It’s that Airbnb pasta-taxonomy poster in pop-song form: “Lasagna,” Weird Al’s take on Los Lobos’s take on Ritchie Valens’s take on the Mexican folk song Sarah and her classmates dutifully droned during first-period Spanish. Before we cast our votes (and yours!), we talk about the restaurant from Big, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Dr. Melfi’s ex-husband, Sophia Petrillo, forgetting the word “benefit,” and Polish jokes. Are we putting the “no” back in “buongiorno“? Listen and see!
Our intro is by Laura Barger and Giacomo Baldelli, and our outro is by Claudio Villa for the Big Night soundtrack. For more information/to become a patron of the show and hear all episodes of this season, visit patreon.com/mastas.
SHOW NOTES
- “What…is this thing?” Start at the beginning!
- The “La Bamba” video
- The “Lasagna” “video”
- One somewhat prosaic but accurate translation of the lyrics
- Angelique Kidjo’s website
- The Asti restaurant (RIP)
- Episode 150: 10,000 Maniacs’ “In My Tribe,” Ranked
- Pop Chart’s “Permutations of Pasta” poster
- Sophia Sicily-stories supercut
- SDB’s Quiet on Set review
- “Fact Check: Did Rudy Giuliani Marry His Cousin?”