Provolino

The puppet was introduced by Raffaele Pisu in the RAI variety shows Vengo anch'io and Ma che domenica amici in 1968.^[1] A baby with big teeth, he was featured as the disrespectful alter ego of Pisu, with whom he had constant bickering which always ended with the catchphrase: "Boccaccia mia statti zitta!" (i.e. "bad mouth of mine, please shut up!"). The puppet was animated by Pisu himself and originally voiced by Oreste Lionello,^[1] replaced by Franco Latini in 1969.^[2]

The character was later adapted into a comic series, which was created by Pierluigi Sangalli and Alberico Motta and which became the title character of several comics magazines (Provolino, Super Provolino and Provolino Story) published by editor Bianconi between 1970 and 1990.^[3]