History and Development
The program is written and directed by Paul Fenech, who portrays the protagonist of the series, pizza deliveryman Pauly. In a few episodes, Pauly will break the fourth wall and, as himself, the self-described "fil-um maker", present featurettes that reveal the history of the series, often in a tongue-in-cheek or parodic manner.
Pizza began in the early 1990s as Fenech's project, a black-and-white short film, entitled Pizza Man, in which he starred as the eponymous pizza man. In 1995, the short film won third place in the Tropfest film festival.
Pizza itself was first broadcast on the SBS network in 2000 and, as of 2007, is in its fifth season. The half-hour program was shown on Monday evenings, at the "night 1" to "night 2" timeslot, noted for its offbeat comedy shows, including South Park, John Safran, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Drawn Together, and Quads!.
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