Pizza (TV series)
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| Genre | Black comedy |
| Created by | Paul Fenech |
| Developed by | Paul Fenech Dave Webster Glenn Mitchell |
| Starring | Cast of Pizza |
| Opening theme | "That's Amore" by Dean Martin (seasons 1–4) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Paul Fenech |
| Producer(s) | Tanith Carroll |
| Location(s) | Sydney (predominantly) |
| Running time | 25 mins. approx. |
| Release | |
| Original network | SBS |
| Picture format |
PAL 4:3 (2000–2005) 576i 16:9 (22 Oct 2007 – 2007) |
| Original release | 24 April 2000 – 2007 |
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| Related shows |
Fat Pizza Swift and Shift Couriers |
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, 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 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.
The program is written and directed by Paul Fenech, who portrays the protagonist of the series, pizza deliveryman Pauly. In a few episodes, Pauly will break the fourth wall and, as himself, the self-described "fil-um maker",[sic] present featurettes that reveal the history of the series, often in a tongue-in-cheek or parodic manner.
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