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Say hello to Franco Cozzo. 35 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,781 (audience applauds) 36 00:03:03,781 --> 00:03:06,824 (whimsical music) 37 00:03:10,157 --> 00:03:10,757 - Hi. 38 00:03:10,781 --> 00:03:14,032 (whimsical music) 39 00:03:16,949 --> 00:03:20,532 {\an8}(audience applauds) 40 00:03:21,115 --> 00:03:22,341 - How are you? 41 00:03:22,365 --> 00:03:23,133 - Very well Don. 42 00:03:23,157 --> 00:03:25,300 Molto bene. - Molto bene, yes. 43 00:03:25,324 --> 00:03:27,091 I'm not too concerned about you being on the show 44 00:03:27,115 --> 00:03:29,800 because I know that you relax quite easily on television. 45 00:03:29,824 --> 00:03:32,550 {\an1}You've had your own television show as a matter of fact. 46 00:03:32,574 --> 00:03:35,300 Well, I don't really think you look very comfortable here. 47 00:03:35,324 --> 00:03:37,258 {\an1}Let me just fix something up for you, all right. 48 00:03:37,282 --> 00:03:38,675 {\an1}Stand up just for a second. 49 00:03:38,699 --> 00:03:39,425 Fellas. 50 00:03:39,449 --> 00:03:40,341 (audience exclaims) 51 00:03:40,365 --> 00:03:42,175 You can just bring that out here. 52 00:03:42,199 --> 00:03:45,781 (audience applauds) 53 00:03:51,907 --> 00:03:56,032 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 54 00:04:01,615 --> 00:04:05,550 {\an1}- I hate plain, that's why I searched Franco Cozzo. 55 00:04:05,574 --> 00:04:09,175 {\an7}- I remember watching his commercials 50 years ago. 56 00:04:09,199 --> 00:04:12,758 {\an1}- Maybe one of them is here to see me, I'm not sure. 57 00:04:12,782 --> 00:04:13,757 - I'm here to see you. 58 00:04:13,781 --> 00:04:16,757 - No, you're coming to see the furniture. 59 00:04:16,781 --> 00:04:18,300 (ladies laugh) 60 00:04:18,324 --> 00:04:20,175 (instrumental music) 61 00:04:20,199 --> 00:04:21,925 - [Woman] What furniture have you bought? 62 00:04:21,949 --> 00:04:26,781 - I bought a table and some chairs from Venice. 63 00:04:27,365 --> 00:04:30,508 I can't believe how beautiful. 64 00:04:30,532 --> 00:04:32,216 - Yes, yes, beautiful. 65 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:33,591 - Just passed. 66 00:04:33,615 --> 00:04:35,757 By the time Franco Cozzo gets here 67 00:04:35,781 --> 00:04:37,966 it will already be secondhand. 68 00:04:37,990 --> 00:04:41,657 (instrumental music) 69 00:04:44,781 --> 00:04:48,824 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 70 00:04:52,865 --> 00:04:55,216 {\an1}- Ellen, come here darling. 71 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,216 You are the best woman in the world. 72 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,008 - I know, I tell myself that every day, 73 00:05:01,032 --> 00:05:03,591 but I just don't believe it yet. 74 00:05:03,615 --> 00:05:04,757 - This is mine. 75 00:05:04,781 --> 00:05:05,425 - Yes, yes. 76 00:05:05,449 --> 00:05:06,883 You love the cake. 77 00:05:06,907 --> 00:05:11,591 That is the friend I invite because she bake. 78 00:05:11,615 --> 00:05:12,175 - Magnifica. 79 00:05:12,199 --> 00:05:15,800 - [Woman 2] I can't believe we're seeing you in real life. 80 00:05:15,824 --> 00:05:19,781 - [Ellen] And he's eating your cake. 81 00:05:24,781 --> 00:05:25,781 - Whoa. 82 00:05:27,781 --> 00:05:31,781 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 83 00:05:47,615 --> 00:05:48,841 {\an8}- Yeah it's beautiful. 84 00:05:48,865 --> 00:05:49,925 - I like the gold. 85 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:50,757 - Yes, it's beautiful. 86 00:05:50,781 --> 00:05:54,675 - I might ask for more gold over there. 87 00:05:54,699 --> 00:05:55,258 {\an8}- Yeah. 88 00:05:55,282 --> 00:05:59,365 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 89 00:06:03,699 --> 00:06:07,115 - Franco, it's not your chair, so. 90 00:06:07,574 --> 00:06:10,757 - She's got you trained to the perfection, hasn't she? 91 00:06:10,781 --> 00:06:12,133 - What I can do. 92 00:06:12,157 --> 00:06:12,757 - Yes. 93 00:06:12,781 --> 00:06:16,990 - I gotta do what they want me to do. 94 00:06:21,781 --> 00:06:23,841 {\an8}(instrumental music) 95 00:06:23,865 --> 00:06:27,990 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 96 00:06:58,781 --> 00:07:02,758 I want to be artist to myself, I want to be singer 97 00:07:02,782 --> 00:07:07,216 I want to be everything, but I have very tough daddy. 98 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,074 I cannot do that. 99 00:07:11,157 --> 00:07:13,532 I want to be someone. 100 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,115 I gotta be, must. 101 00:07:18,781 --> 00:07:19,758 Talk with myself. 102 00:07:19,782 --> 00:07:25,300 You have no future with the other people there in Italy, 103 00:07:25,324 --> 00:07:26,757 go to Australia. 104 00:07:26,781 --> 00:07:29,841 (instrumental music) 105 00:07:29,865 --> 00:07:34,324 I leave Italy, 22nd of December, 1955, 55. 106 00:07:48,074 --> 00:07:49,966 {\an8}(instrumental music) 107 00:07:49,990 --> 00:07:54,157 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 108 00:08:07,781 --> 00:08:11,324 {\an8}(instrumental music) 109 00:08:22,657 --> 00:08:25,781 But we arrived 26 January '56. 110 00:08:29,532 --> 00:08:32,490 (bright music) 111 00:08:44,782 --> 00:08:48,300 {\an1}When I arrived in Australia at the port of Melbourne 112 00:08:48,324 --> 00:08:51,781 {\an1}nobody come and pick me up. 113 00:08:54,949 --> 00:08:58,782 She took me taxi (Franco whistles) 114 00:09:01,532 --> 00:09:04,615 {\an8}(bright music) 115 00:09:12,990 --> 00:09:17,758 The life is outstanding, beautiful Melbourne. 116 00:09:17,782 --> 00:09:20,757 (bright music) 117 00:09:20,781 --> 00:09:23,925 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 118 00:09:23,949 --> 00:09:26,907 {\an8}(bright music) 119 00:09:32,532 --> 00:09:33,757 - [Gerardo] So in the postwar period, 120 00:09:33,781 --> 00:09:38,365 around 370,000 Italians arrived in Australia. 121 00:09:38,949 --> 00:09:41,091 The official policy back then was assimilation. 122 00:09:41,115 --> 00:09:44,508 {\an8}It meant that anyone who came to Australia 123 00:09:44,532 --> 00:09:48,199 {\an8}had to adapt to Australian culture. 124 00:09:50,824 --> 00:09:54,508 {\an1}The story that strikes me the most about the 1950s, 125 00:09:54,532 --> 00:09:56,341 about being a migrant in Australia 126 00:09:56,365 --> 00:09:59,925 was one told to me by my uncle, who said that, 127 00:09:59,949 --> 00:10:01,258 as soon as you got up in the morning, 128 00:10:01,282 --> 00:10:05,925 {\an1}the first thing you could smell was bacon and eggs 129 00:10:05,949 --> 00:10:07,300 because the streets were full 130 00:10:07,324 --> 00:10:10,574 of the smell of bacon and eggs. 131 00:10:10,782 --> 00:10:13,466 You couldn't get a coffee if your life depended on it. 132 00:10:13,490 --> 00:10:18,425 {\an1}Because coffee drinking was viewed with suspicion. 133 00:10:18,449 --> 00:10:19,883 If you spoke Italian in the street 134 00:10:19,907 --> 00:10:22,591 {\an1}with someone from your own and village or whatever 135 00:10:22,615 --> 00:10:26,091 people would look at you and maybe even accost you and say, 136 00:10:26,115 --> 00:10:27,757 you shouldn't be speaking Italian. 137 00:10:27,781 --> 00:10:29,758 I mean, there was hostility to people 138 00:10:29,782 --> 00:10:32,008 {\an1}speaking another language. 139 00:10:32,032 --> 00:10:34,782 (soft music) 140 00:10:39,574 --> 00:10:43,699 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 141 00:11:26,407 --> 00:11:28,757 {\an1}- Happy, happy, happy man. 142 00:11:28,781 --> 00:11:31,449 (soft music) 143 00:11:33,490 --> 00:11:37,615 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 144 00:11:53,449 --> 00:11:56,050 - [Don] You didn't speak any English when you came here. 145 00:11:56,074 --> 00:11:57,758 - Not even today I speak English. 146 00:11:57,782 --> 00:12:00,508 I move my hands to speak English. 147 00:12:00,532 --> 00:12:03,300 - [Don] But you were a door to door salesman. 148 00:12:03,324 --> 00:12:03,841 - Yes. 149 00:12:03,865 --> 00:12:07,008 Well, when I arrived in Australia Don 150 00:12:07,032 --> 00:12:09,008 {\an1}I did salesman door by door 151 00:12:09,032 --> 00:12:11,466 {\an1}and I'll show you the way I did it, if you want. 152 00:12:11,490 --> 00:12:13,466 - [Don] Sure. - If you let me do it, 153 00:12:13,490 --> 00:12:14,216 I'll do it. 154 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:19,133 {\an1}See, I was young and nice looking, not like today. 155 00:12:19,157 --> 00:12:21,675 And I was in west Melbourne. 156 00:12:21,699 --> 00:12:22,466 - [Don] Yeah. 157 00:12:22,490 --> 00:12:23,800 - I knock on the door, nick, nick. 158 00:12:23,824 --> 00:12:27,781 And ladies come up and open the door 159 00:12:29,824 --> 00:12:31,300 and say "what you want?" 160 00:12:31,324 --> 00:12:33,091 I said, "I'm sorry, I don't speak English." 161 00:12:33,115 --> 00:12:35,925 {\an1}Blot, she closes the door. 162 00:12:35,949 --> 00:12:37,425 And then I ask myself, 163 00:12:37,449 --> 00:12:39,508 what I have to do, who is Italian? 164 00:12:39,532 --> 00:12:42,091 {\an1}Maltese, Greek, 10 people. 165 00:12:42,115 --> 00:12:42,883 Which you know, Don. 166 00:12:42,907 --> 00:12:44,133 - How do you tell the difference you mean? 167 00:12:44,157 --> 00:12:46,341 - How do you tell the difference of new Australians 168 00:12:46,365 --> 00:12:47,758 when they're arriving in Australia. 169 00:12:47,782 --> 00:12:50,591 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 170 00:12:50,615 --> 00:12:53,050 Italians, the first time they buy their own house 171 00:12:53,074 --> 00:12:56,757 single front house, they paint white inside 172 00:12:56,781 --> 00:12:57,883 inside of the house. 173 00:12:57,907 --> 00:13:01,990 Maltese, blue. Greek, I think is pink. 174 00:13:02,781 --> 00:13:04,716 (audience laughs) 175 00:13:04,740 --> 00:13:07,757 And I say to myself, this must be the gear. 176 00:13:07,781 --> 00:13:10,508 Then, you know, on the front of a single front, 177 00:13:10,532 --> 00:13:11,883 they got a piece of land there. 