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.
TV Italian Style
B: Buone vacanze - Pop music and the varietà
Music is such a fundamental element of the varietà and this episode explores some of the most popular types of songs and most successful singers and programmes in Italy during the 50s, 60s, and 70s. We'll think about the canzone all'italiana alongside urlo and international stars as examples of songs that were on the small screen in Italy, and what the impact of seeing singers performing actually was on the audience. Buone vacanze, Studio Uno and Johnny 7 are some of the shows we'll talk about, and of course we have to mention the TV coverage of the Festival of Sanremo and the programme Canzonissima.
Signore, signori, buon divertimento!