Pippo Franco

Pippo Franco pseudonym of Franco Pippo born 2 September 1940 is an Italian comic television presenter and singer He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s and in the late 1960s began a career in film starring in a great number of commedia sexy allitaliana the sexy comedy subgenre of Italian comedy In the 1970s he expanded into television acting in TV movies and presenting variety shows His type of comedy borrows heavily from cabaret Throughout his career he continued to sing appearing many times at the San Remo Festival He has made childrens music as well and has cowritten three books on linguistic humor