And so the last "fun" of history is gone with his father: Mike Bongiorno, probably the last presenter of the older generation, excluding Pippo Baudo. Mike left the scene of which 65 to 85 years of honorable service. Italy led in the wave of American way, giving a definitive turning point for our TV for evening entertainment, involving whole families in his quiz and game shows. The sadness of the writer, perhaps shared by my coetaneai, is that they are disappearing all the characters related to our childhood, those who turn on the TV when "there were" always with their historical programs, La Corrida, Portobello, Rischiatutto, transmissions knew that good, where the jackpot was still counted the lira, and glens were in the flesh, and they were all things Italian. For us who have lived many times we did not say "ouch ouch ouch Longari Mrs.", or "envelope that you want, the one, two or the three ?"... To explain better, look at the picture above. The black and white was not just television, but the simplicity and elegance studies, far from beautiful, but sometimes excessive opulence of our day. TV Times were different, the words used were different, and there was a problem or share of audience. The presenter knew what he had to do because of the screen there were families returning from a day's work and television was to relax and entertain. Conrad was a master at this, as it has been more limited with Portobello Enzo Tortora, and Mike with the mother of all quizzes. As recited in the famous advertising Bocchino Grappa (even that is a must) now Mr. Joy is really "growing up", even as high as the bird fell on the unsuspecting Sig.Longari, and who knows where from there have already prepared the letters and a new quiz program entitled Risk of surpasseth ...
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