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El coche todo ventajas
What's new folks?
R4 FASA España
Sobre FASA
Los Renault 4
Los Renault 4F
Los catálogos 4 y 4F
Manuales conservación
Mi R1125TL
Mi R2108S
Dating a FASA R4
Cartas postales
Berline brochures
Fourgonnette brochures
Brochure finder
Conduite et entretien
Renault Magazine
Berline press photos
4F press photos
Pas de graissage!
Brochures on the run
Confidences de Cornélie
Pub finder
3rd Party Pub finder
Elle se charge de tout!
Spot the difference UK
La R4 de papa
Fourgonnette press photos
How old is this detail
1961: Introduction
1961: Location map
Viaje en Furgo
Dating an R4
Where was it?
Brochure coding
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Los Renault 4 de FASA
1961-1963: Any R4 around in Spain?
The introduction of the R4 in the Camargue in August 1961 did not pass unnoticed in Spain, as becomes clear from a story in Velocidad magazine 38 of September 1961: 'Renault descubre a la prensa su model 3-4 CV'. Velocidad sent a reporter to the Camargue to participate in the testing, and already remarked that 'the R4 will most probably be built in Spain'. Also Automoto published a story 'El nuevo 3 cv. Renault', as well as La Gaceta Ilustrada (with model Elga Andersen) under the slightly different title 'El nuevo 4 C.V. Renault', showing photos taken in Sonchamp, a location known from the back page of Renault Magazine 44. In the latter magazine the photo of the French mannequins was also published. Apparently only Velocidad noticed that the new Renault 4 was available both as 3 CV (the R3) and 4 CV (the R4 and R4L).
Because no Spanish language brochures are known from 1962 - except Southamerican ones - it was not clear if the R4 was actually sold in Spain prior to the introduction of the FASA R4 in 1964. However, enough clues are given by the advertisements shown below. To the left, an advertisement for 'El nuevo Renault 4L' showing a well known photo taken in the Camargue. News reported on the backside of the advertisement is from August 29 through 31, 1961, but it may relate to a 1961 news overview published in 1962. To the right, a Spanish advertisement from 1963 explains that 'en su viaje por Europa no olvide que su solución es matricula TT - ¡Más barato que cualquier tipo de alquiler!', which signifies 'On your trip to Europe, don't forget that your solution is a TT license plate - cheaper than any kind of rental'. So, does this mean that Spanish residents could take their imported R4 with Spanish plates and equip it with special tourist plates for their holidays abroad? But then, why would they need other plates to go abroad? Who knows..
1964-1967: Introduction of the R1123 in Spain
The berline version, '4L', is introduced in Spain in february 1964. It is built in Valladolid. Although referred to as R1123, the Spanish introduction model is rather different from the French 1123 model which was introduced in 1964 for the 4L Super and Parisienne, both 5CV). Among many differences the most striking ones are the bumpers (parachoques) and the enjoliveur de plaque (bigote) along the rear license plate (in France mounted only on the 1962 Super and the 1964-1968 Parisiennes). Tripod wheelcaps are shown only on some of the brochure photos and not in the magazines (shown below), but anyhow present in PR785. Furthermore, the car has an 845cc Billancourt Ventoux engine, like the French 5CV, and a 12V electric system (6V for France). The rearview mirror is attached to the roof. On the dashboard (salpicadero) an arrow shaped logo is fixed.
The release of the new Renault is announced in the magazines Autopista 266 and Velocidad 129. Note the flags also used in other countries for the Prenez le Volant action, and the '4L' sticker on the right door.
In november 1964 the Super (R1123S) is added as deluxe model next to the basic version. It is announced in Autopista 296 of September. Its looks are nothing like the French Super of 1962-1964 with its double bumpers and downward opening hatch. The Spanish Super would remain in the gamma until 1975, when it was succeeded by the TL. The major differences with the Spanish 4L are the abundant chrome parts and luxurious seats of the former, as well as the 'Super' logo on the dashboard, on the left front wing and the hatch. In 1966, even the Parisienne is listed in the brochure, although it remains uncertain if this model was actually sold in Spain. In 1967, the bumpers of the R8 replace the old ones.
1968-1977: the R1125: un nuevo coche
In 1968, a completely restyled version is introduced, as is also the case in France and other countries. The brochure proudly names it un nuevo coche (a new car). The Spanish model is named R1125, in contrast to France, where the 1968 model is still referred to as R1123 (and later R1126). It carries the aluminium grille (calandra or parilla) encompassing the headlights. The bumpers (parachoques are (still) the same ones as mounted on the R8. The engine is the 852cc Sierra or Cl&eaigu;on-Fonte (35hp @5200rpm, later 32hp @5000rpm), with 4 gears. The second dashboard is mounted, in beige. The logos on the hatch are 'RENAULT' and 'FASA ESPAÑA' (until 1972).
From 1968 onwards, also a basic version with the first grille, dashboard and steering wheel, without wheelcaps or lower side strips (underneath doors) is available, in the first year even with the old 845cc Billancourt Ventoux engine; the deluxe version is then referred to as Super (R1125S). The Super loses its Super logo on the hatch; it is now only on the front left wing. In 1974 the rims of the R6, with ventilation holes, are mounted. In 1976 the TL (R1125TL) replaces the Super. The TL carries most of the characteristics of the 1975 Super, such as the bumpers, the bigote, the armrests etc. It carries the black plastic grille that was introduced in France in 1975. It has the same Sierra engine as the Super.
1978-1989: The last decade in Valladolid
In 1978, the R1125 is restyled again, in a way that has even more impact than the introduction of the plastic grille in 1975. The bumpers are changed for the French 1968 model. The front indicator lights (intermitentes) become rectangular orange/white. The metal air inlet (rejilla de entrada de aire) under the windscreen becomes plastic. The steering wheel is that of the R5. On the other hand, there still remain typical details like the dashboard (beige), chrome parts like hatch closure, door handles and wheel caps, the 852cc Sierra engine and the rear light reflector surrounded by an aluminium strip. Until 1981, all brochures list a basic model and the TL; after that, the only model is the TL (equipped with the 1108cc Cléon engine), until 1989. The GTL was, wisely, never produced by FASA.
In subsequent years, the look of the R1125 becomes more and more French, like for instance by the introduction of the 1108cc engine (1982), and the third dashboard (in black, 1983). Nevertheless an R1125 is always easily distinguished from its French contemporaries by its combination of the chrome parts that are now becoming rare or absent on French models (bumpers, hatch closure, strips below the doors) and the black plastic strips replacing the aluminium baguettes (embellecedores, in 1982), until the very end of production in Valladolid in 1989. After 1989, the Clan will be imported from Slovenia.
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October 20, 1998 Ideas from immunology for promoting computer security
Steve Hofmeyr (University of New Mexico) Period of Concentration: Forging an Appropriate Immune Response as a Problem in Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI)
October 20, 1998 [I.] On the meaning of self, and why we make self-reactiveresponses
First of two lectures, with subtitles
Overall Abstract: Homunculi and Golems: Determinism and Unpredictability in the Immune System
Eli Sercarz (La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology) Period of Concentration: Forging an Appropriate Immune Response as a Problem in Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI)
October 19, 1998 Activation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (`killer cells')
Matthew Mescher (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Period of Concentration: Forging an Appropriate Immune Response as a Problem in Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI)
October 19, 1998 New Approaches to Computer Security: Immunology and Intrusion Detection
Stephanie Forrest (University of New Mexico) Period of Concentration: Forging an Appropriate Immune Response as a Problem in Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI)
October 19, 1998 An Anti-Computer Virus Immune System
Jeffrey Kephart (IBM) Period of Concentration: Forging an Appropriate Immune Response as a Problem in Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI)
October 19, 1998 Feedbacks Toward Multiple Conflicting Partial Goals in Immunological and Other Distributed Autonomous Systems
Lee Segel (Weizmann Institute of Science) Period of Concentration: Forging an Appropriate Immune Response as a Problem in Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI)
October 19, 1998 Introduction
Fred Dulles (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Period of Concentration: Forging an Appropriate Immune Response as a Problem in Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI)
October 16, 1998 Resource Competition Determines Selection of B Cell Repretoires
Rob De Boer (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 16, 1998 Cytokine Regulation of Antibody Responses
Robin Callard (Institute of Child Health UCL) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 15, 1998 Mathematical Results for Some Models of Chemotaxis
Miguel Herrero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 15, 1998 Modeling T Cell Selection
Vincent Detours (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 15, 1998 Quantifying Receptor Aggregation on the Cell Surface
Richard Posner (Northern Arizona University) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 15, 1998 Regulation of Cell Surface FceRI Expression on Basophils
Don Macglashan (Johns Hopkins University) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 14, 1998 IL2 Receptor Modulation: T Cell Growth and Selection Enhancement
Nigel Burroughs (University of Warwick) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 14, 1998 A Logical Analysis of Timing-Dependent Signaling Properties in the Immune System
Marcelline Kaufman (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 14, 1998 Models of Immune Memory: On the Role of Cross-reactive Stimulation, Competition, and Homeostasis in Maintaining Immune Memory
Rustom Antia (Emory University) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 14, 1998 Spatial Effects in Receptor-mediated Signal Transduction
Jason Haugh (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 14, 1998 Membrane Organization in IgE-Receptor Signaling
Barbara Baird (Cornell University) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 13, 1998 Meta-Dynamics of Lymphocyte Repertoire Development
Ramit Mehr (Princeton University) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 13, 1998 Simulating Immune Responses
Derek Smith (University of New Mexico) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 13, 1998 ImmSim: A Cellular Automaton Model for Simulation of the Immune System
Phillip Seiden (IBM) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 13, 1998 A Little Lyn Goes a Long Way: Results of an Experimental/Theoretical Collaboration
