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 episodes found broadcast on Rete A are from seasons 2 and 3 of the series (from 1974 and 1975, respectively), so it is likely that in Antennatre was only broadcast the first season (from 1973), while that Rete A covered the rest of the series, although there is no evidence that this last channel broadcast the seasons from 1976 to 1979.
 * 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, the Italian dub is more faithful to the music of the original show. However, it is possible that the program was sent to Italy from Mexico without an international track for dubbing, which would motivate the Cometa studio, a renowned studio that produces BGMs for Italian movies and series, to reposition the original OST of the series right from the start. This meant that much of the music was restored and used in almost the same way as in the original series, with very few exceptions, where the songs were replaced.
 * 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.
 * This version has a series of modifications, compared to the original version, resorting mainly to the change of names, as in the Brazilian version.
 * Possibly, due to its age, much of this dubbing is lost media, and all that remains are individual scenes recorded from the last channel that broadcast it, the now-defunct Rete A.
 * 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.