Pizza was an Australian television series on the Australian television network SBS. The series has a spin-off feature length movie, Fat Pizza, released in 2003, and a best-of highlights video/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, has toured the Australian east coast. Through ironic and self-conscious references, Pizza involves themes of ethnicity and stereotypes, cars, sex, illicit drugs, and violence to produce its sometimes mean-spirited 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.
Cast: Annalise Braakensiek, Paul Nakad, Paul Fenech
9 episodes
1. Dangerous PizzaPauly warns Sleek about the dangers of pizza delivery: "mate it's the second most dangerous job in the western world, in the third world they don't even have pizza delivery its that dangerous". Sleek and Pauly encounter SWAT teams, pyscho customers, celebrity orgies, home invasions and even alien life. As pauly says "pizza delivery—it's a dangerous buisness".MA 15+CC25minApr 24, 2000
2. Space PizzaPauly finds himself left for dead in the desert as a result of the previous episodes alien abduction. Sleek is lost in the corridors of SBS on his way to a delivery and Bobo hires a replacement for Pauly; Dougie the pizza boy. In this show Dougie is a former actor and star of TV comercials who has been in prison for drugs charges and is on work release when Bobo hires him. Unfortunately for Dougie he meets a gruesome end at the hands of serial killer Clarence Bumpkin. Pauly is lost in the desert and is attacked by snakes, bumpkins and the supermodel on a desert shoot.MA 15+CC25minMay 1, 2000
3. Film PizzaThe new James Bond film is being made at some movie studios near the Fat Pizza pizzeria. Supermodel Claudia MacPherson is cast in the film much to the dismay of co-star Brad Pitts. Sleek is injured in a delivery to a wrestling ring and spends the episode chasing a good compo lawyer as well as trying to deliver a pizza to an elusive Bobby DeNiro who is in Australia for the new film. Bobo chainsaws a runaway kangaroo for salami and Pauly has a run in with petrol station owner Kamahl over a difference of opnion concerning the dangers of mobile phones.MA 15+CC25minMay 8, 2000
4. Crime PizzaThe premier of NSW passes a new homeboy law allowing police to detain and search anyone in a baseball hat or tracksuit. Unfortunately for the workers at the fat pizza pizzeria their uniforms consist of tracksuits and baseball caps. Pauly is arrested in a case of mistaken identity by two hopeless detectives. A disgruntled customer hires a hitman to kill Pauly because of a mix up on a pizza delivery. Even though its Sleeks birthday he is beaten Rodney King style by the whole police force. Claudia MacPherson has been videoed having sex with her boyfriend and the video is being broadcast on the internet and mama Gigliotti is under attack by some middleclass homeboys. The episode is narrated by Ian Turpie doing his version of Australia most wanted.MA 15+CC25minMay 15, 2000
5. Crazy PizzaBobo closes the shop early and gets ready to date a sexy somebody he met on the Internet. Sleek and Pauly have a night on the town. As usual not all is well in the land of fat pizza. The mother of all road rages ensues, bouncers, midgets plane crashes and dead bodies turn the night upside down. The shows finale is very Priscilla queen of the desert!MA 15+CC25minMay 22, 2000
6. Love PizzaSupermedial Claudia MacPherson is getting married to actor Roger Connery—the new Bond film star. Paully joins the army reserves (thinking he'll meet girls). Bobo falls in love with Angelina, Pauly's replacement. Sleek tries out a new deodorant that leaves such an attractive scent he ends up in tight squeezes with drag queens, crazy chefs, a porn star, and a rock band called Marilyn's Regurgitators.MA 15+CC25minMay 29, 2000
7. Road Trip PizzaBobo is shot in the testicles by a disgruntled former worker. While he is in hospital Pauly and Sleek decide to make a road trip from Sydney to Surfers Paradise so they can party it up. During the trip we learn about all the amazing things Pauly did before h is career in pizzas, he saved the Pope's life, was a champion iron man and surfer " but I had to give it up because of that hole in the ozone". Pauly also started the kids performing group the Wigglys. Bobo mean while is given some bionics by a specialist doctor to solve his groin problem.MA 15+CC25minJun 5, 2000
8. Snowy PizzaIts Australia Day at the Fat Pizza pizzeria, Sleek is exhausted after winning a rap marathon and dreams himself into colonial times. Although in his dreams colonial Australia keeps turning into a rap video clip with sexy female dancers at every corner. He becomes the man from snowy pizza. Bobo is furious at a TV chef, chef Bernard for a bad review on his pizzas and he wants revenge. Claudia MacPherson hires a personal trainer because she is told she is fat and Pauly ends up giving a heart attack victim mouth to mouth with a vacuum cleaner.MA 15+CC25minJun 12, 2000
9. Gambling PizzaBobo loses his shop gambling to the mafia. Pauly and Sleek unknowingly start delivering illicit goods through the pizza boxes. Supermodel Claudia is desperately chasing a magic slimming drug and we reunite the cast of prisoner.MA 15+CC25minJun 19, 2000
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Pizza was an Australian television series on the Australian television network SBS. The series has a spin-off feature length movie, Fat Pizza, released in 2003, and a best-of highlights video/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, has toured the Australian east coast. Through ironic and self-conscious references, Pizza involves themes of ethnicity and stereotypes, cars, sex, illicit drugs, and violence to produce its sometimes mean-spirited 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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Paul Fenech
- Created by
- Pauly Falzoni
