Cats, Dogs and...Pizza

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

It's all about pizza. And cats. And dogs. Really.


What's the Next Big Thing?

Host Dean Olsher heads to Bedford Stuyvesant, locale of Sal's Pizza in Spike Lee's movie "Do the Right Thing," to ask the question, "What's the next big thing?"

Slurrrrrp

It's the fine art of roasting on 19th Street in Brooklyn. A conversation with Donald Schoenholt, owner of Gillies Coffee Co.

The Search for the Original Ray's

The Manhattan phone book lists 23 pizzerias called Ray's - or Original Ray's, or Famous Original Ray's... you get the idea. This is a mostly true story about one man's search for the REAL Ray. Based on "Original, Original: The Search for the Original Ray" a film by Paul Kamuf and Paul Starkman, and featuring actor Sam Marks. Produced by Amanda Aronczyk.

Holy Soul

For many teens coming of age in the 1970s, the Beat poets served as rebel heroes. Matt Power was no different. Then he met Allen Ginsberg. In the flesh. Power's recollections first appeared in an essay in Heeb Magazine.

Cat Call

Having cat troubles? Cat lover but not necessarily cat expert Alice Furlaud takes your calls. Produced by Curtis Fox.

Street Dogs

Every day street kids in Seattle have to figure out where to sleep, where to find their next meal, how to survive. And yet some are willing to take on the additional responsibility of caring for another being. Produced by Jake Warga and Matt Perry, with help from Transom.org.


WNYC archives id: 30338

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