# Licorice Pizza **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 2, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057 "2022-01-02T00:26:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/1 "2022-01-02T00:26:28Z")
Does the new film Liquorice Pizza have anything to do with the record store? (Man, I wish I’d kept at least one of their [bags](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/t2oAAOSwhUVfMGeS/s-l400.jpg) – although I think it was a shop in Westwood whose bags said ‘We give good ear’, with a drawing of a girl licking an ear.) ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/2 "2022-01-02T00:28:06Z")
No, I think PTA said he used to hang out there and just liked the name. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/3 "2022-01-02T00:33:13Z")
Nitpick, the film title is spelled Licorice Pizza and here’s what Paul Thomas Anderson said to [Variety](https://variety.com/2021/film/features/paul-thomas-anderson-licorice-pizza-alana-haim-cooper-hoffman-1235107853/) about the title, “After many months of banging my head against the wall trying to figure out what to name this film, I concluded that these two words shoved together reminded me the most of my childhood. Growing up, there was a record-store chain in Southern California called Licorice Pizza. It seemed like a catch-all for the feeling of the film. I suppose if you have no reference to the store, it’s two great words that go well together and maybe capture a mood. Maybe it just looks good on a poster?” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/4 "2022-01-02T00:54:13Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Nitpick, the film title is spelled Licorice Pizza Thank you. I’ve requested the misspelling to be corrected in the thread title and the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/5 "2022-01-02T00:56:24Z")
Nobody asked, but I found it to be a really fun movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/6 "2022-01-02T01:04:04Z")
Yes, I finally saw it today and enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/7 "2022-01-03T16:44:51Z")
Licorice pizza sounds worse than anchovies. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/8 "2022-01-03T17:31:40Z")
I didn’t know Philip Seymour Hoffman had any kids (Cooper Hoffman.) Lucky devil inherited dad’s matinee idol good looks. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/9 "2022-01-03T17:37:26Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Licorice pizza sounds worse than anchovies. Yes, the very thought of it is horrifying, and that makes it a great film title because I’ll never forget it. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/10 "2022-01-04T02:12:35Z")
Isn’t “licorice pizza” just a clever name for an LP record? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/11 "2022-01-04T02:23:04Z")
Probably why it was the name of a local record store. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/12 "2022-01-04T02:31:10Z")
Supposedly it comes from an Abbott and Costello routine where they’re trying to sell records, and claiming they were licorice was one of their ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/13 "2022-01-04T02:50:51Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Supposedly it comes from an Abbott and Costello routine where they’re trying to sell records ‘Well, we could sprinkle cornstarch on the bottom and sell them as licorice pizzas.’ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/14 "2022-02-15T13:29:30Z")
7 posts were split to a new topic: [LPs have been obsolete for such a long time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lps-have-been-obsolete-for-such-a-long-time/959528) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/15 "2022-02-15T14:13:57Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Probably why it was the name of a local record store. 30 or 40 stores, in fact, in Southern California. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/16 "2022-02-15T14:15:54Z")
There was one I use to go to in San Diego. I’m sure I have some CDs from it and I might have a poster left, but maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-pizza/957057/17 "2022-02-15T14:17:17Z")
When I was 13, I scrounged their dumpster for album covers and posters to hang on my bedroom wall.