Carla Wofsy (University of New Mexico) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 13, 1998 Antigen Receptors, Their Accessories and Signal Transduction in B Lymphocytes
John Cambier (National Jewish Medical and Research Center) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 12, 1998 Signal Transduction by the FceRI: Analysis of the Early Molecular Events
Henry Metzger (National Institutes of Health) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 12, 1998 Aggregating Receptor Systems
Byron Goldstein (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 12, 1998 Tracking the Interactions Between Antigen-Specific T and B Cells in situ
Marc Jenkins (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 12, 1998 Modeling Primary Immune Responses
Alan Perelson (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 12, 1998 Introduction and Overview
Fred Dulles (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Willard Miller Jr. (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Alan Perelson (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling
October 09, 1998 Anything You Want to Ask About the Immune System
Alan Perelson (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Immunology, Cell Signaling, the Physiology of the Immune System, the Dynamics of the Immune Response
October 09, 1998 Immune System Models
Rob De Boer (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht) Immunology, Cell Signaling, the Physiology of the Immune System, the Dynamics of the Immune Response
October 08, 1998 Introduction to the Theory of Receptor Aggregation
Carla Wofsy Immunology, Cell Signaling, the Physiology of the Immune System, the Dynamics of the Immune Response
October 08, 1998 Introduction to Cell Signaling and the Multisubunit Immune Response Receptors
Byron Goldstein (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Immunology, Cell Signaling, the Physiology of the Immune System, the Dynamics of the Immune Response
October 08, 1998 Introduction to the Immune System
Fred Dulles (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Willard Miller Jr. (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Immunology, Cell Signaling, the Physiology of the Immune System, the Dynamics of the Immune Response
September 18, 1998 A Mathematical Model For The Onset Of Angiogenesis In Tumor Growth
Howard Levine (Iowa State University) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 18, 1998 A Mathematical Model For Individual And Collective Cell Movement
Eirikur Palsson (The University of Utah) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 17, 1998 The Chemotactic Wave Of Advance And Retreat
Philip Maini (University of Oxford) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 17, 1998 A Mathematical Model For Outgrowth And Spatial Patterning Of The Vertebrate Limb Bud
Robert Dillon (Washington State University) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 17, 1998 Segmentation In The Vertebrate Embryo: Cell Dynamics Revealed By Time-Lapse Video
Paul Kulesa (California Institute of Technology) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 16, 1998 Signal Transduction And Motor Control In Bacterial Chemotaxis
Hans Othmer (The University of Utah) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 16, 1998 The Dynamics Of Segmentation Determination in Drosophila
David Sharp (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 15, 1998 Solved And Unsolved Problems In Dictyostelium Development
Herbert Levine (University of California, San Diego) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 15, 1998 Spiral Waves And Streaming In Slime Mold
John Dallon (Heriot-Watt University) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 15, 1998 Cooperative Self-Organization of Bacterial Colonies
Eshel Ben-Jacob (Tel Aviv University) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 14, 1998 Vegetation Patterns
Rene Lefever (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 14, 1998 Chemical Turing Patterns: A Paradigm for Morphogenesis
David Wollkind (Washington State University) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 14, 1998 Stripe Formation In Juvenile Pomacanthus
Kevin Painter (The University of Utah) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 14, 1998 Models Of Biological Pattern Formation
Hans Meinhardt (Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie (Developmental Biology)) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 14, 1998 Introduction and Overview
Fred Dulles (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Willard Miller Jr. (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Hans Othmer (The University of Utah) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems
September 11, 1998 Linking Patterning And Planar Polarity In Epithelia
Nick Monk (University of Sheffield) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 11, 1998 Signal Range and Spatial Patterns in Juxtacrine Signalling
Jonathan Sherratt (Heriot-Watt University) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 10, 1998 Motility Of Dictyostelium Amoebae During Morphogenesis
David Knecht (University of Connecticut) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 10, 1998 An Analytical Model Of The Chemotactic Instability During Dictyostelium Aggregation
Thomas Hoefer (Humboldt-Universität) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 10, 1998 Control of Co-ordinated Cell Movement during Morphogenesis: Experiments And Models
Cornelius Weijer (University of Dundee) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 09, 1998 Finite Time Aggregation In Some Models Of Chemotaxis
Michel Rascle (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 09, 1998 Spike-Layer Steady States in Diffusion Systems
Wei-Ming Ni (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 09, 1998 Chemotaxis-Equations and Approximating Models
Angela Stevens (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 09, 1998 Macroscopic-Level Parameters For Bacterial Motility And Chemotaxis Derived From Cell Balance Equations Which Incorporate Microscopic-Level Swimming Behavior
Roseanne Ford (University of Virginia) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 08, 1998 Lecture
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Dean Bottino (The University of Utah) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
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Micah Dembo (Boston University) Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process
September 08, 1998 Five Steps Of Cellular Crawling: Many Questions, Few Answers
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Hans Othmer (The University of Utah) Mathematical and Computational Issues in Pattern Formation
September 04, 1998 Properties Of Chemotaxis Equations
Philip Maini (University of Oxford) Mathematical and Computational Issues in Pattern Formation
September 04, 1998 Derivation Of Chemotaxis Equations
September 03, 1998 Applications Of Reaction-Diffusion Equations
September 03, 1998 Post-Doc and Longterm Visitor Orientation
Fred Dulles, Willard Miller Jr. (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Mathematical and Computational Issues in Pattern Formation
September 03, 1998 An Introduction To Turing Theory
September 03, 1998 Introduction
September 03, 1998 An Introduction To The Problems In Biology And Chemistry
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July 23, 1998 Modeling Workshop for High School Teachers
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Craig Poling (Lockheed Martin) Mathematical Modeling in Industry IV - A Workshop for Graduate Students
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Leonard Borucki (Motorola) Mathematical Modeling in Industry IV - A Workshop for Graduate Students
July 22, 1998 Computer Simulation of Intracardiac Electrogram Sensing
Shirley Min (Medtronic) Mathematical Modeling in Industry IV - A Workshop for Graduate Students
July 22, 1998 A Pricing Problem in the Energy Industry
Samer Takriti (IBM) Mathematical Modeling in Industry IV - A Workshop for Graduate Students
July 22, 1998 Problems in Computer Security
John Hoffman (Secure Computing Corporation) Mathematical Modeling in Industry IV - A Workshop for Graduate Students
July 22, 1998 Modeling Crystal Growth
David Misemer (3M) Mathematical Modeling in Industry IV - A Workshop for Graduate Students
July 22, 1998 Welcome and Orientation
Willard Miller Jr., Fernando Reitich (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Fadil Santosa (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Mathematical Modeling in Industry IV - A Workshop for Graduate Students
June 12, 1998 Variational Bounds in Turbulence
Peter Constantin (University of Chicago) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 12, 1998 On the Stability of Crystal Microstructure
Mitchell Luskin (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 12, 1998 TBD
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June 12, 1998 Quasilinear Parabolic-Hyperbolic Systems from Solid Mechanics
Stuart Antman (University of Maryland) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 11, 1998 Some Geometric Restrictions for the Existence of Viscosity Solutions
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June 11, 1998 Existence and Nonexistence of Minimizers in the Calculus of Variations
Gero Friesecke (University of Warwick) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 11, 1998 Remarks about the dynamics of the Fokker-Planck Equation
David Kinderlehrer (Carnegie-Mellon University) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
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Francois Murat (Université de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie)) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
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Igor Kukavica (University of Southern California) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 09, 1998 On poperties of solutions of second order elliptic equations
Louis Nirenberg (New York University) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 09, 1998 Genuinely Nonlinear Hyperbolic Systems of Two Conservation Laws
Constantine Dafermos (Brown University) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
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Philip Holmes (Princeton University) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 08, 1998 Pattern Formation During Liquid Crystal Phase Transition
Weinan E (New York University) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 08, 1998 Fingering instability of fluid flow down an inclined plane: an intrinsic linear stability analysis
Felix Otto (UCSB) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 08, 1998 Computational Mechanics and Collision Algorithms
Jerrold Marsden (California Institute of Technology) Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 08, 1998 Welcome and Orientation
Fred Dulles, Richard James (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Willard Miller Jr. Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations
June 05, 1998 Workshop Summary
Daniel Koditschek (University of Michigan) Animal Locomotion and Robotics
June 05, 1998 Design, Evolution and Analysis of Biologically-Inspired Control Systems for Walking
Randy Beer (Case Western Reserve University) Animal Locomotion and Robotics

