They took off all their clothes except for underpants and stockings, generally. A bunch of pretty ladies from all over Europe, called 'ragazze Cin Cin' ('cheers' girls), or 'Bandierine' ('small flag' girls) or by other funny names, danced to the music unveiling their breasts. Naturally, the 'main course' of the show were the exhibitions of the strippers. It was a game show, but the quizzes were mostly the occasion for comedic relief by host Umberto Smaila - a well-know face in the Eighties, formerly a member of the cabaret group 'I gatti di vicolo Miracoli'. there's another lady which also shows her breasts.'Colpo grosso', Italian for 'big shot', brought strip-tease to Italian television. ĮTA: It is loading very slowly, but I am currently watching the vid just to be sure. Same for the guy -) And, yes, it really was that weired. I don't think this bit is too offensive, just some dancing ladies (one of them stripping but keeps her underwear) and stuff. The guy in black is said Hugo Egon Balder. YouTube has a video of about ten minutes. It looks like there are still reruns of some shows (not sure about the country) on sattelite.

Besides the original Italian version called 'Colpo Grosso' there was one in Spain ('¡Ay, qué calor!'), one in Sweden (Tutti Frutti) and one in Brasil ('Cocktail').

There were versions in other countries, too. One very famous thing about this show was the Cin Cin ballet, a group of models, each dressed as a different fruit, which matches the name of the show. When a lady was almost entirely undressed, there was a so called 'Länderpunkt' (country point) which in the end determined the winnings.

During the show, two candidates could win points with guessing games and those points could be used do undress the strippers. Being called low-brow (and just a few viewers understood the rule according to Wikipedia *g*) it was a large success nevertheless. Presented by Hugo Egon Balder there was some kind of uproar because of the partial (female) nudity as a central feature of the show, which is - looking back - quite funny because this shows was nothing compared to what we now see on German TV. 'Tutti Frutti' was an erotic game show which aired in Germany between 19 on RTL/RTL plus.

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