Jim Cornette & Brian Last Argue About Pizza

From Episode 319 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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[@BridgewatersFinest]

Brian Last is a war criminal for this shockingly cold take.

[@SuperDevolution]

Listening to them argue about food is always entertaining.

[@lifeofbrandon_]

“The water... good god!” 😂😂😂😂

[@AJ-of9yw]

"Who wants Sausage on their pizza?" "WHAT?!?!?!?!!?!?"

[@Njbear7453]

Love me some sausage and peppers, that’s my go- to

[@Hellwolf36]

I literally paused the video at that point, called Last a heretic and wondered why the fuck Cornette is still with this guy

[@MilkmanC]

@@Hellwolf36 I mean, a plain slice can be amazing tho

[@unr3alGaming]

Yeah I literally said the word what in unison with Jim. Get out of here with that cheese pizza, what is Brian, a five-year-old?

[@dex4463]

@@MilkmanC No it can't. You only eat a plain slice when pizza was bought for a group and all that's left is the one plain cheese pizza that the host felt obligated to get in case someone didn't eat meat.

[@MisterJayFar]

Jim reacting to Brian not liking sausage on pizza may be the most incredulous he's ever been. "HWAT?!"

[@yvngdxtr6166]

WHAT THE FUCK high pitched as hell lmao

[@Snakeman612]

@@yvngdxtr6166 At a loss for words

[@darthnater9731]

When says what at a high pitched tone is funny as hell

[@Badicalz]

8:32-8:34 Never before has Jim felt more betrayed than he did at that exact moment

[@fhb3]

If Brian Last told Jim Cornette that he was also working for Vince Russo, it wouldn't have hurt Corny as much.

[@EverDownward]

I swear to God, I'm starting to think half the reason I even listen to this podcast is for a Yankee and a Southerner to talk trash to one another about food and culture. Awesome.

[@sowhazupguy]

RIP

[@renatocontrerasflores294]

@@sowhazupguy what,?

[@sowhazupguy]

@@renatocontrerasflores294 what?

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@sowhazupguy What?

[@duckz3099]

lmao yes.

[@johnb.2006]

8:33-8:38...Corny's reaction had me pissing my pants🤣🤣🤣

[@hutrod7721]

Cheese pizza is like missionary sex it's still good but it could definitely be better 😂

[@CreightonChaney-io4xv]

8:33-8:34 is another great WTF moment 😆👍🏼

[@Shaquille_ONeal]

Papa John's is the best because they pay me to say that.

[@davemeltzers5starFNmullet]

Papa John’s pizza is *5 STARS*

[@Shaquille_ONeal]

​@@davemeltzers5starFNmullet Uncle Dave will always stick up for Papa John

[@callum6486]

@@davemeltzers5starFNmullet uncle Dave how many stars do i get for liking outlaw mudshow wrestling

[@Gravydog316]

LOLLL

[@china_is_asshole]

You Tell'em Shaq... You Tell'em.

[@kovulion7777]

Next week on the drive through Jim Cornette ends friendship with Brian Last Reason: Pizza

[@snakeman6124]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA that was good man

[@RedSoxFanatic4Life]

Brian’s lack of pizza knowledge is truly shocking for someone from the Northeast.

[@pateva2003]

As a New Yorker he's(Brian) making us look bad.

[@lornetobwild7343]

Sorry Pal, Brian is right on this one.

[@kingluigi7]

Corny has no business commenting on pizza. He doesn't even know what pizza is!

[@JMG_86]

*Girtheast

[@facesofevildead]

@@gallonthegreat7036 I did a double take when he said who wants sausage on pizza? I mean obviously I love cheese pizza but my god buffalo chicken or pepperoni. Dudes a little tweaked 😂😂

[@Ragehol]

Square cut/party cut pizza with sausage, Jim Cornette is a man of CULTURE.

[@deathmauler181]

Hes a man who should be in jail for crimes against humanity.

[@brainstorm4207]

@@deathmauler181 am i missing the joke? why??

