The 1973 Michigan Pizza Funeral

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Illario 'Mario' Fabbrini was true American success story: An immigrant who built his own pizza empire just as this iconic food was becoming a normalized, nation-wide delicacy. When the business was brought low by allegations of tainted mushrooms, he did something few people would have been brave enough to consider -- he made the disposal of these so-called 'tainted' pizzas a public event, holding a mass burial for an estimated 30,000 frozen pizzas. The funeral was attended by numerous notable individuals, including the Governor of Michigan. Tune in to learn more about the inspiring, bittersweet story of one man in love with pizza, and how he learned to say goodbye.

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2:03.6	Welcome back to the show. Ridiculous historians. Thank you as always so much for tuning in
2:10.4	the title of today's show. I think really captivated all three of us from the jump. So we'll just,
2:19.1	what if we just say the headline and then we'll figure out what the heck we're talking about.
2:23.5	The old today's episode is called the great Michigan pizza funeral. Now Ben, I've certainly heard
2:29.2	of a pizza party, but not a pizza funeral. Yeah, yeah, same man, same super producer Casey Pegrum
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