Born in Rome in 1940, the historical face of Bagaglino and since the seventies representative of the Italian comedy. The apprehension of the fans
Pippo Franco hospitalized at the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome following a transient ischemic attack. The Roman actor, 81 years old, would be in a non-worrying condition. But these are hours of apprehension for the comic symbol of the historic Bagaglino, who lit the stage of the equally historic Sistina theater in Rome. At the moment, no official reports have arrived from the hospital doctors. Already on social networks the affection shown by the actor’s fans is great.
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We therefore hope for a progressive improvement for the well-known comedian, whose humorous style is already written in the stage name chosen: Pippo Franco, the pseudonym of Franco Pippo. Roman by birth and spirit, he attended the famous artistic high school in via Ripetta and then dedicated himself to music, his first road: comic-idiotic lyrics like Quel wagon per Frosinone, Cesso di amarti questa sera, Ninna nanna. I
ncide in throughout his career twenty singles and a dozen albums, including Cara Kiri (1971), Beded (1975), Pippo franco al cabaret (1977), Basically, right? (1978), Nasone disco show and Forbidden to minors (1981). And acronyms for programs associated with the Italy Lottery, such as Isotta (1977) and Pep (1986), in the memory of those who lived through those years. Playful tracks, a trend continued with Mi scappa la pip pap (1979), La puntura (1980), Che fico (1982, television theme song of the Festival), Ch ch ch ccc, Pinocchio who (1984).
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In the seventies and eighties one of the protagonists of the Italian comedy, directed by directors such as Luciano Salce, Aldo Grimaldi, Franco Prosperi, Sergio Martino, Luigi Magni, Salvatore Samperi, Pier Francesco Pingitore, Mariano Laurenti and Bruno Corbucci. And he becomes an inevitable face, with his light-hearted attitude and the always ready joke even on themes that are appearing only now in commercial cinema, of the Italian erotic comedy: That great piece of Ubalda all naked and all hot and Giovannona Coscialunga dishonored with honor. It also appears in What happened between my father and your mother? (1972) by Billy Wilder, opposite Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills. In 1974 she plays a dramatic role in The way of the baboons dthe Luigi Magni, alongside Catherine Spaak.
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But above all, TV gave him great popularity, starring in shows such as Dove sta Zaz with Gabriella Ferri (1973) and Mazzabub from 1975.. In 1977 a pivot of the return to the avant-garde of Dolls, there is no lira. F
up to Bagaglino, one of his best known creatures. Alongside him Loretta Goggi, Daniela Goggi, Oreste Lionello, his wife Laura Troschel. His verve in so much television with columns of the TV direction of the time, such as Antonello Falqui and Enzo Trapani.
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From TV to theater (in the 2000s May it remain between us, My first 42 years, All in a moment, The Marquis del Grillo, Dolls, there is no euro, The secret of Mastro Titta, Svalutescion) and back, he has always traveled both ways: the Bagaglino arrives live at the Salone Margherita in Rome and Rai broadcasts it, For those who ring the bell, Baby bottles, Crme caramel, Greetings and kisses and Banana peels. D.to 1994 to 2009 Mediaset to relaunch Come on another one, Champagne, Red Roses
. The union with Pier Francesco Pingitore also leads to some fiction. And TV still sees him as a protagonist in the 90s, show host like You know the latest and Wonderlandpaired with Melba Ruffo.
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Political experience was not lacking, candidate in 2006 with the Casa delle Libert for the Senate as leaders in the Lazio constituency: despite the support of Giulio Andreotti, he only gets 0.7%. For him 205 votes in the internal primary of the Brothers of Italy for the election of the mayor of Rome in 2013. On the occasion of the administrative offices of 2021 he ran for the city council of Rome in the civic list of the center-right mayoral candidate Enrico Michetti, collecting 81 preferences but only by touching the seat. The spotlight moved to the news, when he ended up at the center of the controversy (and investigated) for a fake green pass provided by a doctor then under arrest, denied by the lawyer: Pippo Franco and his family are regularly vaccinated and we can prove it!.
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Now the hospitalization at Gemelli, from where reassuring news about his health conditions defined as discrete and in any case not worrying filter.. But fans continue to send their wishes, remembering the many steps in a career as an evergreen show juggler.
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