{"id":40689,"date":"2023-05-30T07:20:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=40689"},"modified":"2023-05-30T07:20:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:20:38","slug":"gumball-gangsters-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/05\/30\/gumball-gangsters-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Gumball Gangsters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sebastiano the Sausagemaker \u2013 works at the “Palermo Family Pizza”<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Wikipedia<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The Palermos<\/b> are a series of two-inch plastic collectible figurines\u00a0created by David Gonzales. Representing an Italian American\u00a0family and their associates, the Palermos debuted in 2004 as a spin-off of Gonzales\u2019 Homies figures.<\/p>\n

In their fictional world, the Palermo family was once one of New York\u2019s most powerful Mafia\u00a0groups. Trying to \u201cgo straight,\u201d they have established a family-run pizza\u00a0restaurant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sebastiano the Sausagemaker \u2013 works at the “Palermo Family Pizza” According to Wikipedia: The Palermos are a series of two-inch plastic collectible figurines\u00a0created by David Gonzales. Representing an Italian American\u00a0family and their associates, the Palermos debuted in 2004 as a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[120,4],"tags":[5615],"class_list":["post-40689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curious-clutter","category-news","tag-the-palermos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-aAh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40598,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/05\/16\/gumball-gangsters-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":40689,"position":0},"title":"Gumball Gangsters","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"May 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Don Giuseppe Palermo \u2013 The family's Godfather According to Wikipedia: The Palermos are a series of two-inch plastic collectible figurines\u00a0created by David Gonzales. 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