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The Great Myth of the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Monday , 6, February 2017 Jasyn Jones Appendix N, Before the Big Three, Pulp Revolution 65 Comments
Here's the Great Myth of the Golden Age of Science Fiction:
"Science Fiction sucked until the coming of John W. Campbell and the Big Three—Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein. Together they swept away the puerile garbage of the Pulps and brought about Science Fiction's Golden Age."
This is, not to put too fine a point on it, utter tosh. Bunk. Hokum.
It's horseshit.
The coming of Campbell and co. did not save or elevate the Fantasy and Science Fiction genre. Before them, it was already popular and widely read. In addition to the Pulps, there were novels, radio serials, and (eventually) cinema serials.
Nor was F&SF at that time a literary ghetto, a genre thought fit only for teenage boys and pencil-necked geeks. Men and women, adults and children—all read the Pulps. Some F&SF magazines were aimed solely at the adult audience.
It took the twin assaults of Campbell and the Socialist-Libertine wing of the Futurians to turn the mainstream off of SF. And, despite periodic attempts to revive SF, it remains a ghetto today.
In [CURRENT YEAR], Science Fiction is a career killer. Brandon Sanderson (repeating the wisdom of his colleagues) said that publishing just one SF novel would damage his sales—for that novel and all ensuing works he published, even if he returned to Epic Fantasy. Ian M Banks writes under two names, so the stink of SF won't rub off on his other works. And the only selling F&SF genre, the only genre traditionally published writers can build a career off of, is Epic Fantasy. Written Science Fiction is not popular.
This is not the way it used to be.
Campbell's reign was not the Golden Age of Science Fiction. His ascendancy marked a fall in popularity, a fall in readership, a fall in the esteem F&SF was held in.
Campbell was the avatar of the Silver Age.
Now, a Silver Age is nothing to sneer at. Good works, even great works, can be (and were) produced in a Silver Age. Some of my favorite works, in fact. It's just that, taken as a whole, it's nowhere near as good as what came before. And what came before was the Pulps.
The Pulps were the Golden Age of F&SF. Not just because they were popular, but because Pulp writers were free from the arbitrary constraints of genre and tropes that hobbled later writers. Hence their stories were more imaginative, more varied, and more inspiring. Moreover, Pulp stories were more adventurous, more heroic, and more thrilling.
With this as the starting point, we can more clearly understand the devolution of the genre: The Pulps were the Golden Age of F&SF, Campbell was the Silver Age, New Wave the Bronze Age, and the 80's and 90's the Iron Age. Since 2000, we've entered the Clay Age, the point of maximum debasement of the genre. (Maximum debasement so far.)
Every age of F&SF after the Pulps has been about less: less variety, less action & adventure, fewer heroics and less heroism. Less imagination. Less of all the things that make F&SF great.
Many modern F&SF writers brag about their bravery in challenging dogmas and constraints (a hypocritical lie), but Pulp writers had no constraints on their imagination. Compared to theirs, modern imaginations are thoroughly straitjacketed by both ideology and genre.
Pulp writers were also closer to the truths of what it means to be human than most writers of later Ages. Their women were more feminine, their men more masculine, and relations between the two more true to life, more emblematic of how men and women relate to each other in the real world. Being free of the burdens of same-itarian ideology, they were able to woo and love in ways unthinkable today. Thus, their struggles and suffering were more visceral and vivid.
(And, in being more modest and restrained, they were sexier and more amorous by far.)
In contrast, most Silver, Bronze, and Iron Age characters are (to a greater or lesser degree) stiff and unnatural, usually reflecting not real people but the author's philosophy or belief system. All too often they were reduced to mere vehicles for illustrating the author's beliefs.
As for the characters of the Clay Age, today's SocJus F&SF, they are not noticeably human at all. Most often, they are robots programmed to parrot political platitudes, or robotic, cardboard-thin strawman villains intended to illustrate the same.
The metaphor of a Golden Age evokes a descent from a past time of greatness, a progressive devolution from grandeur and might. In many cases, this Golden Age never existed, but in F&SF it did. There really was a time in the past in which Fantasy & Science Fiction was less miserable, less preachy, less artificial, and more exciting, more imaginative (wildly imaginative), and more real than today's dreck.
But while Science Fiction might be a career killer and Fantasy might be moribund—lost in an endless cycle of aping then repudiating a tiny set of drearily repeated tropes—but there is a way out of both. And it's the Pulps.
By returning to the Golden Age of Fantasy & Science Fiction, by reading those works and learning how powerful and imaginative this genre can be, writers and editors can free themselves of the parochial limits of genre and ideology. They can create great works again.
And what happens after that will be incredible.
Jasyn Jones, better known as Daddy Warpig, is a host on the Geek Gab podcast, a regular on the Superversive SF livestreams, and blogs at Daddy Warpig's House of Geekery. Check him out on Twitter.
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anonme says:
Here is hoping the Pulp Revolution leads to the Heroic Age.
I also figure this is as good of place as any to make the following observations.
I am a huge fan of Campbellian SF, and loved (some of) the books of Heinlein, Asimov, and Clarke. They are big influences on me. However, I can't deny it seems that age has done irreparable harm to the genre as whole. Hard SF should have been a nice subgenre, that some writers could explore. Instead it was used as a hard, fast cage that represented the whole of the genre, and everything that didn't fall into it's limited confines were mocked or discarded.
One name that did so much harm, that I'm just barely learning about now is Damon Knight. Here is a man who pushed the myth that pulps were pap, and is a big part of the reason the Campbellian 'Big 3' is remembered as Asimov, Heinlein and Clark instead of Asimov, Heinlein, and von Vogt.
Even Asimov himself, a man who is a huge influence of mine, did so much to limit imaginations, writing long screeds against space knights, dismissing the work of EE 'Doc' Smith, and so on. I wonder if he realized the wooden cages he placed the genre in would be replaced by iron and concrete.
That said, like I intimated previously in this thread, I have great hope for those who write pulp heroes, as those are protagonists well accustomed to breaking cages of iron, with nigh impossible feats.
In a renewed understanding of weird fiction, there will always be room for Campbelline tales, but Campbelline tales should never be the sole expression of legitimate SF. What happened to SF is almost as if hardcore arena PvPers got ahold of WoW and stripped away the lore, the open world, the dungeons and raids, and anything that was not arena PvP. And any time the hardcores get ahold of a game or a medium, sales tank. Just like they did in the 1940s.
As for Knight, he also created the institutions of SFWA and Clarion Writers Workshop, from which the even more restrictive ideas of SF come from – such as mundane SF. Many of the leading critics of SF in the 1950s were his cronies. If any one man bears the blame for the current state of SF, it is Knight.
icewater says:
Every single time that I saw some choice morsels of Knight's "wisdom" quoted, and that includes this blog (I think that last time was in relation to Merritt), it had awful impact on my blood pressure. That man was… special.
I don't hate Campbell, per se, it is just that the sort of writing he wanted is far removed from what I enjoy. He would't or provably didn't think much of Bradbury, Smith, Herbert, Lafferty, any more than I care about the so called big three. Sadly, it is that sort of fiction, and even philosophy behind it int he case of Asimov and Clarke, that came to be viewed as worthy, high, intelligent SF that is to be emulated as much as possible… So many modern authors praise and emulate Asimov, but who is trying to look up to Dune? Zindell was the last one to try, and nobody remembers Zindell nowadays.
>but who is trying to look up to Dune?
Brian Niemeier.
If it is truly so, I'll definitely take a look at his novels.
Brian Niemeier says:
Can confirm!
Carrington Dixon says:
provably didn't think much of Bradbury, Smith, Herbert,
Campbell published the Lensman novels and Dune. That says something about his feelings about Smith and Herbert, at least.
