Food Non-Fiction

#7 The World's Greatest Food Fight


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This episode starts with the true story of Ryan Shilling and the huge food fight in his UK school, Jarrow, in the town of Jarrow. We then piece together the history of food fights, starting with the creation of the pie-in-face gag from the Vaudeville era to the first pieing scenes in silent films to our modern day idea of food fights in schools. Next, we tell you about the world's greatest food fight - La Tomatina in Bunol, Spain. We interviewed Rafael Perez, the organizer of the event.

Special thanks to our interviewees:

Thank you Ryan Shilling! Thank you Rafael Perez!

Promised Links:

3 Stooges Pie Fight Telegraph article on the Colombian La Tomatina La Tomatina-esque events in the US

Other References Used: La Tomatina Colorado Tomato War The Salt Blog history of food fights Evolution of Pieing Web Urbanist list of food fights

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