Fabio and Mingo return to Striscia but on file: there’s Marcello Gemmato in his underwear

A news within the news. fabio AND Mingo, the popular Bari pen pal duo returns to Striscia la Notizia, but only for an archival film. In fact, tonight an old video will be broadcast on Striscia la Notizia in which the current undersecretary of health Marcello Gemmato is the protagonist, who is in his underwear in front of the cameras of the satirical news program.

The Striscia la Notizia service

“Tonight on Striscia la Notizia (Channel 5, 20.35) the Undersecretary of Health Marcello Gemmato will be broadcast as you have never seen him before”, so says the press release. But what was the current undersecretary doing in his underwear? Tira explains: “It was the year 1998, Striscia was dealing with crazy spending at the University of Bari and, protesting against the rector, there was Gemmato himself – then a pharmacy student – in his underwear in front of the satirical news cameras”. The undersecretary jumped into the headlines for his statements about vaccines.

The story of Fabio and Mingo

Fabio and Mingo were a satirical duo formed by Fabio De Nunzio from Brindisi and Domenico “Mingo” De Pasquale from Bari. They were the special correspondents of Striscia la Notizia from Puglia and were from 1997 to 2015. The deletion was announced by Gabibbo in the April 23, 2015 episode, providing as motivation, in the following episodes, the substantial falsehood of two reports by the couple . There would have been at least ten “fake” services. Later, “the good Fábio” is acquitted of the accusations, judged a stranger. Indeed, on December 14, 2020, Mingo De Pasquale was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months by the Court of Bari, together with his wife Corina Martin🇧🇷 The blows, as determined by the judge, would have occurred without the knowledge of the other envoy, Fabio De Nunzio, confirming that there would be a total of ten artistically constructed services.