178 00:13:11,907 --> 00:13:13,425 - Yeah, little, garden like. 179 00:13:13,449 --> 00:13:14,716 - You know what they're doing? 180 00:13:14,740 --> 00:13:15,466 - [Don] What? 181 00:13:15,490 --> 00:13:18,300 - They put a tomato, basil, broccoli. 182 00:13:18,324 --> 00:13:20,657 You cannot miss that. 183 00:13:21,615 --> 00:13:23,758 And you know, when I see house like that, 184 00:13:23,782 --> 00:13:26,341 I knock on the door and say "Are you Italian?" 185 00:13:26,365 --> 00:13:27,675 Oh yes, I'm Italian. 186 00:13:27,699 --> 00:13:31,157 So do you want to buy a refrigerator? 187 00:13:41,282 --> 00:13:45,781 (instrumental music) 188 00:13:59,781 --> 00:14:03,782 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 189 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,757 (dog barks in distance) 190 00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:26,757 (instrumental music) 191 00:14:26,781 --> 00:14:30,865 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 192 00:14:47,740 --> 00:14:51,781 {\an7}(woman speaks in Italian) 193 00:14:53,074 --> 00:14:57,199 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 194 00:15:18,532 --> 00:15:19,216 It is wonderful. 195 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:23,782 {\an1}I'm very proud to introduce this in Melbourne. 196 00:15:24,990 --> 00:15:29,074 Some might think, the best of the best. 197 00:15:35,615 --> 00:15:36,781 I love it. 198 00:15:58,199 --> 00:16:02,490 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 199 00:16:13,781 --> 00:16:17,865 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 200 00:16:20,115 --> 00:16:24,365 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 201 00:16:45,781 --> 00:16:48,990 - [Maddalena] Why did you buy so much? 202 00:16:52,781 --> 00:16:55,740 (soft music) 203 00:17:18,949 --> 00:17:21,925 - [Gianna] Our parents, they had really good taste. 204 00:17:21,949 --> 00:17:23,258 - [Serge] Well, they were all tailors. 205 00:17:23,282 --> 00:17:26,008 My dad was a tailor. My mum was a seamstress. 206 00:17:26,032 --> 00:17:27,883 My grandfather was a tailor. 207 00:17:27,907 --> 00:17:31,781 They had an appreciation for style. 208 00:17:31,907 --> 00:17:34,341 When they got here, of course they couldn't speak English. 209 00:17:34,365 --> 00:17:39,383 {\an1}And it was hard to communicate and hard to assimilate. 210 00:17:39,407 --> 00:17:41,258 Franco Cozzo would speak Italian. 211 00:17:41,282 --> 00:17:43,757 Yeah, they could relate to him. 212 00:17:43,781 --> 00:17:46,490 (soft music) 213 00:17:46,907 --> 00:17:53,074 - Our parents came from Ragusa, Sicily and migrated in 1952. 214 00:17:53,615 --> 00:17:55,758 {\an7}They had cousins here that moved over here and said, 215 00:17:55,782 --> 00:17:58,008 {\an8}you know like, there's so much opportunity. 216 00:17:58,032 --> 00:18:01,425 {\an8}We've already bought a house, we bought a car. 217 00:18:01,449 --> 00:18:03,300 {\an1}Yeah, they got lured here. 218 00:18:03,324 --> 00:18:08,175 And on the pretext that they could make more money quickly, 219 00:18:08,199 --> 00:18:10,508 more quicker than they were. 220 00:18:10,532 --> 00:18:11,757 - [Serge] And they went through the war, 221 00:18:11,781 --> 00:18:15,633 {\an1}the war times and so on and things were really bleak. 222 00:18:15,657 --> 00:18:17,258 And I remember my dad was always complaining 223 00:18:17,282 --> 00:18:20,925 that they sometimes struggled to have enough food to eat. 224 00:18:20,949 --> 00:18:25,216 - They were a typical family that would buy Franco Cozzo 225 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,633 your average working class family, 226 00:18:27,657 --> 00:18:30,133 I think that's like saved and saved. 227 00:18:30,157 --> 00:18:34,657 So yeah, so we were emptying up the house 228 00:18:35,865 --> 00:18:38,782 and my mum saved everything. 229 00:18:39,199 --> 00:18:42,175 So she didn't really throw anything away 230 00:18:42,199 --> 00:18:45,032 {\an1}and I found these receipts. 231 00:18:45,365 --> 00:18:48,757 And so it's dated the third of the third '76 232 00:18:48,781 --> 00:18:50,757 for a total of 17,000. 233 00:18:50,781 --> 00:18:51,800 - Well, I remember a new car, 234 00:18:51,824 --> 00:18:55,757 would've been about $3,000 back then. 235 00:18:55,781 --> 00:18:57,133 So yeah, that was quite a bit. 236 00:18:57,157 --> 00:19:00,050 {\an1}- It actually kind of made me feel really emotional 237 00:19:00,074 --> 00:19:06,240 {\an1}because to know that my parents were working class parents 238 00:19:06,657 --> 00:19:10,824 {\an1}and had saved so much money to buy this furniture. 239 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,966 It just like really breaks my heart. 240 00:19:13,990 --> 00:19:17,699 (instrumental music) 241 00:19:17,781 --> 00:19:21,133 I know in Sicily, the rogue architecture's really prevalent. 242 00:19:21,157 --> 00:19:23,757 {\an1}So I think that's probably what carried over. 243 00:19:23,781 --> 00:19:26,757 - I remember mom mentioning some like palaces and so on 244 00:19:26,781 --> 00:19:27,466 in the area. 245 00:19:27,490 --> 00:19:28,425 They would've seen those 246 00:19:28,449 --> 00:19:31,757 {\an1}and got that appreciation for that type of design. 247 00:19:31,781 --> 00:19:35,781 - Here, they probably wanted to create. 248 00:19:37,282 --> 00:19:38,365 Sorry. 249 00:19:38,781 --> 00:19:41,781 {\an1}Yeah, like a sense of home. 250 00:19:42,781 --> 00:19:43,966 It's amazing. I mean, it's just, 251 00:19:43,990 --> 00:19:45,757 you can't see that as just furniture, 252 00:19:45,781 --> 00:19:48,966 but it kind of holds all these memories. 253 00:19:48,990 --> 00:19:51,781 (soft music) 254 00:19:54,532 --> 00:19:59,300 - [Gisella] My dad's business was Italian culture. 255 00:19:59,324 --> 00:20:02,341 {\an8}It actually enhanced Italian families 256 00:20:02,365 --> 00:20:05,175 {\an7}because they could actually put an Italian couch 257 00:20:05,199 --> 00:20:06,757 {\an8}in their household 258 00:20:06,781 --> 00:20:11,300 {\an8}and they could actually say (Gisella speaks in Italian) 259 00:20:11,324 --> 00:20:14,300 It comes from Italy, it's made in Italy 260 00:20:14,324 --> 00:20:15,758 and we're in Australia. 261 00:20:15,782 --> 00:20:17,925 (bright music) 262 00:20:17,949 --> 00:20:21,050 Italian culture was represented by the furniture, 263 00:20:21,074 --> 00:20:27,199 by the food, by the way we dress, by the way we spoke. 264 00:20:27,657 --> 00:20:30,449 I'm number four, sister number four. 265 00:20:30,781 --> 00:20:32,757 I've got two little ones after me. 266 00:20:32,781 --> 00:20:35,966 And I've got two elder sisters and an elder brother. 267 00:20:35,990 --> 00:20:38,383 We always used to do our homework on our own 268 00:20:38,407 --> 00:20:40,091 'cause mom and dad were so busy. 269 00:20:40,115 --> 00:20:42,757 {\an1}Even on a Sunday, we were open in North Melbourne. 270 00:20:42,781 --> 00:20:47,675 {\an1}It was talk of the block, it was 24/7, really. 271 00:20:47,699 --> 00:20:51,781 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 272 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:17,841 {\an8}- Franco Cozzo is what I would think of 273 00:21:17,865 --> 00:21:19,633 {\an7}as a migrant entrepreneur. 274 00:21:19,657 --> 00:21:25,781 {\an8}Who's bringing together the new technology of television 275 00:21:25,907 --> 00:21:30,365 {\an1}to showcase what is a developing commercial enterprise. 276 00:21:30,699 --> 00:21:32,758 - [Announcer] Stand by for the opening night 277 00:21:32,782 --> 00:21:36,341 of the national television service. 278 00:21:36,365 --> 00:21:39,282 (upbeat music) 279 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,508 - Hello there and good evening, 280 00:21:49,532 --> 00:21:51,300 ladies and gentlemen and children. 281 00:21:51,324 --> 00:21:54,383 {\an1}I'm here to welcome you in that small, bright screen 282 00:21:54,407 --> 00:21:57,341 in your living room that you are watching now, 283 00:21:57,365 --> 00:21:58,841 or perhaps as many of you are doing, 284 00:21:58,865 --> 00:22:01,966 {\an1}looking through shop windows of television screens 285 00:22:01,990 --> 00:22:03,699 in the streets. 286 00:22:03,907 --> 00:22:06,300 - Two really big things are happening 287 00:22:06,324 --> 00:22:08,824 {\an1}in the mid to late 1950s. 288 00:22:09,282 --> 00:22:12,800 There's a revolution in the way in which, 289 00:22:12,824 --> 00:22:17,781 {\an1}Australians see their world through television. 290 00:22:18,615 --> 00:22:24,781 {\an1}And at the same time, there's a huge influx of migrants 291 00:22:24,865 --> 00:22:29,615 {\an1}coming from a range of countries and transforming society. 292 00:22:30,990 --> 00:22:32,757 - Carosello, show number eight, 293 00:22:32,781 --> 00:22:37,282 recorded on the eighth of the second in '68. 294 00:22:38,781 --> 00:22:43,133 {\an1}Welcome to Carosello presented by Franco Cozzo. 295 00:22:43,157 --> 00:22:44,341 - [Announcer] Live from Melbourne 296 00:22:44,365 --> 00:22:47,757 it's Carosello presented by Franco Cozzo 297 00:22:47,781 --> 00:22:51,675 and produced by Sergio G and the Flippers. 298 00:22:51,699 --> 00:22:54,532 (drums music) 299 00:22:56,824 --> 00:22:59,782 (Italian music) 300 00:23:10,407 --> 00:23:12,966 - [Franco] Every week, Sunday 12 o'clock 301 00:23:12,990 --> 00:23:14,966 when the people are having dinner 302 00:23:14,990 --> 00:23:17,300 Franco Cozzo presenting Carosello 303 00:23:17,324 --> 00:23:21,800 {\an1}and that was beautiful, and that was our very prayer. 304 00:23:21,824 --> 00:23:23,050 (Italian music) 305 00:23:23,074 --> 00:23:27,216 - It was the very first non-English show 306 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:28,966 {\an7}on Australian television. 307 00:23:28,990 --> 00:23:31,883 {\an8}So it was a really major benchmark 308 00:23:31,907 --> 00:23:35,675 showcasing all Italian, local artists. 