Francesco Fredella February 28, 2024
Volunteer traffic police officer. Voice actor. Actor. Conductor (par excellence). A television life always in Via Teulada, always on Rai. In over 40 years of television, there has never been a distraction (called Mediaset). Giancarlo Magalli has always been a face of Mamma Rai, even if after many years with “I fatti tue” he no longer has his own program. And in a detailed interview with “Il Corriere della Sera” he talks about everything. Including Rai (and Adriana Volpe). “The healthy part of the company is those who work there, artists and technicians.” The problems lie in Viale Mazzini, as these managers are constantly changing. They arrive without knowing where to put their hands, and as soon as they find out, they take them off,” thunders Magalli. A life always on the front line, in front of the cameras.
At school with Mario Draghi, in the tourist villages, he discovered Fiorello. The college performances with Verdone (“he imitated everyone,” says Magalli) and De Sica. It comes to TV by chance: love at first sight. A very long love. The friendship with Arbore, Gianni Boncompagni, Raffaella Carrà and Pippo Baudo: the giants of television. Now, however, after the illness that struck him some time ago, Magalli no longer wants the Saturday evening show. He just wants to go back to where he was, back to his place. The friendship with Michele Guardì, the head of “I fatti tut”, stands firm in the face of those who believe that there is friction. Magalli is television, but at the same time it is also entertainment. He is also the man who knows how to conduct interviews (in Piazza Italia, the Guardì programming studio on Rai2 has conducted thousands of them over the years): current events, news, entertainment: he knows how to talk about the world how it flows. In short, it is a safe used device. Guaranteed. “I was sick and when I came back my programs had been passed on to others. After 60 years of militancy – with Arbore I am the only one who has ever gone to Mediaset – I expected more. I'm not asking about Saturday night at Rai Uno, a second evening was enough. Renzo is functioning again, older than me, Chiambretti is also coming back, the young shoots don't work, some have therapeutic anger. Magalli doesn't dream of Sanremo and says: “After five years of triumphs with Amadeus it will be a death trap.” One share point less and they will write that it was a flop. Some who suggest have already done it and it went wrong. Why do they insist on this? The festival is like your wedding night: if you are well, you have done your duty. If you do poorly, he will resent you for the rest of your life.