| Drive In | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Variety Sketch Comedy |
| Presented by | Gianfranco D'Angelo Ezio Greggio Enrico Beruschi |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Italia 1 |
| Original release | October 4, 1983 – April 17, 1988 |
Drive In is an Italian television variety show, created by Antonio Ricci. The show's six seasons were broadcast by Italia 1 from 1983 to 1989. It was referred as the most innovative and popular Italian television show of the 1980s. [1]
The show revolutioned Italian TV conventions and languages, presenting a zany, sharp and fast-paced type of humor, partly imported from the model of the Saturday Night Live . [1] It also proposed a new, different image of the women, more sensual and transgressive. [2] Due to its high audience ratings, it has a key role in the success of Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest (now Mediaset). [1] [2]
The show launched the careers of several comedians (such as Ezio Greggio, Giorgio Faletti, Francesco Salvi) as well as of a number of showgirls (including Tinì Cansino and Lory Del Santo). It generated a series of imitation programs, several of them also created by the same Antonio Ricci. [3]
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