309 00:23:35,699 --> 00:23:38,740 (vibrant music) 310 00:23:40,324 --> 00:23:41,591 {\an1}Sergio G and the Flippers, 311 00:23:41,615 --> 00:23:47,574 they were a very popular band in the Italian music scene. 312 00:23:50,032 --> 00:23:51,550 {\an8}- They had to choose the artist 313 00:23:51,574 --> 00:23:52,883 {\an8}who they thought would be good, 314 00:23:52,907 --> 00:23:56,341 {\an8}but Franco Cozzo had the last say. 315 00:23:56,365 --> 00:23:57,383 {\an1}- [Aline] It was his show. 316 00:23:57,407 --> 00:24:02,824 {\an1}He conceived it and it was obviously a medium for him 317 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,865 {\an1}to advertise his furniture. 318 00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:12,757 - [John] He wanted music that was simple and popular 319 00:24:12,781 --> 00:24:15,490 {\an1}that everybody would love. 320 00:24:17,407 --> 00:24:20,966 By memory come through, actually watching the show. 321 00:24:20,990 --> 00:24:23,175 And for me as an anglo-Australian, 322 00:24:23,199 --> 00:24:27,699 it was like something from another planet. 323 00:24:28,781 --> 00:24:30,883 You'd stare and listen, this is weird. 324 00:24:30,907 --> 00:24:33,800 This is weird, but it was fascinating. 325 00:24:33,824 --> 00:24:36,865 (vibrant music) 326 00:24:42,781 --> 00:24:45,574 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 327 00:24:50,824 --> 00:24:52,133 (vibrant music) 328 00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:55,091 - [Aline] Carosello helped to find a space 329 00:24:55,115 --> 00:24:56,633 {\an1}in the broader mainstream 330 00:24:56,657 --> 00:25:01,050 {\an1}and for the broader Australian public for Italian culture 331 00:25:01,074 --> 00:25:02,841 and the community. 332 00:25:02,865 --> 00:25:05,907 (vibrant music) 333 00:25:12,781 --> 00:25:14,757 - What migrant cultures tend to do 334 00:25:14,781 --> 00:25:16,341 {\an1}in the country they land in 335 00:25:16,365 --> 00:25:18,757 is that they transform the reality, 336 00:25:18,781 --> 00:25:22,966 such that the local population feels that there's a change. 337 00:25:22,990 --> 00:25:25,133 These people are doing things differently 338 00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:28,240 they don't behave like we do. 339 00:25:28,907 --> 00:25:30,925 {\an1}So rather than assimilating to the point 340 00:25:30,949 --> 00:25:32,716 where everything's exactly the same 341 00:25:32,740 --> 00:25:35,133 {\an1}suddenly things, people start doing things differently 342 00:25:35,157 --> 00:25:38,532 and the streets scapes changing. 343 00:25:39,490 --> 00:25:43,466 {\an1}Having experienced Italian culture in Australia, 344 00:25:43,490 --> 00:25:47,050 and then seeing it on television in a sense, 345 00:25:47,074 --> 00:25:48,757 there was no going back after that, 346 00:25:48,781 --> 00:25:49,757 {\an1}you could only go forward. 347 00:25:49,781 --> 00:25:52,300 You couldn't go back to an old way of thinking. 348 00:25:52,324 --> 00:25:55,550 - Grand sale, grand sale, grand sale. 349 00:25:55,574 --> 00:25:55,883 Where? 350 00:25:55,907 --> 00:25:57,341 {\an1}In Brunswick and Footscray. 351 00:25:57,365 --> 00:26:01,633 {\an1}Franco Cozzo, I have the pleasure to present to you 352 00:26:01,657 --> 00:26:03,258 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 353 00:26:03,282 --> 00:26:06,550 bedroom set, dining room and wonderful land. 354 00:26:06,574 --> 00:26:08,508 Why don't you come for yourself and 355 00:26:08,532 --> 00:26:10,008 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 356 00:26:10,032 --> 00:26:10,966 - I think it's through the ads 357 00:26:10,990 --> 00:26:16,591 that Franco Cozzo really starts to bring together his status 358 00:26:16,615 --> 00:26:18,365 as a personality. 359 00:26:18,740 --> 00:26:22,781 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 360 00:26:25,781 --> 00:26:30,699 - They're going crazy with this commercial. 361 00:26:35,032 --> 00:26:38,865 {\an8}(Franco speaks in Greek) 362 00:26:44,740 --> 00:26:49,466 {\an1}Australia, I'm very proud to bring to you this 363 00:26:49,490 --> 00:26:51,550 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 364 00:26:51,574 --> 00:26:54,383 Yes, only can buy from Franco Cozzo. 365 00:26:54,407 --> 00:26:56,300 - The viewers, they were shocked to hear 366 00:26:56,324 --> 00:26:58,757 {\an1}the Greek and the Italian, what the hell is this? 367 00:26:58,781 --> 00:27:02,675 Who is this guy entering our homes? 368 00:27:02,699 --> 00:27:03,258 Who is he? 369 00:27:03,282 --> 00:27:06,757 {\an1}- For him to go on television speaking Italian, my God, 370 00:27:06,781 --> 00:27:08,091 it'll blow you away. 371 00:27:08,115 --> 00:27:12,324 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 372 00:27:19,199 --> 00:27:22,341 - It's almost like saying someone get off 373 00:27:22,365 --> 00:27:25,550 get off the Luna module and walk on the moon. 374 00:27:25,574 --> 00:27:26,757 It was on that level. 375 00:27:26,781 --> 00:27:30,675 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 376 00:27:30,699 --> 00:27:36,781 - If you have the stuff, the material to be someone, do it, 377 00:27:37,157 --> 00:27:39,757 but you gotta have something. 378 00:27:39,781 --> 00:27:41,300 Why don't you come for yourself 379 00:27:41,324 --> 00:27:44,175 and look at this magnificent couch. 380 00:27:44,199 --> 00:27:49,383 Only can be found from Franco Cozzo, buy from Franco Cozzo. 381 00:27:49,407 --> 00:27:53,532 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 382 00:27:56,907 --> 00:28:02,657 {\an1}- The formula for a Franco Cozzo ad, and there is a formula. 383 00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:06,591 {\an8}He could take on Coke in terms of branding in consistency. 384 00:28:06,615 --> 00:28:08,883 {\an8}Now I know it wasn't by design. 385 00:28:08,907 --> 00:28:11,883 {\an1}It'S almost by accident, but if you unpack his ads, 386 00:28:11,907 --> 00:28:15,757 he ticks all the boxes in terms of communications theory 387 00:28:15,781 --> 00:28:18,757 and what you need to do to encode in memory. 388 00:28:18,781 --> 00:28:20,633 - The best furniture you want to buy, 389 00:28:20,657 --> 00:28:22,091 Franco Cozzo is not far away 390 00:28:22,115 --> 00:28:23,757 North Melbourne and Footscray. 391 00:28:23,781 --> 00:28:24,757 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 392 00:28:24,781 --> 00:28:27,757 - He uses either the same language or the same rhyme, 393 00:28:27,781 --> 00:28:29,757 and it even rhymes in another language 394 00:28:29,781 --> 00:28:30,966 which is very powerful. 395 00:28:30,990 --> 00:28:32,841 {\an8}- [Announcer] The expert in imported furniture. 396 00:28:32,865 --> 00:28:35,091 If the best of furniture you want to buy, 397 00:28:35,115 --> 00:28:37,550 Franco Cozzo is not far away. 398 00:28:37,574 --> 00:28:39,091 {\an1}- And I love the genius of 399 00:28:39,115 --> 00:28:41,757 {\an1}if it's the best furniture you want to buy, 400 00:28:41,781 --> 00:28:43,591 then Franco Cozzo isn't far away. 401 00:28:43,615 --> 00:28:48,050 Like this is the stuff that could only be unlocked 402 00:28:48,074 --> 00:28:50,550 because of his Italian quirks. 403 00:28:50,574 --> 00:28:54,740 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 404 00:28:57,740 --> 00:28:58,757 - [Announcer] Buy from Franco Cozzo. 405 00:28:58,781 --> 00:29:01,550 - There was very clever marketing going around this too. 406 00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:04,133 They were placed on Sunday television 407 00:29:04,157 --> 00:29:07,091 around the time of world championship wrestling, 408 00:29:07,115 --> 00:29:10,300 {\an7}which was universally liked by Italian migrants. 409 00:29:10,324 --> 00:29:13,383 {\an7}- [Announcer] People in our studio, a capacity crowd, 410 00:29:13,407 --> 00:29:15,258 {\an8}Mario Milano from Trieste, Italy. 411 00:29:15,282 --> 00:29:17,716 - [Gerardo] Because there's Mario Milano, the golden Greek, 412 00:29:17,740 --> 00:29:19,757 of course, because everyone was involved. 413 00:29:19,781 --> 00:29:22,757 {\an1}- [Announcer] Horah, Milano nearly had Tiger Singh. 414 00:29:22,781 --> 00:29:25,633 Only the gouging of the eyes by Tiger Singh. 415 00:29:25,657 --> 00:29:27,757 Now Milano's not worried about Singh 416 00:29:27,781 --> 00:29:29,133 he's turned on big bad John. 417 00:29:29,157 --> 00:29:30,757 - And then there was at peak theatre, 418 00:29:30,781 --> 00:29:32,633 which was the Sword and Sandal, 419 00:29:32,657 --> 00:29:36,508 new films that they have on a Sunday afternoon, 420 00:29:36,532 --> 00:29:38,883 which I used to watch religiously. 421 00:29:38,907 --> 00:29:39,633 Why? 422 00:29:39,657 --> 00:29:43,258 {\an1}Because they were about when Italy was a great country. 423 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:46,407 They were about our heritage. 424 00:29:47,781 --> 00:29:48,633 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 425 00:29:48,657 --> 00:29:50,466 - [Gerardo] And who should turn up the ads? 426 00:29:50,490 --> 00:29:51,050 Franco Cozzo. 427 00:29:51,074 --> 00:29:52,633 (Franco Cozzo speaks in Italian) 428 00:29:52,657 --> 00:29:56,800 So, it was like, he inherited the Roman Empire. 429 00:29:56,824 --> 00:30:01,074 {\an1}(dramatic classical music) 430 00:30:10,407 --> 00:30:14,115 {\an8}(soft classical music) 431 00:30:52,657 --> 00:30:57,758 - [Angela] I was born in a little town in Pago Veiano, Italy 432 00:30:57,782 --> 00:31:00,907 We lived off whatever we grew. 433 00:31:03,574 --> 00:31:08,949 {\an7}My mother had nine children, five boys and four girls. 434 00:31:09,781 --> 00:31:11,508 {\an8}Five boys and two girls died 435 00:31:11,532 --> 00:31:14,341 because we didn't have a doctor in town. 436 00:31:14,365 --> 00:31:19,365 {\an1}The nearest doctor was about 12 kilometres away. 437 00:31:22,157 --> 00:31:26,757 My father and Franco Cozzo were on the same ship from Italy. 438 00:31:26,781 --> 00:31:30,781 They both became friends on the boat. 439 00:31:31,032 --> 00:31:34,633 When Franco Cozzo opened his first shop in north Melbourne 440 00:31:34,657 --> 00:31:38,490 dad and I went there and they hugged. 