TV Italian Style
The ‘TV Italian Style’ podcast is an A-Z of the golden age of Italian television of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s from the perspective of the ever popular varietà and the famous faces who would host and guest star on these shows. It’s a bilingual podcast, in English and Italian, with conversations with experts on Italian TV and culture alongside clips from all the best shows and performances. Visit the accompanying website https://tvitalianstyle.wordpress.com/ to download translated transcriptions for each episode to support your listening.
Podcasting since 2024 • 26 episodes
TV Italian Style
Latest Episodes
Z: ‘Zum zum zum’ and other theme songs of the varietà
Sarà 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 you...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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51:05
Y: Young people and Italian variety television
In this penultimate episode of the podcast, we're talking about young people and Italian variety television. How were young people portrayed on Italian television screens? Were there variety television shows that were aimed specifically at an a...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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59:20
X: Xavier Cugat, Abbe Lane, Romina Power and more: international hosts and guest stars of the varietà
Across 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 L...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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53:53
W: Walter Chiari, il bravo ragazzo del varietà
Signore, signori, today's episode focuses on 'il primo ragazzo della porta accanto dello spettacolo italiano [che] irruppe con quel ciuffo un po’ malandrino, con quell’aria gioviale, simpatico, di amico con cui tirar mattina, nel cinema...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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44:33
V: Vianello and Mondaini - ridere sempre per stare bene insieme
In this episode, we're talking about ‘la coppia piu amata della tv’. Ten years after their deaths, the Corriere della sera newspaper ran a feature article to mark the fifty years our two stars were together and the impact they had on t...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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56:55