[@nickcurrier1546]

100% with cornette on building a pizza around excellent quality sausage

[@IanSane]

The funniest part of Brian going on about how he only eats cheese pizza is that he has this confident "of course" tone to his voice that makes it sound all the more ridiculous. There is a local DJ is my area who "loves" hamburgers but all he eats is beef on a bun - no sauces, no veggies. He is incredibly vocal about this with this tone to his voice like everyone except the odd "weirdo" thinks like he does. That's what Brian is reminding me of. I don't dislike cheese pizza. I will eat it if someone serves it to me and enjoy it. But I won't enjoy it as much as a pizza with some meat topping of some sort. The last time I specifically ordered a cheese pizza I was probably under 13.

[@bradpaton3927]

@Venus he's from New Jersey, actually.

[@madamefeast4824]

@@bradpaton3927 from NY lives in Jersey

[@deathmauler181]

Sauce in a burger lol..

[@deathmauler181]

@Venus the correct opinion is allowed to be pompous.

[@cøle1312]

I mean, some people get heartburn. I love a plain pepperoni pizza just as much as the next guy, but I'm not going to spend all day hating myself afterwards if I don't have to.

[@KingGhidorah5464]

I’m a New Yorker and I see where Brian is coming from. Great pizza doesn’t need toppings, but I will load mine up with toppings anyway cuz it’s great.

[@CarterJ9]

This is the best opinion I've ever read on the internet.

[@georgestokes5116]

o look another strange person and im being nice when i say that.

[@mage1439]

The difference is you have a reasonable opinion, and Brian is standing on a narrow bridge telling opinions that aren't his that they shall not pass.

[@messey12]

I just checked the Roca Bar's menu and had seen that they have a breakfast pizza with sausage gravy on it. I'd imagine it's a Cornette dream and a Last nightmare.

[@Ted_Bell]

Brain Last sounds like the 8 year old that only likes ketchup on his hotdog.

[@SecretGerms]

Ted Bell i like ketchup on a hot dog... and mustard... and relish... and chili... and bacon... and cheese... and... and... and... why is it so difficult for people to understand that not everyone likes EXACTLY what they like?

[@Gravydog316]

@@SecretGerms because that's crazy talk! WHO doesn't like meat on a pizza?! That's unpossible!

[@DefendYoungstown]

@@SecretGerms That isn't the issue... Brian makes it sound like pizza is *only* dough, sauce, and cheese, and anything else is foreign and the whole rest of the world is just weird instead of him just not liking toppings. Also, his philosophy on the sauce makes me wonder how he'd react to a Brier Hill...

[@lawrencemowery3704]

Hey ted I like chilli dogs.that and I like Philly cheese steakes with that cheese and steak.

[@lawrencemowery3704]

Cheese wiz I meant

[@TheMan750]

I knew Brian was a Mark, just didn’t know for what, but now i do 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Fausto_4841]

Mark for jew york.

[@TheObvious1890]

Granola.

[@malikevans2615]

@@Fausto_4841 oof

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

Never been to Evansville, but any Italian restaurant that makes its own sausage deserves a place on the food pantheon.

[@StixNCrits]

Sooooo....60% of the Italian restaurants in NY? 🤣

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

@@StixNCrits I go to NYC usually once a year, from my experience I don't think the number of Italian restaurants who do things classic old-school there is that high.

[@StixNCrits]

@@theevilascotcompany9255 oh it very much is...I've worked in the industry since I was 14 (18 years) and grew up in it. I know so many owners in Queens and BK alone that do this. Cheaper places obviously dont do this, but more places than not do this.

[@mikedepolo0530]

Brian, I don’t think I’ve ever disagreed with anything you’ve ever said since I’ve been listening to you guys but sausage in THE pizza ingredient! Cheers from Chicago

[@deathmauler181]

Deep dish is trasshhhhh

[@wereallscrewed9714]

Fuck Chicago

[@StixNCrits]

You like pizza casserole? Chicago is eliminated from talking about pizza with your disgusting, gluttonous random tossing bastardized pizza cake. Put a candle on it and wish for a better pizza.

