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Pippo Baudo Remembers Costanzo His Tv Was Apolitical He Wanted To Talk To Everyone

February 27, 2023 Post a Comment

Five years ago they had come face to face, for L'interview, the program in which Maurizio Costanzo on Canale 5 made the guest confess the unmentionable: everything, absolutely everything And Pippo Baudo had talked about career, life, loves, regrets.

Comparing two TV giants: very different styles, Maurizio sly, Pippo more direct On the screen behind them the faces of Corrado, Mike Bongiorno, Enzo Tortora, Raimondo Vianello.

Friends and colleagues who, with them, had made the history of television Costanzo, with his formidable irony, had underlined the circumstance: "Did you notice, yes, that only we are left alive?".

And he had made horns Baudo, had she made them too? (Laughs) "Maurizio was very witty.

He understood the funny side of life, in all situations Seriously, I've never seen it".

Did you know that at a certain point there were rumors about your quarrel? Did it ever happen? "Some bullshit invented by I don't know who, I remember that we even called each other 'But do you think we can be enemies?'.

And we had a lot of laughs " But how was the relationship over the years? "It's always been cordial, friendly, we've never had fights.

When we saw each other it was a pleasure to tell each other things, we looked into each other's eyes and recognized each other It really was me and him".

What distinguished him from the others? "He was a journalist who loved entertainment and therefore his questions didn't just end up in the narrow journalistic bedrock, they became an opportunity to broaden the subject and make it the subject of a show: he went to always stop there And then he had this irony.

" Which bordered on a certain Roman cynicism, he was not surprised at anything "That is authentic Romanism, he was the ideal son of Aldo Fabrizi, with that desire to demystify things".

He made the guests say everything: she too, in the famous 2018 interview, did not spare herself "He was very skilled.

I had gone with the idea of not telling the most private things, he had a special ability to bring out memories Meanwhile he used easy language and was always very calm.

You opened up without realizing it and the inhibitions dropped You have to be good to do it and TV doesn't lie.

" Was he really curious about who he was in front of? "Always him He was a great observer, he behaved as if he were a spectator on the other side of the video.

He knew the tastes of those watching television, people sitting on the sofa" He wrote for the cinema, the theater, even a successful song like Se telephoning.

"He was full of interests, he even starred in sitcoms And I made a comedy of him in the theatre, L'ora della fantasia, with Sandra Mondaini.

His free translation from the text by Anna Bonacci He was very good as a playwright".

Do we want to find fault with it? "In my opinion laziness A little lazy he was, but work was his passion.

" How many years have you known each other? "A lifetime Just think that he is the first person who interviewed me in Rome in 1960, he worked for Grazia".

And what was he like at the time? "He made a good impression on me He was kind, sarcastic even then but never mean.

It was also a pleasure to discuss with him, he was an intelligent man" Did he revolutionize TV? "Of course.

Think of their kindness, wanted by Angelo Guglielmi in 1976 It distorted the whole liturgy.

The studio without an audience, a window that opened, three armchairs and people at home waiting for his intelligent interviews The first talk show".

He always put himself on the line, does he owe his success to this? "First of all he was different, even physically The television characters are characterized: I was tall, he with a physique in which many were reflected.

Even the physique, which he was the first to make fun of, making jokes, was his strength, there was a bit of Fabrizi All the politicians paraded at the Maurizio Costanzo show.

With his wit and that way of digging, he knew how to bring out the character without ever attacking him or even caressing him An art.

Being interviewed by him meant having a licence" Costanzo has always declared that he never voted for Silvio Berlusconi.

What do you think? "He certainly had both ideas but he was apolitical, because he wanted to belong to everyone He didn't have to vote for a party.

I believe he never voted for Berlusconi, he even advised him against taking the field "And what about the relationship with Maria De Filippi? " I confess that it is the thing that amazed me the most.

I didn't imagine it would be a lasting bond and instead it has become strong, deep, fundamental Maurizio knew how to discover talent in others, and she too was a discovery of him.

"Do you see Costanzo's heirs around?" Categorically, no They are not here".

Being interviewed by him meant having a licence" Costanzo has always declared that he never voted for Silvio Berlusconi.

What do you think? "He certainly had both ideas but he was apolitical, because he wanted to belong to everyone He didn't have to vote for a party.

I believe he never voted for Berlusconi, he even advised him not to take the field "And what about the relationship with Maria De Filippi? " I confess that this is the thing that amazed me the most.