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2 unusual facts about spaghetti


Bavette

Bavette (pasta), a type of ribbon pasta noodle, similar to Spaghetti, that has a flat section and a slightly convex shape

Spaghetti

Spaghettieis: an ice cream dessert which looks like spaghetti with tomato sauce.


A Fistful of Paintballs

HitFix critic Alan Sepinwall applauded the episode, saying "the new installment went for depth instead of breadth, focusing entirely on the style of the spaghetti Western and doing a very impressive job of it. The revamped opening credit sequence was gorgeous, the score sounded very much like Ennio Morricone's work on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the different showdowns had the requisite number of close-ups, etc."

Allan Stomann

He has also designed sleeves for LP records by popular children's entertainer Peter Combe, including Toffee Apple (1987) and Spaghetti Bolognaise (1988).

Amato's

The company also cans its spaghetti and pizza sauces for sale in Hannaford supermarkets.

Death Dealer

Death's Dealer, also known as Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold, a Spaghetti Western film starring Klaus Kinski

Demofilo Fidani

This derivativeness, combined with bizarre characters and complete inattention to continuity, has made many refer to him as the "Ed Wood of spaghetti westerns".

Elisa Montés

In the 1960s, Montés frequently worked in co-productions and spaghetti-westerns, with titles like Samson and the Mighty Challenge (1964), El proscrito del Río Colorado (1965), Sette dollari sul rosso (1966), Texas, Adiós (1966), Return of the Seven (1967) and Maneater of Hydra (1967).

Ernesto Gastaldi

He has collaborated with Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Riccardo Freda, Tonino Valerii, Sergio Martino and Sergio Leone; as such he can be regarded as a chief architect of the giallo and Spaghetti Western film.

Fender American Deluxe Series

Vintage Noiseless pickups, a dark aluminum Fender "spaghetti" logo and abalone inlaid fingerboards were added in 1998; 5-bolt neck fixing, 4+1 tuners, 18V power supply and Schaller Lite Bass tuning machines followed 4 years later (replaced by Hipshot UltraLite tuners as of 2006).

Francesco De Masi

De Masi also scored several action films, such as Enzo G. Castellari's Quel maledetto treno blindato (The Inglorious Bastards), but he is best remembered for his work on spaghetti westerns.

Giulio Petroni

Giulio Petroni (September 21, 1917 – January 31, 2010) was an Italian director, writer and screenwriter, best known for his spaghetti westerns Tepepa (1969), with Orson Welles and Tomas Milian, Death Rides a Horse (1967), with Lee Van Cleef in one of his first starring roles, and A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (1968).

Håkon Kornstad

He was involved with the free improvisation bands Tri-Dim and No Spaghetti Edition, and started the band Atomic in 2000.

Katrina Rose Dideriksen

Dideriksen is a consistent member of Joe Iconis' musical "family," performing in numerous concerts and shows such as Things to Ruin and Bloodsong of Love: The Rock N Roll Spaghetti Western.

Long Days of Hate

As was the custom of several spaghetti westerns, a track from Ennio Morricone's A Fistful of Dollars features in the film.

Luigi Pistilli

He appeared in many spaghetti Westerns such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) (as the priest brother of Eli Wallach's character Tuco) and in For a Few Dollars More (1965) as the cunning second-in-command Groggy (his first credited film role).

Pat Cooper

During the 1960s Cooper recorded albums for United Artists Records including: "Our Hero", "Spaghetti Sauce and Other Delights", "You Don't Have to be Italian To Like Pat Cooper" (1967), "An Italian Wedding" and "More Saucy Stories From..." (1968).

Red Dead

The game reproduces a "grainy film" effect and uses music from various Spaghetti Western films, including those composed by Ennio Morricone.

Red Dead Revolver

The game reproduces a "grainy film" effect and uses music from various Spaghetti Western films, including film scores composed by Ennio Morricone.

Simeis 147

Simeis 147, also known as the Spaghetti Nebula, SNR G180.0-01.7 or Sharpless 2-240, is a supernova remnant (SNR) that may have occurred in the Milky Way, on the constellation borders of Auriga and Taurus.

Spaghetti Records

These new labels are part of Spaghetti and have seen releases by Atomizer, Pete Burns and Sam Taylor-Wood.

Spaghetti taco

Spaghetti Tacos were first seen in iCarly (Season 2), spaghetti tacos quickly became a food pop culture phenomenon.

Storm Riders

Storm Rider, a.k.a. The Grand Duel, an Italian spaghetti western directed by Giancarlo Santi

Sukiyaki Western Django

It also takes inspiration from the "Man with No Name" stock character variously used in the spaghetti western genre but most notably in the Dollars trilogy by Sergio Leone (initially inspired by Akira Kurosawa's jidaigeki film Yojimbo).

Thomas J. Grasso

Less than an hour before he died, he issued his fourth and final statement, "I did not get my SpaghettiOs, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this."

Trip for Tat

A Pizza Tweety Pie (1958): The final sequence where Sylvester eats spaghetti in the restaurant.


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