Gabriele Sbattella on the left at the time of Sarabanda and on the right with the recently published book
The Cat Man wrote a book that was published on April 21 (Remember him… The Cat Man? Published by Santelli, ed.). Gabriele Sbattella, 51, who became a television personality in Sarabanda twenty years ago, spoke about the time leading up to his television debut. Since I ended the season as an animator at the Lidi Ravennati – he explains – my first episode of the program presented by Enrico Papi was broadcast on Italia1 until November 12, 2002. was one of the characters that went down in the history of the successful program directed by Enrico Papi for several years on Italia 1 and on television in general. The brilliant competitor won the hearts of the viewers not only with his extraordinary ability to identify songs after a few moments, although he never prevailed in the various champions tournaments, but also with his very special way. His unbeaten run lasted from November 12, 2002 to February 19, 2003 when he was defeated by another iconic face of the program, Tiramis.
Why these two months?
I’ve had job offers as an interpreter and translator because I have a degree in translation, from and into English, from and into German (I’m not a fool, as some disrespectfully call me). Then here, medical checks because I had physical problems, and then waiting for the call about this TV quiz I was watching.
Did you suggest difficult games in Sarabanda?
The one where you had to guess as many song titles as you could in 60 seconds while listening to a few notes was awful.
Why was he so keen to take part?
To spend another day see what the world of television was like. I wanted to go to the final with the reigning champion. Then I became champion and have 79 episodes left. Eventually it becomes a challenge in itself.
are you friends with daddy
I don’t have his number, if we meet we’ll say goodbye. I know that he is now doing a program on Canale5 that is very funny, I’ll watch it. I like being the protagonist audience.
And what did he do after Sarabanda?
I should have gone to Egypt as a tourist entertainer but they invited me to the clubs for the evenings. With two hours he was earning what he was earning in the villages in a month, so I left this world.
Do you still have Emilia-Romagna in your heart?
S because I lived in Cento and studied at the School of Interpreters in Misano Adriatico (Rimini).
What are you doing in life now?
The journalist and I not only write about sport but also about music, I followed three Sanremo festivals. I work for an agency.
still a Milan fan?
S. I have two teams, Milan and Bayern Munich, I chose them as my favorite team in the fall of 1979. Rai Tre did experimental broadcasts and broadcast the matches of the 1970 and 1974 World Cups Italy and Germany in 1970 I became a Milan player for Rivera’s goal. Bayern because Bayern were the players that formed the backbone of Germany that won the 1974 World Cup.
With four days left until the end of the championship, do you think Milan can win the Scudetto?
I hope so, I would be happy. Because I would like to pull the ears of the referee class. He makes too many mistakes, I don’t know if they’re on purpose or in good faith. Milan has suffered several mistakes in history since Concepts Lo Bello wrongly annulled that goal valid in Chiarugi in Rome against Lazio in 1973 and Milan ended up losing the championship.
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April 29, 2022 (Modification April 29, 2022 | 08:47)
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