Drive In (TV program)
{{Short description|Italian television variety show aired from 1983 to 1989}}
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| genre = Variety
Sketch Comedy
| presenter = Gianfranco D'Angelo
Ezio Greggio
Enrico Beruschi
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| country = Italy
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| num_seasons = 6
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| network = Italia 1
| first_aired = {{start date|1983|10|4}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1988|4|17}}
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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.Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003, p.215
History
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. It also proposed a new, different image of the women, more sensual and transgressive. Due to its high audience ratings, it has a key role in the success of Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest (now Mediaset).{{cite book|last=Sandra Puccini|title=Nude e crudi: femminile e maschile nell'Italia di oggi|publisher=Donzelli Editore, 2009|pages=3–7}}
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.{{cite book|last=Aldo Grasso|title=Radio e televisione: teorie, analisi, storie, esercizi|publisher=Vita e Pensiero, 2000|page=182}}
References
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Further reading
- Joseph Baroni. Dizionario della Televisione. Raffaello Cortina Editore, pp. 139–142. {{ISBN|88-7078-972-1}}.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0475452}}
Category:Italian television shows
Category:Variety television series
Category:Italian comedy television series
Category:Italia 1 original programming
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