''Mai dire Gol'' was an Italian
football
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television program of featuring
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.
Overvi ...
, which was broadcast on
Italia 1
Italia 1 (Italian pronunciation ) is an Italian free-to-air television channel on the Mediaset network, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It is oriented at both young and adult people.
Italia 1 was launched on 3 January 1982 and, originally, was o ...
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
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'', as well as the "successor" of ''Mai dire Mundial'', a program which showcased previous
World Cup
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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
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, 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 voices of Gialappa's Band, had been adapted for other different programs (''Mai dire TV'', ''Mai dire Maik'', ''Mai dire
Grande Fratello
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'', etc.), but always commented on by the comic trio.
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1990 Italian television series debuts
2001 Italian television series endings
Association football television series
Italian sports television series
Italian-language television shows
1990s comedy television series
Italia 1 original programming
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