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Pizza (TV series)
Australian comedy television series
Australian comedy television series
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| alt_name | Fat Pizza: Back in Business |
| (Season 6 – present) | |
| genre | Black comedy |
| Off-color humor | |
| Slapstick | |
| Adventure | |
| Sitcom | |
| runtime | 25–50 minutes approx. |
| creator | Paul Fenech |
| developer | Paul FenechDave Webster |
| producer | Tanith Carroll |
| executive_producer | Paul Fenech |
| starring | Paul Fenech |
| Paul Nakad | |
| John Boxer | |
| Tahir Bilgiç | |
| Jason "Jabba" Davis | |
| Maria Venuti | |
| George Kapiniaris | |
| narrated | Paul Fenech |
| opentheme | "That's Amore" by Dean Martin |
| (Seasons 14) | |
| "Subwoofa (in Him) MkII" by Kz5 | |
| (Season 6 – present) | |
| country | Australia |
| location | *Lane Cove, NSW (season 1) |
| language | English |
| company | Seven Studios (2019–2021) |
| network | SBS |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| network2 | 7mate |
| first_aired2 | |
| last_aired2 | |
| num_seasons | 7 |
| num_episodes | 56 |
| related | Fat Pizza (film) |
| Fat Pizza vs. Housos | |
| Swift and Shift Couriers | |
| Housos |
(Season 6 – present) Off-color humor Slapstick Adventure Sitcom Paul Nakad John Boxer Tahir Bilgiç Jason "Jabba" Davis Maria Venuti George Kapiniaris (Seasons 14) "Subwoofa (in Him) MkII" by Kz5 (Season 6 – present)
- Chullora, NSW (seasons 2–3)
- Greenacre, NSW (seasons 2–3)
- Fairfield Heights, NSW (season 4)
- St Johns Park, NSW (season 5)
- Old Toongabbie, NSW (seasons 6–7)
- Toongabbie, NSW (seasons 6–7) Fat Pizza vs. Housos Swift and Shift Couriers Housos Fat Pizza (simply known as Pizza, titled Fat Pizza: Back in Business from season six onwards) is an Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech.
The series premiered on SBS on 24 April 2000 where it aired for its first five seasons between 2000 and 2007 before moving to 7mate for its sixth and seventh seasons, in 2019 and 2021, respectively. The series has a spin-off feature length film, Fat Pizza, released in 2003, and a best-of highlights video and DVD that featured previously unreleased footage and a schoolies exposé, released in 2004. In addition to this, a theatre show entitled "Fat Pizza", starring several characters from the show, toured the Australian east coast. In 2014, the storyline of the series was combined with that of Housos to create the motion picture Fat Pizza vs. Housos. The film was shown in Australian cinemas from 27 November 2014.
Through some ironic and self-conscious references, Pizza involves themes of ethnicity and stereotypes (similar to Acropolis Now), cars, sex, illicit drugs and violence to produce its dark humour. The television program is noted for its frequent cameo appearances of numerous Australian celebrities of all varieties, including actors, comedians, professional athletes and other public figures.
History and development
Pizza began in the early 1990s as a black-and-white short film entitled Pizza Man created by Paul Fenech, in which he starred as the eponymous pizza man. In 1995, the short film won third place in the Tropfest film festival.
The subsequent television series Pizza was written and directed by Paul Fenech, who portrays the protagonist of the series, pizza deliveryman Pauly. In a few of the episodes, Pauly breaks the fourth wall and as Paul Fenech, the self-described "fil-um maker",[sic] presents featurettes that reveal the history of the series, often in a tongue-in-cheek or parody manner. It was first broadcast on the SBS network in 2000 until the fifth season in 2007. The half-hour program was part of the SBS Monday comedy slot, noted for its offbeat comedy shows including South Park and John Safran.
The Fat Pizza feature film was released in 2003 and the second Fat Pizza vs. Housos in 2014, also featured characters from another Paul Fenech comedy series Housos.
Season 4 saw the shop move locations from Greenacre to Station Street, Fairfield Heights, NSW. This season also coincided with the addition of new cast members to the main Fat Pizza crew. The start of season 5 once again saw the store move locations, this time to a small shopping complex situated on Canberra Street, St Johns Park, NSW where it remained till the end of the series before its subsequent reboot of the series in 2019 which began season 6.
