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Benito Mussolini’s robust constitution and Italo Balbo’s councils

For over a century, American magazines have entertained readers with fun anecdotes about celebrities: agencies invent them for the witty gossip columnists. If you feel the need to find a bit of cheer in these dark times with tasty anecdotes written in the American style, here you are.

In the 1950s and 60s, Giulio Scarnicci and Renzo Tarabusi wrote together magazines, TV programs and films for some of the most famous comedians of the time. Their British-style humor was particularly well-suited to actors like Tognazzi, Vianello, Chiari, Rascel and Dapporto. A good example is this skit from the Rai variety show Un due tre. An old woman (Vianello) stops a boy running at full speed down the street (Tognazzi): “Where are you going?” “To the doctor. My grandfather is sick.” “No way. Go home and tell your grandfather it’s nothing. He always thinks he’s sick: it’s just an impression!” Caption: “Three days later.” The encounter repeats. VIANELLO: “Is your grandfather better?” TOGNAZZI: “Yes, he’s doing great. But he’s gotten it into his head that he’s dead and we’re burying him tomorrow.”

Or this one, from the TV program Sarò breve (1957). LAURETTA MASIERO: “You promised you’d quit drinking. What are all these empty bottles in the closet?” TOGNAZZI: “I don’t know!” MASIERO: “If you don’t know…” TOGNAZZI: “Don’t you seem like someone who enjoys buying empty bottles?”

Paolo Panelli in an interview with Oggi: “My wife and I never talk about sex. What’s done is done.”

Benito Mussolini’s robust constitution had triumphed over a near poisoning that had put his life in danger. Italo Balbo, who had gone to inquire about the illustrious patient, was astonished to find him standing, while foreign newspapers announced that he was in a coma. “How come I find you so well, while this morning the foreign newspapers say you’re in a coma?” “You have to forgive me,” replied Mussolini “but I haven’t read the foreign newspapers yet.”

Alberto Savinio, Giorgio De Chirico’s brother, read an advertisement for a drawing school in a magazine that stated: “If you can write, you can draw.” He therefore decided to attend the school’s lessons: it guaranteed success for anyone. After two years of assiduous attendance, Savinio, doubting his progress, went to the school director to protest, demanding a refund. The director asked him: “Excuse me, but who are you?” “I am Alberto Savinio.” “Savinio, Savinio” repeated the director. “That name is familiar to me. You are a writer, I presume. Am I right?” “Yes, I’m a novelist,” protested the man of letters. The director had a flash of memory: “Ah yes, that’s right. You’re the author of Hermafrodito. Right?” “Yes, I’m a novelist,” protested the man of letters. The director had a flash of memory: “Ah yes, that’s right. You’re the author of Hermafrodito. Right?”

One evening, Giorgio Albertazzi found himself in a Roman living room full of admirers. After talking about his latest theatrical performance, he was distracted by the waiter, while the ladies continued to converse. One of them, at some point, said: “The theater is in crisis. Yesterday I was looking in the program bulletin, but there wasn’t one that attracted me. So, discouraged, I resigned myself to going to bed.” And Albertazzi, to everyone’s surprise, taking a tart, “Was there anyone there?”

The article “The Robust Constitution of Benito Mussolini and the Advice of Italo Balbo” is from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/05/26/aneddoti-umoristici-vip-italiani-notizie/8397923/

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Rissa su un treno in corsa: disagi ai passeggeri e ritardi di circa due ore. Tre feriti e otto denunciati

Rissa tra i vagoni di un treno in corsa. È accaduto ieri sera a bordo di un convoglio della linea Edolo-Brescia in provincia di Brescia dove otto ragazzi tra i 17 e i 20 anni hanno scatenato un furiosa lite degenerata in una colluttazione. Otto i denunciati.
Secondo le ricostruzioni dei militari della stazione di Iseo e dell’Aliquota Radiomobile di Chiari, si trattava di due gruppi di ragazzi che avevano trascorso la giornata sul lago d’Iseo senza conoscersi in precedenza. Già alla stazione di Iseo la situazione era tesa: i ragazzi avevano intavolato una discussione – per futili motivi – che si è esasperata sempre di più fino a quando, all’interno di un vagone durante la marcia del treno, non è scoppiata la rissa.
Il treno è stato fermato alla stazione di Borgonato-Adro dove sono stati fatti intervenire i carabinieri che hanno identificato gli otto ragazzi: due cittadini stranieri, un egiziano e un tunisino di 17 e 18 anni, e sei ragazzi residenti nella Bergamasca. Tre dei coinvolti hanno riportato lievi ferite e sono stati medicati sul posto dal personale del 118 e della Croce Rossa.
La rissa ha provocato dei disagi agli altri passeggeri: la corsa del treno è stata soppressa e i viaggiatori hanno proseguito il tragitto con un convoglio sostitutivo accumulando circa due ore di ritardo.
L'articolo Rissa su un treno in corsa: disagi ai passeggeri e ritardi di circa due ore. Tre feriti e otto denunciati proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Fight on a moving train: disruptions for passengers and delays of about two hours. Three injured and eight reported.

A brawl broke out between train carriages on a moving train. It happened last night aboard a train of the Edolo-Brescia line in the Brescia province, where eight teenagers between the ages of 17 and 20 unleashed a furious argument that escalated into a fight. Eight people were reported.

According to reconstructions by the police at the Iseo station and the Radiomobile Unit of Chiari, it involved two groups of teenagers who had spent the day at Lake Iseo without knowing each other beforehand. The situation was already tense at the Iseo station: the teenagers had engaged in a discussion – for trivial reasons – that became increasingly exacerbated until, inside a carriage during the train's journey, the brawl broke out.

The train was stopped at the Borgonato-Adro station where the Carabinieri intervened and identified the eight teenagers: two foreign nationals, an Egyptian and a Tunisian aged 17 and 18, and six teenagers residing in Bergamo. Three of the involved suffered minor injuries and were treated on the spot by personnel from the 118 and the Red Cross.

The brawl caused disruption for other passengers: the train's journey was suspended and travelers continued their journey with a replacement convoy, accumulating a delay of approximately two hours.

The article “Brawl on a Moving Train: Disruptions for Passengers and Delays of Around Two Hours. Three Injured and Eight Reported” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#Bresciaprovince #theRadiomobileUnit #Chiari #LakeIseo #theBorgonato-Adro #Carabinieri #Egyptian #Tunisian #Bergamo #theRedCross #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/05/10/rissa-treno-edolo-brescia-giovani-notizie/8381144/

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Subiaco proclamata Capitale italiana del libro 2025. L'annuncio del ministro della Cultura Giuli

Riceverà 500mila euro per l'attuazione del programma. Il conferimento del titolo, di durata annuale, è stato istituito con la legge numero 15 del 13 febbraio 2020. La prima a ricevere il riconoscimento è stata Chiari (Brescia)

Translated:
Subiaco proclaimed Italian Capital of the Book 2025. Announcement by Minister of Culture...

She will receive 500 thousand euros for the implementation of the program. The conferment of the title, which lasts for one year, was established by law number 15 of February 13, 2020. Chiari (Brescia) was the first to receive the recognition.

#Chiari #Subiaco #Brescia #Italy #minister
https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2024/12/subiaco-proclamata-capitale-italiana-del-libro-2025-annuncio-del-ministro-della-cultura-giuli-4bf9a537-e9c4-433f-8c2c-3a5214f7bc94.html