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Drive In (TV program)

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Drive In
GenreVariety
Sketch Comedy
Presented byGianfranco D'Angelo
Ezio Greggio
Enrico Beruschi
Country of originItaly
No. of seasons6
Original release
NetworkItalia 1
ReleaseOctober 4, 1983 (1983-10-04) –
April 17, 1988 (1988-04-17)

Drive In is an Italian television sketch comedy variety show, created by Antonio Ricci. The show's six seasons were broadcast by Italia 1 from 1983 to 1989. It was referred to as the most innovative and popular Italian television show of the 1980s.[1]

History

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The show revolutionized Italian TV conventions and languages, presenting a zany, sharp and fast-paced type of humor, partly imported from the model of the Saturday Night Live.[1] It also proposed a new, different image of the women, more sensual and transgressive.[2] Due to its high audience ratings, it has a key role in the success of Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest (now Mediaset).[1][2]

The show launched the careers of several comedians (such as Ezio Greggio, Giorgio Faletti, Francesco Salvi) as well as of a number of showgirls (including Tinì Cansino and Lory Del Santo). It generated a series of imitation programs, several of them also created by the same Antonio Ricci.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003, p.215
  2. ^ a b Sandra Puccini. Nude e crudi: femminile e maschile nell'Italia di oggi. Donzelli Editore, 2009. pp. 3–7.
  3. ^ Aldo Grasso. Radio e televisione: teorie, analisi, storie, esercizi. Vita e Pensiero, 2000. p. 182.

Further reading

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  • Joseph Baroni. Dizionario della Televisione. Raffaello Cortina Editore, pp. 139–142. ISBN 88-7078-972-1.
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