In August 2019, it was announced the series would be returning for a new season on Seven Network's multichannel 7mate, titled Fat Pizza: Back In Business. The season premiered on 5 November 2019. On 29 January 2020, it was announced that Fat Pizza: Back in Business had been renewed for another season.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/01/renewed-fat-pizza-back-in-business.html|title=Renewed: Fat Pizza: Back in Business
Synopsis
The show focuses on the activities of Pauly and his co-workers, as they deliver pizzas for "Fat Pizza", the Sydney-based pizzeria of Bobo Gigliotti, whose slogan is "they're big and they're cheesy".
Throughout the series, the dangers of pizza delivery are exemplified by encounters with aliens, killer kangaroos, bikies, bogans, petty criminals, muggers, drug dealers, addicts and/or cartels, dominatrices, celebrities, the CIA, ASIO, Australian Border Force, the Australian Taxation Office, the New South Wales Police Force, the National Rugby League, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Army, Arab and Asian terrorists, organised crime gangs and even evil Satanic forces that conspire to bring about the end of the world. In spite of this, the characters remain unfazed and unsurprised, and they persist in their dead-end, below-minimum-wage job, which pays A$2.00 per hour.
Cast
Main
| Actor | Role | Character description |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Fenech | Pauly Falzoni | Main protagonist, pizza delivery man, boxer, aspiring 'fil-um maker', one of Fat Pizza's longest-serving employees and (since season 6) the owner/manager of Fat Pizza. Pauly's father is Maltese and his mother is Mexican, and he also has Italian and Spanish roots. In season 6, Pauly reopens the shop after Bobo is imprisoned. |
| Paul Nakad | David "Sleek the Elite" Arafat | Main co-star in the first two seasons and the movie. An aspiring rapper, ladies' man and pizza delivery man who dubs himself the 'Lebanese Lover' or 'Lebanese Legend'. He is kidnapped by Islamic terrorists while holidaying in Lebanon, for "rooting all their women". He is portrayed as a closeted bisexual male. He is replaced by Rocky's other cousin, Slick, who is killed off by Bobo. Sleek returns to work for Bobo in the Fat Pizza vs. Housos movie, after a stint in Guantanamo Bay for being mistaken for a terrorist, and eventually runs his own kebab shop. He is arrested after being mistakenly blamed for the attempted assassination of Premier Campbell Abbott, after which he shares a prison cell with Bubbles from Housos. |
| John Boxer | Bobo Gigliotti | Psychotic chef and owner/manager of Fat Pizza. He is impatient and those that cross him usually end up on the wrong end of his chainsaw. He is a stingy, crooked boss, consistently docking the delivery boys' pay for any deviation from schedule. After his Vietnamese mail-order bride Lin Chow is deported, Bobo becomes engaged to former porn actress Ruby a.k.a. 'Mama Jugs' (Angela White), much to the disgust of his Mama. Bobo makes a cameo in a Housos episode with his trademark chainsaw. Bobo is imprisoned for 25 years after the events that transpired in the Fat Pizza vs. Housos movie, but escapes from prison, stealing his chainsaw from the shop. He returns to rescue Pauly from Ronnie McDoggle. Pauly helps get the charges against Bobo dropped, and he returns to work at Fat Pizza, but is eventually fired after Pauly finds dismembered body parts in the freezer. |
| Tahir Bilgiç | Habib Halal Habib | A supporting character in the earlier series of Pizza and a main role in Fat Pizza. A friend of Sleek's, he is a stereotypical young Lebanese drug-dealer and fence of stolen goods. He is eventually employed at the shop as a delivery man, which he uses as a front for his illegal activities. He claims that he is socially inept, and used to be moderately successful with attractive women, but has developed a fetish for 'fat chicks' and has hitched up with Toula. |