Heinlein, too, seems to have had a high opinion Doc Smith as a man and as an author.
True that. But Dune is still as far removed from say, Asimov's stuff, as you can get while staying in the same "genre".
Campbell's preferences and his idea of the direction some genres ought take is pretty obvious, but that doesn't mean that he wasn't able to recognize quality and mass appeal of fiction even if it was almost exact opposite of that (like Dune was).
cirsova says:
According to Adrian Cole, his Dream Lords series, which he's started back up for Cirsova, was a mix of John Carter and Dune with a bit of pop occult writing thrown in for flavor.
John C. Wright says:
I remember Zindell. I stole at least one of his ideas for my book THE GOLDEN AGE, and I honestly cannot think of a more sincere form of flattery than that.
quantumsoma says:
Zindell's "A Requiem for Homo Sapiens" is undoubtedly my favorite BOOK of all time. Not just in the sci-fi genre. Some other good one's to remember: "Hyperion" and "The Book of the New Sun".
Max Kolbe says:
I grew up on the Science Fiction Book Club so I got all those great Campbellian writers and others as well and while I utterly love some of them, I can see so much truth in this. You see it especially in Asimov, in Clarke, in Heinlein, in McCaffrey, in others–a sort of smugness too.
All Atheists I would add, with a capital A. Committed. And yes, not to be Johnny one-note, but that does matter.
Terrific says:
This article would have been a lot better if you had given us concrete examples of what you were talking about. Unless you intended it only for those who already have opinions on the matter. I know all about the destruction being wrought today by SJWs, but I would have appreciated any examples from the Pulps to show why their age was "golden".
Jasyn Jones says:
@Terrific: That's what, for example, Jeffro's Appendix N book is all about. Also the Pulp Archivist, Puppy of the Month Book Club, Jon Mollison's Seagull Rising blog, PC Bushi's blog, Cirsova, and a HUGE number of posts on this very site.
Click "Appendix N" or "Before the Big Three" at the top of this post for great examples.
JonM says:
"This article would have been a lot better if you had given us concrete examples of what you were talking about."
I say this with no animosity intended whatsoever: Consider the gauntlet thrown.
I didn't think my next book would non-fiction, but "Damon Knight Killed Science Fiction" has a nice ring to it. My only regret is that to write it, I'll have to read anything written by Knight.
If you are going to read something by Knight, consider that after he scorned A.E. van Vogt's respected place in SF with his article on "Cosmic Jerry-building", he tried to write a Van Vogt style book with all the Van Vogt tropes of amnesiac supermen, time paradox, and cosmic wonder.
It was called BEYOND THE BARRIER and it simply stunk. It simply stunk. He could not do it.
I do not recall if he were man enough later publicly to admit that the trick of cosmic jerry building he was so quick to dismiss was a trick beyond his power to mimic. All I can say is that I do not recall seeing any retraction.
First time I heard of that, but I guess that I am not surprised by his novel being completely forgotten unlike those of another author he tried to outdo.
That is reminiscent of how Colin Wilson was challenged to write "superior" Lovecraftian tale after he whined about Lovecraft. And he actually did it, and it was accomplished, intelligent little piece of SF horror if not really superior to Lovecaft. And Wilson considerably amended his judgement of Lovecraft afterwards.
Knight was apparently not cut of the same cloth.
For a start pulp weird fiction had more genres than today: supernatural mystery, heroic fantasy, planetary romance, gothic romance, chinoiserie, weird menace, forensic mysteries (Gernsback did consider this to be science fiction), hero pulps. And, given how more and more pulps are being reprinted or posted online, it is entirely likely that I'll have found more by next week.
I kinda wish that Castalia would take a look at some of those old pulp authors that are of merit and yet remain out of print. Likes of Wildside Press are already doing that, but more's the merrier.
And speaking of lost pulps, I keep stumbling on gems. I recently picked up Wildside's megapack of David H. Keller's weird fiction, to kill some time, and to say that I was pleasantly surprised would a major understatement. Now I need to hunt down as much of man's fiction as is possible.
>I kinda wish that Castalia would take a look at some of those old pulp authors that are of merit and yet remain out of print.
Yeah, me too. Especially say, some of the tales in Appendix: N that aren't in print.
That's something I've been thinking about. Wildside's releases consist mainly of out of copyright stories. That is fine and dandy, and I like to have them bunched in cheap kindle releases, but there's a number of novels and story collections from that era, some of them mentioned on this blog in one context or another, that I'd like to see on Kindle. That would go nicely with Castalia's goals and would be of interest to their audience, I think…
Cirsova Publishing may be dipping their toes in that pond soon.
Right now, our big project is a fully illustrated 70th anniversary edition of Brackett's Stark Trilogy, but I'd really like to make Albert dePina my next project.
I love Brackett! So, those are some good news.
(I must admit that this is the first time that I ever heard of Mr. dePina though – in my defense, one is ever surprised by the sheer number of quality and/or prolific pulp authors that are forgotten nowadays)
What's interesting is that's a HUGE difference in the modern definition of "genre", which is (in essence) a bundle of commonly associated tropes. Cyberpunk, Steampunk, Urban Fantasy, as examples.
Whereas the genres you're talking about were far more varied than moderns, they differed in more than just FX and costuming.
PCBushi says:
Another nice post, DWP!
I agree with some of the commenters here – I've got no beef with Campbell or the Big Three writers, and indeed I too enjoy a good hard SF yarn, but the damage their politicking seems to have done to the genre is a tragedy.
I'd also add as my own two cents that the decline in quality of SFF doesn't mean that the Iron, Bronze, Clay ages have *nothing* good. For example, Harry Potter gets a lot of shit because it's beloved by the Left, but I'm also a big fan and would go to bat for it. Then again, there's no accounting for taste!
Damon Knight is cancer. His vile attempts to lift himself up by tearing down greater men than himself would have been rejected by Rand as a character in "Atlas Shrugged" as too over the top.
If you really want to understand how mewling and pathetic he was, go read van Vogt's "The World of A" and then read Knight's take on it. It's like he's talking about an entirely different novel than the one you read. It would be pathetic if it wasn't so craven.
But that might take some time, so here's a couple of choice bite-sized quotes from the man who killed SF.
Damon Knight on Robert E. Howard: "Howard never tried, or never tried intelligently, to give his preposterous saga the ring of truth…Howard had the maniac's advantage of believing whatever he wrote; de Camp is too wise to believe wholeheartedly in anything."
Damon Knight projecting: "All the great fantasies, I suppose, have been written by emotionally crippled men."
Source: http://robert-e-howard.org/SandRoughs13ss13.html
Holy crap at that REH bit.
And of course, he thinks that hack de Camp superior to REH.
Of course. Of course he does.
That progenitor of the worst aspects of modern nerdom, de Camp, who tried to character assassinate REH in his biography while endlessly milking his creations, long before the current generation of writers made it fashionable to do so for REH and HPL. Can see why our pal Damon would like him.
> It's like he's talking about an entirely different novel than the one you read.
He is. He's writing about the original version, serialized in Astounding, which has never been reprinted. Unless it's been scanned and posted online (which I've looked for and never found), the only way to read it is to buy the magazines used. Which I did; I think I spent about 30 bucks altogether.
It's not good. It's much slower-paced, with a lot of irrelevant actions, and some of the specific criticisms Knight makes are good ones:
Gosseyn does a lot of double-takes. He doesn't seem very smart.
Patricia Hardie keeps showing up and being a completely different person from the last time.
You can read more about the differences at http://www.icshi.net/sevagram/summaries/world1-preface.php (This page is what got me interested in reading the original.)
Because of Knight's criticisms, Van Vogt completely rewrote the book into the version we know and love today. Which wouldn't exist excerpt for Knight.
Credit where it's due then.
