Little Italy Is A Guilty Pleasure Classic | Guilty Pleasures Ep. 102

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GUILTY PLEASURES
Comedians Zach Kornfeld, Kelsey Darragh, and Garrick Bernard take turns sharing their favorite guilty pleasure movies and TV shows to feel good about feeling guilty.
PODCAST DEPT
Executive Producer | Keith Habersberger
Executive Producer | Eugene Lee Yang
Executive Producer | Zach Kornfeld
Podcast Producer | Miles Bonsignore
Podcast Editor | Rainie Toll
MUSIC: Licensed from AudioNetwork
SFX & VIDEO ASSETS: Licensed from Videoblocks

[@Tati_ab]

The fact that this movie was made in 2018 and the fact that it is rated R feels like I glitched into a different timeline of the universe

[@trollingmermaids]

Never heard of it till now but based off the thumbnail and title i was expecting a pg rated 2006 romcom???

[@Imbatmn57]

It was rated r? I feel like when i watched it,its was rated pg13. Unless there was nudity i don't understand why it was rated R.

[@Teri96]

as an Italian Canadian living in Toronto I am so excited for this episode!!!!!! and fun fact: Toronto has 2 Italian neighbourhoods Little Italy, along College St, and Corsa Italia along St Clair West. my dad is an Italian immigrant

[@odettethorne9505]

"Being an Italian is about three things: tradition, passion, and pride......and LAMPS!" Me, an Italian: He's not wrong.

[@kurshid7866]

Is Garrick okay 😂 saw him just staring into space with wide eyes so many times . How traumatizing was this movie for him? 😭

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Usually, I’m aware of a lot of films but I can’t believe this one flew by me. I would like to thank Drew Gooden and his partner, Amanda who provided excellent discourse.

[@vatsalsanwaria537]

This was definitely a Bollywood movie made in Hollywood

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@vatsalsanwaria537 Watered down Ram-Leela 😂

[@saoirsemclave1313]

I KNEW I had heard this movie discussed before

[@PokhrajRoy.]

24:36 Thank you to the panel for calling out the racism. Curry Powder is not terrible and someone who knows their spices would appreciate it. P.S. Totally not surprised a South Asian with Internalised Racism produced the movie. We’re our own worst enemies.

[@EmeraldCDoha]

ur so right

[@PokhrajRoy.]

‘Kelsey hasn’t seen Month’ sounds absolutely fabulous! Also, the first pick is ‘Clueless’?! I watched that movie later in life but I loved it and related to it so much. Also because we had an Hindi version of it (‘Aisha’ is also adapted from ‘Emma’ too) which I saw before. It’s still aesthetically relevant and very Zoomer in my opinion.

[@arielle.notthemermaid]

Me starting to notice Garrick's antagonism towards Canada 🤣🤣

[@preciousonejewel]

as a canadian all you gotta say is "air canada sponsored it" and i know enough not to watch it LOL air canada is the worst lol.. thanks for watching this on our behalf guys!

[@llamachai]

right?? I actively try to avoid flying with them if I can help it 😅

[@preciousonejewel]

@@llamachai yesss I dunno how a company can be so bad! Lol I stick with westjet for the most part lol

[@madelinemiethke4285]

Oh god, I’m flying air Canada in a couple months. Never been on a plane before, wish me luck!

[@GryffindorGamer]

I watched this movie so long ago and I forgot the “like you were open for me” line. My jaw DROPPED when Kelsey said it

[@lizdegrasse7960]

The screenplay writer Steve Galluccio is the Italian Canadian man who wrote this, I wish they had googled this lmfaooo 😂

[@jennajacqueline1394]

Idk if this is mentioned but the fact that they’re supposed to be the same age (when Hayden is like a decade older than Emma) is funny to me

[@JJsims5504]

I can assure you we have weed in Canada haha. There are dispensaries on like every block I swear to god (also it became legal here in 2018 so this movie was uhhh behind which is just extra funny). Edit: Also the guy who played Luigi was my highschool improv teacher. Man's a legend.

