{"id":9998,"date":"2020-05-12T14:29:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=9998"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:29:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:29:40","slug":"comedian-mo-mandel-visits-small-towns-across-america-and-uncovers-what-makes-them-so-unique-in-new-discovery-special-small-town-throwdown-wednesday-may-20-at-10pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/12\/comedian-mo-mandel-visits-small-towns-across-america-and-uncovers-what-makes-them-so-unique-in-new-discovery-special-small-town-throwdown-wednesday-may-20-at-10pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Mo Mandel Visits Small Towns Across America and Uncovers What Makes Them So Unique in New Discovery Special, &#8220;Small Town Throwdown&#8221; Wednesday, May 20 at 10PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9999\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/small-town-usa-1505349169GVg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/small-town-usa-1505349169GVg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/small-town-usa-1505349169GVg-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/small-town-usa-1505349169GVg-260x158.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/small-town-usa-1505349169GVg-160x97.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>All across the Internet, there are articles with click-bait headlines like &#8220;<em>The Most Boring Town in America<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Smelliest Town in America<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Drunkest Town in America<\/em>.&#8221; But how does one even determine that? And who comes up with this kind of stuff? Comedian Mo Mandel (CONAN, <em>Chelsea Lately<\/em>, <em>Comedy Knockout<\/em>) is on a mission to find out by trekking across America to visit the places with the worst reputations in an all-new special SMALL TOWN THROWDOWN premiering Wednesday, May 20, at 10 PM ET\/PT on Discovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of the time, the writers that are trashing these towns have never even bothered to pay them a visit. So I&#8217;m showing up, and giving the towns a chance to show how unique and awesome they really are. I&#8217;m ready to roll up my sleeves, and help every community get the credit it deserves,&#8221; Mo Mandel said.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3980308251\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Born and raised in the small town of Boonville, Calif., Mo knows what it&#8217;s like when people assume he&#8217;s from the middle of nowhere. In this all-new special, Mo will travel to some of America&#8217;s most notorious and misunderstood towns to give them a chance to stand up for themselves and defend their reputations. Mo is even going one step further to put an end to the online bashing by writing a new article about each town in USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>Mo isn&#8217;t afraid to take on some of these town&#8217;s most unique activities &#8211; even if he has no idea what he&#8217;s doing in the process. In Lubbock, Texas, named &#8220;The Most Boring Town in America,&#8221; Mo learns about the competitive intercollegiate sport of &#8220;meat judging&#8221; and attempts to keep up with the students at Texas Tech, who&#8217;ve earned multiple national championships. In Appleton, Wis., named &#8220;The Drunkest Town,&#8221; Mo meets with the locals to see if there is more to the place than its plentiful pubs, saloons, and breweries. 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