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Gialappa's Band
Gialappa's Band is the name used by Marco Santin (born 11 February 1962 in Milan), Carlo Taranto (born 16 December 1961 in Milan), and Giorgio Gherarducci (born 1 November 1963 in Milan), the Italian trio of TV and radio commentators. Overview Gialappa's Band formed in 1985 at the Radio Popolare of Milan, where they launched the show ''Bar Sport''. The show contained satirical commentary on Sunday matches of Italian football Serie A. The trio also commented on the FIFA World Cup, employing large doses of sarcasm and sound effects (smashed glass and car crashes for tackles and fouls, babies crying for injured players, sounds of hammers and saws for medical interventions on the pitch, etc.) to emphasize on-screen action. Their delivery was hectic and at times chaotic, sharpened by hyperbole and zany, sharp, non-sequitur witticisms. The format was very successful and, , they have broadcast comments on every football match for the European Championships and World Cups since 1986. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Santin
Marco may refer to: People * Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish composer and writer on music Places * Marco, Ceará, Brazil, a municipality * Marco, New Zealand, a locality in the Taranaki Region * Marco, Indiana, United States, an unincorporated town * Marco, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community * Marco Island, Florida, United States, a city and an island Science and technology * Mars Cube One (MarCO), a pair of small satellites which fly by Mars in 2018 * MARCO, a macrophage receptor protein that in humans is encoded by the MARCO gene * Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) * Marco, the official window manager of MATE Arts and entertainment * '' Marco: 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother'', a 1976 Japanese anime series, directed by Isao Takahata * ''Marco'' (film), a 1973 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Bergomi
Giuseppe Bergomi (; born 22 December 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer who spent his entire career at Inter Milan. He is regarded as one of the greatest Italian defenders of all time, and as one of the best of his generation, being elected by Pelé to be part of the FIFA 100 in 2004. A one-club man, Bergomi held the record of most appearances for the club for several years, while also being the side's longtime captain. He was affectionately referred to as ''"Lo zio"'' ("the uncle") because of his bushy eyebrows and the impressive moustache he wore even as a youngster. Bergomi works as a pundit at Sky Sports Italia and frequently co-commentates on Serie A matches alongside Fabio Caressa. Club career Born in Milan, Bergomi began training with Inter Milan's first team at the age of only 16, and made his professional debut in the 1980–81 season. After winning the Coppa Italia the following year, also reaching the semifinals of the European Cup whilst putting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebo Storti
Bebo ( ) was an American social networking website that originally operated from 2005 until its bankruptcy in 2013 and relaunched in February 2021. The site relaunched several times after its bankruptcy with a number of short-lived offerings, including instant messaging and video streaming, until its acquisition by Amazon in July 2019 when it was shut down. It was announced in January 2021 that it would be returning as a new social media site the month after. By May 2022, it had been once again shutdown, without having ever left beta testing. The site was founded by Michael Birch and Xochi Birch. History Founding and early years Bebo was founded by husband-and-wife team Michael and Xochi Birch in January 2005 at their home in San Francisco. The website name was bought by the founders, and the backronym "Blog Early, Blog Often" was invented to answer the question of what the name meant. The website, at the height of its popularity, overtook Myspace to become the most widely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Cortellesi
Paola Cortellesi (born 24 November 1973 in Rome) is an Italian actress, singer, voice actress, and presenter. She has starred in about 20 movies as well as a number of theatrical shows, television shows, and radio shows. Biography Cortellesi debuted in the show business at the age of 13, as a singer for ''Cacao meravigliao'', the jingle of the popular RAI TV show ''Indietro tutta!'' by Renzo Arbore. At 19 she began studying as an actress at the "Teatro Blu" in Rome (the same theatre school that Kim Rossi Stuart, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Claudia Gerini, Stefania Rocca, and Claudio Santamaria, among others, have attended). She began her career in television with the show ''Macao'', presented by Alba Parietti, but eventually reached nationwide popularity as a comic actress in the TV show ''Mai dire Gol'' by the Gialappa's Band (2000), which, in particular, showcased her skills at parodying famous people, a genre where she collected some of her most appreciated performances (the latest one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Albanese
Antonio Albanese (born 10 October 1964 in Olginate, Province of Lecco), is an Italian comedian, actor, director and writer. Biography Born in Lombardy to Sicilian parents, he studied at the Civic Drama School in Milan, then opted to pursue an acting career. His first experiences as a comedian date back to 1992, when he made his debut at the Zelig Theatre in Milan. He showcased his acts on the popular Maurizio Costanzo talk show and collaborated with actor-comedian Paolo Rossi. His popularity increased after he joined the Italia 1 show ''Mai dire Gol''. He recently appears on the show ''Che tempo che fa'', presented by Fabio Fazio and aired on Rai 3. From the late 1990s, Albanese also pursued a movie career, working both as an actor, under the direction of Carlo Mazzacurati and Pupi Avati, and also as a director in his own right. Characters *Cetto La Qualunque: A corrupt, perverted Calabrian with organized crime connections, right-wing Senator, running as candidate with a plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Gnocchi