| Jason "Jabba" Davis | David 'Davo' Dinkum | A stereotypical bong-smoking Aussie bogan. Being the only non-'choco' at Fat Pizza sometimes leaves him discriminated against, but is friends with Habib. Introduced in the movie, he has appeared ever since. Davo is eventually sacked and spends most of his time getting stoned and drunk and looking for pot-smoking bogan chicks from Hashfield. He wears thongs as training footwear. |
| Maria Venuti | Maria 'Mama' Gigliotti | Bobo's overbearing Italian mother who once owned Fat Pizza. Despite her being physically abusive, Bobo loves her and lives with her, until he is sent to prison. Since Bobo's imprisonment, Mama has been in a state of shock and is looked after by her nephew, Renzo. |
| George Kapiniaris | Ronnie McDoggle | The mascot of McDoggle's and Pauly's archnemesis. After a car accident with Pauly, Pauly kicks him in the testicles, causing him to be infertile and lose his sanity. He makes a cameo in Fat Pizza vs. Housos, plotting a drive-by shooting on Pauly. The plan changes, and Ronnie instead coward-punches Pauly. He is the main antagonist of seasons 6 and 7, in which he makes many failed attempts to harm or kill Pauly, eventually succeeding in cutting off one of Pauly's testicles. |
Supporting
| Actor | Role | Character description |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Shehadie | Robert "Rocky" Shekazbah | Self-stylised 'Lebanese Rambo'. A tall, muscular, homophobic, egotistical Lebanese friend/second cousin of Habib (often role of enforcer), seems to be able to score with any number of young (and likely underage) women. |
| Rebel Wilson | Toula Maccalopolous | Habib's obese Greek-Australian girlfriend then wife. She refers to him as her 'Habibi'. She is a voracious eater. She accompanies Pauly and Rocky in the Pizza World mockumentary. She is obsessively controlling over Habib's life. She uses her gang, 'Fat Chick 12' to prevent strippers from attending Habib's buck's night. After they are married, she prevents Habib from returning to work, however in season 5, he returns to work and avoids her, saying he is busy with work. |
| Katrina Spadone | Katrina (Kat for short) | Toula's best friend and Rocky's girlfriend. In the recent series of Pizza, Katrina develops a crush on Pauly when Rocky mistreats her. She breaks up and re-unites with Rocky several times. In World Record Pizza, she joins Pauly, Habib and Kev on their trip around the globe. However, she decides to remain in Brazil with her new boyfriend. She has since re-appeared throughout seasons 5 and 7. |
| Tuyen Le | Lin Chow Bang | Bobo's Vietnamese mail-order bride. The Fat Pizza movie partly deals with the arrival of Lin Chow and her family, and at the end of season 3 she is deported back to Vietnam, due to Habib and Rocky turning informant in order to avoid drug charges and jail. |
| Annalise Braakensiek | Claudia MacPherson | Dimwitted, rich, blonde, bulimic and attractive supermodel, her name is a play on Claudia Schiffer and Elle Macpherson. She is a regular customer, and often has run-ins with Pauly and Sleek. |
| Murray Harman | Officer Murray | Hot headed cop who does not like paper work, and has many run ins with Pauly. (In seasons 6 and 7, Harman reprises his role as Officer Richard Head from Housos). |
| John Mangos | The Newsreader |
Employees at Fat Pizza
| Actor | Role | Character description |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Taumata | Kev the Kiwi | Stereotypical Māori Australian, who often sneaks to a local pub to "git on thuh puhss." Kev often uses New Zealand slang including "choice!" and "bro". He also has a small rivalry with Junior and is always seen with his sunglasses on. Taumata also appears in Series 6 and 7, as his character, Kevin Takamata, from Housos. |