441 00:31:39,324 --> 00:31:41,091 And how are you and all that 442 00:31:41,115 --> 00:31:43,757 and yeah, but then they lost touch. 443 00:31:43,781 --> 00:31:46,550 {\an1}- [Announcer] And furniture means Franco Cozzo. 444 00:31:46,574 --> 00:31:48,883 - [Angela] We used to love his ads. 445 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:51,133 There's Franco again. 446 00:31:51,157 --> 00:31:55,282 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 447 00:31:56,781 --> 00:32:00,824 {\an1}(Angela speaks in Italian) 448 00:32:02,740 --> 00:32:05,407 (soft music) 449 00:32:06,032 --> 00:32:12,074 {\an1}Probably 90% of my furniture is from Franco Cozzo. 450 00:32:12,532 --> 00:32:17,074 It was a gradual collection over many, many, many years. 451 00:32:19,282 --> 00:32:22,758 {\an1}Oh, I've always loved baroque furniture, always. 452 00:32:22,782 --> 00:32:26,657 This is very sort of Italian to me. 453 00:32:27,824 --> 00:32:30,757 I buy this furniture because like it 454 00:32:30,781 --> 00:32:33,757 not to show off or you have to like it 455 00:32:33,781 --> 00:32:36,199 it's because I like it. 456 00:32:36,949 --> 00:32:38,365 That simple. 457 00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:43,716 {\an1}I think I like the gaudiness of it and the artwork. 458 00:32:43,740 --> 00:32:46,675 They're all handmade and all hand painted. 459 00:32:46,699 --> 00:32:49,781 So no two pieces are the same. 460 00:32:50,781 --> 00:32:54,633 Sometimes when people come here, they just go, 461 00:32:54,657 --> 00:32:56,781 where'd you get that? 462 00:32:57,365 --> 00:33:00,074 {\an1}It's not everybody's taste, 463 00:33:00,699 --> 00:33:04,781 but it's people that have good tastes. 464 00:33:07,781 --> 00:33:10,907 (classical music) 465 00:33:11,449 --> 00:33:13,175 {\an1}- Well, the baroque is quite a beautiful concept. 466 00:33:13,199 --> 00:33:17,800 There's a bit of dispute over the origin of the word, 467 00:33:17,824 --> 00:33:20,925 but apparently it means an imperfect Pearl. 468 00:33:20,949 --> 00:33:24,425 (classical music) 469 00:33:24,449 --> 00:33:25,133 In Italy, 470 00:33:25,157 --> 00:33:28,300 {\an1}the baroque style was the dominant style of wealth 471 00:33:28,324 --> 00:33:33,407 {\an1}that shows status, prestige, was in the churches. 472 00:33:33,949 --> 00:33:38,781 The aristocrats would've had baroque furniture. 473 00:33:39,074 --> 00:33:40,757 We're talking about the 17th 474 00:33:40,781 --> 00:33:43,716 through to the mid 18th century. 475 00:33:43,740 --> 00:33:46,657 (upbeat music) 476 00:33:50,032 --> 00:33:52,550 And we shouldn't discount the importance of the baroque 477 00:33:52,574 --> 00:33:54,757 even today with people like Versace, 478 00:33:54,781 --> 00:33:59,508 Dolce&Gabbana who thrive in the baroque style. 479 00:33:59,532 --> 00:34:02,574 (upbeat music) 480 00:34:03,282 --> 00:34:05,466 Just to get an idea of what baroque means, 481 00:34:05,490 --> 00:34:11,074 {\an1}it's the raw, the flesh that expresses strong emotions, 482 00:34:12,407 --> 00:34:14,532 death, life, ectasy. 483 00:34:17,365 --> 00:34:20,758 {\an8}The other aspect is that baroque takes craftsmanship. 484 00:34:20,782 --> 00:34:22,341 {\an8}It's artisanal. 485 00:34:22,365 --> 00:34:24,781 {\an8}It takes a lot of skill. 486 00:34:25,282 --> 00:34:29,216 {\an1}There aren't straight lines. So it's quite sensual. 487 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:32,425 Textiles are very rich or embroidered. 488 00:34:32,449 --> 00:34:34,466 And a lot of Italians came from backgrounds 489 00:34:34,490 --> 00:34:37,757 {\an1}where these were very much rooted in the society 490 00:34:37,781 --> 00:34:39,449 and the culture. 491 00:34:40,781 --> 00:34:43,907 Certainly if you like the human 492 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:46,425 and you put the human above the machine, 493 00:34:46,449 --> 00:34:49,133 {\an1}you're gonna want Baroque because the Baroque 494 00:34:49,157 --> 00:34:52,074 has human hands all over it. 495 00:35:03,907 --> 00:35:05,740 Papa Francesco. 496 00:35:06,449 --> 00:35:11,365 {\an1}No difference. Franco Cozzo and papa Francesco. 497 00:35:21,824 --> 00:35:23,407 Franco Cozzo. 498 00:35:57,115 --> 00:36:01,365 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 499 00:36:07,449 --> 00:36:11,657 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 500 00:36:15,032 --> 00:36:18,781 - [Maddalena] So why don't you just retire? 501 00:36:36,781 --> 00:36:40,907 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 502 00:36:41,449 --> 00:36:43,883 - This one here, I'll have to let you know 503 00:36:43,907 --> 00:36:47,757 because I'm not sure if they still stock it. 504 00:36:47,781 --> 00:36:49,716 - [Client] Okay. 505 00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:50,716 {\an1}- And then this is these. 506 00:36:50,740 --> 00:36:55,508 - So you want a three, a two plus two single arm chairs. 507 00:36:55,532 --> 00:36:56,781 Okay, yeah. 508 00:36:59,407 --> 00:37:01,757 Okay, I'll let you know. 509 00:37:01,781 --> 00:37:02,757 - All right, thank you. 510 00:37:02,781 --> 00:37:03,841 {\an1}- Okay. Thank you so much. 511 00:37:03,865 --> 00:37:05,216 - No worries. - Thank you. 512 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:08,574 - See you. - See you later love. 513 00:37:10,407 --> 00:37:11,675 Okay. 514 00:37:11,699 --> 00:37:12,781 Done. 515 00:37:15,781 --> 00:37:18,716 {\an8}I started working there in 1981. 516 00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:20,907 {\an8}I worked in Footscray, 517 00:37:21,324 --> 00:37:25,175 Franco advertised in the Globo la Fiamma 518 00:37:25,199 --> 00:37:28,949 and that's where I saw Franco Cozzo. 519 00:37:31,157 --> 00:37:35,050 {\an1}They were advertising the position for a secretary 520 00:37:35,074 --> 00:37:36,757 {\an1}who spoke and wrote Italian 521 00:37:36,781 --> 00:37:38,508 and that's how I got the job. 522 00:37:38,532 --> 00:37:44,282 I really didn't get to meet him 'til the following year. 523 00:37:45,532 --> 00:37:49,907 So and nothing. I met him, hi, how are you? 524 00:37:50,990 --> 00:37:52,074 Nothing. 525 00:37:52,740 --> 00:37:57,990 It wasn't until later on that we hooked up together. 526 00:38:01,990 --> 00:38:04,091 If it's a thing you say. 527 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:06,883 Yeah, it wasn't until quite later. 528 00:38:06,907 --> 00:38:08,050 Yeah. 529 00:38:08,074 --> 00:38:11,074 We just clicked, it was easy. 530 00:38:12,865 --> 00:38:16,074 You know, easy to fall in love. 531 00:38:16,615 --> 00:38:19,781 We have four lovely daughters. 532 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:24,532 They grew up with a famous dad. 533 00:38:25,282 --> 00:38:30,574 {\an1}Most people don't get to see Franco playing around. 534 00:38:30,824 --> 00:38:35,490 {\an1}When we are all together, all we do is laugh. 535 00:38:35,865 --> 00:38:38,199 Let's water you dear. 536 00:38:46,781 --> 00:38:48,282 {\an8}There you go. 537 00:38:53,699 --> 00:38:54,781 - There you go. 538 00:38:58,449 --> 00:39:00,365 - [Maddalena] Yeah. 539 00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:13,466 - [Maddalena] Just for generation, that's all. 540 00:39:13,490 --> 00:39:15,966 Different generation. 541 00:39:15,990 --> 00:39:17,133 - Is it okay? 542 00:39:17,157 --> 00:39:18,133 - Good. 543 00:39:18,157 --> 00:39:20,757 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 544 00:39:20,781 --> 00:39:21,907 Beautiful. 545 00:39:24,907 --> 00:39:26,574 - There we go. 546 00:39:27,324 --> 00:39:28,699 Off you go. 547 00:39:28,824 --> 00:39:33,032 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 548 00:39:36,074 --> 00:39:37,907 {\an8}- We make a deal. 549 00:39:49,032 --> 00:39:50,615 {\an8}- Yeah, okay. 550 00:39:51,781 --> 00:39:55,133 - [Maddalena] Tell me about your children. 551 00:39:55,157 --> 00:39:56,800 {\an1}- How many children I got? 552 00:39:56,824 --> 00:39:59,157 (Franco clears throat) 553 00:40:07,532 --> 00:40:09,008 And the first marriage, 554 00:40:09,032 --> 00:40:11,781 {\an1}61, 54, 51, 49, 47 and 44. 555 00:40:19,324 --> 00:40:23,781 Second marriage, 33, 30, 27, 14, the best. 556 00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:31,757 A lot of children, you know why? 557 00:40:31,781 --> 00:40:34,758 Because I was alone in my family. 558 00:40:34,782 --> 00:40:39,591 {\an1}I have one sister I lost her when she was 12 years old. 559 00:40:39,615 --> 00:40:44,824 {\an1}And I said to myself when I eat at home with my mom 560 00:40:45,657 --> 00:40:50,199 if one day I'm married, I want a soccer team. 561 00:40:51,657 --> 00:40:53,383 And I'll have 10. 562 00:40:53,407 --> 00:40:56,032 (soft music) 563 00:40:56,949 --> 00:41:00,781 - [Maddalena] What happened to your sister? 564 00:41:09,781 --> 00:41:12,615 {\an7}40 years, 45, 50 years ago. 565 00:41:16,990 --> 00:41:18,781 {\an8}Vincenzina Cozzo. 566 00:41:19,532 --> 00:41:20,781 {\an8}Bellissimo. 567 00:41:22,532 --> 00:41:26,115 - [Maddalena] So when you left Sicily. 568 00:41:49,699 --> 00:41:51,907 (soft music) 569 00:41:53,407 --> 00:41:57,532 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 570 00:42:11,699 --> 00:42:15,091 {\an1}(soft instrumental music) 571 00:42:15,115 --> 00:42:17,258 {\an1}- [Announcer] It's that style that's made Franco Cozzo 572 00:42:17,282 --> 00:42:20,841 one of a Melbourne's latest and most unusual cult figures 573 00:42:20,865 --> 00:42:23,757 {\an1}Today, the Footscray council put on a special show 574 00:42:23,781 --> 00:42:24,425 for Franco. 575 00:42:24,449 --> 00:42:25,800 He was awarded with a plaque 576 00:42:25,824 --> 00:42:29,407 for his contribution to the city. 577 00:42:40,781 --> 00:42:42,550 - [Announcer] It's what the Sicilian born Franco 578 00:42:42,574 --> 00:42:45,758 {\an1}does to the word Footscray or is that Footscray 579 00:42:45,782 --> 00:42:46,925 that seems to appeal. 