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@ppoli611674629039 · 08 Feb 2021

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Il tappabuchi

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It was 1967 and I was in first grade. My mother was strict, in the evening I had to go to bed after Carosello, like all the children of the time, because in the morning I had to go to school and waking up was not easy at that age. With the exception of Saturday evening. The next day was Sunday and then I could stay awake watching Il Tappabuchi.
Il tappabuchi was a historical variety television program directed by Vito Molinari. The conductor was the ironic and amiable Corrado, with the "help presenter" played by Raimondo Vianello, and included the participation of Sandra Mondaini, Nanni Loy and Mariella Palmich. In an hour he mixed games with quizzes, skits, ballets, songs, and Nanni Loy's candid cameras
A cult are the skits played on the bench and the parody of I Promessi Sposi, in which Vianello plays Lucia, while Corrado plays the role of Renzo with capons in hand.
How much sympathy and politeness, how much not vulgar fun. Perhaps today we would no longer laugh so heartily, because sensitivity and humor change over the years, but some sketches remain immortal.
Even the final part of the program was unique: the final scripted theme inaugurated a lucky series that in the future will flow into the television programs of the couple Mondaini - Vianello.