Germano Mosconi
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| Germano Mosconi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 November 1932 San Bonifacio, Italy |
| Died | March 1, 2012 (aged 79) Verona, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Sports journalist Anchorman |
| Known for | Internet celebrity |
Germano Mosconi (November 11, 1932 – March 1, 2012)[1] was an Italian sportswriter and news presenter.
[edit] Biography
Mosconi, who was born in San Bonifacio, was a well-known television personality in northern Italy from the 1980s until his death in early March of 2012 because of his sportscasting on Telenuovo in Verona. In 1982 he received the Cesare D'Oro international award for journalist merit.
Mosconi received most of his notoriety for his short-temper and excessive swearing and blaspheming. In 2004, he was the subject of an anonymous Internet video that made him known all over Italy and around the world. The video shows some of his off-air bloopers, featuring his irate reactions to various problems (people unexpectedly entering the studio, various noises, illegible writing on the news sheets he receives, or simply his lapsus linguae).
The ample use of swearwords, blasphemy, insults and other rude language both in Italian and Venetian, as well as other humorous antics, have made this video into a viral video. Very quickly, many Internet forums discussing Mosconi appeared, as well as fan clubs in Italy and in other countries, and comic cartoons featuring Mosconi's voice. However, Mosconi was not receptive of his notoriety, declining every interview or proposal related to the video.
Mosconi was also an editor of the German-language magazine Gardasee Zeitung,[2] dedicated to tourists of Lake Garda, and he was also a reviewer for the sportscasts on Telechiara in Padova (ironically, this channel is owned by the Triveneto episcopate). He also wrote for Il Gazzettino and L'Arena in Verona.
As of February 2005, Mosconi worked as a member of the Hellas Verona[3] football club's staff, but he later left this position in August of the same year.[4]
Mosconi died in Verona on March 1, 2012, at the age of 79, following a lengthy illness.[5]
[edit] Popularity in Italy
Since the first off-air video appeared in 2004, Mosconi's fans started to appear all over Italy and especially in the students between 16 and 19 years of age creating a community which "works" mostly on the Internet creating pages on Nonciclopedia[6] (Italian version of Uncyclopedia) and Facebook groups as well as referring to themselves as "believers" following "The Mighty". Anyway all the names and aspects of this community that have been created to refer to Mosconi have the purpose of creating an oxymoron with the contents of his swearing (usually religious) in a hilarious way; an example of this is the nickname Il Vate (Italian noun for those people who predict the future for purposes like traditional medicine, fortune-telling and so on) or Il Santissimo (The Most Blessed) and the fact that his face is often used to substitute the one of the Pope in many photographs is another important aspect of this laugh-based community.
[edit] References
- ^ E' morto il giornalista Germano Mosconi (Italian)
- ^ Gardasee Zeitung, on Gardaseezeitung.it
- ^ Novità nell'organigramma del club di Corte Pancaldo, on Hellasverona.it
- ^ Variazioni nell'organigramma nel club di Corte Pancaldo, on Hellasverona.it
- ^ Addio a Germano Mosconi, on Gazzetta.it
- ^ Germano Mosconi, on Nonciclopedia.wikia.com