Still, that doesn't significantly alter the picture I have of him, based on what I know.
Jon Mollison says:
Interesting information. Thank you for providing the counterpoint.
Oh, for the love of – when am I going to start listening to my inner voice before trying to be reasonable. Just a few paragraphs into the citation Mike provides, and what do I find: "The importance of [Knight's] original Destiny's Child review seems to have been greatly exaggerated in retrospect."
Also, "Later, in 1956, he wrote an expanded and altered review (included in In Search of Wonder) which accounted for the alterations van Vogt did in the 1948 book version."
What kind of game are you playing here, Mike? Your citation blows your contention out of the water, and I've barely scratched it! Did you think I wouldn't follow this lead, or you just ignorant of what it reveals?
But hey, thanks for giving me another bullet to put into the gun I'm aiming at Knight's reputation.
Not playing any games.
1.The paperback of Null A I used to own has an introduction by Van Vogt himself, saying that he rewrote the book because of the Knight review.
2. The updates to Knight's review aren't very extensive. They're mostly parenthetical comments about how one of the things he's just criticized isn;t in the revised edition.
Remember, Knight founded Clarion, who taught SF writers for 40 years, and whose graduates flood the Hugos, Nebulas, and Best of SF collections each year…
Everything thing I learn about this man, makes me even more cynical about him.
Keith West says:
Knight wrote a few short stories that are decent, but that's about all. I've never liked any of the novels he wrote, at least of the ones I've read. And I find Howard's worlds much more believable than de Camp's or Knight;s because Howard wrote from a place of conviction, not cynicism. Knight was ultimately a little twerp who couldn't write at the level of his heroes, so he tore them down.
Jeff Duntemann says:
Damon Knight's 1956 book *In Search of Wonder* is worth a read. He tears up Van Vogt, and praises Heinlein, but most of the other people he slams have long been forgotten. I think his primary sin is that he was big-picture blind: He dwelt on small things and could not appreciate that stories with occasional lapses could be very engrossing, even moving.
To me, that sort of thing isn't criticism; it's carping.
John E. Boyle says:
Exactly. Thank you for posting this, Mr. Jones. I also fear that the SocJusWar aren't done with the debasing of SF&F.
Thanks to everyone who commented here; you've done an excellent job of elevating my blood pressure, but it is good to know the names of your enemies.
Man of the Atom says:
"As for Knight, he also created the institutions of SFWA and Clarion Writers Workshop, from which the even more restrictive ideas of SF come from — such as mundane SF."
What an apt term for Knight and the weaklings he birthed and coddled:
"The Mundanes"
Whenever I hear of Knight, I'm reminded of this fine specimen:
Damien Walter — peas in a pod.
Knight's analyses and Bizarro World screeds are nothing but raw envy in my estimation, having read Howard, van Vogt, and others that he maligned since I was an adolescent. They had talent; Knight didn't.
DWP: Home Run article! Please continue to clear the fog and cobwebs from the True History of SF&F.
C.J. Carella says:
SF may be dead in traditional publishing, but indies and small publishers are doing rather well in the field – mostly by concentrating on telling good stories without kowtowing to the SJW cause du jour.
A quick look at the best-seller charts in assorted SF sub-genres will show self-published writers dominating them. And indeed, a lot of what they write could be described as 'pulp.'
There are more writers making a good living writing SF than during the Golden or Silver Ages; they just don't show up in Locus, get invited to conventions or join the SFWA (even now that they changed the rules to let us lowlifes join in). All they had to do was ignore the gatekeepers and their noxious rules.
Very good piece, Jasyn. I'd like to see more from you on this and related topics.
For me, the big annoyance today is this insistence that characters are everything, and that nothing else matters. I'm an ideas-and-action guy, and I learned by imitating Keith Laumer, back in the 1960s and 1970s when Laumer was still first-run. I know how characterization works and I do a reasonably good job with it. But when I'm at a workshop and someone demands, "Who are your people? Nobody cares about your starships!" I have to summon heroic energy to suppress the urge to throw large, heavy things at the demander.
Whether we realize it or not, we here are creating a sort of alt-SFF by studying the pulps and adopting the stuff that works. (Not all of it did.) I'm old-ish, and I grew up reading the best of the pulps. That's how I write. It's good to see that I'm not alone.
Rod Walker says:
A good article!
But Mr. Sanderson's observation on the impact a SF novel would have on one's career is now obsolete. Most of the best SF is now indie-published, and the whims of New York publishers no longer have any affect on a writer's career, so long as he is bold enough to indie publish.
When the editors and publishers decided to become gatekeepers and 'improve' SF it spiraled down into a backwards ghetto that nobody really wanted to be a part of. Once the tech allowed people to bypass those gatekeepers people started to return to SF.
That's no coincidence.
VD says:
I once observed that John Scalzi is our age's Damon Knight. Of course, he probably thought it was a compliment. But the truth is, Knight damaged science fiction in ways no one else has, not even Philip Nielsen Hayden.
Well Daddy Warpig, it's look like your first essay wasn't an one off. This one is also generating a lot of discussion. Congratulations.
I'm a bomb thrower. : )
deuce says:
"Damon Knight is cancer."
Undoubtedly, but never forget that he was an utter fanboy for James Blish. Blish's savaging of A. Merritt in the late '50s laid the groundwork for everything else. ERB's fiction had sunk out of sight since 1950 due to publishing minutiae. However, Merritt was still selling well. He was the titan who had to be brought down. Once that was accomplished, it opened up major Merritt fans like van Vogt and others to be read out of SF. Blish was the original regicide who began the critical spiral into "Screwdriver" SF to "New Wave" to what we have now.
Dig up their bones!
Hmmm. I shouldn't post on the fly. While Knight was quite the Blish fanboy, they were destroying SF more-or-less concurrently. I knew of Blish's attacks on Merritt earlier than I knew about DK's cultural sabotage. My visceral dislike of Blish is of longer duration. Perhaps that made me switch things in my mind. Apologies to any I misinformed.
Indeed. I was aware of Blish's work, and his contributions as an accessory to murder will not go unremarked, but no one bothered to name a major prize after Blish. Damon Knight is the high profile target here, and from what I've read already, this is going to be easier than I thought. the man's own words condemn him.
Interestingly, what I'm doing here is pulling a Damon Knight…on Damon Knight himself.
Both are Futurians, and were behind at least one attempt to wag the dog of fandom toward socialism prior to their criticisms coming out in the 1950s. Knight, however, is the one wrapped up in SFWA, Clarion, and New Wave. Lemme know if you want a source or two.
There's a good reason why Poul Anderson has never been considered part of the "Big Three": he stayed too pulp in his execution and loyalties. Despite being a better writer and plotter than all of them (except maybe Heinlein, and I would argue even that) he refused to tone down particularly. THE HIGH CRUSADE and the "Flandry" tales show that. He dared to make barbarians protagonists against effete technocrats, which just wouldn't do. He would also constantly use language one would expect more from an Icelandic sage or a Conan yarn in his scifi tales. The horror! Not to mention that, other than a short period in the '50s, he was unapologetically conservative/libertarian. Poul had to be punished. My esteem for Mr. Anderson rises pretty steadily from year to year.
L Jagi Lamplighter says:
I think that Campbell's period was the Golden Age of HARD science fiction, the nuts and bolts type. But Science Fiction is so much more than that.
It makes more sense now, doesn't it, that it was a pulp SF story (Star Wars) that brought SF back to the main stream.
Pierre Comtois says:
Can't agree more! Bought a big SF pulp collection some years ago and have been reading through it (almost done!) and have to say the sheer breadth of story types, situations, and characters is unbelievable. Compared to today's stuff, it scintillates. I've just had published a hard SF novel called A Well Ordered Universe that you say is in the Campbellian style but two subsequent novels are more in the wild pulp tradition (while bucking PC stereotypes)


