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TV Italian StyleZ: ‘Zum zum zum’ and other theme songs of the varietàSend us a textSarà capitato anche a voidi avere una musica in testa,sentire una specie di orchestrasuonare suonare suonare suonareZum zum zum zum zum,Zum zum zum zum...Well, has it ever happened to you? Have you found yourself humming or singing a song that's got stuck in your head? And how many times has that song been from a television show you were watching?Television theme songs are the focus for this final episode of the TV Italian Style podcast series, and w...2024-12-3051 min
TV Italian StyleX: Xavier Cugat, Abbe Lane, Romina Power and more: international hosts and guest stars of the varietàSend us a textAcross the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Italian television played host to a series of popular and well-loved stars that hailed from outside of Italy. On the podcast, we've already talked about how stars like the Kessler twins, Henri Salvador, and Lola Falana brought something new and different to Italian television screens, a difference that was, in the case of the Kesslers and Lola, sexy but accepted thanks to the fact that they were not Italian. But there were many stars who featured on Italian television screens in this period and brought something new...2024-12-0253 min
TV Italian StyleK: Kessler twins, ‘two pairs of legs with one head’Send us a textIn January 1961, the cover of television and radio listings Radiocorriere featured two stars who would during the decade become important figures for variety television in Italy, coming to represent the golden age of television from the 1960s. The cover is described thus:In Francia le chiamano ormai, semplicemente, le "gemelle di Parigi". Sono Alice ed Ellen Kessler, giovani ma già notissime “vedettes” del Lido. Figlie di un ingegnere di Lipsia, iniziarono fin da bambine lo studio della danza classica e moderna. Dopo la guerra, la famiglia si trasferì nella Germania Occidentale, a Düss...2024-06-0357 min
TV Italian StyleI: Io, Agata e tu... Introducing Raffaella CarràSend us a textOn 5 July 2021, Raffaella Carrà passed away at the age of 78 after an unspecified illness. The story was front page news, given Raffaella's status in contemporary Italy. RAI explained ‘È morta all’età di 78 anni Raffaella Carrà, definita la Regina della tv italiana. Showgirl, cantante, ballerina, attrice, conduttrice televisiva, radiofonica e autrice televisiva. [...] Durante la sua lunga carriera, Raffaella Carrà è diventata un’icona della musica e della televisione italiana’ (RaiNews 2021). According to Il Corriere della sera, ‘Raffaella era una donna forte, libera, controcorrente. Una donna che della libertà e dell’allegria aveva fatto la sua bandiera’ (Volpe 20...2024-05-0645 min
TV Italian StyleD: Directors - going behind the camera of the varietàSend us a textAntonello Falqui and Vito Molinari are the two directors who are main focus of this episode that goes behind the camera of the varietà. We find out more about Falqui's inspiration and influences, looking at how his work in television drew on his love of theatre, cinema, and the American musical. His significant varietà included Il musichiere, Studio Uno, Teatro 10, and Milleluci, and these shows would help establish the popularity of some very famous faces of Italian television, including Mario Riva, the Kessler twins, and Mina. Vito Molinari then shares some st...2024-02-2640 min