Tribal People Try Papa John's Pizza for the First Time
About this video
In this Tribal People Try video the tribe meet Papa John's pizza for the first time. Most of them had never seen it before the camera started, so the first minute is questions — what is it, what's in it, how do you eat it — and then the plates go round.
What is pizza?
Pizza is a flat bread from Naples topped with tomato and cheese and baked very hot. The delivery-chain version — Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's — is thicker, cheesier and heavier on toppings than the Italian original.
Papa John's was founded in 1984 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and is known for the garlic dipping sauce that comes with every pizza.
What to watch for
Hot stretched cheese is the moment. Most first-timers pull at it, ask what it is, and then decide within a bite whether they like the chew. The tomato base reads as sweet to a Punjabi palate, and a plain margherita can seem underseasoned.
The comparison they always make
Bread topped with something is old news here — roti with achar, naan with keema — so the base makes sense; it is the cheese that has no village equivalent. Chicken tikka pizza tends to win because it tastes like something they already cook.
This episode
It's the tribe's 2nd pizza video out of 22. They first tried it in August 2020 ("Tribal People Try Pizza for the First Time"). The most-watched pizza episode is "Tribal People 0.00002 Seconds After Trying Pizza Hut" (4.5M views). The video runs about 12 minutes, went up in October 2020 and has 623.2K views and 12.8K likes.
Frequently asked
Who are the people in Tribal People Try?
Villagers from rural Punjab, Pakistan. They're families from the same area, not actors, and they've been part of the channel for years.
What is pizza?
Pizza is a flat bread from Naples topped with tomato and cheese and baked very hot. The delivery-chain version — Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's — is thicker, cheesier and heavier on toppings than the Italian original.
Did the tribe like the pizza?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. Bread topped with something is old news here — roti with achar, naan with keema — so the base makes sense; it is the cheese that has no village equivalent. Chicken tikka pizza tends to win because it tastes like something they already cook.
Have they tried pizza before?
Yes — this is the 2nd of 22 pizza videos. The first was "Tribal People Try Pizza for the First Time" in August 2020.
Is there Papa John's in Pakistan?
Papa John's products reach Pakistan through imports and city supermarkets, but for a village a few hours from Lahore this was a first.