An Ode to 10 Pop Culture Sandwiches

It’s National Sandwich Day! That means it’s the 293rd birthday of John Montagu, or as he is more popularly known, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. His legacy is creating the glorious food item (food group, really), in which we stuff many things betwixt two slices of bread. This would later become bastardized by the invention of Hot Pockets and other sloth-friendly grub. In honor of this great day, we give you our ode to pop culture sandwiches past the break. Leave us your favorites — or favorite sandwich fixins so we can all consider new things to stuff our maws with, Liz Lemon style — below.

Friends’ ”The One with Ross’s Sandwich”

Ross has a mental breakdown when his boss “accidentally” eats his Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich. Dubbed the “moist maker,” because of its delightful extra slice of gravy-soaked bread in the middle, Ross loses his grip over the mishap and is forced to see a psychiatrist for anger management therapy.

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"How about a nice, greasy pork sandwich...served in a dirty ashtray?" I love Bill Paxton. I love Weird Science. I love Chet.

what about the breakfast club's pixy stix sandwich??

@dave - I thought it was going to be #1. When I think of great pop culture sandwiches, the Broodwich is the very first thing that comes to mind! It could quite literally kick all the other sandwiches' asses, if sandwiches had asses to kick.

Also a big fan of the How I Met Your Mother "sandwich" references.

@ugh- i agree. we need the grilled charlie. there's another great friends sandwich episode: when joey, chandler and ross are on the ride along with gary and joey 'saves' ross's life, aka: the life of his meatball sub.

@Betsy Agreed! Allison's sandwich was the first one that came to mind for me as well.

Great Clip from the Simpsons, lol

@Adrienne I can't believe you forgot Allison's "Captain Crunch and pixie stix" sandwich from the Breakfast Club! Seriously! It was the ONLY sandwich I thought of when I read the title.

Seriously? What about the grilled Charlie from Sunny?

and the Broodwich from ATHF? Why is it not here?

@Adrienne. Glad you mentioned that movie. The sandwich Adam Sandler makes in Spanglish is called a Monte Cristo.

@Adrienne: thanks! that's one movie i haven't seen...

@John Keats: aw, why so serious?

Don't forget "the world's greatest sandwich" from Spanglish. It was the best part of that movie.

This is a what an ode is? Oh, I've wasted my life.