[@kingluigi7]

Sorry, pizza only exists in the Northeast

[@whobitmyname]

Sadly, a New Yorker is not going to listen to a Chicagoan about anything pizza-related no matter how right you may be.

[@tomclark362]

Never ever ever forget that cornette is the guy who prefers chef boyardee to authentic italian cuisine.

[@ISLAVERDE29]

Actually it was Kraft. Bruce got the wrong brand.

[@selfishstockton6123]

@@ISLAVERDE29 Actually Kraft is not any better

[@xlixity]

Yeah both of these guys have shit taste in food. One of them likes processed garbage and the other thinks the water in New Jersey is a secret ingredient to anything except food poisoning.

[@tomclark362]

@@xlixity I'm from jersey. The water is the secret lol

[@tomclark362]

Brian last has a point. 1st time you go to a pizza joint. You get a plain pizza. If they do that right, meaning the basics... then and only then do you get pepperoni or sausage.

[@skandalmkdaniel3029]

As a proud Italian I AGREE 100% WITH CORNY.........

[@Trebla197237]

Jim with the GREAT "In Living Color" Calhoun Tubbs reference at 4:31!

[@SteelSunday]

We need to get a former manager of Pizza Hut to chair this debate that will surely calm the situation down.

[@molsy1768]

No toppings? The great Brian last is clearly an alien

[@Gravydog316]

no. New Yorker. ...who lives in New Jersey. 'nuff said.

[@TenthWonder511]

I'm from New York, and I even wanted to smack Brian for that comment.

[@Njbear7453]

Nothing wrong with a well done extra cheese pie

[@possumnewsnetwork1191]

Brian Last the rude ass yankee that eats cheese toast with tomato paste and thinks it's Pizza ......... get the Fu%& out of here with that Sh%T Brian

[@molsy1768]

@@Njbear7453 there is everything wrong with it

[@vortigern7021]

Brian is Jewish. That might explain why he doesn't have meat with cheese.

[@testodude]

you don't combine fleishig with milchig. don't be meshugga.

[@sketchstevens5859]

Yeah, I think he's just covering for his being Jewish... Which... I forget... Is he just a guy that actually is religious or is he just a traditionalist?

[@DeathBringer769]

If it's for religious reasons he should just state so. I've noticed he says he doesn't like cheese on his burgers either, and then talks about "oh if it's a good enough burger you don't need cheese", similar to how he says with pizza "oh if it's good enough pizza you don't need meat." I still wonder if that's *really* his tastes, or if he started doing it as a kid for religious reasons in his family and is just used to that way now. It'd be nice if he'd clarify this at least once. He tries to make it sound like plain cheese pizza or a plain hamburger is the "objectively best" way but I suspect it's just religious reasons he got used to growing up with in his family and is now trying to defend it as better for whatever reason, lol.

[@kurtwpg]

This was a real debate until is was revealed that Brian is a 7 year old who only eats cheese pizza.

[@dominicomegon4714]

"I'm NEVER going to Evansville, Indiana!" I second that.

[@zlinedavid]

I grew up in Southern Indiana. Trust me....you're not missing much.

[@curtisesters1297]

Brian doesn't need to ever eat pizza again

[@jesuszamora6949]

I'd say he desperately needs to eat some pizza, as he has clearly never eaten one.

[@elizabethmccleary7331]

Does he peal the cheese off like an infant too

[@jesuszamora6949]

While I'm not one for onions and peppers, I gotta be on Corny's side on this. Pile on the meat! ALL the meat!

[@shadowblade19]

Damn right

[@Hellwolf36]

Oh yes. Chicken, sausage, ham, pepperoni, bacon The possibilities are endless. I just dont like the salted fish.

[@robertaranaz430]

Have yall tried bacon with mushrooms? I looove that combo.

[@paulcoy9060]

As seen in an episode of "Garfield", the best way to start an argument with someone you love is to announce what you want on a pizza, because everyone else's choice will show them to be either a godless savage or a fucking idiot. Or a sneaky foreigner.

[@patkempo]

It's official, Brian has turned heel. Iv'e never been to Indiana but I'm with Corny. P.S, from what I have had, Chicago pizza blows New York pizza out of the water.