[@sarahmcdonough7713]

the confusion about why a movie would dare to be set in canada is so funny. i mean there are people living here lmao. hayden christensen is canadian lives or at least used to live north of toronto, maybe thats part of why it was actually set in toronto rather than toronto posing as new york like usual.

[@SkittlesTheTurtle]

Their commentary about Toronto was just aggressively american

[@lizdegrasse7960]

Yeah Steve Galluccio is Canadian and the writer of the screenplay lol

[@naxp42]

35:15 I love the "reverse racism" comment! LOLLLLL Garrick is HILARIOUSLY on point!!!!

[@Jah_LEASE_yah]

Joey from Friends said it, when actors are sleeping together irl they have no chemistry on stage/screen.

[@amaris6588]

Yasss was coming here to say exactly this!

[@angelacortez3540]

Honestly, when I first heard of this movie, my first thought was the 2005 film “Pizza My Heart” which is basically Romeo & Juliet (without the dying part) but in the context of rival pizza parlors/neighbors in Verona, New Jersey

[@giggletayc]

Right??? It’s the SAME movie!!!!!!

[@preciousonejewel]

"a lifetime of anger and cheese" best quote ever

[@TippiTappi]

"when you're here, you're little family" is fucking killing me 🤣

[@katiedrago1961]

I found out about this movie from Drew Gooden’s channel. He watches it with his wife and it’s adorable

[@molikesmovies]

Kelsey’s eyeliner looks incredible. My god. 👀

[@ericamulkern4157]

Petition for you to do an episode on My Big Fat Greek Wedding. As a Greek I simply need this episode

[@kimiko237]

Ok listen, a LOT of stuff is filmed in Canada that is supposed to be NYC or literally any other fucking place in the USA. Like so much shit gets filmed in Canada instead because it's cheaper, especially TV shows and Hallmark type movies. Speaking as someone who lives in the greater Toronto area. So they could have kept this as is and edited out anything mentioning Canada and pretended it was NYC. Guaranteed that has been done thousands of times. But the fact it HAD to be canonically in Canada because it was sponsored by Air Canada, the worst fucking airline... PEAK. I'm gonna watch this now lmao. ...Also are you guys actually unaware of the fact weed is legal in Canada?

[@hollymulvina6262]

"How did they get that much weed into Canada?" Guys, weed is federally legal here (thank God!) - anywhere in Canada, if you are 19+, you can go to a weed store (or some grocery stores!) and pick up whatever your heart desires. I love you you guys but it always blows my MIND how little Americans know about Canada, as we generally grow up with pretty good background knowledge about the states... anytime I go to America on vacation I get asked the dumbest shit lol

[@PokhrajRoy.]

8:50 GARRICK HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

[@amentrison2794]

In regards to the New York vs Toronto thing, I think there are Little Italies in many major cities, the same way there are multiple Chinatowns lol. You just have immigrants building communities.

[@Teri96]

there's actually 2 in Toronto! Little Italy on college st and Corso Italia on st Clair st

[@amentrison2794]

@@Teri96 oh cool, thanks for sharing :)

[@iamnothedwig]

I watched this movie in a hotel in Berlin summer of 2019 while extremely hungover and throwing up every twenty minutes. It was great!

[@aaaaaikaaaaa]

Ooooh I only know about this movie because Zach put this in his Top 5 Best Worst Movies when he appeared on Watcher Top 5 Beatdown!

[@TannerWeinberg]

That's where I heard of it! I had such a vivid memory of Zach talking about this, and it made me think they already did this movie.

[@honoluluw]

same after I watched that video I went to this channel to see if they've talked about this movie here lol

[@kogumasmommy]

The sexual chemistry on screen and off screen discussion is so real because if you ever watched gattaca ethan hawke had more sexual tension with jude law than he did with his actual wife uma thurman

[@victoriah8284]

They filmed this movie at my grandparents house for the old age home and the park scenes were filmed in Christie Pits park both in Toronto!