| Andrew Ausage | Junior | Bobo's apprentice chef, who, like Bobo, abuses the other employees. Sometimes Junior adds Samoan-inspired ingredients on pizzas, such as pig snouts, turtle meat and cooked Hāngī meat. In season 7, Junior returns after Pauly hires him as chef, but is fired, after repeatedly ignoring Pauly's instructions to not give away free pizzas to his relatives. |
| Alex Romano | DJ BJ | 'BJ' ('Big Jams') is young employee, and the main target of Bobo and Junior's abuse. He enjoys playing his turntable but is also clumsy and weak, resulting in occasional accidents and injuries. |
| Anh Do | Chen Chong Fat (a.k.a. Keith) | Stereotypical Asian, who tries to get into Australian culture, eating pies and sausage rolls and using outdated slang. He is eventually framed for eating a police dog and is sent to jail. |
| Joe June | Jingping | The first chef to be hired at the new Fat Pizza in season 6. He only speaks Chinese and communicates with Pauly via a translator. After being blackmailed by Ronnie McDoggle, he resigns, upon which Pauly discovers that Jingping was also an animal smuggler. He is eventually rehired as chef after learning English, under the pretense that Pauly helps him with his animal smuggling. |
| Peter Chidiac | Jayden Brown | |
| Umit Bali | Umit | |
| Yasmin Horner | Yasmina | |
| Giani Leon | The Kid | A mute, BMX-riding employee who begins working for Pauly. He is a good pizza deliverer, often disappearing from view immediately after handing the customers their pizzas. He is also an excellent fighter. |
| Maria Tran | Suzie | Jingping's daughter, who first appears alongside her father during his job interview with Pauly. She begins working as a deliverer, when her father is rehired as chef. Pauly is unable to pronounce her Chinese name, so refers to her as 'Suzie'. |
Minor / recurring
| Actor | Role | Character description | Eps. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Haddad | Mohammed 2 | 7 | ||
| Angela White | Ruby / Registrar | 4 | ||
| Anthony Salame | Omar | Habib's cousin and best friend of his cousin Mohammed. Most often seen with Habib and Rocky, he helps Habib do an insurance job on the old Fat Pizza premises. | 7 | |
| Bessie Bardot | Shiba's Wife / Pussy Galore | 4 | ||
| Bob Ellis | Premier of NSW | 3 | ||
| Chris Franklin | Dazza | 8 | ||
| Desan Padayachee | Sahib | |||
| James Liotta | Lino Falzoni | |||
| John Mangos | Newsreader | 18 | ||
| Mario Fenech | Uncle Shiba | 3 | ||
| Paul Fenech | Alfredo Falzoni | 44 | ||
| Phen Yee Sng | Lin Chow Bang's Father | |||
| Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen | Selina | 5 | ||
| Tania Zaetta | Zane | 9 | ||
| Tuyen Le | Lin Chow Bang | 7 |
Guests (partial)
| Actor | Role | Eps. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Nicodemou | Policewoman | 1 | |
| Amanda Keller | Jessica Browe | 1 | |
| Andrew Doyle | Ronny McDonny from 'Freaky Pizza' | 1 | |
| Angry Anderson | Bikie Leader / Captain / Tattoost / Vietnam Vet | 4 | |
| Anthony Mundine | The Man | 1 | |
| Barry Crocker | Clarence Bumpkin | 1 | |
| Benita Collings | Wowser Lady | 1 | |
| Bernard King | Kenneth / TV Chef | 2 | |
| Bill Bentley | Dr. Freeman | 1 | |
| Bill Hunter | Police Detective | 2 | |
| Brendan Jones | Karl Stiffanovic | 2 | |
| Bruno Xavier | Mahatma Gandhi | 2 | |
| Callan Mulvey | Dave / Middle Class Homeboy | 2 | |
| Carl Barron | Junkie | 1 | |
| Chris Franklin | Dazza | 1 | |
| Clementine Heath | Kinky Girl | 1 | |
| Cornelia Frances | Welfare Officer | 1 | |
| Costas Kilias | Husband / Wrestler | 2 | |
| Craig Ward | Stomach Rumbling Guy / Aussie Pub Guy | 3 | |
| Damian de Montemas | 1 | ||
| David McCormack | Middle Class Homeboy / Spruiker | 2 | |
| David Stratton | Himself | 1 | |
| Denise Roberts | Jackie / Mum Stanko | 2 | |
| Fiona Horne | Survivor Host | 1 | |
| Garry Who | Lifesaver Les / Aussie / Gold Guy | 4 | |
| Gary Sweet | Army Commander | 1 | |
| Gerard Kennedy | Agent Dave | 1 | |
| Gerry Sont | Ad Director | 1 | |
| Graeme Blundell | Judge | 1 | |
| Greg Evans | Dating Show Host / Garden Host | 2 | |
| Guy Sebastian | Himself | 1 | |
