Rosario Fiorello - Impressions and Characters

Impressions and Characters

Fiorello's most famous imitations include Mike Bongiorno, and that of Silvio Berlusconi as a character called Smemorato di Cologno who, in the parody, loses his memory every time something related to communism is mentioned. Smemorato di Cologno is a pun on the main character of the Italian comedy 'Lo smemorato di Collegno', Cologno being instead the headquarters of Berlusconi's well-known media company.

Other famous impressions and characters include:

• Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• Andrea Camilleri, an Italian writer
• The Signorina buonasera, a RAI announcer
• Antonio Cassano, an Italian Football player
• Avvocato Messina, a lawyer who defends his clients with absurd pleas
• Barbara Palombelli, an Italian journalist
• Bruno Vespa, an Italian journalist
• Carla Bruni
• Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, former President
• Federico Moccia, an Italian writer
• Franco Battiato, an Italian singer/songwriter
• Gianni Minà, an Italian journalist
• Gianni Morandi, an Italian singer
• Giorgio Napolitano, current President
• Giovanni Muciaccia, the presenter of the TV program Art Attack
• Giulietto e Romeo, two gay truck drivers
• Kim Jong-il
• Kimi Räikkönen
• Ignazio La Russa, an Italian politician
• Maurizio Costanzo
• Marco Carta, an Italian singer who won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2009
• Marina Flaibani of the radio program Onda Verde
• Martano Volpi, a mad man from Tuscany
• Monica Bellucci
• The "mostroinviato" (monster-correspondent), which in Italian sounds like "nostro inviato" (our correspondent)
• Nanni Moretti, an Italian director and actor
• Oliviero Toscani, an Italian photographer
• Paolo Fava, an imaginary jazz player
• Padre Georg, Benedetto XVI's secretary
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
• The hunchback of Notre Dame, a character of Riccardo Cocciante's musical
• The tenor Roberto Alagna
• Roberto Cavalli
• Romano Prodi, former Prime Minister
• Silvio Berlusconi
• Silvio Muccino as Sasha
• Tony Sperandeo, an Italian character actor famous for his stereotypical gangster roles
• Umberto Eco
• Valerio Staffelli, a journalist from the TV program Striscia la notizia
• Vincent Cassel
• Vittorio Cecchi Gori
• Vladimir Putin

During the 16 May 2006 episode, on Fiorello's birthday, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi called to wish him a happy birthday and to congratulate him for his impression, especially for the fact that Ciampi doesn't always pronounce clearly the last syllable of some words.

During November 2006 the newspaper Avvenire (linked with CEI) criticized Fiorello for his impression of Padre Georg. Most of the journalists admitted that they had never listened to the radio program directly.