Mike Bongiorno

Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno , more known under the name of Mike Bongiorno born in New York, on May 26th, 1924, tele presenter, of nationality Italian, which has occupied the screen in a stainless way for several decades. It is with him only a true institution.

Biography

Of Italian-American origin, his/her paternal grandfather tradesman was emigrated of Mezzojuso in Sicilia. Young person, it moves with Turin, town of his mother, where it goes to the college. he will be all his life, a fan of the Juventus of Turin.

During the Second world war, it gives up its studies to join the Italian partisans. It is captured and held for 7 months with the prison E San Vittore of Milan, before being off-set in German Concentration camp. Thanks to its American origins it however was released during an prisoner exchange.

He is the most popular presenter in Italy where he took part since 1953 in the beginnings of televisions Italian, with the first transmission of the national chain (SPOKE), for the emission Arrivi E partenze .

In 1955 Bongiorno day in the film It prezzo beyond gloria and in some serialized stories, then lance the first Quiz of Italian television, Lascia O raddoppia? (“Free or double? ”) " It adapts a formula already tested to the the United States. He becomes a specialist in the emissions of play.

Then they will be Campanile will be (1960) and Rischiatutto (1970); and will trust It dei sogni .

From 1963, it will present also more than 11 Festival of Sanremo.

In 1979 on Telemilano, which will become then Canale 5), it presents I sogni nel cassetto . Its ernière emission on the Spoke will be Flash (1980/1982), then it will pass definitively in the group of television of Silvio Berlusconi, for telequiz (a) (1981) Superflash (1982), Pentathlon (1985), Telemike (1987), the ruota beyond fortuna (1989). In 2000 it coprésente the animalist emission Qua the zampa .

On the chain Retequattro: it still presents the emission for the young people Genius , and It migliore .

Umberto Eco will devote a famous study to him: Fenomenologia di Mike Bongiorno (1963).

It obtained the Italian citizenship the February 7th 2003 and was married three times.

It obtains the title of doctor at university IULM di Milano in August 2007 and again presents in September on the SPOKE, the election of Miss Italia.

Anecdotes

Left Guy Lux transalpine, Mike Bongiorno, begins each one of its emissions with very famous the " Allegria! " , recognizable between all. It has also evil to be found in its many notes of quizz, unlike a Julien Lepers and misuses obsolete and southernmost conjugations, which make any sound charms, to the Leon Zitrone. It is also famous for its angers towards the technicians or same the candidates, during turnings.

Its blunders are famous, in particular those of " the wheel of fortune " with these names estropiées and these sentences with double direction, which also was parodied in France by unknown the.

At the time of a quizz, he wondered " who was this Paolo VI? " (it acted in fact of the pope Paul VI). or a candidate having to give the name Fausto Coppi, Mike defended it by saying that the candidate had not been born at the time.

He frequently was imitated and parodied so much so that his famous “Allegria!” malicieusement was malicieusement transformed into “Allergia!”. (Allergy!). It affectionately is called " SuperMike" or " Telemike".

Quizz

Catalog of films

  • Ragazze of oggi (1955)

  • Motivo in will maschera (1955)
  • It prezzo beyond gloria (1955)
  • I miliardari (1956)
  • Totò, lascia O raddoppia? (1956)
  • It giudizio universale (1961)
  • the vita, has volte, E molto lasted, vero Provvidenza? (1972)
  • It eravamo tanto matted (1974)
  • Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (1982)
  • Venti (1999)

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