[@johnthesportsarchivist2600]

NO WAY. NY Pizza is real deal. No comparison. As a New Yorker, I know pizza.

[@richiehunt5097]

You are on crack, sir.

[@johnthesportsarchivist2600]

@@richiehunt5097 who? Me? or patkempo?

[@richiehunt5097]

@@johnthesportsarchivist2600 patkempo.

[@deathmauler181]

Chicago pizza is trasshhh

[@SadwichPunch2100]

Brian is right that the sauce is the most important part of the pizza, but he's dead wrong with no toppings.

[@RealColdG]

SadwichPunch2100 gotta have toppings.

[@bradpaton3927]

@@nicolasawad4193 WHERE?????? Is thaThe same as tomato pie?

[@quincee3376]

@@bradpaton3927 Pizza Margherita is a Napoletana pizza.

[@mage1439]

He's so right about the sauce that if the sauce isn't going to be good I'd rather eat it without sauce at all. Because there's a reason cheese sticks exist, and that reason is that they are good.

[@misternewman1576]

Tombstone pizza is easily the best. Undertaker even said it himself.

[@lawrencemowery3704]

I like to eat it with hot sauce and drink it with mt dew or coke to wash it down.btw my favorite hot sauce texas Pete good flavor with the pizza.

[@owenkorando9595]

@@lawrencemowery3704 same

[@owenkorando9595]

@@lawrencemowery3704 love hot sauce lol

[@bullock4211]

When I was a teenager in the mid 90's Tombstone was my go to pizza. At least once a month the store around me would sell them 3 for 10$. I haven't had one since but I think that's about change

[@MRFORD-nc5wg]

Undertaker is my favorite of all time. And this comment is yet another reason I like him.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

The real answer is somewhere between the two. They say not to have more than 3 toppings as the taste buds will get confused. And sausage on a pizza is awesome 🤠.

[@betterthanmost9549]

I love sausage by itself like a breakfast food but on a pizza i dont like it especially on a combo/supreme. I'd rather have beef instead i feel like it compliments the veggies better.

[@Njbear7453]

2 toppings maximum

[@bradpaton3927]

It's just saucy bread without @ least pepperoni on it.

[@josemuniz4454]

Jim and brian, keep up the great work!!!👍

[@KingGhidorah5464]

I live in New York City, and Brian’s a lunatic. No toppings on a pizza is like eating plain pancakes.

[@maitreyas.4902]

Cheese pizza with no toppings is for children.

[@Hellwolf36]

Cheese pizza is for children and pansy adults. If you are a vegetarian, then there is veggies. If you are a vegan, you can replace the cheese with vegan cheese. He literally has no excuse.

[@mr.speyside5240]

Brian Last’s taste buds probably have the texture of frozen rice cake patties.

[@supergluehotty]

8:30 your welcome.

[@timothywillis5958]

Never liked Brian the toadie. But now: pizza is defined as dough, sauce and cheese. That's what you give to sickly children. Sausage, pepperoni, ground beef. Not gonna even start the fight with haters about how Chicago style deep dish is the best of the best.

[@6ANUR34DT81S]

It's confirmed: Brian Last has never eaten an actual pizza before

[@davidtokash4701]

nah theres plenty of guys up here that eat plain slices. It's a OCD taste thing. Simple things without a possible overpowering flavor. Me? pile on the pepperoni and don't stop...But i have friends that are like Brian with that issue.

[@carlman97]

Brynhildr's Beloved on the contrary: brian it’s eating pizza like you’re supposed to me. You americans don’t know how to fucking eat, so stop trying to lecture people on something you don’t know nothing about.

[@bradpaton3927]

@@carlman97 you don't know anything ~ grammar, bitch!

[@thecake6635]

8:57 "That's not pizza" It's perfection

[@viciousdavey6872]

Brian is the type of guy to order egg foo young without the egg

[@stormydavis8546]

Thin crust, extra pepperoni and extra onions and extra cheese, WELL DONE

[@GenGamesUniverse]

Whenever I go to my local pizzeria, I always order a 12 inch calzone with meatballs, bbq sauce, onions and bacon!

