Bonus Episode: Bloopers & Outtakes

Marco and I had a lot of fun recording Concettina Died. Except when I was an insufferable taskmaster and Dad was a whining child! But I left most of the clips of us yelling at each other on the cutting room floor. This blooper reel instead finds us laughing as we warm up, getting exhausted with my mother’s interruptions, and struggling through take after take to get the stories just right.

Oh—and listen all the way to the end. Marco sings an old ribald tale of Italian-American “hero” Christopher Columbus. (Warning for weak-kneed wimps: the song contains an Italian-American slur and graphic depictions of butt sex!)

But seriously, as the final episodes of our podcasting adventure roll out, we are still laughing from all of the fun we had making this thing. Enjoy!

—David Zaza, New York, December 2021

Concettina Died host Marco Zaza, with curlers in his hair, 1970s

Concettina Died host David Zaza, crying as usual, 1970s

Concettina Died special guests Jerry Zaza (episode 6) and Stephanie Zaza (episode 8), having a laugh, 1960s

Grandfather #1: Gaetano Zaza, with something goofy on his head, 1960s

Grandfather #2: Corrado LoBasso, with something goofy on his head, 1960s

(Honorary) Grandfather #3: Joseph Vicarel, with something goofy on his head, 1970s