Provolino between Margaret Lee and Raffaele Pisu in 1970.

Provolino was an Italian puppet character who enjoyed huge success in Italy between the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was created by Castellano and Pipolo who also wrote the dialogues.

Television

The puppet was introduced by Raffaele Pisu in the RAI variety shows Vengo anch'io and Ma che domenica amici in 1968.[1] A baby with big teeth, he was featured as the disrespectful alter ego of Pisu, with whom he had constant bickering which always ended with the catchphrase: "Boccaccia mia statti zitta!" (i.e. "bad mouth of mine, please shut up!"). The puppet was animated by the same Pisu and voiced by Oreste Lionello.[1]

Comics adaptation

Comic version of Provolino, 1977.

The character was later adapted into a comic series, which was created by Pier Luigi Sangalli and Alberico Motta and which became the title character of several comics magazines (Provolino, Super Provolino and Provolino Story) published by editor Bianconi between 1970 and 1990.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Aldo Grasso (2000). Storia della televisione italiana. Garzanti, 2000. p. 193. ISBN 8811738830.
  2. ↑ Gianni Bono. Guida al fumetto italiano. Epierre, 2003. pp. 1437, 1564–1566.
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