Bud Spencer has died.

[Duque de Bragança]

La 5 in France brought in the scantily glad girls too: best of both worlds!

[The Larch]

La 5 in France brought in the scantily glad girls too: best of both worlds!

When I was in Italy in 2002/03 I was slightly surprised to see that Italian tv still had them as a staple of their programming. In Spain they must have been phased out by the mid-late 90s. 

[Octavian]

I'm absolutely astonished by the fact that he was so well known outside of Italy. I thought his movies weren't even distributed abroad.

Iconic legend of my generation's childhood, together with Terence Hill.

Same here in Denmark.

[Duque de Bragança]

La 5 in France brought in the scantily glad girls too: best of both worlds!

When I was in Italy in 2002/03 I was slightly surprised to see that Italian tv still had them as a staple of their programming. In Spain they must have been phased out by the mid-late 90s. 

Well, since free terrestrial digital TV came, you can see a lot more movies, even somewhat "old" ones, on those many new channels. Of course, on "historic" channels they were phased out by the same time. This means I expect a tribute to Bud Spencer on these channels anytime soon now.

[The Larch]

La 5 in France brought in the scantily glad girls too: best of both worlds!

When I was in Italy in 2002/03 I was slightly surprised to see that Italian tv still had them as a staple of their programming. In Spain they must have been phased out by the mid-late 90s. 

Well, since free terrestrial digital TV came, you can see a lot more movies, even somewhat "old" ones, on those many new channels. Of course, on "historic" channels they were phased out by the same time. This means I expect a tribute to Bud Spencer on these channels anytime soon now.

I meant the scantly clad girls. 

[Duque de Bragança]

La 5 in France brought in the scantily glad girls too: best of both worlds!

When I was in Italy in 2002/03 I was slightly surprised to see that Italian tv still had them as a staple of their programming. In Spain they must have been phased out by the mid-late 90s. 

Well, since free terrestrial digital TV came, you can see a lot more movies, even somewhat "old" ones, on those many new channels. Of course, on "historic" channels they were phased out by the same time. This means I expect a tribute to Bud Spencer on these channels anytime soon now.

I meant the scantly clad girls. 

Ditto 

[The Larch]

La 5 in France brought in the scantily glad girls too: best of both worlds!

When I was in Italy in 2002/03 I was slightly surprised to see that Italian tv still had them as a staple of their programming. In Spain they must have been phased out by the mid-late 90s. 

Well, since free terrestrial digital TV came, you can see a lot more movies, even somewhat "old" ones, on those many new channels. Of course, on "historic" channels they were phased out by the same time. This means I expect a tribute to Bud Spencer on these channels anytime soon now.

I meant the scantly clad girls. 

Ditto 

Btw, in a bit of a crossover post, another kind of movies they used to show in Telecinco back in the 90s where the Alvaro Vitali "Pierino" movies, which were basically soft porn comedies (commedia sexy all'italiana, they were called, trying to make them classier than they were). Did they arrive to other countries as well?

[Duque de Bragança]

La 5 in France brought in the scantily glad girls too: best of both worlds!

When I was in Italy in 2002/03 I was slightly surprised to see that Italian tv still had them as a staple of their programming. In Spain they must have been phased out by the mid-late 90s. 

Well, since free terrestrial digital TV came, you can see a lot more movies, even somewhat "old" ones, on those many new channels. Of course, on "historic" channels they were phased out by the same time. This means I expect a tribute to Bud Spencer on these channels anytime soon now.

I meant the scantly clad girls. 

Ditto 

Btw, in a bit of a crossover post, another kind of movies they used to show in Telecinco back in the 90s where the Alvaro Vitali "Pierino" movies, which were basically soft porn comedies (commedia sexy all'italiana, they were called, trying to make them classier than they were). Did they arrive to other countries as well?

Ditto 

Yes, you guessed it, Berlusconi's channel.

No Berlusconi channel in Portugal (unfortunately?) but Pierino in Portuguese = João Broncas. Subtitled as per cinephilia laws.
Possibly dubbed in Brazil.

[Zanza]

Heh, the same channel seems to have existed in Germany as "Tele 5" in the early 1990s and was also partially owned by Berlusconi. It was refounded sometime much later.

[Pedrito]

You know, when Italy exported culture, we did it pretty well 

L.