Thursday, June 2, 2016

[Destination: Italy] Republic Day


Well, would you look at that, we're in Italy today. And it just happens to be Festa della Repubblica, the party to celebrate the End of Monarchy.  
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Yeti il Gigante del 20º secolo (1977) known as "Giant of the 20th Century" in English (why?) is widely considered a terrible, stupid film. It is an Italian rip-off of 1976's King Kong.












The film was likely the inspiration behind this song by Italian band Boomerang called "yeti" (1978):



Only lyrics are "I'm the Yeti on the Mountain."



On Milan, Italy this yeti was spotted at  "Torna Il Villaggio delle Meraviglie":

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Here's a commercial for Be-Total (an Italian medicine brand):


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And there was a comedic interview on Italian TV:





Plus, famous artist Milo Manara made a comic:






Ciao!

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