Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo
Medium
  • Film
  • television
  • theatre
Years active1991–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Aldo Baglio
Born
Cataldo Baglio

(1958-09-28) 28 September 1958
Palermo, Italy
NationalityItalian
Years active1982–present
Giovanni Storti
Born (1957-02-20) 20 February 1957
Milan, Italy
NationalityItalian
Giacomo Poretti
Born
Giacomino Poretti

(1956-04-26) 26 April 1956
NationalityItalian
Years active1983–present

Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo are an Italian trio of comedians, actors, directors and screenwriters, composed of Aldo Baglio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaldo ˈbaʎʎo]; born 28 September 1958), Giovanni Storti (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni ˈstɔrti]; born 20 February 1957) and Giacomo Poretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo poˈretti]; born 26 April 1956). Performing in cinema, theatre and television, they are among the most successful and widely known Italian comedians.

Their humour is typically Milanese, involving scenes that develop from a simple idea, and that are often centred on stereotypical differences between Northern and Southern Italy.

Biography

Early

Cataldo Baglio, better known simply as Aldo, was born in Palermo but grew up in Milan, where he met Giovanni Storti. They both studied mime and dance at the School of Drama of the Teatro Arsenale of Milan. Giovanni graduated in 1977, and Aldo in 1978, and the two immediately took part in various cabaret shows, including E domani? (1979) and Il suggestibile, as well as performing in various television dramas, including Vacanze di professione. Giacomo Poretti, meanwhile, was part of the cabaret duo "Hansel and Strudel" along with Marina Massironi, who was his girlfriend at the time, and later his wife.

Theatre

The trio as we know it now was formed in 1985 when Baglio and Storti met Poretti and invited him to make sketches with them. From 1991 the trio – now renamed as Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo – performed in theatre with Marina Massironi. They were in shows such as Summer Lightning (1992, directed by Paola Galassi), Back to the Gerund (with Flavio Oreglio and Antonio Cornacchione), Air Storm (1993, directed by Giancarlo Bozzo), The Shorts (1996, directed by Arturo Brachetti), and The Circus of Paolo Rossi (1995, directed by Giampiero Solari and starring Paolo Rossi).

The actress Marina Massironi had joined the comic trio as comedic foil in the nineties. In the 2006 show Anplagghed (directed by Arturo Brachetti), Marina Massironi was replaced by Silvana Fallisi, Aldo's wife. In 2012 the trio returned to the stage with the theatre tour Ammutta Muddica.

Television

Their first television appearance was in the summer of 1992 in TG delle vacanze alongside the comedy duo Zuzzurro and Gaspare; in the same year, they took part in Su la testa!, hosted by Paolo Rossi. During 1993 they participated in Cielito Lindo with Claudio Bisio and in the period 1995-1997 they were in the cast of Mai dire Gol, a TV show hosted by the Gialappa's Band.

The play Tel chi el telùn, was filmed and broadcast by Channel 5 in 1999, directed by Arturo Brachetti. The show was repeated several times in the following years. Back with the Gialappa's Band in 2004, the trio made the sketch show Mai dire domenica. In 2008 they returned to the air with two new plays: Anplagghed, broadcast by Channel 5 and Italy 1; and Pur Purr Rid, which contained a mixture of all the trio's performances. In 2009 they joined the cast of the talk show on Rai 3 Che tempo che fa. On 25 December 2013, they performed in a show for Radioitalia dedicated to the NPO Alice for Children. From 8 May 2014 Ammutta muddica was broadcast on Channel 5, three broadcasts in prime time.

Cinema

Their big-screen debut was in 1997 with the film Three Men and a Leg, alongside Marina Massironi and Massimo Venier as a writer and director, in which they have repeated several typical sketches of their repertoire with a simple plot. The film was acclaimed by both the public and critics.

The success of the first film was repeated in 1998 with That's Life, again with Marina Massironi, and in Ask Me If I'm Happy, released in 2000 and collecting more than seventy billion Italian Lira at the box office, entering the top five of the most profitable Italian movies. In 2002 came The Legend of Al, John and Jack, followed in 2004 by Do You Know Claudia?, with Massimo Venier as director and Paola Cortellesi as the female lead.

