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Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo are an Italian trio of comedians, actors, directors and screenwriters, comprising Cataldo "Aldo" Baglio (; born 28 September 1958), Giovanni Storti (; born 20 February 1957) and Giacomino "Giacomo" Poretti (; born 26 April 1956). They have performed in movies, theatres, and television, and are very well known in Italy. Their humor is typically
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ese, with scenes that develop from a simple idea and that often center on stereotypical differences between
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and southern Italy.


Biography


Early

Cataldo Baglio, known as Aldo, was born in
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but grew up in Milan, where he met Giovanni Storti. They both studied mime and dance at the school of drama of Milan's Teatro Arsenale. Baglio graduated in 1977, and Storti in 1978, and both soon joined cabaret shows, including ''E domani?'' (1979) and ''Il suggestibile'', as well as performing in various television dramas, including ''Vacanze di professione''. Poretti, meanwhile, was part of the cabaret duo "Hansel and Strudel" along with Marina Massironi, who was his girlfriend at the time, and later his wife.


Theatre

The trio formed in 1985 when Baglio and Storti met Poretti and invited him to join them. From 1991 the trio—now called Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo—performed in theatres with Massironi. They featured in shows such as ''Summer Lightning'' (1992, directed by Paola Galassi), ''Back to the Gerund'' (with Flavio Oreglio and Antonio Cornacchione), ''Air Storm'' (1993, directed by Giancarlo Bozzo), ''The Shorts'' (1996, directed by Arturo Brachetti), and ''The Circus of Paolo Rossi'' (1995, directed by Giampiero Solari and starring
Paolo Rossi Paolo Rossi (; 23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Italian professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He led Italy national football team, Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup t ...
). Actress Massironi originally joined the comic trio as a
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. In the 2006 show ''Anplagghed'' (directed by Arturo Brachetti), Massironi was replaced by Silvana Fallisi, Aldo's wife. In 2012 the trio returned to the stage with the theatre tour ''Ammutta Muddica''.


Television

Their first television appearance was in the summer of 1992 in ''TG delle vacanze'' alongside the comedy duo Zuzzurro and Gaspare. The same year, they took part in ''Su la testa!'', hosted by
Paolo Rossi Paolo Rossi (; 23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Italian professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He led Italy national football team, Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup t ...
. During 1993, they participated in cielito lindo with
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, and in the period 1995–1997, they were in the cast of ''
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'', a TV show hosted by
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. The play ''Tel chi el telùn'', was filmed and broadcast by
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in 1999, directed by Arturo Brachetti, and repeated several times in subsequent years. In 2004, the trio joined with Gialappa's band and made the sketch show ''Mai dire domenica''. In 2008 they returned with two new plays: ''Anplagghed'', broadcast by Canale 5 and
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; and ''Pur Purr Rid'', which contained a mixture of all the trio's performances. In 2009 they joined the cast of the talk show on Rai 3 ''
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''. On 25 December 2013, they performed in a show for Radioitalia dedicated to the non-profit organisation Alice for Children. From 8 May 2014 ''Ammutta muddica'' was broadcast on Canale 5 at prime time.


Cinema

Their big-screen debut was in 1997 with the film ''
Three Men and a Leg ''Three Men and a Leg'' () is a 1997 Italian road film and romantic comedy co-written and co-directed by the comedy trio Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and by Massimo Venier. Plot Three friends – Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo – have to travel from Mil ...
'', alongside Marina Massironi and Massimo Venier as writer and director. The film was acclaimed by both the public and critics. The success of this first film was repeated in 1998 with '' That's Life'', again with Massironi, and in 2000 with ''
Ask Me If I'm Happy ''Ask Me If I'm Happy'' () is a 2000 Italian comedy drama film directed by Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and Massimo Venier. Plot In Milan, the three friends Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo do different jobs, although far below their expectations. So thei ...
'', which took more than seventy billion
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at the box office, and was one of five most profitable Italian movies. In 2002 they released ''
The Legend of Al, John and Jack ''The Legend of Al, John and Jack'' () is a 2002 crime comedy film directed by Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and Massimo Venier. Plot The story is set in New York City in 1959. Three gangsters, namely Al, John and Jack, by pretending to watch a fil ...
'', followed in 2004 by ''
Do You Know Claudia? ''Do You Know Claudia?'' () is a 2004 comedy film directed by Massimo Venier and starring Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo. Plot Claudia and Giovanni have been married for seven years, but they are going through a relationship crisis. Claudia is convince ...
'', with Venier as director and
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as the female lead. A version of their eponymous play was released in 2006, called ''Anplagghed'' ''al cinema''. The comic trio returned to the big screen on 19 December 2008 with '' Il cosmo sul comò'', under the direction of comedian Marcello Cesena. On 12 February 2010, they were voice actors in the documentary Oceans 3D; then on 17 December 2010, they released '' The Santa Claus Gang'', which became the blockbuster of the season, taking more than twenty-five million euros. In December 2014, they returned with '' The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler'', followed in late 2016 by '' Fuga da Reuma Park''. Three years later, in January 2020, they released ''
I Hate Summer ''I Hate Summer'' () is a 2020 Italian comedy film directed by Massimo Venier and starring Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo. Released about a month before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the film is the tenth film of the popular comic tr ...
'' to critical acclaim.


Filmography


Theatre

*''I corti di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo'' (1996): . *''Tel chi el telùn'' (1999): ; the word ''telùn'' is Milanese for ''telone'', or ''tarpaulin'', meaning 'the circus tent'. The title is a pun on the phonetically similar word ''terùn'' (, a deprecating word for people from southern Italy). *''Potevo rimanere offeso!'' (2001): – a show centered on their Swiss characters. *'' Anplagghed'' (2006): an ironic transcription of 'unplugged'. *''Ammutta muddica'' (2012): Sicilian for ''spingi mollica'' (), which means 'get busy'. *''The Best of Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo'' (2016).


Relationships

Baglio is married to Silvana Fallisi, who collaborated several times with the trio, and appeared in ''Ask Me if I'm Happy''. Poretti was married to Marina Massironi from 1986 to 1990, and is currently married to Daniela Cristofori, an actress who appeared in ''Ask Me If I'm Happy'' and ''Do You Know Claudia?''. Poretti and Cristofori have a son named Emanuele.


Honours


See also

*
Tafazzi Tafazzi is an Italian comic character created by Carlo Turati and portrayed by Giacomo Poretti, member of the group Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo. It originally appeared in '' Mai dire Gol'', a comic-sports television show by the Gialappa's Band, but ...


References

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