Title: Subtitle
Don't Touch the Hair: Cultural Values of the New York Guido
Beyond the Jersey Shore: Guido Culture in the Off-Season

Synopsis: One journalist sets out to explore and understand the culture of the New York/New Jersey guido during the off-season. What do they do and how do they act when they aren't creeping down the boardwalk of Seaside Heights? This work exposes the "actuality" of guido culture in a climate of overexposure to "reality" via TV shows like "Jersey Shore" and "Jerseylicious."

Article Structure/Outline:
INTRO: quote from Paulie Bangzz, physical description of guido "type," origin of term, population locations; back to story of Paulie
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- guidos in pop culture in the past (Happy Days' Fonzi, Saturday Night Fever)
- guidos in pop culture now ("Jersey Shore," maybe mention "Jerseylicious")
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- scene inside the Salty Dog (music, crowd, physical description of guidettes, bartender's feedback)
- scene inside Kettle Black
- informant Tom Mancusi - artifacts, insecurities around appearance, importance of the Jersey Shore as a vacation spot for guidos, Tom's unfulfilled promise
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- scene: Pete Scaringella & Tick Tock Diner - his clothing company Guidolicious and the inherent distinctions in clothing style, Pete's analysis of younger vs. "grown-up" guidos, the importance of extended family, the presence of steroid use to enhance physique, Pete's unfulfilled promise

NEW INFORMATION FORTHCOMING: Another section on Johnny DeCarlo, 29 & engaged, runs catering business in NJ. I am anticipating that he will add humanity and likability. Johnny has already made important distinctions, in a telephone conversation today, about young, clubbing "guidos" versus authentic "cugines" who are old school guidos with traditional values (family & cooking are more important to cugines) - he also said that he sees the younger knuckleheads as "not yet evolved." We will meet on 4/23 and 4/25, to go shopping at an Italian market in NJ and then for me to observe his "meatball demonstration" at an Italian Festival. And he sounds *so much* like Joe Pesci on the phone!