Take one of Italy's most popular entertainers, stick him in
a moth-eaten supervillain costume, then have him come face to face with a buffoonish
Terry-Thomas and you have Arrriva Dorellik, a star vehicle for singer, actor
and all-round charisma machine Johnny Dorelli. But given this is an Italian
comedy, will Rod and Adrian be able to agree on whether this is one to enjoy or
avoid like the plague? Tune in to find out. In this episode Adrian also gets
very easily distracted by Dorelli's Sanremo win of 1959 which leads to him
going on about the Eurovision Song Contest at length.
Johnny Dorelli was still singing this film's theme Arriva la bomba well into the 1970s, and can be seen making an appearance on Italian television here.
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