Character
Mr. Panucci
Mr. Panucci in Futurama (1999), played by John DiMaggio.
Mr. Panucci owns the pizzeria whose ceiling once trapped Fry, though he's mostly a background fixture in New New York rather than a central player. He's brusque, put-upon, and treats the shop as his whole world — a small, grumbling presence amid the show's cosmic sprawl.
He's a joke that keeps paying off precisely because he's minor: a gruff pizzeria owner glimpsed just enough to become a running gag about how much the universe has changed since 1999. DiMaggio's gravelly delivery gives him a lived-in crankiness that makes each brief reappearance feel like a wink to longtime viewers.
Mr. Panucci (August 11, 1946 - September 27, 2012) was the owner and operator of Panucci's Pizza. He had a loud and surly demeanor, and showed little regard for hygiene. He would sneeze in the pizza dough, rub dough on a dog, and use a pepperoni sausage to scratch his back.
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