| Holly Brisley | Louise | 4 | |
| Ian Turpie | Head Detective | 2 | |
| Imogen Annesley | Angelina | 1 | |
| Indira Naidoo | 1 | ||
| Jack Levi | Aussie RMA Guy / Elliot Goblet | 3 | |
| Jean Kittson | Psychiatrist | 1 | |
| Jeff Fenech | Himself | 1 | |
| Jim Webb | Jim Smith / Big Jim / Bogan Thief / Fat Guy / Kev's Cousin / Sam the Fat Guy | 9 | |
| Joe Bugner | Barman | 1 | |
| John Hamblin | Judge | 1 | |
| John Orcsik | Agent Sam | 1 | |
| John Seru | Lennox Blewis (boyfriend) | 3 | |
| Jon English | 1 | ||
| Kamahl | Gas n' Go Attendant | 1 | |
| Kirsty Lee Allan | Sharona, a waitress | 1 | |
| Krista Vendy | Secretary | 1 | |
| Kym Gyngell | Bank Manager | 1 | |
| Lee Kernaghan | 1 | ||
| Lex Marinos | Habib's Judge / Sleek's Lawyer | 2 | |
| Lochie Daddo | Eddie Galah | 1 | |
| Lorraine Bayly | The Fairy | 1 | |
| Machine Gun Fellatio | The Satanists | 1 | |
| Maggie Kirkpatrick | Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson | 1 | |
| Margaret Pomeranz | Herself | 1 | |
| Mark Holden | Detention Guard | 1 | |
| Melissa Tkautz | Chantelle | 1 | |
| Merv Hughes | Ivan Milat (Fat Pizza) | 1 | |
| Michael Craig | Judge / Priest | 2 | |
| Michael Diamond | Himself | ||
| Michael Veitch | John Pokonjak / Nerd | 2 | |
| Nathan Harvey | Dougie the Pizza Hut Guy | 1 | |
| Nick Barker | Hitman | 1 | |
| Nick Giannopoulos | Yugoslav Taxi Driver | 1 | |
| Nicky Whelan | Cheerleader | 1 | |
| Paula Duncan | Lorelei Wilkinson | 1 | |
| Peter Everitt | Tries to steal money from Pauly for cigarettes | ||
| Peter Moon | Morning Crew | 1 | |
| Phillip Scott | Prime Minister John Howard | 2 | |
| Red Symons | Bumpkin Cop | ||
| Renzo Bellato | Leonard the Nut / Madonna Thief | 4 | |
| Richard Carter | Detective / Bad Cop / Dad Stanko | 4 | |
| Rob Carlton | Hot Dog Vendor | 1 | |
| Ron Jeremy | Porn Star | 1 | |
| Roslyn Oades | Cashier / Sunny | 2 | |
| Rowena Wallace | Anne Griffin | 1 | |
| Shane Porteous | Doctor / Registrar | 5 | |
| Tim Ferguson | David Cockerfield (Fat Pizza) / Julian Bausage | 2 | |
| Tim Shaw | Himself / Financial Consultant | 1 | |
| Tommy Dysart | 50s Pizza Couple | 1 | |
| Tony Barber | Rupert Packer | 2 | |
| Tony Bonner | S.A.S. Captain | 1 | |
| Tony Mokbel | Himself | ||
| Tottie Goldsmith | Kinky | 2 | |
| Val Lehman | Bea Smith | 1 | |
| Vince Sorrenti | Bobo's Lawyer / Lawyer / Monk | 3 | |
| Warwick Capper | Dwayne | 1 | |
| Waseem Khan | Cab Driver / Indian Cab Driver / Pussy Master / Attendant 2 / Cabbie / Car Guy / Cashier / Doctor / Indian / Indian Doctor 2 / Indian Teller 2 / Kareem / Station Attendant / Taxi / Telemarketing Guy / Waseem | 20 | |
| Wendy Harmer | Morning Crew | 1 |
Characters (by season)
| Characters | Television series | Films | Pizza | Fat Pizza: Back in Business | Fat Pizza | Fat Pizza vs. Housos | 2000–2007 | 2019–present | 2003 | 2014 | Pauly Falzoni | Sleek the Elite | Bobo Gigliotti | Mama Gigliotti | Ronnie McDoggle | Habib | Davo Dinkum | Rocky | Toula | Katrina | Claudia MacPherson | Officer Murray | Newsreader | Junior | Kev the Kiwi | DJ BJ | Chong Fat | Uncle Shiba | Angry | Dazza | Ruby | Omar | Alfredo Falzoni | Anthony Mundine | Waseem | Leonard the Nut | Elliot Goblet | Lino Falzoni | Lin Chow Bang | Lin Chow Bang's Father | Sahib | David Cockerfield | Jeff Fenech | Shazza Jones | Officer Gary Kock | Officer Richard Head | Campbell Abbott | Abdul | Renzo | Jenny the Junkie | Big Wheels | Bubbles | Tina | Dr. Jean Ferguson | Julian Bousage | Louise | Albert Pike | Binh | Benny | Jingping | Jingping's Daughter | Jayden Brown | Tuco Suarez | Umit | The Kid | Mary Falzoni | Holden Jones |
