Carosello
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Carosello | |
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Country of origin | Italy |
Original language | Italian |
No. of episodes | 7261 |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
Production company | RAI |
Original release | |
Network | Rai 1, Rai 2 |
Release | 3 February 1957 1 January 1977 | –
Carosello (Italian for 'carousel') was an Italian television advertising show broadcast on RAI from 1957 to 1977. The series mainly showed short sketch comedy films using live action, various types of animation, and puppetry. It had an audience of about 20 million viewers.[1]
History
Initially, the only income for
At an experimental level, some of the test procedures were performed with the proto-caroselli, based on fictitious products, made in Turin, Rome and Milan. In fact, this is what the carousel will look like two years later. [2]
Animated segments
Carosello began to feature hand drawn and stop-motion segments in its second year, produced by Gamma Film, Paul Film, and Studio Pagot among others. Among the series' most notable segments were Calimero and La Linea, who appeared in other content outside Carosello.[3]
Pallina (Italian for 'little ball') was an Italian cartoon character created by Quartetto Cetra for the series. She originally appeared in the 1960s, running from 1961 to 1968, and was a mascot for various cleaning products, including Solex and Vetril.
References
- ISBN 978-1579581725.
- ^ "IL MITO DI CAROSELLO". IL MITO DI CAROSELLO. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Pallina". carosello.tv (in Italian).