Drive In (TV program)
Drive In is an Italian television variety show, created by Antonio Ricci. The show's six seasons were broadcast by Italia 1 from 1983 to 1989. It was referred as the most innovative and popular Italian television show of the 1980s.[1]
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| Genre | Variety Sketch Comedy |
| Presented by | Gianfranco D'Angelo Ezio Greggio Enrico Beruschi |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Italia 1 |
| Picture format | Color |
| Original release | October 4, 1983 – April 17, 1988 |
History
The show revolutioned Italian TV conventions and languages, proposing a zany, sharp and fast 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] In reason of 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
- Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003, p.215
- Sandra Puccini. Nude e crudi: femminile e maschile nell'Italia di oggi. Donzelli Editore, 2009. pp. 3–7.
- Aldo Grasso. Radio e televisione: teorie, analisi, storie, esercizi. Vita e Pensiero, 2000. p. 182.
Further reading
- Joseph Baroni. Dizionario della Televisione. Raffaello Cortina Editore, pp. 139–142. ISBN 88-7078-972-1.