Good Burger's Kel Mitchell celebrates 25th anniversary, talks Kenan Thompson bond, Ed battle rapping his wife and his new book (Exclusive)

It’s not everyday you get to live out your childhood memories and meet people directly connected into shaping the person you’ve become. Fortunately, with the 25th anniversary of the Good Burger movie happening this summer and the new release of its celebratory steelbook Blu-ray packed with collector’s edition content, the legendary Kel Mitchell found some time to talk to Attack The Culture about the iconic Nickelodeon franchise.

From dishing on how much Good Burger has contributed to the culture to the debate between Kel’s notorious fictional love for orange soda and his upcoming children’s book, the chop up session is unbelievably fun and memorable from start to finish.

Check out a few interview highlights and keep scrolling to watch the full interview.

I’ve got to ask you. At what age do you force your kids to sit through an amazing Good Burger movie? I know you’re a big dad and you’ve got the children’s book coming out - but Good Burger is part of my culture. When do the kids have to get that history lesson of Good Burger?

Kel: You know, at any age, really. Everyone loves Ed. I’ve got adult kids and I also got toddlers and they all love Good Burger. I just recently saw a kid online that had a Good Burger-themed birthday party and he’s only five years old. He’s not the only one that’s done this. There’s been a bunch of them. It’s just a cool thing to have a movie you can enjoy with the entire family.

Their parents saw it when they were kids and now they can experience it with their kids. I do the same thing with my kids and turn it on. We have some burgers and watch it. So it’s just super, super cool to have this film that has still lasted all these years and people enjoy it.

One thing that I think goes over a lot of people’s heads is how dope that soundtrack is. 702. George Clinton. Ed’s ‘We’re All Dudes,’ obviously the best song on the soundtrack. Can we hype up how dope that soundtrack is, please?

Kel: Super dope. To be able to be with 702, ‘All I Want’ was such a great song. [Executive] Brian Robbins, also president of Nickelodeon and at the time he loved hip-hop so much, just like myself, and we were already doing the ‘All That’ soundtrack as well. Music was very much a part of ‘All That,’ the sketch comedy show so it just made sense that the Good Burger soundtrack would be just as dope.

Just having all these amazing artists, I mean, Warren G is on the Good Burger soundtrack. Pharcyde is on there as well. I’m on there with the ‘I’m A Dude,’ full song with Less Than Jake. It still keeps going to this day.

Kel, I’ve got to ask you. Ed versus Asia Lee, your wife, in a freestyle battle. Who’s winning? Your wife is very skilled in this music industry. Ed is very nice with ‘Dude,’ I think ‘Dude,’ rhymes with a ton of different things. Who wins in a freestyle battle?

Kel: Oh my wife wins in everything! [laughs] My wife wins in everything. Shout-out to my wife. My wife is my biggest fan.

One thing I have to ask you is Good Burger is a bromance but it’s really that chemistry with Kenan is deeper than Good Burger. You and Kenan, oh my God, we’re talking about ‘All That,’ the sketch Clavis & Mavis, you guys have always had that bond. Of course four seasons which is insane in today’s times for ‘Kenan & Kel,’ just talk about that bond you guys still have to this day.

Kel: To this day, with us being fathers now, we talk about that all the time. We give each other advice. We talk about our journey as well. To see people really enjoying this and being able to share with them, even with this collectable, this DVD, it’s just been super awesome. We talk about that stuff all the time.

We talk about regular stuff and it’s just a great friendship. It’s cool when you can have a cast member - because it is work. So to have a cast member but then off of work you still stay in contact and our family, our moms are like best friends. It’s super cool to be able to have that.

I don't think enough people know you’re an official author. Not just with Prank Day coming out in September, which will be your second book - of course you put out your Blessed Mode book, just talk about your venture into writing. We know you as a stand-up comedian and actor, but being an author as well.

Kel: I love to write. I love telling really compelling stories that mean a lot. So I’ve done that with movies and the television and now being an author with my second book, this is called Prank Day. It’s a super, super fun book. The animation is amazing. Shout-out to Santy [Gutierrez], who is my illustrator.

It’s about a kid who on April Fool’s Day, he does all these pranks but here’s the thing - the next day on April 2, all the pranks come true. He has to figure out why. So it’s a race against time. There’s a refrigerator running around. There’s clowns coming out of toilets. It’s bananas.

And I just love movies that are fun, fantasy. Race against time films. So I wanted to write that within a book for kids to enjoy. So Prank Day, September 6. Get that and read the book. Also watch Good Burger again. The steelbook is out, July 19.

There’s just a lot of great things happening.

The Good Burger Blu-ray steelbook is now available and comes with a Digital HD option for viewing from your favorite mobile devices and tons of special features in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary.

Check out the full interview with Kel Mitchell talking acting, legacy and Good Burger’s Ed legend.