I recently got my first job as a pizza delivery guy for Sparkie's Pizza (give me a good tip, please). No, I didn't get this job because I was inspired by Jesse Eisenberg in 30 Minutes or Less (Well, I kinda did). Anyway, In honor of my newly achieved employment I've decided to take a look back at my two favorite moments from the movies, dealing with pizza.
Home Alone (1990)
When I was 10, I thought this scene was the funniest thing ever. Now I realize that Macaulay Culkin was actually a huge asshole. First of all, he only tips the delivery guy 20 cents! This poor delivery guy has to drive in the snow, days before Christmas, and all Culkin gives him is 20 measly cents! That's ridiculous, and plain wrong. Second, joking about shooting at the delivery guy is immoral and sick. After police and taxi drivers, pizza delivery is the third highest occupation where it is most likely you will get murdered on the job. For Culkin to joke about putting a pizza delivery guy in danger is deranged. Looking back on this scene now, I think that Culkin deserved to lose his family, and I wish the robbers won at the end, instead of this sick little kid having a happy ending.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
"Learnin' about Cuba and havin' some food."
I don't think there is even a debate that this scene is the greatest pizza scene in the long and illustrious history of cinema. Who hasn't dreamed of having the bravado that Sean Penn's famous character Spicoli has here, to order a pizza to class? The pizza delivery guy in this scene is priceless; he seems to be having a classic 'my life sucks' moment as he drops in on a high school class to deliver a pizza in front of a bunch of giggling kids. Then, Spicoli's face as Mr. Hand, hands out the pizza to everyone is almost uneasy to look at, it's so funny. He seems to have an expression of horror, mixed with rage, with a tinge of sadness. Penn shouldn't have won his Oscar for Milk, he should have won it for Fast Times.
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