580 00:42:46,949 --> 00:42:49,550 - There's only one way I can say otherwise 581 00:42:49,574 --> 00:42:51,466 North Melbourne Footscray, nothing else. 582 00:42:51,490 --> 00:42:54,175 I cannot say the way you say. 583 00:42:54,199 --> 00:42:57,008 - [Gerardo] His accent was typically an accent 584 00:42:57,032 --> 00:43:00,883 {\an1}that was hybridised between English and Italian. 585 00:43:00,907 --> 00:43:03,300 He leveraged his lack of knowledge of English. 586 00:43:03,324 --> 00:43:05,675 The fact that he was learning the language 587 00:43:05,699 --> 00:43:06,633 into an advantage. 588 00:43:06,657 --> 00:43:08,008 - I knock on the door, nick, nick. 589 00:43:08,032 --> 00:43:10,757 - [Gerardo] And he's not phased by how much laughter 590 00:43:10,781 --> 00:43:13,675 and how much ridicule you gonna heap on him. 591 00:43:13,699 --> 00:43:15,050 There's something else happening there. 592 00:43:15,074 --> 00:43:17,757 {\an1}He's selling his furniture. He's making money. 593 00:43:17,781 --> 00:43:21,824 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 594 00:43:25,282 --> 00:43:27,757 - Tell me, are you friend of Franco Cozzo? 595 00:43:27,781 --> 00:43:30,716 Why you like Franco Cozzo? Tell me. 596 00:43:30,740 --> 00:43:31,781 - Because. 597 00:43:34,282 --> 00:43:39,591 - Oh my God, my dad was a superstar, like a Hollywood actor. 598 00:43:39,615 --> 00:43:41,966 That's why I think maybe, you know, 599 00:43:41,990 --> 00:43:44,341 he wanted to become an artist. 600 00:43:44,365 --> 00:43:47,032 {\an1}He was such a good looker. 601 00:43:48,490 --> 00:43:51,781 - Franco Cozzo is a born artist 602 00:43:51,949 --> 00:43:55,508 {\an8}that perhaps never had a chance to become an artist. 603 00:43:55,532 --> 00:43:58,050 {\an7}I think that Franco Cozzo could have been on TV. 604 00:43:58,074 --> 00:44:00,300 He could have been in the show business 605 00:44:00,324 --> 00:44:02,341 {\an1}because he's got the knack. 606 00:44:02,365 --> 00:44:05,449 (romantic music) 607 00:44:14,074 --> 00:44:18,050 {\an1}I was doing a lot of floor shows around Melbourne 608 00:44:18,074 --> 00:44:21,883 and here I am singing and the microphone stops working. 609 00:44:21,907 --> 00:44:24,425 So I thought, oh my God, now what? 610 00:44:24,449 --> 00:44:26,758 The guys are trying to sort this out for me. 611 00:44:26,782 --> 00:44:28,175 In the meantime, what do I do? 612 00:44:28,199 --> 00:44:29,425 I'm standing there with all these people. 613 00:44:29,449 --> 00:44:33,675 There are 4-500 people in the room and I had nothing to do. 614 00:44:33,699 --> 00:44:38,425 And I start screaming (Tony speaks in Italian) 615 00:44:38,449 --> 00:44:43,425 {\an1}and everybody start to laugh so broke the ice, right? 616 00:44:43,449 --> 00:44:44,258 Within a few minutes, 617 00:44:44,282 --> 00:44:47,633 everybody will start screaming because nothing was happening 618 00:44:47,657 --> 00:44:50,466 And I thought, wow, this is an amazing reaction. 619 00:44:50,490 --> 00:44:54,157 Maybe we should think about a song. 620 00:44:54,657 --> 00:44:59,032 {\an1}So we finalised the arrangements of the song. 621 00:44:59,949 --> 00:45:02,757 And then of course we had to get Mr. Cozzo in 622 00:45:02,781 --> 00:45:06,199 to do his introduction and finale. 623 00:45:07,781 --> 00:45:10,133 (instrumental music) 624 00:45:10,157 --> 00:45:13,990 This is the vinyl Franco Cozzo on TV. 625 00:45:14,365 --> 00:45:18,365 And this is Tony Cursio from yours truly. 626 00:45:20,324 --> 00:45:21,425 - [Franco] Start. 627 00:45:21,449 --> 00:45:24,841 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 628 00:45:24,865 --> 00:45:29,449 {\an1}(upbeat instrumental music) 629 00:45:51,782 --> 00:45:55,781 {\an8}(Tony sings in Italian) 630 00:46:00,907 --> 00:46:02,550 - [Tony] And then the radio stations of course 631 00:46:02,574 --> 00:46:04,633 they started playing it straight away 632 00:46:04,657 --> 00:46:07,591 and it went berserk and I thought geez, 633 00:46:07,615 --> 00:46:09,258 {\an1}we're onto something here. 634 00:46:09,282 --> 00:46:10,216 {\an1}(upbeat instrumental music) 635 00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:14,466 ♪ He talks in Italian, he's Italian, everybody on the telly ♪ 636 00:46:14,490 --> 00:46:17,758 ♪ Come and see me, I'll make you rich ♪ 637 00:46:17,782 --> 00:46:21,757 ♪ You try to watch a movie very soon he comes on smiling ♪ 638 00:46:21,781 --> 00:46:24,425 ♪ Very nicely, blah, blah, blah ♪ 639 00:46:24,449 --> 00:46:28,240 (Tony sings in Italian) 640 00:46:39,449 --> 00:46:43,699 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 641 00:46:58,615 --> 00:47:03,550 - The song then of course created a platform Franco Cozzo, 642 00:47:03,574 --> 00:47:06,490 which enhanced his exposure. 643 00:47:07,240 --> 00:47:09,757 - To most television viewers. They're just plain terrible. 644 00:47:09,781 --> 00:47:13,175 But to their accountants, they can be terribly successful. 645 00:47:13,199 --> 00:47:14,841 We're talking about those businessmen 646 00:47:14,865 --> 00:47:16,300 {\an1}who take it upon themselves 647 00:47:16,324 --> 00:47:18,757 to star in their own television commercials, 648 00:47:18,781 --> 00:47:22,008 selling anything from furniture to used cars. 649 00:47:22,032 --> 00:47:23,591 Now, usually these people start out 650 00:47:23,615 --> 00:47:26,757 just trying to save money on their advertising budget, 651 00:47:26,781 --> 00:47:28,383 but some have become so successful 652 00:47:28,407 --> 00:47:31,925 that they're now stars in their own right. 653 00:47:31,949 --> 00:47:36,757 ♪ Every day, he's on the television ♪ 654 00:47:36,781 --> 00:47:38,508 - [Reporter] For Franco Cozzo, 655 00:47:38,532 --> 00:47:40,883 TV appearances, records and so on 656 00:47:40,907 --> 00:47:44,675 are just stepping stones to even dizzier heights. 657 00:47:44,699 --> 00:47:47,425 All this self-promotion could be leading 658 00:47:47,449 --> 00:47:49,258 to a political career. 659 00:47:49,282 --> 00:47:52,757 {\an1}- I've not been asked yet but if the right party 660 00:47:52,781 --> 00:47:54,675 {\an1}will moving, I'll be ready. 661 00:47:54,699 --> 00:47:57,175 I'm ready to go into the politics now. 662 00:47:57,199 --> 00:47:58,008 - [Reporter] Yes. 663 00:47:58,032 --> 00:47:59,757 {\an1}You don't think that people would have trouble 664 00:47:59,781 --> 00:48:01,466 taking you seriously as a politician 665 00:48:01,490 --> 00:48:04,966 after they've seen you on television in the advertisements? 666 00:48:04,990 --> 00:48:09,781 - I don't think so. They will be very pleased. 667 00:48:10,282 --> 00:48:15,383 - When I wrote the song, there was a little bit of push back 668 00:48:15,407 --> 00:48:17,757 from some parts of the community 669 00:48:17,781 --> 00:48:20,133 as "what are you do in promoting, 670 00:48:20,157 --> 00:48:22,383 this clown or this character?" 671 00:48:22,407 --> 00:48:25,757 - Grand sale, grand sale, grand sale. 672 00:48:25,781 --> 00:48:31,907 {\an1}- [Tony] The real Franco Cozzo or the Frank Franco Cozzo. 673 00:48:32,199 --> 00:48:34,050 A lot of people think that Franco Cozzo is just an actor. 674 00:48:34,074 --> 00:48:35,757 {\an1}- He's so good, believe me. 675 00:48:35,781 --> 00:48:37,008 I wish he come and work for me. 676 00:48:37,032 --> 00:48:41,407 - I can understand very deeply why people 677 00:48:42,032 --> 00:48:44,883 were uncomfortable with anything to do 678 00:48:44,907 --> 00:48:49,966 any sort of celebration or iconization of Franco Cozzo. 679 00:48:49,990 --> 00:48:53,716 Franco Cozzo was popular among people of non 680 00:48:53,740 --> 00:48:57,716 {\an1}inflicted backgrounds because he fits this stereotype. 681 00:48:57,740 --> 00:48:59,216 The flamboyant Italian. 682 00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:01,757 {\an7}- Welcome to Franco Cozzo. 683 00:49:01,781 --> 00:49:04,466 {\an8}I'll be here in a hooters cry. 684 00:49:04,490 --> 00:49:07,716 We have the biggest, the boldest, the best. 685 00:49:07,740 --> 00:49:09,091 - [Gerardo] The suspicion would be 686 00:49:09,115 --> 00:49:11,175 who's made him into an icon? 687 00:49:11,199 --> 00:49:12,757 Is it the Anglos? 688 00:49:12,781 --> 00:49:14,758 {\an1}Are you making fun of us? 689 00:49:14,782 --> 00:49:15,716 Why pick on him? 690 00:49:15,740 --> 00:49:17,633 Why don't you find someone else who is more prominent, 691 00:49:17,657 --> 00:49:21,300 an intellectual or someone else, an Italian- Australian 692 00:49:21,324 --> 00:49:22,757 who's done great things. 693 00:49:22,781 --> 00:49:23,757 Why him? 694 00:49:23,781 --> 00:49:25,008 A furniture salesman. 695 00:49:25,032 --> 00:49:27,175 {\an8}- Grand sale, grand sale, grand sale 696 00:49:27,199 --> 00:49:30,050 {\an8}for the first time ever, I give you 30% off 697 00:49:30,074 --> 00:49:32,258 {\an8}everything you come and buy from my store. 698 00:49:32,282 --> 00:49:35,591 {\an8}- That's right, dad. 30% off everything in the store. 699 00:49:35,615 --> 00:49:39,008 {\an7}- There's 30% off everything in both our stores. 700 00:49:39,032 --> 00:49:41,425 (kids speak in Italian) 701 00:49:41,449 --> 00:49:44,757 - I think advertising was in the blood of our family. 702 00:49:44,781 --> 00:49:49,074 It was in our blood and it was meant to be. 703 00:49:49,490 --> 00:49:52,675 That overseas, I was creating jingles. 704 00:49:52,699 --> 00:49:56,115 {\an8}(instrumental music) 705 00:49:56,449 --> 00:50:02,532 ♪ I feel good, I feel fine, because I know my loving heart ♪ 706 00:50:02,781 --> 00:50:04,758 I did like many, many years of advertising 707 00:50:04,782 --> 00:50:07,591 and writing jingles in Milan. 708 00:50:07,615 --> 00:50:10,324 (soft music) 709 00:50:13,532 --> 00:50:16,199 (soft music) 710 00:50:16,865 --> 00:50:21,175 We were stars too in such a superstar family. 711 00:50:21,199 --> 00:50:24,781 ♪ Somehow, even now 712 00:50:41,115 --> 00:50:42,091 (audience applauds) 713 00:50:42,115 --> 00:50:44,757 - Does this young lady, Gisella, hi Gisella. 714 00:50:44,781 --> 00:50:46,633 I haven't even met you before. 