Eugenio Ghiozzi (born 1 March 1955), best known by his stage name Gene Gnocchi, is an Italian television presenter, comedian and former footballer. Gnocchi was born in Fidenza into a working-class family. He was an aspiring vocalist in a rock band when he was younger, and also has a degree as a lawyer; however, both these different roads produced quite unsuccessful results. He took advice from the general public and took the road of a comedian. He started to appear on the then unknown stage of Milan's Zelig in the 1980s, as well as an emerging comedian on the Maurizio Costanzo Show. Gnocchi started enjoying success in the 1990s and now is mostly known for his role in '' Quelli che il calcio'', a Raidue football-related TV show with Simona Ventura, usually aired on Sundays. The Serie A dream During the 2006–07 edition of ''Quelli che il calcio'', Gnocchi challenged the entire world of football, asking for an opportunity to play five minutes in a Serie A match. He wanted to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teo Teocoli
Antonio "Teo" Teocoli (born 25 February 1945) is an Italian actor, TV conductor, singer and writer appearing in about 30 mostly Italian productions since 1975. Selected filmography * ''Paolo e Francesca'' (1971) * ''The Boss and the Worker'' (1975) * ''L'Italia s'è rotta'' (1976) * '' Sturmtruppen'' (1976) * ''Valentina, una ragazza che ha fretta'' (1977) * ''L'inquilina del piano di sopra'' (1978) * ''Il balordo'' (1978) * ''L'imbranato'' (1979) * ''Saxophone'' (1979) * ''Liquirizia'' (1979) * ''Profumo di classe'' (1979) * ''Ciao marziano'' (1980) * '' L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto'' (1981) * '' Spaghetti a mezzanotte'' (1981) * ''Una vacanza bestiale'' (1981) * ''Tutto compreso'' (1981) * ''Si ringrazia la regione Puglia per averci fornito i milanesi'' (1982) * ''Stormtroopers II'' (1982) * '' Eccezzziunale... veramente'' (1982) * '' Drive in'' (1983) * ''Diego al 100%'' (1984) * ''Grand Hotel'' (1985) * ''Grandi magazzini '' (1986) * ''Missione eroica – I po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988. Despite soccer's relative lack of popularity in the host nation, the tournament was the most financially successful in World Cup history. It broke tournament records with overall attendance of 3,587,538 and an average of 68,991 per game, marks that stood unsurpassed as of 2022 despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams starting with the 1998 World Cup. Brazil were crowned the winners after defeating Italy 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California near Los Angeles, after the game had ended 0–0 after extra time. It was the first World Cup final to be decided on penalties. The victory made Brazil the first nation to win four World Cup titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Mexico in 1986). Teams representing 116 national football associations entered and qualification began in April 1988. 22 teams qualified from this process, along with host nation Italy and defending champions Argentina. The tournament was won by West Germany, for the third time. They beat Argentina 1–0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, a rematch of the previous final four years earlier. Italy finished third and England fourth, after both lost their semi-finals in penalty shootouts. This was the last tournament to feature a team from West Germany, with the country being reunified with East Germany a few months later in October, as well as teams from the Eastern Bloc prior to the end of the Cold War in 1991, as the Soviet Union and Czechos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai Dire Gol
''Mai dire Gol'' was an Italian football television program of featuring Gialappa's Band, which was broadcast on Italia 1 from 18 November 1990 to 25 February 2001. The program was, at the beginning, the footballing version of Gialappa's Band's ''Mai dire Banzai'', a show centered around the Japanese show ''Takeshi's Castle'', as well as the "successor" of ''Mai dire Mundial'', a program which showcased previous World Cup games' commentary (the program was aired a few months prior to the release of ''Mai dire Gol'', between May and June 1990). The show was the most popular program of the trio, and was centered on the errors, the gaffes, and the funny attitudes of some players and coaches in the previous matchday of Serie A, as well as of foreign leagues. It was initially broadcast on Sunday in a shorter version and, between the 1992–93 and 1996–97 seasons, also on Monday as ''Mai dire Gol del Lunedì''. The success was such that the format, characterized by the background v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Za Gaman
is a Japanese television program from the 1980s. It is not particularly well-known or remembered in Japan, but it became famous in other countries, particularly the United Kingdom. This is likely due to its appearance on the British television program ''…on Television, Clive James on Television'' and subsequently ''…on Television#Tarrant on TV, Tarrant on TV'', under the name ''Endurance''. The program was a version of an activity at Japanese universities, the ''gaman taikai'' or "endurance contest", where students try to outdo each other in withstanding unpleasant experiences. The TV program featured teams from universities, such as Keio University, who were subjected to various unpleasant ordeals, such as being buried up to the neck in sand or licked by reptiles. The person who endured the longest was declared the winner. Short segments of the program were used in the British television shows, which humorously examined television programs from around the world. Followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi's Castle
is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult physical challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him. The show became a cult television hit around the world. It was highly influential on global popular culture, inspiring a genre of game shows involving physical challenges and painful entertainment, as well as other media. A special live "revival" was broadcast on 2 April 2005, for TBS's 50th anniversary celebrations. Original ''Takeshi's Castle'' The original show involved between 86 and 142 contestants whom General Tani (Hayato Tani) "forced" into a series of physical challenges, in some ways similar to those in ''It's a Knockout'' eliminating many of the contestants. Each episode ended with a "Cart Battle" in which the remaining contestants faced off against Count Takeshi (Kitano) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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