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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/22/06 02:37 PM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi:
But all joking aside, I have to say that IMO they are two totally different styles of Pizza that realy cannot be compared. While I love my New York pizza, I have to say that when I was in Chicago, I enjoyed the Chicago style pizza. Both are good in their own way. Two different styles of pizza that, IMO, really cannot be compared. I wasn't looking for comparison, I just wanted to see which was preferred. Usually those asked can come up with an answer between the two. Sometimes on occasion, you can like both. I guess the answer I was looking for was, if you're in a pizzeria and you had a choice between the two different styles, which would you order?
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/22/06 04:10 PM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi: ... Both are good in their own way. Two different styles of pizza that, IMO, really cannot be compared... Yes, excellent point. Sort of like Pacino & DeNiro. Apple
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/22/06 06:38 PM
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i dont like to much sauce on the pizza. a new york pizza is huge not to much sauce or cheese and you can fold it over unlike those saucy slices
gotta go wit New York has the best pizza in the world
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/22/06 06:43 PM
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Originally posted by Enzo Scifo: Isn't a pizza a pizza? Aren't there any 'deep saucy' pizzas in NY? Get out. Now. Leave. Orrrrrrrrrr.... I could explain the difference to you in song-and-dance!
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 12:59 PM
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iv had the imported chicago pizza,ohhhhhhh boy its lovely :p
ill choose to make my own choices.
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 01:09 PM
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Originally posted by Tony Love: I guess the answer I was looking for was, if you're in a pizzeria and you had a choice between the two different styles, which would you order? If I had to choose with both in front of me, there's no question that I would go with a New York Style Pizza. Let me add that in New York one has a choice of two different styled pizzas ; A Sicilian pie ( square ) or a Napoleaton Pie (round). A Sicilian Pie : The place that makes this Sicilian Pie is IMO, one of the, if not the best places in NYC fgor sicilian style pizza Look familiar SC? Don Cardi
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 04:06 PM
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Originally posted by dontomasso: BTW DC or DS or any other New Yorkers out there....Where is the real ORIGINAL RAY'S PIZZA? It's like asking where the original NY Starbucks is. Originally posted by Don Cardi: Let me add that in New York one has a choice of two different styled pizzas ; A Sicilian pie ( square ) or a Napoleaton Pie (round).
A Sicilian Pie :
The place that makes this Sicilian Pie is IMO, one of the, if not the best places in NYC fgor sicilian style pizza
Damn, that makes my mouth water just looking at it!
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 04:09 PM
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That pizza looks delicious!!! I'm sure I have had Chicago pizza, but probably not since I was a kid. I'm going to go with NY pizza. I had once piece, and it was wonderful. I still think about it to this day when I think of the best pizza I've ever eaten. Not only pizza either. I think NYC has the very best Italian food (next to mom's of course :p ) that I've ever had. TIS
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 04:14 PM
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I wish I would have had some Italian when I went to NY last year!! I want to go back, but even more, I want to go back and take a trip through Little Italy. I went with my concert band, and we didn't even stop there. We went by Broadway, Times Square, lower Manhattan, Staten Island. I really want to go back!
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 04:44 PM
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KRAMER: I miss home, and I don't even know how to get there. JERRY: What's around you? KRAMER: I'm lookin' at Ray's Pizza. You know where that is? JERRY: Is it Famous Ray's? KRAMER: No. It's Original Ray's. JERRY: Famous Original Ray's? KRAMER: It's just Original, Jerry! That was on the site JG linked. So classic.
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 04:52 PM
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Martio's in Nanuet, NY has the best pizza EVER. Not only is the Sicilian excellent, but they make a delicious thin crust "round" pie. It is out of this world!! He also has a brick oven for smaller, personal pies, although they're a bit well-done for some tastes. Then there's Parmigiano's in Old Tappan, NJ that has great Italian food and makes excellent pizza. Goodness, I'm getting hungry.
I have been to Italy, and thought that the pizza in Sicily was great. They are not like our Sicilian pies at all, but rather are personal, round pies. And they make one with artichokes that is out of this world. Sorry, Lavi, I've had pizza in Rome a few times and was not that thrilled.