715 00:50:46,657 --> 00:50:47,699 - No. 716 00:50:47,824 --> 00:50:50,550 {\an8}- Is the daughter of a very, very famous person 717 00:50:50,574 --> 00:50:54,050 {\an8}here at network 10 and I'm sure everybody around Australia 718 00:50:54,074 --> 00:50:56,216 would like to say hello to the one and only 719 00:50:56,240 --> 00:50:59,757 inimitable Mr. Franco Cozzo, Gisella's dad 720 00:50:59,781 --> 00:51:00,757 and here's Franco. 721 00:51:00,781 --> 00:51:04,115 (audience applauds) 722 00:51:04,657 --> 00:51:06,757 Very lovely to have you with us Franco. 723 00:51:06,781 --> 00:51:07,757 - Thank you Johnny. 724 00:51:07,781 --> 00:51:10,675 {\an1}- And Franco, just before we take a little break, 725 00:51:10,699 --> 00:51:12,966 would you please say those very famous words 726 00:51:12,990 --> 00:51:16,091 {\an1}through all the community throughout Australia, 727 00:51:16,115 --> 00:51:16,800 away you go. 728 00:51:16,824 --> 00:51:20,990 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 729 00:51:32,781 --> 00:51:35,757 - He loved being in front of the camera. 730 00:51:35,781 --> 00:51:38,758 He loves that, you know, being out there, 731 00:51:38,782 --> 00:51:41,050 but he did have a wife. 732 00:51:41,074 --> 00:51:44,757 {\an8}He did have a person behind him and a family 733 00:51:44,781 --> 00:51:47,716 {\an8}and lots of daughters and son 734 00:51:47,740 --> 00:51:49,758 and people that believed in him. 735 00:51:49,782 --> 00:51:53,490 You can't do anything on your own. 736 00:51:53,782 --> 00:51:57,949 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 737 00:52:50,324 --> 00:52:52,925 - The county court today sentenced the son of flamboyant 738 00:52:52,949 --> 00:52:56,633 furniture king, Franco Cozzo to four years jail 739 00:52:56,657 --> 00:52:57,841 for drug trafficking. 740 00:52:57,865 --> 00:52:59,050 - [Reporter] Legal counsel for Cozzo 741 00:52:59,074 --> 00:53:02,757 claimed he had been devastated after his father Franco Cozzo 742 00:53:02,781 --> 00:53:05,800 married another woman, 20 years his junior. 743 00:53:05,824 --> 00:53:07,757 Counsel also claimed that Cozzo 744 00:53:07,781 --> 00:53:09,508 who has been addicted to cocaine 745 00:53:09,532 --> 00:53:10,757 felt pressure from his father, 746 00:53:10,781 --> 00:53:15,865 {\an1}known for his flamboyant furniture advertisements. 747 00:53:18,574 --> 00:53:22,740 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 748 00:53:24,865 --> 00:53:27,757 Cozzo admitted selling heroin kept in furniture 749 00:53:27,781 --> 00:53:31,008 {\an1}at his father's Footscray store on two occasions. 750 00:53:31,032 --> 00:53:35,050 In the first, he sold an ounce of the drug for $10,000. 751 00:53:35,074 --> 00:53:38,133 In the second, half an ounce for $5,000. 752 00:53:38,157 --> 00:53:40,925 - [Man] Do you hear about Frank Cozzo's son? 753 00:53:40,949 --> 00:53:43,300 I knew that shop was a drug front. 754 00:53:43,324 --> 00:53:46,781 (suspenseful music) 755 00:53:52,781 --> 00:53:53,633 - Hello. 756 00:53:53,657 --> 00:53:56,175 {\an1}- [Woman On Phone] I doubt it was just his son. 757 00:53:56,199 --> 00:53:58,716 {\an1}Guy is Sicilian after all. 758 00:53:58,740 --> 00:54:01,757 - I mean, who would ever buy that furniture? 759 00:54:01,781 --> 00:54:05,966 - As if he made all that money selling baroque lounges. 760 00:54:05,990 --> 00:54:08,949 (quirky music) 761 00:54:10,574 --> 00:54:14,574 - They were selling drugs at the shop. 762 00:54:14,990 --> 00:54:20,425 - He put it in the furniture, in the legs of the lounges. 763 00:54:20,449 --> 00:54:24,657 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 764 00:55:11,949 --> 00:55:14,990 (ambient music) 765 00:55:21,240 --> 00:55:23,925 {\an7}Grand opening in Footscray. 766 00:55:23,949 --> 00:55:24,800 {\an8}Grand apertura. 767 00:55:24,824 --> 00:55:28,175 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 768 00:55:28,199 --> 00:55:31,824 {\an8}(upbeat ambient music) 769 00:55:46,282 --> 00:55:48,757 {\an1}- [Reporter 2] Local furniture salesman, Franco Cozzo's 770 00:55:48,781 --> 00:55:52,466 Brunswick store was attacked by vandals late last night. 771 00:55:52,490 --> 00:55:53,966 A soft drink bottle filled with kerosene 772 00:55:53,990 --> 00:55:56,757 {\an1}was placed against one of the shop's plate glass windows 773 00:55:56,781 --> 00:56:00,341 at about 3:00 AM causing about $500 damage 774 00:56:00,365 --> 00:56:01,757 to the Sydney road building. 775 00:56:01,781 --> 00:56:04,050 Franco Cozzo has never had anything like this 776 00:56:04,074 --> 00:56:06,466 happen to him in his 30 year business career. 777 00:56:06,490 --> 00:56:09,341 He finds it difficult to explain the attack. 778 00:56:09,365 --> 00:56:11,050 Could it have been a customer? 779 00:56:11,074 --> 00:56:11,800 - No, for sure. 780 00:56:11,824 --> 00:56:16,949 {\an1}My customers, they're all happy and all my friends. 781 00:56:31,740 --> 00:56:35,781 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 782 00:56:49,657 --> 00:56:53,781 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 783 00:56:59,907 --> 00:57:02,865 {\an8}(upbeat music) 784 00:57:19,157 --> 00:57:22,175 - [Kathryn] I love Franco Cozzo furniture. 785 00:57:22,199 --> 00:57:27,781 There's an opulence to it that I just absolutely love. 786 00:57:28,699 --> 00:57:31,615 {\an8}I feel so special in my bed. 787 00:57:33,907 --> 00:57:36,341 {\an1}I know it. I just love it. 788 00:57:36,365 --> 00:57:39,240 (upbeat music) 789 00:57:42,781 --> 00:57:45,240 I wanted it for so long, 790 00:57:45,782 --> 00:57:49,781 but then when I was set to buy some, 791 00:57:49,990 --> 00:57:53,966 {\an1}I was sharing a studio with some boys and they said, 792 00:57:53,990 --> 00:57:57,341 you'll never get laid if you get that stuff. 793 00:57:57,365 --> 00:58:01,781 (Kathryn laughs hysterically) 794 00:58:02,074 --> 00:58:04,591 Yeah, they said I needed to go for the more sleek 795 00:58:04,615 --> 00:58:07,757 {\an1}and if I brought a boy home with that, it'll be fine. 796 00:58:07,781 --> 00:58:10,716 But if I brought a boy home to the, 797 00:58:10,740 --> 00:58:14,490 the really over the top Barbie stuff 798 00:58:15,324 --> 00:58:17,508 that they'd run a mile. 799 00:58:17,532 --> 00:58:20,716 (Kathryn laughs) 800 00:58:20,740 --> 00:58:23,574 (retro music) 801 00:58:26,781 --> 00:58:29,425 You never just walk past Franco Cozzo. 802 00:58:29,449 --> 00:58:31,758 You stop, you look in the window. 803 00:58:31,782 --> 00:58:35,466 You hope to see Franco 'cause it's like, 804 00:58:35,490 --> 00:58:37,508 {\an1}I saw Franco in the shop. 805 00:58:37,532 --> 00:58:39,716 (retro music) 806 00:58:39,740 --> 00:58:42,008 You know, there's been a few sagas 807 00:58:42,032 --> 00:58:45,199 and things that have happened, 808 00:58:45,740 --> 00:58:50,240 which only meant that people loved him more. 809 00:58:52,157 --> 00:58:55,758 In my circle, everyone loves Franco Cozzo. 810 00:58:55,782 --> 00:58:57,300 They just love the aesthetic. 811 00:58:57,324 --> 00:58:59,216 It's got such a cult following. 812 00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:02,282 (upbeat music) 813 01:00:01,990 --> 01:00:03,757 - I love you people. 814 01:00:03,781 --> 01:00:06,008 {\an1}- We love you too Franco. 815 01:00:06,032 --> 01:00:09,508 {\an8}- Grand final, grand final, grand final. 816 01:00:09,532 --> 01:00:12,757 {\an1}- [Announcer] Got more for Twitter for Franco Cozzo 817 01:00:12,781 --> 01:00:13,757 I'll tell you that. 818 01:00:13,781 --> 01:00:15,591 How good is that? 819 01:00:15,615 --> 01:00:19,365 (upbeat ambient music) 820 01:00:33,157 --> 01:00:34,008 - Franco's murals, 821 01:00:34,032 --> 01:00:39,240 {\an7}is probably like one of my more recognised works. 822 01:00:39,781 --> 01:00:44,300 {\an8}They're like, oh, you're the guy who painted Franco. 823 01:00:44,324 --> 01:00:47,532 The mural depicts young Franco. 824 01:00:47,781 --> 01:00:50,716 And he's got like cherubs, like angels around his head. 825 01:00:50,740 --> 01:00:55,324 And he's releasing this furniture with wings. 826 01:00:57,781 --> 01:01:00,716 It's like part of a local identity. 827 01:01:00,740 --> 01:01:04,966 And and recognition of the migrant generations. 828 01:01:04,990 --> 01:01:07,175 (train dings) 829 01:01:07,199 --> 01:01:11,757 Franco represents that generation of the Greek and Italian 830 01:01:11,781 --> 01:01:17,907 migrants who were the main population around Footscray area. 831 01:01:18,324 --> 01:01:22,383 That generation of migrants like well and truly accepted 832 01:01:22,407 --> 01:01:26,990 and part of the fabric of the area, you know? 833 01:01:27,781 --> 01:01:31,133 But now you have the Vietnamese and the Africans, 834 01:01:31,157 --> 01:01:37,282 {\an1}or the Eastern Europeans or like whatever, Mongolian. 835 01:01:37,615 --> 01:01:41,407 it's a migrant dream and Franco's image is that. 836 01:01:58,449 --> 01:02:03,115 (man speaks in foreign language) 837 01:02:15,740 --> 01:02:18,716 (indistinct chatter) 838 01:02:18,740 --> 01:02:20,258 (both chuckle) 839 01:02:20,282 --> 01:02:23,425 - I wish I can speak your language. 840 01:02:23,449 --> 01:02:24,341 {\an8}Tell him. 841 01:02:24,365 --> 01:02:29,032 {\an8}(man speaks in foreign language) 842 01:02:32,365 --> 01:02:35,757 (customer speaks in foreign language) 843 01:02:35,781 --> 01:02:36,781 Okay. 844 01:02:37,365 --> 01:02:42,781 (customer speaks in foreign language) 845 01:02:46,574 --> 01:02:47,800 - Okay? - No. 846 01:02:47,824 --> 01:02:50,757 (both laugh) 847 01:02:50,781 --> 01:02:53,865 (customer coughs) 848 01:02:56,074 --> 01:02:57,365 Impossible. 849 01:02:58,782 --> 01:02:59,865 - Okay. 850 01:03:03,365 --> 01:03:07,365 {\an1}♪ I love you, I love you 851 01:03:13,781 --> 01:03:14,781 Okay. 852 01:03:15,781 --> 01:03:16,425 Then. 853 01:03:16,449 --> 01:03:18,781 {\an8}(customer speaks in foreign language) 854 01:03:22,949 --> 01:03:28,365 (customer speaks in foreign language) 855 01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:04,008 {\an8}- Please yourself? 