[@kerifulton7374]

also love Garrick making Star Wars references to a movie about love and pizza

[@katiedrago1961]

Should have been Space Balls 😉

[@nancythomas5387]

Yay!!! Got that necessary and glorious Zach Giggle!!

[@llamachai]

I'm dying 🤣 Their reactions and explanations of everything kills me. I don't even know if I wanna watch this movie and I'm FROM Toronto...but I have to 😂

[@johannapflug881]

I’ve never seen this movie but I grew up on the movie Pizza My Heart which is a ABC Family movie, and it’s pretty much the same premise. Instead of Canada the movie takes place in New Jersey so definitely would recommend checking this movie out if you liked Little Italy.

[@G4L2]

FYI “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is based off of Nia Vardalos actual family life in Winnipeg,Manitoba (AKA Canada) and was filmed in both Chicago AND …. Toronto (aka Canada).

[@wwx-lwj-ai-ni]

I'm just starting the ep but I just have to ask... why are you all so shocked that Canada has Italian people?

[@SkittlesTheTurtle]

Because americans dont know much about places outside of america lol

[@FlyForAWhiteTy]

"They call it Little Italy because nothing GROWS here!" FIXED THEY SHOULD HAVE WROTE GROWTH AND THEY COULD NOT

[@tessaisgolden]

tbh if I was in a pizza shop in Toronto and could smell weed I wouldn’t think anything of it. A lot of places smell like weed especially in the city because it’s legal federally so people don’t have to hide it anymore lol

[@margaretefreund8958]

This podcast is pure joy! Thank you ❤

[@tresorrose8734]

Really wanting y’all to do What a Girl Wants hehe

[@desolationsamiga]

I'd like to state for the record that Italians have not always been considered "White." I do not know enough about Canadian history, but in America Italians struggled for rights for many years. And of course add to that the colorism of Northern vs. Southern Italians. I know this movie is entirely absurd, but y'all seem rather blasé about it.

[@ambriaashley3383]

Then the US started getting more Asian immigrants, and when Black people were pushing for more civil rights, Italians were then gathered into the “white” category simply so their numbers could equal that of the “new, scary” minorities. So socially they were always technically white, but they weren’t considered legally white in America until what, the 1930s? And they’ll never be seen as less than white again, which is good for them

[@dulcebautista1437]

Y'all should do Blazing Saddles! It's a classic, full of stereotypes, super insulting, and hilarious. No one is safe. It's my guilty pleasure for sure.

[@SkittlesTheTurtle]

Hard to get past the first 10mins of this. Like ok to not want to travel to canada but it really does nothing for America's reputation for having such insular knowledge of any other country. Also theres a lot of tv shows and movies set in "new york" that are actually filmed in toronto

[@xotoriexo]

Tell me, you’re Italian without telling me your Italian: Mambo Italiano is my ringtone.

[@dottiebalmoral]

Ironically, “Little Italy”, not on Canadian Netflix 🤭

[@phillipthomas-sam1509]

Oddly enough... because of the gay film "Mambo Italiano" which is set in little italy in Canada I always think of that rather than little Italy anywhere else. (For context Im in NZ)

[@celestial_avatar88]

40:48 I think they were probably playing off the fact that Rome is known as the Eternal City because it never changes. Maybe they broadly applied that to all of Italy. What’s one more stereotype to this movie? 😅

[@PokhrajRoy.]

11:41 I’m with Kelsey on this: No Emma Roberts Slander please. She’s played on the best versions of Nancy Drew out there. Also, are we going to forget ‘Scream Queens’ and the memes she’s produced?

[@ambriaashley3383]

But she also physically abused Evan Peters and was arrested for DV I think she’s talented, but her dad was an addict/abusive as well. So she needs to be careful to not repeat those patterns

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@ambriaashley3383WAIT WHAT?!

[@GeorgiannaMiller5]

Just wanted to know I tried to watch the video about you getting impaled, but I literally fainted in my office chair. I woke up slumped over and had pulled all the cables out of the docking station and knocked over my water

[@imbomi7845]

I love Guilty Pleasures so much!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Also, just a note to Casting Directors: If a South Asian person (or any person for that matter) speaks naturally with an American accent, please don’t turn that into the ‘fresh off the boat’ character. It’s insulting in any time in history.

