At Ellis Island, I was born again.

These words were written by a Romanian immigrant who entered the United States at the age of

10, and on a deciding to pursue an acting career as an adult, changed his name from a manual

Goldenberg to Edward G. Robinson.

Fame for his tough guy demeanor and distinct voice, which would become the vocal inspiration

for the Simpson's Chief Wigham, Robinson would star in a string of early film noir's,

including Double Indemnity, Key Largo, and his mob kingpin Caesar and Rico Bandello,

in a gangster film whose title would inspire the name of a budget-friendly Detroit area

pizza chain founded in the late 1950s.

Decades earlier, another immigrant to America, Peter Kirk from Derby Shure England settled

in the Iron Rich Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest to expand his family's steel

business.

Kirk would found a city named after himself, Kirkland Washington, which would become the

location for the headquarters of a nationwide warehouse club chain, and the namesake of its

Kirkland Signature brand of everything.

In 1985, the stores would introduce a hot dog cart, later expanded to a full food court

that included among its offerings, pizza.

Today, these dual pizza providers for the working class throw down right here in Kitchen

Stadium.

So which of these value-oriented purveyors of supreme pizza will reign supreme this week

on Doe Boys, the second matchup of the semifinal round of much madness, the tournament

of champions, the slices right.

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