856 01:04:04,032 --> 01:04:08,091 - (customer speaks in foreign language) 857 01:04:08,115 --> 01:04:08,883 - Okay. 858 01:04:08,907 --> 01:04:09,966 - Ciao. 859 01:04:09,990 --> 01:04:11,074 Goodbye. 860 01:04:14,449 --> 01:04:15,091 - See you. 861 01:04:15,115 --> 01:04:17,258 - [Franco] I'll see you tomorrow. 862 01:04:17,282 --> 01:04:18,782 Bye bye. - Bye. 863 01:04:20,032 --> 01:04:22,407 - [Franco] Thank you. 864 01:04:24,407 --> 01:04:28,574 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 865 01:04:30,157 --> 01:04:30,758 {\an8}(soft music) 866 01:04:30,782 --> 01:04:34,865 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 867 01:05:05,490 --> 01:05:08,240 (Franco hums) 868 01:05:09,449 --> 01:05:12,157 (soft music) 869 01:05:27,115 --> 01:05:31,824 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 870 01:05:48,532 --> 01:05:51,008 (soft music) 871 01:05:51,032 --> 01:05:53,757 - [Maddalena] Why are you still here Franco? 872 01:05:53,781 --> 01:05:57,716 - First, I like it because I like to stay 873 01:05:57,740 --> 01:06:00,508 in the middle of the public. 874 01:06:00,532 --> 01:06:04,508 What I will do if I'm not being, inside here? 875 01:06:04,532 --> 01:06:05,925 I'll go crazy. 876 01:06:05,949 --> 01:06:07,341 Where do I go? 877 01:06:07,365 --> 01:06:10,466 To Cafe espresso, to the club, to play cards. 878 01:06:10,490 --> 01:06:14,757 I'm not that man there, I never play cards. 879 01:06:14,781 --> 01:06:16,781 I'm a businessman. 880 01:06:25,282 --> 01:06:27,508 {\an1}- Work is his whole life. 881 01:06:27,532 --> 01:06:29,699 It's his whole life. 882 01:06:29,865 --> 01:06:35,699 You know, it's like a habit. You can't break your habits. 883 01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:40,757 It took him a long time to decide 884 01:06:40,781 --> 01:06:44,365 to sell or not to sell Footscray. 885 01:06:45,157 --> 01:06:46,133 Every day, every day. 886 01:06:46,157 --> 01:06:48,966 Oh, I don't know what I should do. 887 01:06:48,990 --> 01:06:51,781 {\an1}Whether to sell it or not. 888 01:06:53,532 --> 01:06:57,740 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 889 01:07:05,949 --> 01:07:09,466 {\an1}- Another Melbourne institution could be about to disappear 890 01:07:09,490 --> 01:07:11,300 with furniture King Franco Cozzo, 891 01:07:11,324 --> 01:07:14,508 putting his landmark Footscray store on the market. 892 01:07:14,532 --> 01:07:18,757 It's been home to his iconic business since 1968. 893 01:07:18,781 --> 01:07:19,425 And Franco says, 894 01:07:19,449 --> 01:07:22,050 he'll take as much as he can get for the building 895 01:07:22,074 --> 01:07:23,781 in a grand sale. 896 01:07:25,032 --> 01:07:28,157 {\an8}- How are you? Nice meet you. 897 01:07:29,449 --> 01:07:30,341 {\an8}Ed. 898 01:07:30,365 --> 01:07:31,490 {\an8}- Edward. 899 01:07:33,532 --> 01:07:35,758 Sit down please. - Thank you. 900 01:07:35,782 --> 01:07:37,425 - Now, what I can do? 901 01:07:37,449 --> 01:07:38,383 Tell me, Paul. 902 01:07:38,407 --> 01:07:41,091 {\an1}Put the paper on the table. 903 01:07:41,115 --> 01:07:43,757 Will Franco get to strike or nothing? 904 01:07:43,781 --> 01:07:46,508 - Is there a lease in place at the moment? 905 01:07:46,532 --> 01:07:47,133 - No lease. 906 01:07:47,157 --> 01:07:47,883 - [Edward] No lease? 907 01:07:47,907 --> 01:07:50,008 - Yesterday, I can give you the building. 908 01:07:50,032 --> 01:07:50,800 - [Edward] Okay. 909 01:07:50,824 --> 01:07:52,633 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 910 01:07:52,657 --> 01:07:53,633 - [Edward] Perfect. 911 01:07:53,657 --> 01:07:56,675 - No worries. Clean title, clean everything 912 01:07:56,699 --> 01:07:57,757 like Franco Cozzo. 913 01:07:57,781 --> 01:07:58,966 - [Edward] Fantastic, excellent. 914 01:07:58,990 --> 01:08:00,757 - [Franco] You have a customer for it? 915 01:08:00,781 --> 01:08:01,425 - Maybe. 916 01:08:01,449 --> 01:08:03,675 - [Franco] Okay, when you have a customer, 917 01:08:03,699 --> 01:08:04,757 we'll talk about it. 918 01:08:04,781 --> 01:08:05,757 - Okay. 919 01:08:05,781 --> 01:08:08,757 - Money, I give you the key. 920 01:08:08,781 --> 01:08:10,466 {\an8}- Please sit down. 921 01:08:10,490 --> 01:08:13,050 {\an8}- Don't worry, sit down, don't worry. 922 01:08:13,074 --> 01:08:14,633 {\an8}- He's got a few chairs here. 923 01:08:14,657 --> 01:08:16,758 - Lucky, got a fair bit of chairs. 924 01:08:16,782 --> 01:08:20,490 (instrumental music) 925 01:08:22,490 --> 01:08:26,757 - This area is maturing. The station is now finished. 926 01:08:26,781 --> 01:08:29,199 This is a great position, you know? 927 01:08:31,490 --> 01:08:33,781 {\an8}- We've got a whole. 928 01:08:43,532 --> 01:08:47,781 {\an1}- So you would get, I said to Eugene 10 levels, yeah? 929 01:08:48,990 --> 01:08:52,074 (whimsical music) 930 01:08:54,907 --> 01:08:56,633 {\an8}- All the furniture will be removed. 931 01:08:56,657 --> 01:08:58,550 {\an7}So it's vacant possession. 932 01:08:58,574 --> 01:09:00,966 {\an8}It's approximately 1,000 square metres. 933 01:09:00,990 --> 01:09:04,240 {\an8}So in total it's about 2,000. 934 01:09:07,907 --> 01:09:10,800 - And permits are as a showroom? 935 01:09:10,824 --> 01:09:11,716 - Yes, yes. 936 01:09:11,740 --> 01:09:14,591 It's a showroom. It has been that way. 937 01:09:14,615 --> 01:09:15,091 - Okay. 938 01:09:15,115 --> 01:09:16,175 {\an1}- So yeah, you got permits. 939 01:09:16,199 --> 01:09:17,757 {\an1}- So this was used as a showroom back in the day? 940 01:09:17,781 --> 01:09:20,300 {\an1}- Oh yeah but now its just been converted to storage 941 01:09:20,324 --> 01:09:22,757 as the business has gone on. 942 01:09:22,781 --> 01:09:23,300 - Okay. 943 01:09:23,324 --> 01:09:24,716 - So, it's gonna take him a little time, 944 01:09:24,740 --> 01:09:27,949 but he'll get rid of all the stuff. 945 01:09:28,615 --> 01:09:31,800 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 946 01:09:31,824 --> 01:09:35,008 - It's a location that everybody will remember. 947 01:09:35,032 --> 01:09:39,199 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 948 01:09:39,782 --> 01:09:42,633 - Yeah and my goal is to keep the name 949 01:09:42,657 --> 01:09:45,008 somehow within the development. 950 01:09:45,032 --> 01:09:46,675 - That's something we can talk about. 951 01:09:46,699 --> 01:09:49,300 - Hopefully we can come up with a number that's compelling 952 01:09:49,324 --> 01:09:51,757 {\an8}that your family's gonna be happy with. 953 01:09:51,781 --> 01:09:55,757 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 954 01:09:55,781 --> 01:09:56,757 - Thank you. - No worries. 955 01:09:56,781 --> 01:09:58,383 - We'll walk in the next couple weeks. 956 01:09:58,407 --> 01:09:59,490 Franco. 957 01:10:06,781 --> 01:10:09,633 {\an1}- Furniture king Franco Cozzo is determined to stay put 958 01:10:09,657 --> 01:10:13,425 {\an8}despite his Footscray store catching the eye of developers. 959 01:10:13,449 --> 01:10:14,883 {\an8}- The 82 year old announced plans 960 01:10:14,907 --> 01:10:17,675 {\an8}to sell the Footscray store earlier this year, 961 01:10:17,699 --> 01:10:21,800 {\an7}but changed his mind after a wave of public support. 962 01:10:21,824 --> 01:10:27,781 ♪ Footscray, Footscray, buy from Franco Cozzo ♪ 963 01:10:28,615 --> 01:10:32,781 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 964 01:10:46,282 --> 01:10:48,883 - Is this showroom actually open? 965 01:10:48,907 --> 01:10:50,425 - [Maddalena] Six days a week. 966 01:10:50,449 --> 01:10:51,175 - Six days a week. 967 01:10:51,199 --> 01:10:53,341 That would be the old Senor Cozzo, would it? 968 01:10:53,365 --> 01:10:54,300 - [Maddalena] It is. 969 01:10:54,324 --> 01:10:56,300 {\an1}- My God, a living legend. 970 01:10:56,324 --> 01:10:57,740 Senor Cozzo. 971 01:10:59,990 --> 01:11:01,032 - Prego! 972 01:11:01,740 --> 01:11:04,757 {\an1}- The pleasure to meet you. I was just passing by 973 01:11:04,781 --> 01:11:09,425 {\an1}walking past, have grown up watching your lovely... 974 01:11:09,449 --> 01:11:10,091 - Commercial. 975 01:11:10,115 --> 01:11:12,091 - The commercials, the store. 976 01:11:12,115 --> 01:11:15,591 - Grand sale, grand sale, grand sale. 977 01:11:15,615 --> 01:11:17,757 I assume you don't speak Italian. 978 01:11:17,781 --> 01:11:19,258 - What I'm curious about is, 979 01:11:19,282 --> 01:11:23,091 {\an1}so have you passed on the business your family? 980 01:11:23,115 --> 01:11:24,091 - [Franco] To nobody. 981 01:11:24,115 --> 01:11:25,216 {\an1}- So you're still the man? 982 01:11:25,240 --> 01:11:28,824 - [Franco] I'm still at number one. 983 01:11:31,949 --> 01:11:33,365 - Fantastic. 984 01:11:34,407 --> 01:11:35,781 Franco Cozzo. 985 01:11:38,074 --> 01:11:39,757 - [Franco] Thank you very much. 986 01:11:39,781 --> 01:11:40,591 Only one. 987 01:11:40,615 --> 01:11:43,716 {\an1}I gotta finish the business, but when it might be, 988 01:11:43,740 --> 01:11:45,966 if one or two of them, my kids carry on, okay 989 01:11:45,990 --> 01:11:49,383 but I don't think so. I can't press my kids. 990 01:11:49,407 --> 01:11:53,757 I'm not terror father. I'm peaceful father. 991 01:11:53,781 --> 01:11:55,532 Wonderful father. 992 01:11:55,781 --> 01:11:58,008 We have discussion last night. 993 01:11:58,032 --> 01:12:03,175 Daddy, might be, might be, might be, might be. 994 01:12:03,199 --> 01:12:05,050 I don't like might be. 995 01:12:05,074 --> 01:12:08,781 They're supposed to say, yes we do. 996 01:12:18,074 --> 01:12:22,282 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 997 01:12:29,449 --> 01:12:31,008 - [Maddalena] Did he want you? 998 01:12:31,032 --> 01:12:35,757 - He wanted me to stay near him and carry on the company, 999 01:12:35,781 --> 01:12:40,216 {\an1}but it was too light because he'd been very tough. 1000 01:12:40,240 --> 01:12:41,716 Tough, tough, tough. 