Il treno dei desideri
RAI has launched a new television program with the translated title; The train of wishes.
One google search later and I've got a telephone number scrawled on the pile of scrap paper near my phone, which is what I call to express my wish.
I don't believe I would've noticed that the RAI was airing this program, if it hadn't been for the TV advert, which has Antonella Clerici, Pippo's LEAST favorite Italian Television Show 'presentatrice', giving a brief introduction to the show.
Sometimes I feel impelled to watch what Antonella says, because it fascinates me that she irritates Pippo so much. She IS somewhat irritating- she has an overly enthusiastic squeaky voice popping out from under her goldilocks hairdo, she's plumpish AND wears INCREDIBLY unflattering attire (truly hideous) for her figure, bright red or yellow sequinned tight busted dresses with huge poofy plumed lower halved short skirts orbitting atop her stubby thick calves.
Not everyone knows that in Italy, people who host TV shows ( fifteen or so in number) seasonally change shows. Basically there is something in the RAI that is organized like a musical chairs game. You might not sit in the chair you sat last season, but no matter, finding a chair to sit in is the point, not which chair. Antonella is definitly part of the RAI seat switching club. The program she's hosted the longest was a very obnoxious (how I wish the word obnoxious had an appropriate translation in Italian!) morning cooking show. Pippo seeing her image pop into his despised mornings could well have influenced his passionate detesting of Antonella.
Last year Ms. Clerici also hosted Festival di San Remo, Italy's annual terrible music awards. I think that's when her dresses truly began to appear TOO HORRIBLE.
The T of Ds show is sort of a mutated inherited version of past similiar shows.

This is my desire; I've always wanted to see Pippo perform in the role of a bicycling post messenger on another program, C'e Posta per Te. There are problems with this wish though, because C'e Posta runs on the Mediaset channels, not the RAI.
I also want him to sing me a serious song, from beginning to end, not falsetting his voice, and not while playing an instrument. It's what I wanted from him last year for my birthday, and he promised!
Now I want him to do this backed up by a television orchestra and wearing a suit and tie and shiny shoes, because I've never seen him wear any of those items.
Will it take Antonella Clerici to insist?