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 05:21 PM
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Originally posted by AppleOnYa: Well, unlike Mario I will not have the opportunity to taste the pie in question. So I will have to stand by the opinion that it looks unappetizing.
of course, the quality of sauce is as important to a good pie as is the cheese...so I'm sure the one pictured had that.
But still, the cheese is what MAKES it a pizza. Without it, you just have bread & sauce.
Apple Yada yada yada. :p The mozzarella is under the sauce, but your observation is correct, there is not a lot of it. The ironic thing is that their round pizza is full of mozzarella, more than your usual round pie. Their sicilian is simply delicious! Don Cardi
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 05:22 PM
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Originally posted by Sicilian Babe: I have to agree with Apple on this one. Without all that luscious, drippy cheese, it isn't really a pizza is it? And it's got to be GOOD cheese that is freshly grated. Of course, the Half Moon in the Belmont section of the Bronx makes a damn good pie, too. OK, I surrender!! I MUST have pizza tonight!! And some Italian ices, too! Hmmmm, lemon or cherry? Maybe chocolate!! The mozzarella is finely grated on that pie. Anyway, what do you and Apple know about real Brooklyn pizza? :p Now, talking about Italian Ices, THIS is the place that you want to go for the best italian ices : http://www.ralphsices.com/welcome.html Don Cardi
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 05:33 PM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi: [QUOTE]... what do you and Apple know about real Brooklyn pizza? ... There's a place named 'Brooklyn Pizza' in a shopping center near me. They use only fresh mozzarella on their pies and it's sliced, not grated. Yummy crust, too...very light & fluffy. Apple
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 05:37 PM
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IMO these are some of the best Pizza places that I've eaten pizza from in New York : Lombardi's Pizza near little Italy. A brick oven style pizza with fresh mozzarella, fresh tomatoes, etc. Totonno's in Coney Island. People line up almopst everyday and they only make a certain amount of pies and once they are sold out, the owner closes the place. And if you are waiting on line outside and he reached his quota of pies made for that day, tuff luck. Excellent pizza though. World-Famous Original Ray's Pizza which originally was opened by two brothers from Italy. The original place was opened on 6th Avenue and 11th St in Manhatten. Deninno's in Staten Island. Simply one of the best "bar" pies in the five boroughs. L&B Spumoni Gardens is the place that makes the pizza that I posted the picture of above. Don Cardi
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 05:44 PM
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Originally posted by Sicilian Babe: Brooklyn?? Puh-leeze!! :rolleyes: Not to turn this into a turf war, but everyone knows that the best pizza in NY was always found in the Bronx...
Edited to Add: Ralphie's? Well, they almost had me until they mentioned that they have a location in North Carolina! What do they know from Italian ices in North Carolina? The original Ralph's is on Staten Island, directly across from Deninno's Tavern, one of the Pizza places that I posted about in my last post. They open from April until September and during July and August, people come from as far as south Jersey to eat their ices and the lines are unbelievable. The other places are basically franchises of the original Ralphs. A perfect friday summer night is Pizza at Deninno's Tavern and then a walk across the street for fresh homemade italian ices at Ralphs. Don Cardi
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 08:32 PM
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Originally posted by Mignon: I got a good idea!!!! How about we find a good pizza joint in Philly for Friday nights dinner? Anybody? I realize that any pizza place there won't be as good as the ones in NY. Uhh,... Philly is for cheesesteaks, not pizza. Come to think of it - there's a pizza place by me that makes a killer cheesesteak pizza!
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/23/06 10:22 PM
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Originally posted by The Italian Stallionette: ... We seem to be dazed and confused confirming a place to eat Saturday. Do we really want to add Friday to the confusion? Yes, you do. Because if you guys can start concentrating on Friday, then maybe the tattered pieces of Saturday will simply fall into place by the time I stumble onto the scene. By GAD...we've gone & hijacked the pizza wars thread!!! Apple
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/24/06 05:15 AM
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Originally posted by Sicilian Babe: Ah, c'mon DC!! I was just squeezing your shoes! Frozen desserts.... Shoe squeezing.... any other fetishes you wanna talk about?