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| Paul Nakad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| George Kapiniaris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tahir Bilgiç | Tahir Bilgiç | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jason "Jabba" Davis | Jason "Jabba" Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rob Shehadie | Rob Shehadie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebel Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katrina Spadone Garcia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annalise Braakensiek | Annalise Braakensiek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray Harman | Murray Harman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Andrew Ausage | Andrew Ausage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Taumata | Kevin Taumata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Romano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anh Do | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mario Fenech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angry Anderson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Franklin | Chris Franklin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angela White | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paul Fenech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Mundine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waseem Khan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renzo Bellato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Levi | Jack Levi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tuyen Le | Tuyen Le | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phen Yee Sng | Phen Yee Sng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tim Ferguson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Fenech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elle Dawe | Elle Dawe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Garry Who | Garry Who | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray Harman | Murray Harman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brendan "Jonesy" Jones | Brendan "Jonesy" Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ashur Shimon | Ashur Shimon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renzo Bellato | Renzo Bellato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ashley Avci | Ashley Avci | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Jackson | Jimmy Jackson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derek Boyer | Derek Boyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Melissa Tkautz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jean Kittson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tim Ferguson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Diana Nguyen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benny Bogan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe June | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maria Tran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series overview
Episodes
Series 1 (2000)
Guest Stars/Cameos; Frenzal Rhomb, Normie Rowe, Col Joye and John Mangos as himself. Guest Stars/Cameos; Barry Crocker Guest Stars/Cameos; Kamahl, Jon English and Dr. Karl. Guest Stars/Cameos; Ada Nicodemou and Ian Turpie narrating Australia's Most Wanted style. Guest Stars/Cameos; Frenzal Rhomb and Gary Sweet. Guest Stars/Cameos; Michael Veitch, Elliot Goblet and Tottie Goldsmith. Guest Stars/Cameos; Tania Zaetta, Paula Duncan, Val Lehman as Top Dog, Maggie Kirkpatrick as The Freak.
Series 2 (2001)
Guest Stars/Cameos; Diana Glenn and Ross Higgins. Guest Stars/Cameos; Big Kev and Tony Barber. Guest Stars/Cameos; Tony Barber and Anthony Mundine. Guest Stars/Cameos; Nick Giannopoulos, Tottie Goldsmith and Costas Kilias. Guest Stars/Cameos; Diana Glenn, Kim Gyngell and Jean Kittson. Guest Stars/Cameos; Diana Glenn and Richard Carter. Guest Stars/Cameos; Ross Higgins Guest Stars/Cameos; Tony Nikolakopoulos
Series 3 (2003)
Guest Stars/Cameos; Cornelia Frances, Angry Anderson and Michael Veitch. Guest Stars/Cameos; Holly Brisley Guest Stars/Cameos; Warwick Capper, Tottie Goldsmith and Costas Kilias. Guest Stars/Cameos; Ron Jeremy and Serenity. Guest Stars/Cameos; Melissa Tkautz, Angry Anderson and Richard Carter.
