Comedian Anthony Locascio: "Greece is Sicily, but the whole country"

We spoke with Australian comedian Anthony Locascio about being Italian and Greek, the differences between Italy, Greece and Australia, the mindset of the south of Italy and particularly Sicily, all from the perspective of being ethnic Italian and growing up in Australia.
Chronicles On The Fly Podcast - "Half Italian, Half Greek, Half Aussie ft. Comedian Anthony Locascio": podcasts.bcast.fm/e/qn0m2538
October 28, 2021
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Intro music credit: Thanks to our mate John and his guitar wizard son Michael for recording the awesome riff!
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[@archonpanagiotis6158]

You can see in youtube: 1) ( The History of the Greeks) 2) (Ancient Greek Cities in Italy - Magna Graecia) 3) (What the Calabrian Greek sounds like) 4) (Griko language) 5) (History of Sicily, ancient period) 6) (History Of Greek Colonies In Sicily) 7) (History of the Byzantine / Eastern Roman Empire) 8) (Why Italy is north / south divided?) 9) [Athos the Holy Mountain (Greece) - CBS Documentary] *The last, is a picture from the hart from Byzantium. ***You can see from Wikipedia about "Magna Graecia".

[@ChroniclesOnTheFly]

Brilliant! Thanks for your comment.

[@andreasgeorgopoulos3878]

Greeks are the dominant ethnicity in Sicily for centuries it was settled by Greeks from the morea in particular

[@orbit1894]

were*

[@me-ko8fv]

it is true only for eastern sicily and the italian regions on the ionian sea, whereas in western sicily and the rest of italy the main ancestry is roman

[@BrendaZiporlin]

Then the Romans, The Spaniards, and Normans. I found out thru DNA I am 85% southern Italian and 8% Greek

[@mickeymouse1697]

KOMODIA GREEK WORD

[@OstasHs]

You guys are generalizing to the point where you are becoming grossly inaccurate about both countries. I understand some of you may be comedians but…

[@ChroniclesOnTheFly]

Don't take it too seriously mate. It's not a cultural history lecture. Just having a laugh.

[@JinnDante]

This dude looks greek for sure. Also approx 40% of Sicily has greek ancestry

[@alessandrom7181]

Where did you read this idiocy? Then again It has been 2500 years that Greeks disapperead from history now they Just steal to others like you accuse macedonians,. Sicily has became Roman, since then, then italian and even norman. If there have been some Greek ancestry Is disappeared. Also this guy looks Sicilian, Greeks look Turks today.

[@johncitizen9996]

Sydney Road Brunswick doesn't have potholes? Heaps more roads are terrible. I'm now living in Thailand. Roads are amazing in comparison. Quality of life as well. Even on Thai wages

[@ImissSaganCarl]

I have always found Sicily's Greek origins fascinating and I could see the ties between Sicily and Greece having visited both places many times. I was really enjoying this video up to 2:55 at which point I refused to watch any more after I heard the most generalized and offensive comments . Is that how you categorize all Italians? That we all avoid work and take siestas? I have some news for you; we work damn hard in Italy and work very long days. It's obvious you guys (or your parents) knew little or nothing about Italy when you immigrated to Australia. Videos should be made professionally when discussing topics such as the one this video, but unfortunately this video was not made professionally. If you have a shred of respect for your Italian origins, you would remove this video from KZbin and fill in the huge gaps of knowledge you have about Italy.

[@ChroniclesOnTheFly]

Don't take this personally, but your comments are quite pathetic. Firstly, bullshit that videos on KZbin should be made "professionally" when discussing topics such as this one. What the hell does that even mean? This is KZbin, not a university lecture! It's a free resource that anyone is free to publish on and watch or listen on. Nothing needs to be "professional". If you want to listen to scholars discussing the history of ancient Greece and Sicily or their modern day customs then I'm sure you can search for that on here and find something more "professional" for your taste. The fact is, these are 4 guys just shooting the breeze about what they have seen and experienced, and, yes, generalizing. So what? Don't like it? Move on. Go make your own video or podcast about the topic and correct the record for posterity. As if we've done some great disservice to Italian and Greek culture here! FFS! While the discussion about not working hard is very generalized in its nature, the fact is that it exists in the regions that we are discussing, it's quite common, and we have seen and experienced it. It may not be your experience, and that is great. To answer your question: no, that is not how we generalize about all Italians. We are discussing Sicily and Greece, and generalizing about them. There's a hint in the title of the video. Why the hell do people take this stuff so seriously and get so easily triggered and offended over shit that is so trivial and unimportant in the scheme of things? Get a fricken life! For someone whose hero is Carl Sagan, you clearly fail to see the simple fact that none of this video means anything or matters at all in the grand scheme of things on this pale blue dot suspended in a beam of light. It's insignificant and irrelevant, just a simple exchange of ideas and a passing of time that you needn't worry about. It won't hurt you. We promise! The only thing about this video that should be removed from KZbin is your viewing of it. You're too easily triggered. It's clearly too much for you to handle. But thanks for watching! 🤣

[@alessandrom7181]

The most funny part is that a guy Who has Greek ancestry speaks of italians as if Greeks were north European like and hard workers...ahahahah Meanwhile Italy and especially North and Central Italy have a pil and standard of Life that bankrupt Greeks can only dream of. 😂😂

[@alexkat8297]

Sadly, we don't have cannolli in Greece...

[@dimitsi553]

gioelia in chalandri has cannolli

[@me-ko8fv]

bro it is cannoli

[@Vegetarianbull]

What ia cannolli? Oil?

[@ntalikerman1]

Your uncle made you a Panathinaikos fan? Poor guy.

[@mickeymouse1697]

Loukasios

[@user-st3rj1vm2q]

the ignorance, the superficial uninformed conclusions and the overall low intelligence in this video are just so painfully obvious that it makes you see the convict origins of australia

[@ChroniclesOnTheFly]

Hey Yiannis, there's not too much seriousness going on in this video. Don't worry about it.

[@rivernorthhomes]

Sicily over Greek Islands??? That's blasphemous