Only a few days ago, the weekend was looking weekend-y. To be sure, a meeting with my writing partner and some writing–we have a March 30 deadline to get our script to readers–but also a possible hike, a Skype date with friends, a yoga class or two were on the docket. Then, on Wednesday, HBO made an announcement. They are launching a new writing fellowship…and the deadline was less than a week away, on March 4. Hmmm. Time to add to my list one of those dreaded 500 word essays about how my background influences my storytelling.
Then an email landed in my inbox. On a whim, back in February, I submitted a couple of scripts to the Script Pipeline contest. The deal was, you could do the super-early deadline for a cheaper entry fee, but then submit revisions by the regular deadline for no extra charge. Both of my scripts were out for notes at the time, so I planned to do revisions. I've been working on revisions, and am about halfway on each script. With a deadline of March 15, as of yesterday, I was in trouble, but not big trouble.
Except that, as the email reminded me, the deadline is not March 15, but March 1. Now I'm in trouble. In fact, I'd say being really ready is nigh impossible… but I guess I'm obligated to get as close as I can. The Skype date is off, the meeting with my partner is moved, yoga is off the schedule (though I will do some awesome Classical Stretch videos), and I will be burrowing in until Sunday evening.
At least the forecast is for cold (that's California cold, i.e. 60 degrees) and wet, so I have an excuse to write in bed.