Series 4 (2005)
Guest Stars/Cameos; Angry Anderson Guest Stars/Cameos; Jade Gatt and Ryan Lappin. Guest Stars/Cameos; Bessie Bardot, Michael Craig as Priest, Anthony Sumbati as Ian Fleming, and SS John Oxley. Guest Stars/Cameos; Kirsty Lee Allan
Series 5 (2007)
Guest Stars/Cameos; Angela White Guest Stars/Cameos; Angela White Guest Stars/Cameos; Angela White Guest Stars/Cameos; Edinson Cavani and Shane Porteous. Guest Stars/Cameos; Angela White
Series 6 (2019)
Guest Stars/Cameos; Anthony Mundine as himself Guest Stars/Cameos; Holly Brisley as Louise Guest Stars/Cameos; Tim Ferguson as Julian Bousage
Series 7 (2021)
Guest Stars/Cameos; Jeff Fenech as Uncle Jeff Guest Stars/Cameos; Tim Ferguson as Julian Bousage, George Smilovici as Jeffrey Hepstein
Special series
''Pizza Live'' (2004)
''Pizza: Special Deliveries'' (2004)
''The DaVinci Cup'' (2006)
''World Record Pizza'' (2007)
Specials
''A Real Slice of Pizza'' (2001)
Stage show (2016)
Feature films
''Fat Pizza'' (2003)
''Fat Pizza vs. Housos'' (2014)
Other appearances
- Fat Pizza: Sex, Drugs, Raps and Phones (2000): A single disc comedy album featuring sketches about Pauly, Sleek and Bobo. The album also features numerous rap songs performed by Paul Nakad (Sleek).
- Slices of Pizza: Live on Stage: A live stage show that toured Australia during the series early run, featuring many of the shows performers.
- Fat Pizza Fully Prank'd (20 November 2006): Shock Records WRXXX01. A compilation album of material from the banned "Fat Pizza Radio Show" and "Fat Pizza" soundtrack.
Awards and nominations
Logie Award
- 2001: Most Outstanding Comedy Program (nominated)
- 2002: Most Outstanding Comedy Program (nominated)
- 2004: Most Outstanding Comedy Program (nominated)
- 2005: Most Outstanding Comedy Program (nominated)
Australian Comedy Awards
- 2003: Outstanding Australian TV Comedy – character based (nominated)
Australian Screen Sound Guild
- 2004: Best Achievement in Sound for a Television Program (won, for episode "School Pizza")
Filming location
In Season 1, the internal and external shots of the Fat Pizza restaurant were filmed at 322 Pacific Highway, Lane Cove. The restaurant used for filming in Seasons 2 and 3, as well as the Fat Pizza movie and live shows, was at 67 Hume Highway, Chullora. The Chullora and Lane Cove shops had actually operated as pizzerias; the Lane Cove shop still operated until 2016 (Now demolished and rebuilt as apartments) and the Chullora shop operated as a pizzeria between 2000 and 2009, but as of 2013 it had been sold and the interior stripped completely. It was re-opened as "Kyoja Dumpling" a Vietnamese dumpling take away shop but was not profitable and by 2017 the shop was empty once again. In 2006 parts of the series were filmed at the Babel Restaurant in Fairfield Heights before moving to St Johns Park in 2007.
Some episodes were also in other parts of Australia. The cast also went to Bangkok, Thailand, Mumbai, India, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Los Angeles, United States, Las Vegas, United States, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rome, Italy, Naples, Italy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Malta and Paris, France.
References
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- Tyeson, Cam. (15 August 2019). "'Fat Pizza' Is Officially Copping A Very Unlikely Revival (Rebel Wilson Obvs Not Included)". Pedestrian.
- Knox, David. (16 August 2019). "Fat Pizza back in business for 7mate". TV Tonight.
- Wadelton, Brett. (15 August 2019). "Cult comedy Fat Pizza is returning to Australian TV in 2019". 7 News.
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- Knox, David. (27 November 2019). "Tuesday 26 November 2019". TV Tonight.
- "Fat Pizza Critical Review by Oakley Krahenbuhl PART ONE".
- (17 November 2014). "Q&A with Fat Pizza vs Housos' Paul Fenech". Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser.
- "2001 Logie Awards".
- (3 April 2002). "Logie nominations for 2002". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- (16 April 2004). "2004 Logies nominations". The Age.
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- (26 November 2003). "A Serious Comedy". The Age.
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- "Google Maps". Google Maps.
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