Scherzi a parte

{{Short description|Television program}}

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• Hidden camera
• Practical joke

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| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| num_seasons = 15

| num_episodes = 144

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| channel = Italia 1
Canale 5

| first_aired = {{start date|1992|2|9}}

| last_aired = present

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Scherzi a parte is a hidden camera-practical joke television series aired in prime time from 9 February 1992, first on Italia 1 and then on Canale 5.Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003.

The show is characterized by having national and international celebrities as victims. Over the years the show was criticized as some of the pranks appeared to be arranged with the victims. Several practical jokes, including Adriano Celentano's, Giancarlo Giannini's, Claudio Cecchetto's and Alessandro Benvenuti's, were never broadcast because the victims did not sign any agreement for the airing.{{cite news|last1=Maria Volpe|title=Ecco tutti gli Scherzi messi da parte|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1994/giugno/02/ecco_tutti_gli_Scherzi_messi_co_0_9406029814.shtml|access-date=12 October 2015|work=Corriere della Sera|date=2 June 1994}}