I will never understand why in this day and age Italian is the only accent or culture left in the USA that's still ok to make fun of...
Because Rome conquered the western world and never really fell.
Right, down with the Romans, really bad civilization, let's all make fun of them. I am glad they're all dead or turned into stone (I think?), am I right?
Too bad the comment wasn't:
O no, Ludovicus! Captus es! Dixi tibi vestigia tua operire!