Thursday, March 25, 2010

Hey Mambo! Mambo Italiano!

I love the pizza dough tosser in the Visa “Hey Mambo” commercial. I thought to myself how cool it would be to find out who this guy is and where he makes pizza so that maybe one day soon I could hope in the car and take a road trip just to watch him toss back a few…..pizza crusts. The search didn’t take long and I discovered way more than I thought I would. His name is Juan Hermosillo and he is currently the captain of the United States Pizza Team.

WHAT?!?!??? Did you know there was a United States Pizza Team?
No really, these guys (and gals) travel the world competing in freestyle throwing receiving points for difficulty, creativity, etc. And get this….the team is from ALL OVER!! Brooklyn, Orlando, Columbus, Chattanooga! How cool is that? When not competing you can visit these guys where they work. I say we pick a day and all go out to a restaurant in a city close to us and compare notes. Anyone game?

11 comments:

just bob said...

I live in Bemidji... the only place I'm close to is nowhere.

hmduey said...

I'm game! However, I'm not sure I want to eat one of the pizzas they toss around like that. Touching the floor then working on my food (in a public place) does not give me the feel-good vibe. ;-)

Queen Goob said...

Even with the five seconds or less rule?

CSY said...

You know I'm always in! Road trip, beer and pizza?!?!? Hell yeah!

Leah said...

That is so funny!

Yeah, I like my pizza floor-free. But I do like my pizza!!!

G.~ said...

I am always impressed when someone can control their dough like that!

Anonymous said...

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Is this possible?

Mrs. R said...

LOL!! How did you ever find this? A U.S. Pizza Team...that is fabulous.

Who knew?

Anonymous said...

Questo è stato un bel articolo da leggere, grazie per la condivisione di essa.

nick said...

The US Pizza Team? That's amazing, I've never heard of such a thing. Freestyle throwing, huh? Do they also get points for the distance travelled? And how much of the topping stays put? And do they cheat by making the pizza as light as possible?

A good job there's no freestyle spaghetti throwing. The mess would be horrific.

nick said...

Btw, do you speak Italian? If not, the message from Anonymous reads: This was a great article to read, thanks for sharing yourself.