TuttoTotò
television series
TuttoTotò ('AllTotò') is an Italian television series in 9 episodes Totò produced in 1967, during the last few months of his life. His intention was to recycle for the small screen all those theatre sketches he had interpreted in his golden years. The series aired posthumously.
Plot
Each episode, which lasts about 50 minutes long, has its own logical thread; but the element that makes it funny and interesting is the infinite collection of sketches that Toto had created during his theatrical career that was then included in the films.
Episodes
The list is proposed according to the order of distribution in the Italian television.
Il latitante (The fugitive) - 4 May 1967
Il tuttofare (The handyman) - 10 May 1967
Il grande maestro (The great master) - 13 May 1967
Don Giovannino - 18 May 1967
La scommessa (The bet) - 23 May 1967
Totò Ciak! - 8 June 1967
Totò a Napoli (Totò in Naples) - 13 June 1967
Totò Ye-Ye - only 3 October 2007
Premio Nobel (Nobel Prize) - 6 July 1967
Il latitante
Toto is a thief who cannot do anything honest. At the end of his latest prison sentence, he is released and promises the governor of the prison that in future he will behave like a model citizen. Instead, Toto immediately thinks of a new way to scam people. He pretends to be the old school friend of a stranger, telling him he needs to stay for a few days in his house, giving the excuse that he has run over a pedestrian with his car.
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