In the last episode of On Hand we theorized that ranch first collided with pizza in Michigan, and maybe even at a high school in Ann Arbor in 1992. Why not?
Well one listener, Junebug Harris, says we got it all wrong. He and his wife, Rio, were both dipping pizza - and everything else - in ranch in their high school cafeterias (Northville and Royal Oak, respectively) in the 1980s.
Here's further evidence that Michigan teenagers started the pizza/ranch trend - in the mid 1980s - probably because high school cafeteria food wasn't great, but the ranch was on point.
Junebug and Rio are musicians with a rockabilly band in Southeast Michigan. Check them out!
GUESTS:
- Sean "Junebug" Harris, Gen X pizza/ranch pioneer
- Rio Scafone, Gen X pizza/ranch pioneer
- Arrow, Gen Z pizza/ranch legacy inheritor
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