27 January The young singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco, upset for the failure of his song Ciao, amore, ciao at the Sanremo festival, shots himself in his hotel room, leaving an accusatory message against the record industry and the mechanism of the contest. RAI tries to minimize the tragedy; the final evening of the show goes on air regularly and the host Mike Bongiorno pronounces a few words of circumstance, not even telling the Tenco’s name. The festival is won by Claudio Villa, exponent of the most traditional melodic song.[1]
Shows of the year
Drama
Tutto Totò – by Daniele D’Anza with Totò; cycle of 9 comic TV-movie, unfinished because the death of the actor. The series, realized hastily, gets a good public success but deludes the critics and the fan of Totò, who here appears underused and far from his best shape.[2]
Il tappabuchi (The stopgaps) – by Vito Molinari, with Corrado Mantoni and Raimondo Vianello, in 8 episodes; mix of comic sketches, dance, quiz and candid cameras realized by Nanny Loy.[8]
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