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Durante la sua lunga carriera ha recitato in ruoli sia comici sia drammatici e lavorato con alcuni noti registi del cinema italiano, quali Luciano Salce, Nanni Loy, Steno, Dino Risi e Lucio Fulci.

Insieme a Paolo Villaggio, Lando Buzzanca, Mario Carotenuto, Alvaro Vitali, Johnny Dorelli e Renzo Montagnani, è ritenuto uno degli attori più rappresentativi della commedia sexy degli anni settanta e ottanta. Ha raggiunto la popolarità con pellicole cinematografiche che lo hanno visto protagonista o co-protagonista come Vieni avanti cretino, L'allenatore nel pallone, Al bar dello sport, Cornetti alla crema, Fracchia la belva umana, Il commissario Lo Gatto e Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio, per poi dedicarsi prevalentemente a fiction televisive come Un medico in famiglia.

Biografia

Gli inizi

Pasquale Zagaria nasce ad Andria il 9 luglio 1936, venendo però iscritto all'anagrafe soltanto l'11, da Riccardo Zagaria e Nunzia Colia; quando aveva tre anni la famiglia si trasferisce nel vicino paese di Canosa di Puglia, dove vive fino alla maggior età. La sua famiglia, profondamente cattolica, lo spinge a provare l'esperienza del seminario, ma lui si sente portato per fare spettacolo ed esordisce come cantante nelle feste musicali di paese. Fu proprio il Vescovo a suggerirgli di intraprendere la carriera di attore comico, in quanto durante le recite parrocchiali in cui interpretava Giuda, San Giovanni e San Pietro, ridevano tutti.

Intuì presto che il suo destino era quello di intraprendere la carriera artistica, contro il volere dei genitori, i quali ritenevano che questo non fosse un vero e proprio lavoro. Gli inizi furono molto difficili, tanto che Banfi attraversò periodi di seria difficoltà economica, finendo anche in preda agli strozzini. Il 24 dicembre 1954 fu soccorso da un posteggiatore abusivo napoletano di nome Ciro che lo portò a casa sua per sfamarlo, pagandogli anche un biglietto per Milano, dove a causa delle ristrettezze economiche fu costretto a dormire in edifici in costruzione, o nelle stazioni dei treni. Nel 1955 arrivò addirittura a fingersi malato per essere operato alle tonsille, solo per poter dormire al caldo all'interno dell'ospedale.

Sempre nel 1954, tenta l'avventura nel teatro di varietà di Milano dopo essere entrato nella compagnia di Arturo Vetrani, inizia la sua carriera portando in scena elementi tipici del suo paese con detti e modi di dire, cosa che continuerà a fare anche in seguito, incentrando la sua comicità sul suo dialetto e sulla parlata buffa e originale.

Inizialmente scelse come pseudonimo Lino Zaga; fu spinto poi a modificarlo da Totò che, a suo giudizio, riteneva che nel mondo dello spettacolo portasse fortuna accorciare i nomi, ma portasse invece sfortuna accorciare i cognomi. Fu il suo impresario, insegnante elementare e marito di Maresa Horn, a scegliergli il cognome, prendendo il primo nominativo dal registro di classe dei suoi alunni, ovvero Aureliano Banfi.

Anni sessanta e settanta
Successivamente si trasferì a Roma dove esordì in televisione nel programma di Antonello Falqui del 1964, Biblioteca di Studio Uno, dove interpretò la parte di un valletto recitando alcune battute con l'accento pugliese. Negli anni seguenti partecipò in televisione al programma Speciale per voi su Rai 2 nel 1969 di Renzo Arbore e nel 1972 con il Cabaret Sancarlino insieme con Carletto Sposito ed Anna Mazzamauro, continuando poi con Enrico Montesano e Lando Fiorini.

Il suo esordio nel cinema risale al 1960 col film Urlatori alla sbarra, in cui fece una breve apparizione. Dal 1964 recita piccole parti nei film di Franco e Ciccio come I due evasi di Sing Sing, 002 Operazione Luna, Due marines e un generale, I due pompieri, Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras?, o nei film di Alighiero Noschese ed Enrico Montesano, come Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?..., Io non spezzo... rompo e Boccaccio. Comincia così a farsi conoscere e nel 1973 esordisce come protagonista nel film Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia,

Prende parte ad altri film con Ciccio Ingrassia, come L'esorciccio (1975) oggi considerato un cult. Sempre nel 1975 gira il film Colpo in canna con Ursula Andress. Nello stesso anno lavora anche per la televisione nella trasmissione Senza rete con Alberto Lupo. Fu quindi protagonista di molti varietà, tra i quali Arrivano i mostri del 1977.

Fra gli anni settanta e ottanta divenne una delle icone della commedia sexy all'italiana, trovandosi spesso a recitare al fianco di altri esponenti del genere come Mario Carotenuto, Gianfranco D'Angelo, Alvaro Vitali, Renzo Montagnani, Edwige Fenech, Gloria Guida, Laura Antonelli, Jimmy il Fenomeno e Nadia Cassini in pellicole quali La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti, L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto, La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe, L'infermiera di notte, L'insegnante va in collegio, L'insegnante viene a casa, L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe e molte altre.

