As a guest on the episode of Che tempo che fa broadcast on Sunday November 5th, Vincenzo Mollica told the funniest anecdotes of his career and received surprises from Roberto Benigni and Fiorello.
Vincenzo Mollica was a guest on the episode of What’s the weather like Airing on Sunday November 5th. The journalist was welcomed into the studio with long applause. Today is the day 70 years old and, interviewed by Fabio FazioShe shared a few funny anecdotes about her glow Career. In addition, he spoke about the blindness: “How am I? Let’s say I manage.” He defines himself: “Impressionistic and impressive chronicler” and to Fazio he explained:
We are practically at a stage that precedes recognition. Impressionist because I’ve always liked impressionist painters. Impressible, because if you’re not, you can’t be a journalist unless you’re moved by what you see. Three things have helped me in this job: curiosity, passion and commitment. I want to be like Mr. Magoo, the cartoon who saw nothing and faced all dangers with absolute ease. I wish I had the light within me that Mr. Magoo had. When there are bad days you just have to keep a smile on your face and I always try to have that smile. Even on those days when I can’t see, we need an emergency smile. Memory brings back fantastic things.
Vincenzo Mollica at Che tempo che fa, the interview with Fabio Fazio
During the interview with Fabio Fazio, Vincenzo Mollica remembered Andrea Camilleri. She said of him: “With Camilleri I shared this journey to blindness. At some point, one day when we both lost our eyesight, he said to me: “Come Vincenzino, I want to hug you” and I said: “Andrea, when we meet” (laughs, editor’s note)”. And he continued:
He told me that the dreams would become more vivid if I lost my sight – he had lost it some time before. The colors would become sharper. Before he went to sleep, instead of counting the sheep, he went through the pictures. He told me that after losing his sight, all other senses came to the rescue: “I no longer had any taste or smell, my taste has returned and I recognize the taste of ‘Ncasciata pasta’.”
Love for his wife Rosa Maria
Vincenzo Mollica told viewers how this 50-year love for Rosa Maria came about: “I am indebted to Gaber. This year I celebrated 70 years of my life, I have been with my wife Rosa Maria for 50 years and I have that to thank for that.” to Giorgio Gaber. I had an orange Vespino, I studied at Cattolica, where she studied. One evening there was a Gaber show, I went with Rosa Maria and that concert was a prison sentence. We fell in love and since then for 50 years we haven’t left each other behind. When I interviewed Giorgio I told him: “Rosa Maria and I fell in love thanks to the passion for your songs.” And Giorgio told me: “You can see that they are of some use”.
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Roberto Benigni’s surprise
Fabio Fazio has prepared a surprise for Vincenzo Mollica: a video message from Roberto Benigni. The director and actor told the journalist with words full of affection and appreciation:
Hello Vincenzo, what a pleasure to be here with you. I’m Robertino. But do you know who Vincenzo Mollica is? He is something extraordinary, one of the funniest and most sensitive people. How many times have I bullied him during interviews because you can’t resist. You have to touch it, love it, feel it. He was the most intelligent and caring journalist I knew in my life.
Roberto Benigni explained that Vincenzo Mollica was the only journalist to whom he gave an interview in the most important phases of his career: “He did not criticize, he always spoke well about films, shows and comics. Do you know why?” Not because he was a flatterer, but because he chose to only talk about what he loves. And I wanted to do the same. I just wanted to talk about the things I love, and at that moment I actually wanted to talk about Du Vincenzo Mollica”. The journalist was very happy about the surprise:
Thank you Roberto, thank you, I’m touched. A poet of comedy and life. I was lucky enough to have an interview with him, perhaps the best interview of my life along with Celentano’s. I had it on my shoulders.
Fiorello’s message
Fiorello also wanted to surprise Vincenzo Mollica. He sent him a video message that began hilariously: “Whoever speaks to you will be authorized by the editorial team, because as you know, at Rai we cannot go to Nove, especially to programs hosted by Fabio Fazio. To be able to communicate with you, we have created a Fiorello with artificial intelligence that will protect us from possible legal action.” After telling Vincenzo Mollica that he loves him in all languages, he concluded: ” I have been at Nove for 30 seconds and I have already received a transfer, you are very strong.” Fabio Fazio replied: “Fiore, come, the doubloons are ready, we are waiting for you.”
Vincenzo Mollica and the funniest anecdotes of his career
Vincenzo Mollica brings a look behind the scenes of his career to the stage with the monologue “The Art of Not Seeing”. The journalist explained that although several publishers had asked him to write his biography, he preferred not to do so, as he noticed the tendency of many people to fix the facts and not really talk about their past. He then shared some anecdotes about his career.
The first thing I did on television was an interview with the Dalai Lama. The director who hired me, Emilio Rossi, sent me to foreign countries. The Dalai Lama was willing to give me a few lines, I came back happy, but they shortened the program to one minute and thirty minutes and broadcast it in the middle of the night.
And to Adriano Celentano: “An interview with Celentano that was conducted in Sanremo, very funny. I asked him questions and he answered with silence and made faces that were more beautiful than the answers. We broadcast it on Tg1 at 8 p.m. with great joy and satisfaction.” . Then Mike Bongiorno remembered: “My first TV memory is Mike Bongiorno. It was like I was seeing an astronaut, a gentleman who came from another planet, it was like I was seeing Clark Kent himself. I always preferred Clark Kent to Superman and Mike.” looked like him, he was the sublimation of normality. Mollica also remembered when Federico Fellini asked him to help him write letters of apology for not showing up to collect the prizes:
We had an aunt in the hospital about fifty times. He taught me to understand important passages in life, to see what was in front of my eyes but I couldn’t see, he taught me many things that still stay with me even now when I can’t see.