[@Alkimmie63]

Could this movie have been shelved for years?

[@ginagolden7212]

please do Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion

[@PokhrajRoy.]

29:25 This man’s story was carried on by the Daniels in EEAAO. Also, yes to Luigi Spin-Off please.

[@angelinahong4813]

Total deja vu….I swear they already did this movie before 🧐 … … WHATEVER! Still love it 😄

[@keldacarlson7387]

I thought this too! Any chance they did it on HDTGM?

[@tessa4600]

Same!

[@slaughter-water]

Zach talked about it on Top 5 Beatdown on Watcher - maybe that’s where you heard him say it

[@zoepothakos989]

i thought i was the only person who knew about this film lol!!!

[@Bluey306]

everything i know about this movie is entirely thanks to Drew Gooden

[@erikabrewer]

I am a sucker for a good Rom-Com! 🥰 Or even a bad one! haha 🎥

[@alexvictoria5040]

YASSSSS I was listening to this on Spotify this morning and was waiting for the vid

[@cruztastrophe]

I"m here for the Emma Roberts slander because she was abusive to past romantic partners and the only reason she wasn't cancelled is because she's a nepo baby.

[@ambriaashley3383]

💯

[@thiscrudematter]

Truly a great episode and an underrated movie

[@nancythomas5387]

@korndiddy I see this movie in a very different light. This is pure satire! It isn't as blatant as anything by Mel Brooks or starring Leslie Nielson, but it absolutely is! Great care was used to showcase the clichés that are rampant in film. • The overused and constantly "updated" Romeo and Juliet theme. • The continuous Hallmark depiction of Girl Returning Home and Finding Love. • The very real idea that Toronto strives to be NYC. • The idea that anyone with a medium skin tone can be cast as Italian, Greek, Latino, Arabic, Native American, Indian...taken to the point of casting a Southeast Asian as an Italian because, hey! the skin color is right... • The use of stereotypical names...Luigi wasn't lazy, it was planned. • The overused airport chase, which included another bow to movie racism when he mistakes an East Asian woman is his target. • The sexual abuse ignored by the crowd...but went in deep by having a male be the abused. I know there's more, but I hope you get my point. Watch it again...

[@caitlynmillard]

I don’t know if we can make recommendations but Mystery Men would be fantastic to do lol William H Macy, Janeane Garofalo, and Suzy Eddie Izzard in some of their absolute worst and best 😂

[@caitlynmillard]

It’s honestly a fantastically stacked cast lol

[@mayavp]

Omg yes

[@EvWuzhere]

Wait...am i theonly one? Stg they already did this episode right??? I vividly remember the whole conversation

[@EvWuzhere]

Tell me this is an april fools joke, or did they just forget doing it?

[@slaughter-water]

Did you watch Top 5 Beatdown on Watcher? Zach talks about the movie in a recent episode

[@EvWuzhere]

@@slaughter-water yes but i also remember that when he brought it up i was thinking "oh, ofcourse, they did a whole guilty pleasures ep on little italy too"

[@slaughter-water]

@@EvWuzhere oh idk then sorry. the only other time I’ve heard of this movie is from drew gooden

[@turnipcrazy4602]

I think a good movie to riff on with friends has got to be the movie Sleepwalkers. It's a screenplay written by Steven King and it's insane. Watching it with friends will only make the movie funnier I swear.

[@aprilalfaro2995]

Lmao honestly love this movie 😂😂 def a guilty pleasure

[@laurenkelley3754]

Please do Dr. Horribles sing along blog! It is the guiltiest!!!

[@motherj1208]

Ugh. Canada has weed...

[@aew2001]

I've watched this movie so many times it's so bizarre I love it. Makes me hungry though...

[@kimmurphy6576]

It’s free on KZbin lol

[@schnitzel_song]

Canada would welcome you, Garrick!

