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Video: Is Every Pizza Slinger Secretly An Amazing Opera Singer?
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 22, 2012
Modified Jan 22, 2012
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Published Jan 22, 2012
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Oh sure, science hasn't quite been able to create real life Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles yet, but they've made amazing strides in creating other hybrid animals, such as Zebroids (horse/zebra), Ligers (lion/tigers) and Wholphins (whale/dolphin). Judging by the awesome video below, it seems a new hybrid is already in existence: The Opizzera (opera singer/pizza slinger).
The video, which was taken at Stage Door East Deli and Pizzeria in Farmingdale, was originally posted on Reddit, and the uploader notes: "We told the cook it was our friend Nicole's birthday. He sang her a song. Show this man some love!" And don't worry: at :50, the girl is saying his name, not "shut up" as it sorta sounds like. Seeing this video has really made us re-think our decision to never leave the apartment again after discovering the ultimate homemade pizza margarita recipe.
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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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