Before the smoking roach, there was pole-dancing rat, Chinese takeout rat, avocado rat, Nutella squirrel and, of course, the original, pizza rat all funny clips of animals, perfectly packaged for internet consumption and virtually signaling ones New York-ness
Their swooning love songs bring to mind teen idols of eras past, Bobby Vinton or Frankie Valli, but full of drinking and drugs and unafraid to drop the occasional F-bomb
Pizza Rat achieved such mythical status that the Yankees minor league team temporarily changed their name to the Staten Island Pizza Rats in 2018 much to the Bronx Bombers chagrin
One notable downside: In order to silence the smoke detector itself (not the Ring system) during a false alarm, you need to physically push the hush button on the actual device which may make it a non-starter for some buyers