''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.
[Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003, p.215]
History
The show revolutioned 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
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Structure
The Fininvest group is co ...
(now Mediaset
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).Tinì Cansino
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Biography
Born in Volos, she studied ballet, and made her television debut in the show ''Playgirl'', ...
and Lory Del Santo). It generated a series of imitation programs, several of them also created by the same Antonio Ricci.
References
Further reading
* Joseph Baroni. ''Dizionario della Televisione''. Raffaello Cortina Editore, pp. 139–142. .
External Links
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Italian television shows
Variety television series
Italian comedy television series
Italia 1 original programming
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