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/24/06 05:24 AM
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Having gone to college in Illinois I was introduced to the deep dish style shortly after I learned I love beer. They go great together!! I've eaten pizza all over the country and I prefer the New York style. Its only fair to say, though, that some New York pizza sucks (like the aforementioned Ray's .... its way too doughy and the sauce isn't anything special). I had one GREAT pizzeria in the old neighborhood that combined a thin crust with a good tasting sauce, fresh cheese and just the right amount of olive oil that combined for a slice of pure heaven (I wax poetic, don't I?). The square (Sicilian style) pizza that Don Cardi pictured is simply the best pizza I've EVER had. Its so good its almost a sin. I've had plenty of Chitown deep dish that I loved, and I've had some very thin (crispy) crust pizza from downstate Illinois that I used to enjoy. I guess its what you get used to.
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/24/06 08:17 AM
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Speaking of pizza, I can't understand how pizza with pineapple and/or ham go together??? I like both, but not on pizza. Then again, I like anchovies on my pizza, but am use to not having them, since most people don't like anchovies. Pepporoni, black olives are good toppings though, and of course extra cheese. TIS
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Re: Pizza Wars
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05/24/06 11:45 AM
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Originally posted by Sicilian Babe: Not in public, but as Mae West said, Come up and see me some time.... Let's set the meeting. Get our informers to find out where it's gonna be held. Now, we insist it's a public place -- a bar, a restaurant -- some place where there's people so I feel safe. They're gonna search me when I first meet them, right, so I can't have any cheesecakes on me then. But if SC can figure a way -- to have a couple of cheesecakes planted there for me -- then I'll freeze 'em both. Don Cardi
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Re: Pizza Wars
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Originally posted by Don Cardi: [QUOTE]Let's set the meeting. Get our informers to find out where it's gonna be held. Now, we insist it's a public place -- a bar, a restaurant -- some place where there's people so I feel safe. They're gonna search me when I first meet them, right, so I can't have any cheesecakes on me then.
But if SC can figure a way -- to have a couple of cheesecakes planted there for me -- then I'll freeze 'em both. Don Cardi Yeah, sure, I do. It's perfect for us. LAVeranda's a family place, good food. Everyone minds his business. It's perfect. SC they got an old-fashion' toilet -- you know, the box, and and and ah the chain-thing. Put the frozen cheesecakes in a Tupperware cake pan We might be able to duct tape the cake pan behind it. All right. Don Cardi: you go to the restaurant, you eat, you talk for a while, you relax. You make them relax. Then you get up and you go take a leak. No better still you ask for permission to go. Then when you come back, you come out throwin those frozen cheesecakes and don't take any chances two shots in the head apiece.
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Re: Pizza Wars
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Originally posted by Mignon: [quote]Originally posted by Don Cardi: [b] [QUOTE]Saturday has already been decided. Don Cardi It has [/b][/quote]Thank you, Mig...my thoughts exactly! I was beginning to wonder if I had missed a post or something. Apple
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Re: Pizza Wars
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Originally posted by AppleOnYa: [quote]Originally posted by Mignon: [b] [quote]Originally posted by Don Cardi: [b] [QUOTE]Saturday has already been decided. Don Cardi It has [/b][/quote]Thank you, Mig...my thoughts exactly! I was beginning to wonder if I had missed a post or something. Apple [/b][/quote]It has??/ Where?? When?
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Re: Pizza Wars
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Re: Pizza Wars
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Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Pizza Wars
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Originally posted by AppleOnYa: [quote]Originally posted by Mignon: [b] [quote]Originally posted by Don Cardi: [b] [QUOTE]Saturday has already been decided. Don Cardi It has [/b][/quote]Thank you, Mig...my thoughts exactly! I was beginning to wonder if I had missed a post or something. Apple [/b][/quote]The both of you have to be kidding me!
