Four hours full of guests, anecdotes, videos, numbers that are not always captivating for the audience watching TV. The TV is 70dedicated to the evening event History of Italian television what the marks Return to the management of Massimo Giletti occupied Rai Uno on a long, not particularly successful journey. It's 1:47 a.m. when the distinctive soundtrack of “Gone With the Wind” opens tonight's episode of Porta a Porta. An extra large duration that goes well with it a common thread which, between someone else's irony and someone else's wish, once characterized the entire evening Giletti's first guestAmadeus confirmed to the host his firm intention not to do anything more Sanremo from next year. Amadeus himself jokingly made it clear that his colleague could be his “heir” at Ariston, a joke that was later picked up by Fiorelloand also from other guests as if restarted Francesca Fagnanifor example, who greets the journalist with the words: “Congratulations for Sanremo!” Certainly the long marathon of La TV fa 70 was a good training for the endless stage management as required by the festival's master of ceremonies.
But let's get to the evening, which, despite the many illustrious names and the breadth of irons in the fire in 70 years of history, was not always smooth and entertaining for the local audience, at least judging by the rather merciless comments on social media in many cases underlined the lack of fluidity (and boredom) of a show that (given the stellar cast of guests) failed to become a landmark in the history of the small screen. One of the best moments is certainly the shared space between two ironic and intelligent faces that are very popular with the audience. Antonella Clerici and Paolo Bonolisuntil last Friday direct competitors to conquer the audience on the same evening, and also the interview with Maria De Filippi what he put, in connection with the Amici studio a little spice for the evening make a joke that didn't go unnoticed. After exposing an attack by state television in 1992, when the presenter debuted with the talk show for teenagers Amici, she said: “For many years I have not received an offer from Rai, but they have a lot of good presenters”, not they need me .” And more than one person on social media saw irony in his words.
Incidentally, as announced, a large part of the program was dedicated to the memories of Pippo Baudorightly greeted with a standing ovation by the audience, and another space for the genius of Renzo Arbore. But many big names were missing, for example Claudia Gerini She performed a mix of iconic TV theme songs, but none of the great showgirls were present that night: Heater Parisi, Lorella Cuccarini, Loretta Goggi, to name just a few of those who “owned” these theme songs, none of them c 'Era. Mara Venier and Milly Carlucci were only seen in an archive video, as were the legendary ladies Buonasera. Video tribute also to Raffaella Carrà and a very brief mention of the memory of Fabrizio Frizzi. Mike Bongiorno was also only mentioned very briefly and only in the memoirs of Pippo Baudo, but many other great characters were ignored. On the other hand, the task of summing up 70 years of history in one long evening was truly ambitious, practically an impossible mission or, in any case, a failed one.