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. It is currently known that Rete A began broadcasting the series from the 1974 season, along with the 1975 season, some 1973 episodes, and interspersing episodes from 1976, 1977 and 1978, in no specific order, broadcasting only one version of each chapter (several chapters were recorded more than once, over the years, something that was common in Chespirito's shows), these being mostly 1974 and 1975 versions, so later episodes with the same or similar plots to others that already had dubbing were not 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.
 * Unlike the Brazilian version, this dub usually uses music that Roberto Gómez Bolaños himself originally used in his productions, although all these songs are taken from the Chespirito program, broadcast between the 80s and 90s in Mexico. Also, there are times when the original audio of the show is left intact, which is especially the case in scenes where the characters don't speak.
 * 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.