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Re: Pizza Wars
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Originally posted by Don Cardi: Wait a second. Let me understand this. You live in Chicago and you've only been to ONE Chicago pizzeria? Am I reading your post correctly? Ah, sorry, DC. I don't live IN Chicago, I live in "Little Chicago". Little Chicago is more commonly referred to as Ottumwa, IA. Only two big names come to mind who are from Ottumwa. First off, Tom Arnold, big whoop-te-do, and secondly, the character 'Radar O'Reilly' from MASH. (we're not all farmers, I hate rural life!!) "Little Chicago" derived from the mafia. During Al Capone's days, mafiosi often came down to Ottumwa for a few years to cool down after pulling off a big crime. Liquor was also stored and smuggled down here (I have a friend who lives near a "Whiskey Ridge Rd", and the name of that road also derived from the Prohibition era). Rumor has it, that there are tunnels under our downtown area where Capone used to run business. From what I've heard, some of the entrances are possibly from the high school (my school; OHS) and others are in the basement of the Hotel Ottumwa (been there on several occasions, but never in the basement, I want to explore). Anyway, there's a history lesson for you. Now back to pizza: I like pizza. I have only had Chicago-styled pizza, and my family loves it. Unfortunately we've never had the opportunity to enjoy New York pizza, but after all this talk, I really want to give it a try. I'm hoping one of these days my family will take a trip out east. If they don't, then I will go solo. We've been to Chicago twice. Caught a Cubs came (the stars were alligned just right, they won both games I attended, which goes against the odds) went up the Sears Tower, etc. I remember the most recent time we went there (which was several years ago), we ate at this place called "Luigi's". My parents insisted that we must get some pizza before we left town, so we did, and we enjoyed it.
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Re: Pizza Wars
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Originally posted by Letizia B.: I can hardly look at a deep dish pizza without getting agita. I tried it once and got about halfway through the slice before I couldn't handle any more. Even that was a stretch for me, since I don't even like regular crust, I always prefer thin crust. Wanna get married?
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Re: Pizza Wars
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There will be an episode of Emeril Live coming up that will be about different styles of pizza from different regions.
A Pizzeria, right here on Staten Island, named Joe and Pats, has been picked to represent New York's finest pizza. I've eaten there many times over the years and there is no question that they make one of the best thin crust pizzas here on Staten Island. However, I don't know if I agree about it being the best in New York.
Joe and Pat's pie takes the cake 'Emeril' search for best in the city's leads to Victory Blvd. pizzeria Wednesday, October 03, 2007 By TEVAH PLATT STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Food Network pointed its cameras yesterday at "summada best pie" in all Pizza City. Gathering footage coast to coast for an episode featuring various regional pizza styles, "Emeril Live" producers chose Staten Island's Joe and Pat's Pizzeria as the purveyor of New York's finest slices.
A local favorite, Joe and Pat's of Castleton Corners out-cheesed, out-crusted and out-sauced some 2,069 other pizza joints in all five boroughs, based on a recent restaurant count issued by the foodie Web site Urbanspoon.
Someone recommended it, I tried it, and I thought it was the best in New York City," producer Alan Madison said of the rather informal selection process.
So the crew came out and filmed a vignette featuring thin crust and subtly sweet sauce, to air early next year.
The show also will plumb the deep-dish territory of Chicago and exhibit some arty innovations out of Los Angeles before host Emeril Lagasse "kicks it up" with his own recipe, Madison said.
The producer was not surprised to find pizza Eden on Staten Island:
"You get a lot of Italians together, they're going to figure out how to make great pizza," he said.
With contenders like Denino's, Goodfellas and the winner of the recent AWE readers' poll, Brother's Pizza, it isn't easy to pin the blue ribbon on a single shop.
While honored to be representing New York, Pat Pappalardo -- the restaurant's namesake, along with his brother, Joe -- placed the pizza's roots squarely in Italy.
The recipe arose out of necessity during the second World War, Pappalardo said, when his family started making pies from leftover bread dough.
Six baby-faced dough-throwers turned out an array of pizzas for the show, from traditional red and white pies to a doughy, heart-shaped Sicilian.
Biting into a crispy offering topped with arugula, Parmigiano-Reggiano and a drizzle of reduced balsamic vinaigrette, the Food Network's culinary producer, Charissa Chabot, said off-camera: "This is the best I've had so far."
"So far in your life?" the Advance asked, for clarification.
"Mmm. Could be."
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