1001 01:12:41,740 --> 01:12:44,216 And I say to myself, I gotta go 1002 01:12:44,240 --> 01:12:47,781 (soft ambient music) 1003 01:12:49,949 --> 01:12:54,115 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1004 01:13:17,781 --> 01:13:19,550 {\an8}He was a very tough man. 1005 01:13:19,574 --> 01:13:23,781 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1006 01:14:19,781 --> 01:14:23,258 {\an8}- Guys, are we gonna the bride a clap? 1007 01:14:23,282 --> 01:14:27,074 (people cheer and clap) 1008 01:14:30,407 --> 01:14:33,199 (retro music) 1009 01:14:38,657 --> 01:14:41,966 {\an1}Don't worry about the bill. It's all been paid for. 1010 01:14:41,990 --> 01:14:43,657 It's all done. 1011 01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:51,425 - Here we go. 1012 01:14:51,449 --> 01:14:52,757 One last one. 1013 01:14:52,781 --> 01:14:55,383 (photographer speaks in Italian) 1014 01:14:55,407 --> 01:14:59,216 - I have got no mother, no father, no sister, no brother. 1015 01:14:59,240 --> 01:14:59,883 Nobody. 1016 01:14:59,907 --> 01:15:04,466 {\an1}If I not be happy with my kids who am I to be happy? 1017 01:15:04,490 --> 01:15:07,449 (wedding music) 1018 01:15:31,240 --> 01:15:34,074 (bell chimes) 1019 01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:37,091 {\an1}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1020 01:15:37,115 --> 01:15:39,258 Good afternoon, good evening. 1021 01:15:39,282 --> 01:15:42,841 It is my privilege, my pleasure to see you tonight 1022 01:15:42,865 --> 01:15:43,757 and be here. 1023 01:15:43,781 --> 01:15:44,907 Angelina. 1024 01:15:52,115 --> 01:15:53,425 (attendees cheers) 1025 01:15:53,449 --> 01:15:54,532 Okay. 1026 01:15:59,990 --> 01:16:01,074 Okay. 1027 01:16:02,782 --> 01:16:06,907 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1028 01:16:16,781 --> 01:16:17,383 {\an8}Thank you. 1029 01:16:17,407 --> 01:16:20,550 (attendees applaud) 1030 01:16:20,574 --> 01:16:23,240 (soft music) 1031 01:16:40,615 --> 01:16:43,532 (upbeat music) 1032 01:17:24,865 --> 01:17:28,990 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1033 01:17:34,199 --> 01:17:37,990 {\an8}(Ross speaks in Italian) 1034 01:17:41,781 --> 01:17:45,781 {\an8}(Ross speaks in Italian) 1035 01:17:54,824 --> 01:17:59,074 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1036 01:18:00,907 --> 01:18:04,824 {\an8}(Ross speaks in Italian) 1037 01:18:06,781 --> 01:18:10,781 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1038 01:18:15,865 --> 01:18:17,883 (soft music) 1039 01:18:17,907 --> 01:18:22,115 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1040 01:18:34,949 --> 01:18:37,383 - [Tony] I don't think Franco Cozzo has evolved 1041 01:18:37,407 --> 01:18:40,966 {\an1}with the styles, with the changing of the times. 1042 01:18:40,990 --> 01:18:44,508 {\an1}I mean, if you are an actor or if you're a musician, 1043 01:18:44,532 --> 01:18:46,591 your greatest hits is gonna determine 1044 01:18:46,615 --> 01:18:48,757 what type of artist you are. 1045 01:18:48,781 --> 01:18:50,757 So if you are country Western, 1046 01:18:50,781 --> 01:18:53,591 and then you're trying to get into rap, 1047 01:18:53,615 --> 01:18:55,383 I don't think it's gonna work. 1048 01:18:55,407 --> 01:18:59,091 So for Franco Cozzo, he remained true to what he is. 1049 01:18:59,115 --> 01:19:00,591 And obviously times has changed 1050 01:19:00,615 --> 01:19:06,781 and he's decided to keep going with what he's started with. 1051 01:19:06,990 --> 01:19:08,925 - For Franco, he was so much the brand. 1052 01:19:08,949 --> 01:19:12,216 {\an1}And if he didn't change, nothing needed to change. 1053 01:19:12,240 --> 01:19:14,757 {\an1}And maybe a bit of an ego 1054 01:19:14,781 --> 01:19:18,425 {\an1}got in the way of really understanding his audience 1055 01:19:18,449 --> 01:19:20,757 and how he should pivot. 1056 01:19:20,781 --> 01:19:22,133 - I like your hair. 1057 01:19:22,157 --> 01:19:24,508 Beautiful hair you have. 1058 01:19:24,532 --> 01:19:25,758 - That's my mother right there. 1059 01:19:25,782 --> 01:19:26,716 - Thank you. 1060 01:19:26,740 --> 01:19:27,757 - [Franco] Hey. - That's my mother. 1061 01:19:27,781 --> 01:19:29,258 She's interested. - [Franco] Your mom? 1062 01:19:29,282 --> 01:19:30,341 - Yeah. 1063 01:19:30,365 --> 01:19:31,758 - [Franco] She look very young. 1064 01:19:31,782 --> 01:19:33,990 - Yeah, she looks young. 1065 01:19:38,449 --> 01:19:40,781 {\an8}- Yeah. 1066 01:19:52,407 --> 01:19:53,781 - Thank you. 1067 01:19:55,824 --> 01:19:57,824 {\an8}- Thank you. 1068 01:20:06,615 --> 01:20:09,282 (soft music) 1069 01:20:22,532 --> 01:20:26,699 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1070 01:20:55,781 --> 01:20:57,757 - What is arguably one of Melbourne's 1071 01:20:57,781 --> 01:21:01,300 most famous furniture Showrooms has been sold. 1072 01:21:01,324 --> 01:21:05,175 {\an7}Furniture king Franco Cozzo has sold his Footscray 1073 01:21:05,199 --> 01:21:08,032 headquarters for $6 million. 1074 01:21:09,781 --> 01:21:11,925 (phone rings) 1075 01:21:11,949 --> 01:21:14,716 - Hello my friend, I'm Franco Cozzo 1076 01:21:14,740 --> 01:21:17,050 from Brunwicks and Footscray. 1077 01:21:17,074 --> 01:21:18,383 Not listen to anybody. 1078 01:21:18,407 --> 01:21:21,508 {\an1}I'm staying in Footscray, I am in Footscray. 1079 01:21:21,532 --> 01:21:25,341 I'll tell you when I go from Footscray. 1080 01:21:25,365 --> 01:21:28,591 - [Secretary] Franco Cozzo, may I help you? 1081 01:21:28,615 --> 01:21:29,758 That we're selling? 1082 01:21:29,782 --> 01:21:33,841 Well, they all seem to think it's true. 1083 01:21:33,865 --> 01:21:36,990 I haven't seen any money, so. 1084 01:21:37,781 --> 01:21:40,757 (phone rings) 1085 01:21:40,781 --> 01:21:42,324 - Franco Cozzo. 1086 01:21:45,781 --> 01:21:47,008 Hey Cal, my boy. 1087 01:21:47,032 --> 01:21:53,282 - We've been here for a while. Yes, we still sell furniture. 1088 01:21:54,699 --> 01:21:56,781 - You saw me, where? 1089 01:22:00,449 --> 01:22:01,490 Not yet. 1090 01:22:03,199 --> 01:22:03,966 No. 1091 01:22:03,990 --> 01:22:06,757 (phone rings) 1092 01:22:06,781 --> 01:22:10,508 - No, soon it will be sold, soon. 1093 01:22:10,532 --> 01:22:13,091 - David, how you doing love? 1094 01:22:13,115 --> 01:22:14,757 Not too, too badly, thank you. 1095 01:22:14,781 --> 01:22:17,175 I'll put him on. Just hold on please David. 1096 01:22:17,199 --> 01:22:20,758 {\an1}- Let me know when you see Franco Cozzo on TV again. 1097 01:22:20,782 --> 01:22:21,865 Okay. 1098 01:22:22,865 --> 01:22:23,925 Thank you Josh. 1099 01:22:23,949 --> 01:22:25,949 I'll say ciao Josh. 1100 01:22:27,157 --> 01:22:28,966 Not yet goddammit. 1101 01:22:28,990 --> 01:22:31,175 {\an1}For that money is a peanut. 1102 01:22:31,199 --> 01:22:34,781 They gotta come up and up and up. 1103 01:22:54,532 --> 01:22:55,550 - [Maddalena] No. 1104 01:22:55,574 --> 01:22:57,032 - Yes. 1105 01:23:02,824 --> 01:23:05,300 - [Maddalena] That's big news. 1106 01:23:05,324 --> 01:23:07,990 (tense music) 1107 01:23:08,949 --> 01:23:10,466 {\an8}- How are you my boy? 1108 01:23:10,490 --> 01:23:12,008 {\an8}- Have you been well? 1109 01:23:12,032 --> 01:23:13,115 - Okay. 1110 01:23:20,781 --> 01:23:24,824 {\an1}(Franco sings in Italian) 1111 01:23:41,824 --> 01:23:45,758 {\an8}(Maddalena speaks in Italian) 1112 01:23:45,782 --> 01:23:49,990 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1113 01:24:12,782 --> 01:24:16,990 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1114 01:25:17,157 --> 01:25:18,240 Ciao. 1115 01:25:19,615 --> 01:25:23,699 {\an1}(soft instrumental music) 1116 01:26:19,615 --> 01:26:23,133 Grand sale, grand sale, grand sale. 1117 01:26:23,157 --> 01:26:27,407 {\an7}(Franco speaks in Italian) 1118 01:26:44,449 --> 01:26:47,490 (vibrant music) 1119 01:27:16,740 --> 01:27:19,740 (upbeat music) 1120 01:27:27,157 --> 01:27:29,757 ♪ I wanna die in a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1121 01:27:29,781 --> 01:27:32,216 ♪ I wanna die in a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1122 01:27:32,240 --> 01:27:38,074 ♪ I wanna die in a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1123 01:27:38,449 --> 01:27:40,757 ♪ Wanna be below silken sheets 1124 01:27:40,781 --> 01:27:43,966 ♪ Soft and white beneath my cheeks ♪ 1125 01:27:43,990 --> 01:27:45,883 ♪ All classic style 1126 01:27:45,907 --> 01:27:48,800 ♪ That's where I'll be when I'm gonna die ♪ 1127 01:27:48,824 --> 01:27:51,633 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1128 01:27:51,657 --> 01:27:53,925 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1129 01:27:53,949 --> 01:27:59,782 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1130 01:28:00,199 --> 01:28:02,425 {\an1}♪ Chandelier above my bed 1131 01:28:02,449 --> 01:28:05,216 ♪ Shining brightly on the bed. 1132 01:28:05,240 --> 01:28:07,716 ♪ Exquisite look can only touch ♪ 1133 01:28:07,740 --> 01:28:10,633 ♪ That's where I'll be when I bite the dust ♪ 1134 01:28:10,657 --> 01:28:13,175 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1135 01:28:13,199 --> 01:28:15,800 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1136 01:28:15,824 --> 01:28:21,074 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1137 01:28:21,657 --> 01:28:24,574 (upbeat music) 1138 01:28:32,574 --> 01:28:34,757 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1139 01:28:34,781 --> 01:28:37,341 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1140 01:28:37,365 --> 01:28:42,615 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1141 01:28:43,781 --> 01:28:46,657 (upbeat music) 1142 01:28:48,324 --> 01:28:54,490 {\an1}♪ I wanna die, I wanna die, I wanna die, I wanna die ♪ 1143 01:28:54,781 --> 01:28:56,757 {\an1}♪ I wanna die, I wanna die, I wanna die, I wanna die ♪ 1144 01:28:56,781 --> 01:28:59,757 {\an1}♪ Die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die ♪ 1145 01:28:59,781 --> 01:29:01,883 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1146 01:29:01,907 --> 01:29:04,757 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1147 01:29:04,781 --> 01:29:09,133 ♪ I wanna die on a Franco Cozzo bed ♪ 1148 01:29:09,157 --> 01:29:12,115 (upbeat music)