As they say in the industry: the internets is serious business. Just ask YouTube: the lawyer-spooked functionaries who run the content sent me an interesting missive.

Dear Member:

This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Franco Corso claiming that this material is infringing:

Berea Italian Festival 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GiAFKFU3vI

Now this is true comedy. Let us recall that I shot that video at a so-called Italian Festival (one devoid of zeppole) at which one Frankie Corso (from the showrooms of Vegas!) belted out several lounge-lizard standards while a handful of elderly Ohioans doddered over a mostly-barren dancefloor. I took about 30 seconds of video to survey the, er, "festivities" as Corso crooned in the background.

Needless to say, there was no infringement of his, er, performance. Maybe Frankie Corso has joined forces with Rob Lopicola and has sought to pour a nor'easter of harassment into our happy Macaroni Dish? I shall respond to the law-addled gatekeepers at YouTube. Or not... it hardly matters. Still, it's quite funny to have Franco Corso voluntarily join the cast of characters of our blog -- he can be our Jim Cantore of atmospheric melody.

Considering Corso's performance, I suppose it should be no surprise that he'd want any and all reference to it deleted.

Just a gigolo, indeed!