and its “laxative” effect, especially the double cheeseburgers.
  • In-N-Out is acknowledged as deserving a top 5 spot, though not necessarily #1.

🎯 Tone and Style

  • Casual, funny, and relatable.
  • Uses personal anecdotes and humor to connect with the audience.
  • Strong opinions delivered in a conversational, off-the-cuff style.

 

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Transcript

Speaker 1

I need you to take a look at the results of these fast food French fry rankings that were just released. The survey was conducted by Seating Masters and results were based on the analysis of more than forty thousand Yelp reviews. According to the analysis, In and Out has the best French fries of any fast food restaurant, scoring a three

point eighty six out of five average. As if that result was not shocking enough, McDonald's was left entirely out of the top ten with a one point eighty six average. KFC ranked dead last, and you can see the rest of the top ten here, including Shake Shack, Bojangles, Chick fil A, and Hardy's. First of all, McDonald's not being on this list as of gregious, the French fries are delicious. Okay, they're delicious if you leave them out long enough and then get soggy and so it is different. But I'm

talking about the natural, crunchy French fries. I mean, it don't get much better than McDonald's. Now, I'm gonna tell you something right now, most of this stuff I've never tried. I tried bo Jangles once. I ain't feeling it. Freddy's once. Now, shake Shack's got some decent fries. I'll give a credit where credit is due, all right in and out, Burger sing all right raising canes. Nope, I never tried it. Zaxby's, RB's, Harty's, Checkers and Rallies. I tried that once. To me, McDonald's

should be top five. I put chick fil A with number one. I'm a Chick fil A with the fries kind of dude for me, parshally. Chick fil A works for me. Only problem I got with chickil A that they ain't open on Sundays. Other than that, I always want them. I always want chick fil A. So I like Chick fil A a lot, and I would say they should be number one, and McDonald's I'm gonna go as far as they they should be top three. I do not blame Burger King for not being on this list, as

all their fries are awful. In my opinion, a humble opinion. I just don't like it's no taste to it whatsoever. I can't stand fries from Broke King. The one thing I will also tell you you know who got some good fries too. Sometimes white cast white cast now people around laughing at me. People around me laughing at me all the time. They're like, oh God, God, because any time they bring up White Castle, they know me. I love my cheeseburgers, my double cheeseburger. It's the greatest laxative

ever known to man. It's the greatest laxative ever known the man. If you gotta go to the bathroom and you want stuff to come out just flowingly, you understand saying you go to White Castle. That's my personal opinion. I mean anything you know, you're feeling bloated, like stuff is just stuck there and stuff like that. Oh White Caster, get rid of all that, and it's delicious. I love White Castle. And their fries are good too. But Chick fil A definitely should be number one and McDonald's should

be top three. But in and out they're their fries, they're not bad. They should they deserved to be in the top five. I ain't got no problem with that. I ain't got no problem with that. M

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