[@zackbrown117]

As I was watching this I got a domino’s ad lol

[@AlexH409]

Listening to Jim and Brian argue about food is more entertaining than WWE and AEW combined

[@TheJuise26]

I’m from the Bronx. Give me a good slice of pepperoni pizza with extra cheese and I’m good to go!!!

[@cirenosnor5768]

Brian: The sauce is the most important part Jim: Oh good god...oh good god Me: I’m ded

[@shadowblade19]

Eating pizza with cheese and sauce alone. It's just like eating that s*** they feed you at school or should I say High School.

[@Mister_Phafanapolis]

I do not approve of pizza money being spent on CHEESE PIZZA. Waste of money, waste of calories.

[@daveassanowicz186]

Barstool Pizza Reviews - One bite, everyone knows the rules. Always plain. Deal with it

[@mage1439]

You went to the wrong school or in the wrong age. When I was in school pizza had either pepperoni or sausage and was awesome.

[@FreneticZetetic]

Cornette still prefers Kraft Ravioli to an actual Italian Dinner, so it evens out folks.

[@TheMuldoonFella]

Im now convinced that Jim is my pizza spirit mate lol

[@TheMetalAllfather]

Excuse me, Mr. last? Face the wall.

[@christiansoldier77]

Here's something I found out by accident . I left some leftover pizza on top of some mixed salad with lettuce tomato onions mayo and vinegar and pepper . The crust soaked up all of the juices overnight and it tasted great when I ate it later own. Also salsa on pizza is good and fresh green spinach is great on pizza

[@kylewebb8779]

I'm convinced Bryan is purposely playing heel by the end of this.

[@janabanana1976]

Mmmmmkay I wanna eat pizza with Jim Cornette now.

[@RealSasquatchWatch]

Roca Bar 1618 S. Kentucky Ave Evansville Indiana

[@kneeshots470]

“The one time you eat cheese and you don’t want any meat with it.” 😂😂😂

[@oN3xShOtxkilL]

3:35 “THE WATER? … GOOD GOD!” 😂😂😂😂

[@nathanburgess6455]

I literally just got a dominos advert before watching this, I'm not even joking

[@mlc-sf6fu]

Being a lifelong resident of Evansville Indiana and having the wonderful opportunity as a kid to see Jim and every other legend perform at the Evansville Coliseum every Wednesday night let me tell you Roca Bar Pizza is well worth the trip.....Wish Jim would take that 2 hour drive down I-64 West and head back to Evansville IN for some pizza and do some signings....He would clean up in the wallet and in the stomach!

[@sowhazupguy]

You know, upon hearing Brian's opinion on the Evansville pizza, I thought he was being unfair and rude. Now, after hearing how he feels about toppings on pizza, I see that he is clearly unwell. Please get help soon.

[@davenwatts8173]

Born n raised in north west Indiana n love Evansville pizza but nothing beats a good NY style foldable slice

[@krudetube795]

John's Pizza on Bleecker in NYC is a sausage pie lovers dream. Best I've ever had. And I'm from NJ

[@ryancotner1137]

Evansville pizza is between St. Louis and Qaud City style. Winter time my go to is Oley's double crust stuffed mushroom pizza🤤

[@MDW1101]

I googled Roca Bar, looks good to me.

[@lifeofbrandon_]

Listening to them go on and argue about food has been more entertaining than raw and smackdown

[@Snakeman612]

Yes....Yes you are Dq'd

[@seannetworkblogsandgames7504]

Just went on TripAdvisor, the original Roca Bar is actually ranked 16th in Evansville, IN now. Its sister location in north Evansville is 11th, so I guess the split location also divided the quality chefs. Anyone in Evansville eaten at Azzip Pizza West, the current No. 1? I'm curious how it stacks up.

[@MiskeenPrince]

Roca Bar, Turoni’s, Harmes Una, Steve’s Una, Una-Tu. The pizza scene in Evansville is no joke.

