[8] Originally from New York, songwriters Lisa Michaelis and Billy Schlosser were both involved in the music business from a young age, performing together in a band on Star Search.
[11] They were inspired to start Laughing Pizza after the events of September 11, 2001, when Schlosser was stranded in Boston for a week on a business trip and separated from his family, who lived in Atlanta.
[1] Michaelis said that as parents, they had been taken aback when their five-year-old daughter started singing Britney Spears' "I'm a Slave 4 U", and decided there was a need for family-friendly pop music.
[6] Unfortunately, 6 months after the deal was signed, Sony Wonder folded and Laughing Pizza was left on a rock label with the likes of Good Charlotte, J-Lo, Shakira, Sean Kingston, and Celine Dion.
The next year was spent performing, writing, and doing the leg work to get their music videos onto many PBS stations nationwide including GPB (all of Georgia); Columbus, OH; New York, San Diego, CA; Idaho; Louisiana; and Philadelphia, PA.
In keeping with the family feeling of the event, shot at the Scholastic Theatre in New York City, the band was joined by hosts, celebrity Chef Todd English and his teenage son, Simon.