Cecco della Botte

It was broadcast in Italy in the 1980s. First, it was broadcast locally on Lombardy Channel 3 (currently Antennatre), and later nationally, through the now-defunct Rete A channel.

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Trivia

 * Despite the fact that the series was broadcast nationally under the title “Un'autentica peste”, the series is better known by the name given to it in its first broadcast, “Cecco della Botte”, the common alias used to name the protagonist.
 * Despite the fact that there are currently no archives of the episodes broadcast by Antennatre, dubbing continued in the same studio despite the move from the regional TV channel to the national one, but with a series of changes, both at the translation and technical level, this being the reason for which some main characters have registered more than one name in databases, although the moment in which the names changes take place is unknown. The broadcast of the series was partial, since only certain versions of certain episodes were broadcast. Unlike the Brazilian dubbing, for this Italian dubbing, unique versions of each episode were chosen, so as not to dub chapters with similar or the same plots (Gómez Bolaños used to redo episodes already made with minimal changes years later), so only episodes were dubbed, mainly from the seasons of the years 1973, 1974 and 1975. Few chapters from 1976 to 1978 would have been dubbed, being mostly re-recordings of chapters from the first years. It is unknown if the 1979 season was dubbed. Antennatre exhibited only part of the 1973 season. In addition, it has been verified that episodes that are considered lost media were dubbed into Italian, as happened in Brazil.
 * The Italian intro tries to be like the original, being introduced by a voiceover. The difference is, that in Italian, each actor introduces his character with his voice.
 * The OST, despite the fact that it is different from the one used in the original version of the program, is based on several musical themes used in the background by a program by Roberto Gómez Bolaños called, a sketch program that brought together various characters from the Mexican comedian, and that it was a contemporary series of that time. Among the themes used are “A Blessed Event”, a theme used by Chespirito in his first productions in the early 70s, possibly because it is a well-known theme in Italy (the theme is by the Italian composer Riz Ortolani); and the first musical theme of the aforementioned series "Chespirito", as the default ending theme (although there was a generic ending theme with the same opening theme, which would end up being used). Even in many long scenes without dialogue, at the beginning or in the middle of the episode, the original soundtrack remains unchanged. The OST was partially changed because, as happened in Brazil, the series was sent to Italy on video, without an international track for its dubbing, although the dubbing studio was familiar with many of the themes that the series originally included. In fact, much of the soundtrack used for the dubbing was taken from the Valentino Production Music Library, which specialized in creating BGMs for television series, many of the songs used in the original series being taken from that library. Among these songs we can mention: "Happy Homes", and "Boston Baby Bounce", which are commonly used in the Italian dubbing, and which were part of the original soundtrack of both El Chavo and Chapulín Colorado. Moreover, the opening theme song “The Elephant Never Forgets” remains unchanged. In the credits, an audio of said song with background applause is usually used, which is taken from the first seasons of the El Chavo series, at a time when the series was recorded with a live audience, at the beginning of the 70s.
 * In post-production, a series of special effects were created that were absent in the original version. The recorded laughs of the original version, which were kept in most of the dubbings in Brazil, were replaced by a sequence of new laughs, which are heard with better sound quality (although, the original laughs and original OST can be heard in certain scenes without dialogue, many of which are left intact in this version). Also, in the Italian dub other sound effects are added that the series originally did not have, such as bird songs when the characters are outdoors; sounds of cars when they are on the street, etc. Along with this, sounds of falling objects or liquids are added. From the original audio, unlike the Brazilian dub, if the same bell effect is used when the characters hit each other, although it is notorious that said sound effect was not superimposed in audio post-production, which causes there to be moments when that is heard lower than normal by mistake.
 * Despite being a woman, Doña Clotilde is interpreted in Italian by a man. The character is played with a marked Neapolitan accent.
 * This version has a series of modifications, compared to the original version, resorting mainly to the change of names, as in the Brazilian version.
 * For several years, almost all this Dub was Lost Media, and there were only few fragments available. Only in 2023, a series of chapters, recorded at the time, have appeared on the Internet.
 * The series had an acceptable reception in its time, and it is remembered mainly by children, young people or even adults, who saw it in its day in the 80s, but it is practically unknown to young Italians. In Italy, the series is considered cult, and it is the one that has made Roberto Gómez Bolaños recognized in the country, where he is known as one of the most important comedians in Mexico.