A special version of their eponymous play was released in 2006, called Anplagghed al cinema. The comic trio returned to the big screen on 19 December 2008 with an episodic film, Il cosmo sul comò, under the direction of comedian Marcello Cesena. On 12 February 2010, they were voice actors in the documentary Oceans 3D, while on 17 December 2010, they released The Santa Claus Gang, the blockbuster of the season with box office takings of more than twenty-five million euros.

After four years of absence, on 11 December 2014, the trio returned with The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler. In late 2016, Fuga da Reuma Park was released, which received negative responses from critics and the public. After a three-year hiatus, they returned to critical acclaim in January 2020 with I Hate Summer.

Filmography

Year Title Role(s) Notes
Aldo Giovanni Giacomo
1988 Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan Man at restaurant Police officer None
1997 Three Men and a Leg Aldo / Al / Dracula Giovanni / John / Gino Giacomo / Jack / Michele Also writers and directors
1998 That's Life Aldo / Al Giovanni / John Giacomo / Jack
1999 All the Moron's Men Sakato Pocoto Mamoto
2000 Ask Me If I'm Happy Aldo Giovanni Giacomo Also writers and directors
2002 The Legend of Al, John and Jack Al Caruso John La Paglia Jack La Paglia
2004 Do You Know Claudia? Aldo Giovanni Giacomo Also writers
2006 Anplagghed al cinema Themself Documentary
2008 Il cosmo sul comò Puk Tsu'Nam Pin Also writers
2009 OceanWorld 3D Narrators (voice) Italian voice-over
Baarìa Business man None
2010 The Santa Claus Gang Aldo Dr. Storti Dr. Poretti Also writers
2013 Ammutta muddica al cinema Themself
Ci vuole un gran fisico Taxi driver Guardian angel Client
2014 The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler Aldo / Samir Giovanni Dr. Giacomo Poretti Also writers and directors
2016 Fuga da Reuma Park Aldo Giovanni Giacomo
2017 Couch Potatoes None Doctor None
Lasciati andare None Mr. Biraghi
2018 Vengo anch'io Police officer None
2019 Scappo a casa Michele None
2020 I Hate Summer Aldo Giovanni Giacomo Also writers
2021 Boys None Carlo None
2022 The wedding days[1] Aldo Giovanni Giacomo Also writers
Le voci sole None Giovanni None
Tutti a bordo None Claudio None
A Breath of Fresh Air Salvo None

Theatre

  • I corti di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo (1996): "The short [sketches] of Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo".
  • Tel chi el telùn (1999): lit., "Here it is the tarpaulin", as the word "telùn" is Milanese for "telone" (En. "tarpaulin", meaning the circus tent); the title is a pun on the phonetically similar word "terùn" (It. "terrone", a depreciative or joking word which indicates people from Southern Italy).
  • Potevo rimanere offeso! (2001): "I could have been offended!" – the show is centred on their Swiss characters.
  • Anplagghed (2006): an ironic transcription of "Unplugged".
  • Ammutta muddica (2012): Sicilian for "Spingi mollica" ("push the crumb"), which means "get busy!".
  • The Best of Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo (2016).

Miscellaneous

  • Silvana Fallisi (who has collaborated several times with the trio, for example in Ask me if I'm happy) is married to Aldo, while Marina Massironi was married to Giacomo from 1986 to 1990. Giacomo is currently married to Daniela Cristofori, the actress who appeared in Ask me if I'm happy and Do you know Claudia?. The two have a son named Emanuele.
  • The title of their film The gang of Santas was chosen by their fans on Facebook.
  • All three are fans of Inter Milan.
  • Aldo is 175 cm tall, Giovanni 165 cm and Giacomo 158 cm.

Honours

Ambrogino d'oro - Medaglia d'oro - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Ambrogino d'oro - Medaglia d'oro - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Ambrogino d'oro - Medaglia d'oro
 Milano, 7 dicembre 2010[2]

See also

References

  1. https://filmitalia.org/it/film/163874/
  2. "Ambrogino alle mamme del Rubattino. Premiati anche Aldo Giovanni e Giacomo". 19 November 2010.

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