[@BeyondDaX]

I dunno, I mean Evansville hasn't been talked about when it comes to pizza. At least in major sites

[@michiganjack1337]

Excellent David Allen Grier reference.

[@patricksingleton2481]

I caught that too, In Living Color!!!!

[@JoeGallo43]

I disagree with both. Pizza is MEAT. No vegetables, and certainly not plain cheese. And I refuse to believe that most New Yorkers, with all that pizza history, don't eat meat on their pizza pies.

[@ZakH644]

I’m a bit of a minimalist when it comes to toppings also. I don’t just like straight cheese, but I like a simple pepperoni or Hawaiian. Not completely stuffed with toppings either, just a few on the top.

[@n0m4nic]

Mushrooms are not a vegetable but other than that, Cornette says nothing but truth.

[@naywahn]

Jim, me and you are both in *Louisville,* you and I both know that the best pizza in the whole wide world, is *WICK'S* in the Highlands... 💥🍕💥

[@duckz3099]

I wont ever consider a Pizza from Indiana, A Pizza. Plain and Simple. End of Story.

[@moggy8187]

Rectangle pieces... i've never been so infuriated

[@groalerable]

And also to brian, some of the earliest american pizza in CT often employed sea food.

[@darthnater9731]

This is why I listen to the show. I love the food debates lol

[@Epsilonsama]

I agree with Corny, Brian's taste in pizza is just bad. There was this pizza place back in Puerto Rico which had everything but the kitchen sink as toppings and a nice thin soft crust that was to die for. To this day I miss that place. That being said if I had to pick a close second that place in Evansville sounds fantastic cause who the fuck eats just a cheese pizza?!

[@snakeman6124]

Kevin McAllister

[@DeathBringer769]

I used to live in Hoboken, right outside of NYC. It's basically like a mini-NYC there with the food and culture. My favorite pizza there was from Gio's, their chicken slice (basically a giant slice with strips of fried chicken on it.) Benny Tudino's was also really good, and had even bigger giant slices -- pretty much the biggest I've ever seen. They even market themselves as "home of the largest slice." But either place -- tons of their pies had more than just plain cheese on it. Brian saying that in the NYC "as we call it -- pizza" in reference to a plain cheese pizza is just not accurate, lol. Some people like plain, but most people prefer at least one topping.

[@mage1439]

And that's why he gets the stinkeye. He is provincial af. I do have to say, pizza with big strips of fried chicken on it is making me hungry.

[@DomB413]

Brian is right about the water. NYC has good water and good pizza. I'm a Detroiter, our water is good, as is the pizza. I lived in DC for a while and couldn't get good pizza because the water there sucks!

[@Twiztedgoalie]

Pineapple = best toping Though I have not yet tried a swedish pizza yet so I may need to amend this post. I normally would have scoffed at banana on a pizza, but after having a plantain parmesan that was delicious at some Italian/Mexican fusion restaurant, I'll give it a shot.

[@SensiofRabbitude]

Because people are weird, here in Australia i think pineapple is in both the top 3 most requested and least requested toppings.

[@americasevilgenius]

The best pizza in the world is in--of all places--Gasville, Arkansas. Nima's Pizza. I don't know the whole story behind it, but evidently, this couple who had been in the pizza business (with some success, awards, etc) decided they wanted to move to Northwest Arkansas and live a slower paced life. So they opened a little pizza joint in town. And OMG is it incredible. The toppings are plentiful (their version of a meat lovers pizza has *huge* pieces of ham, pepperoni, etc). The sauce is amazing. Incredible.

[@JohnCoctoasten85]

8:34 I had the same reaction as Corny. 😆

[@Antiguan2222]

Jim is the correct party in this convo,sorry brian hahahaha

[@brendanorourke4727]

Gentlemen, you are both right. Having grown up in a large cosmopolitan eastern city (in Canada, maybe I'm DQed) with a pizza tradition built by Italian immigrants, catering to a wide price range, Brian is right about New York pizza being "better pizza" and yes, when it comes to the water, it's a real thing. "Real" pizza is indeed, delicious. However, having traveled and eaten pizza extensively in the prairies and other non-traditional pizza markets I can tell you JC is not wrong. The thick crusted, excessively cheese, over topped, pineapple speckled monstrosities that pass for pizzas in these remote outposts of humanity are capable of attaining greatness. It's almost as if bread, tomato sauce, cheese and optional others are almost universally complimentary.