[@sc4579]

Not after this episode I wont

[@schnitzel_song]

@@sc4579 😂

[@AmberLily514]

Supposedly if actors have no chemistry on screen it is because they are trying to hide the chemistry they have behind the camera. So the rumors could be true 50:55

[@AwesomeTheMaya]

first of all, i can't believe i have yet to watch this movie it sounds terrible (in the best way) second of all, i was also listening to the coffee run episode on the trypod where you mentioned going for another themed month, this might be an unexpected choice but i would go with a Ryan Guzman month and here's why: you got two Step Up movies (that are an iconic franchise) to choose from, The Boy Next door which stars J-Lo and is a whole ass mess, Everybody Wants Some!! & you got the movie The Cleansing Hour which is a surprisingly funny horror film!! i believe these all fit the category of A Guilty Pleasure movie!!

[@tiarizky7226]

34:42

[@filmingwithyazz4185]

watching this after 9 months, but it stresses me out that the grandparents get together but Emma Roberts and Hayden Christiansen's characters are together.....that should be an issue o.o

[@honoluluw]

ooooh the movie in top 5 beatdown

[@alison.virginia]

They definitely ripped off the classic TV movie Pizza My Heart !

[@emilytrudel91]

Please cover Matt and Ben's Air saw it on Saturday it was fantastic

[@PokhrajRoy.]

22:55 Weed is actually beneficial to the pizza business. You wouldn’t be able to keep up with the demand. Also, learn about weed before you joke about it.

[@adyaarora862]

a movie I know ! (I saw a drew gooden vid about it)

[@sunshineeee]

31:54 We actually hate that movie LMFAO

[@teddobomb9037]

So funny! Omg You should do Sabans Power Rangers!

[@jessicagowans90]

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was confused when the movie was set in Canada, but they talked like they're from New York. That really irked me.

[@asisevapodcast]

Haven't seen the movie. So for 43 minutes all this time I was thinking the male was Channing Tatum until you guys said Star Wars. What is wrong with me. update: of course I will watch it

[@marniebaylouny4736]

Please do attack of the clones, I beg of you

[@littleriddle04]

Ugh yes. This movie is awful and fantastic all at the same time. 10/10

[@gaysiansociolog404]

lol at least Canada doesn't have to worry about school shootings

[@Lovelylese]

making jokes about children dying is in bad taste. a few jokes about your country and you make fun of children dying. wow.

[@taylortran4244]

@@Lovelylese Seriously! In what world is it okay to bring up school shootings in response to some jokes about Canada in a comedy podcast?! Second comment I've seen so far that's done this wtf

[@crystalmoon555]

You do realize Canada has a long racist history. Between the hundreds of bodies of native children that were buried and discovered recently and the clear issues with the current MAID adjustments ? Please get off your high horse and dont make jokes about children being murdered.

[@devillapatel]

omg

[@autumnh7642]

2nd episode I've turned off due to Garrick's anti Canadian comments.

[@sc4579]

Same. I don’t tune into podcasts to be needlessly insulted by ignorant douchebags

[@ambriaashley3383]

Well, it is a comedy podcast. And comedy is subjective. I thought the jokes were pretty tame. As they say in Canada, “sorry”

[@FlagCutie]

I could've sworn you had already covered this!!! 😂 Now I gotta remember who reviewed this before you so I don't watch that video again lol

[@yarns8117]

The other video about this movie im familiar with was drew gooden :)

[@sam_8493]

Please watch Tammy and the T Rex!!!!! Plsplspls Dx

[@marsharehm5599]

Zack don’t do accents, but I love you anyway!!😊

[@BaddeGrasse]

"I called it bahsil, yes, look it up" ❤😂 you inspire me kelsey

[@teddobomb9037]

So funny! Omg You should do Sabans Power Rangers!

[@lbierman21]

How on God's green earth was this rated R? Hahahaha

[@JJChampagne]

We have a little Italy in Montreal, Canada too!

[@CapitalTeaseBurlyQ]

lol I thought most cities had a "little Italy". We have one in Ottawa, Canada. I'm pretty sure there's one in Montreal too.