[@georgestokes5116]

another wrong person

[@thehighjedi5109]

Lol. I can’t take sides in this fight because we always get half cheese and half sausage pizza. But in my opinion thin crust is nasty. I prefer a deep dish or pan crust. But what do I know I only live in Colorado and was a manager for a gourmet pizza restaurant for three years.

[@EntropicDecayGaming]

8:31!? WHAT THE FUCK INDEED?! Cheese, sauce, crust??? That's just cheese bread! Nah, nah, nah. You gotta have at LEAST 3 meats! Some combination of Pepperoni, chicken, bacon, sausage, or ham. Gotta have onion and/or jalapenos/banana peppers if that's your thing. You can't just do one type of cheese; it's gotta be a mozzarella/provolone blend. And, hell, swap the tomato sauce out for BBQ sauce...THEN you've got a pizza!

[@waltersmythe2440]

The water for the dough comes from the Catskill mountains.

[@JasonPadgett-xv6fz]

I've been a baker for 18 years and I can say from personal experience that water quality is not the same every and plays a huge role in the quality of the finished product.

[@troylowe814]

The best pizza I ever had was made by an Italian, and it was a cheese pizza. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. Second best pizza was made by some white lunch room ladies at Lincoln Elementary School, which could not have been more different from the Italian made cheese pizza.

[@dominicomegon4714]

That would be like going to St. Paul, Minn for a Cuban Sandwich.

[@VastIceGaming]

Alton Brown on Hot Ones: "Regionality almost doesn't matter anymore. And in fact, in some places, regionality gets in the way. Because once a region believes that it's got the lock on something, the quality almost immediately starts to go downhill." ... "I think that that's a problem. When a region thinks that their identity is kind of locked to it, "We got this;" that's when they start making too much of it... to tourists that don't know the difference... and then, pretty soon you're... you're Del Taco."

[@supasnoop5397]

LOL at Cornette's disbelief starting at 8:34

[@itsconnorstime]

Goddamn I need Corny to take me on a food tour of the south.

[@guacamole9199]

I too have heard that the water that goes in the pizza dough has an effect for what ever reason. To back this up i saw a documentary on a NY Pizza man who thought the water was like a folk tale, then he moved to San Francisco and opened a pizza place, the dough wasn't quite the get same he said. Although he used exact same recipe and method of making said dough, but just wasn't as good. After 5 years he moved back to NY opened a new place and low and behold the dough was like he remembered, so the only conclusion he could come to, was the water does have an effect in creating a classic NY Slice, p.s. there is no food better that Pizza!!!

[@mage1439]

Tacos are better than pizza. But whatever, we'll both like what we like.

[@Timmyk5150]

I was born in Sussex County, NJ. The first 6 years of my life were spent there and had the best sausage, pepper and onion pizza in the world. All you North Jersey cats, you know what I'm talking about. I'm wondering whether Brian Last brushes his teeth every morning with toothpastes or cigarettes. Cheese only pizza????!!! He might as well be eating a shitty $1.25 totinos party pizza.

[@arthurahr9507]

That rectangular pizza Cornette described is probably closer to authentic original pizza. There are amazing places in NJ and PA that serve thin rectangular slices.

[@robertwalker7979]

Jim must love his pizza bcuz he even said something about our Imo's Pizza here in St Louis...

[@brian9670]

Imo’s is so average and overpriced, in my opinion.

[@robertwalker7979]

@@brian9670 I'll agree with u on the overpriced (I'm an engineer at a hotel that has an Imo's in it so I get it for free mostly so can't relate to the price anymore) but never average. That shit is crack cocaine. St Louis style & Chicago style pizza is better than New York style pizza. I'm sorry🤷🏾‍♂️