Anni ottanta
In questo periodo prende parte a molti film come Cornetti alla crema (1981), Vieni avanti cretino (1982) - dove produce scenette tipiche dell'avanspettacolo come la famosa canzone Filomeña o la scena degli schiaffi col prete pugliese davanti al Colosseo, con sottotitoli in arabo - , Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983), L'allenatore nel pallone (1984) - dove interpreta uno dei suoi personaggi più famosi, l'allenatore calcistico Oronzo Canà - e Il commissario Lo Gatto (1986) di Dino Risi in cui è autore del testo della canzone leit-motive del film "Carnaval", su musica di Mimmo di Francia col quale ha scritto altre due canzoni : "Nella soffitta" e "Piano bar". Nel 1985 è uno dei protagonisti del film I pompieri insieme a Paolo Villaggio e Massimo Boldi e nel 1986 recita nuovamente con loro in Scuola di ladri e in Grandi magazzini; l'anno dopo recita nel sequel Missione eroica - I pompieri 2, in Bellifreschi e Com'è dura l'avventura.

Dopo una breve parentesi a Canale 5, in cui nel 1984 e nel 1985 conduce e partecipa a Risatissima e alla 500ª puntata de Il pranzo è servito, in Rai gli venne affidata la conduzione di Domenica in (1987-1988) e Stasera Lino (1989).

Nel 1989 gira la serie televisiva intitolata Il vigile urbano, insieme alla figlia Rosanna Banfi.

Anni novanta
Nel 1990, in occasione del 40º Festival di Sanremo, è protagonista assieme a Renzo Arbore e Michele Mirabella de Il caso Sanremo. Nel 1991 torna a Canale 5 dove conduce lo special di San Valentino Una sera c'incontrammo con la partecipazione di Rosanna Banfi e Corrado Tedeschi, e il gioco-spettacolo del venerdì sera Il gioco dei giochi. Nel 1992 recita nella serie televisiva Un inviato molto speciale. Poi segue una breve parentesi teatrale recitando nel Vespro della Beata Vergine (1995). Nel 1996 conduce lo show Gran Casinò, poi sospeso per i bassi indici di ascolto. Nel 1997 interpreta il suo primo ruolo drammatico da protagonista nel film per la televisione Nuda proprietà vendesi. Dal 1998 entra nel cast della fiction Un medico in famiglia, in cui interpreta il ruolo di Libero Martini, un personaggio completamente diverso da quelli interpretati negli anni settanta e ottanta; questa serie ottenne ottimi ascolti sin dalla prima stagione, arrivando a superare i 10.000.000 di telespettatori e, delle dieci stagioni realizzate, non ha preso parte solo alla settima del 2011, e ha doppiato il suo personaggio nella serie animata omonima.

Anni duemila

Nel 2000 interpreta il suo secondo ruolo drammatico nel film per la televisione Vola Sciusciù. Inoltre Banfi nel 2001 viene nominato ambasciatore dell'UNICEF e nello stesso periodo prende parte a numerose fiction, tra le quali Un difetto di famiglia e Un posto tranquillo (2003). Nel 2003 ha ricevuto il Telegatto alla carriera, e l'anno successivo ha girato per la Rai la fiction Raccontami una storia.

Nel 2005 ha interpretato il ruolo di Babbo Natale nella fiction per Canale 5 Il mio amico Babbo Natale; l'anno dopo prese parte al seguito e, sempre del 2006 è la fiction della Rai Il padre delle spose.

 un'altra fiction sul tema dell'amore omosessuale ha scatenato polemiche da parte di alcune associazioni come il Moige. La Rai decise comunque di trasmetterla nonostante le polemiche, a novembre 2006, conseguendo sette milioni di ascolti. Banfi è stato ospite, nelle vesti del personaggio di Oronzo Canà, del programma televisivo di Italia 1 Guida al campionato condotto da Mino Taveri per tutto il mese di dicembre 2007 al fine di promuovere il sequel de L'allenatore nel pallone. A gennaio 2008, dopo una lontananza dal cinema di venti anni, riprende i panni di Oronzo Canà nel sequel L'allenatore nel pallone 2 e poi nel film Un'estate al mare, uscito nel 2009. Ha interpretato il film Indovina chi sposa mia figlia!, nel quale ha recitato in tedesco, leggendo i copioni per la sua non conoscenza della lingua. Nel 2009 ha interpretato Antonio nella miniserie televisiva Scusate il disturbo.

Anni 2010
 Nel 2010 è protagonista della miniserie Tutti i padri di Maria.  Nel 2011 ritorna a lavorare per Mediaset, vestendo nuovamente i panni del commissario nella miniserie di Canale 5 Il commissario Zagaria. Il 30 marzo 2012 è uscito nelle sale cinematografiche Buona giornata, per la regia di Carlo Vanzina, in cui Banfi interpreta il senatore Leonardo Lo Bianco. Il cast comprende anche Diego Abatantuono, Teresa Mannino, Maurizio Mattioli, Vincenzo Salemme e Christian De Sica. Nel 2016 torna al cinema interpretando il senatore Nicola Binetto nel film Quo vado?, diretto da Gennaro Nunziante e interpretato da Checco Zalone. Nel 2018 viene presentata  Bontà Banfi una linea di prodotti tipici pugliesi da lui selezionati e  con la sua immagine a Cibus
Il 22 gennaio 2019 il vice premier Luigi Di Maio lo nomina membro della commissione italiana all'UNESCO, in sostituzione di Folco Quilici.

Anni 2020
Tra aprile e giugno 2021 cura la rubrica Lino Nazionale nel programma Rai Oggi è un altro giorno. Nella stessa estate torna alla ribalta supportando con i suoi slogan la Nazionale italiana di calcio in vista dell'Europeo, partecipando a diverse trasmissioni Rai come l'ultima, Notte Azzurra - La vittoria, incentrata appunto sul trionfo degli azzurri, e prendendo parte allo spot di TIMvision nelle vesti del celebre Oronzo Canà.

Nel 2022 partecipa alla terza edizione del Cantante mascherato insieme alla figlia Rosanna con la maschera del Pulcino, arrivando secondo.

Presta la sua voce nel cortometraggio "Agli eroi del nostro tempo" che celebra gli operatori sanitari impegnati nella lotta alla pandemia da COVID-19.

Vita privata
Il 1º marzo 1962, dopo 10 anni di fidanzamento, si è sposato con Lucia Lagrasta (1938-2023), che riposa nella cappella di famiglia nel cimitero del Verano, dalla quale ha avuto due figli, Rosanna (1963), anche lei attrice e Walter (1968), regista e produttore cinematografico.

Lino Banfi ha due nipoti, entrambi figli di Rosanna, Virginia (1993) e Pietro (1998). Gestisce insieme ai figli un ristorante, Orecchietteria Banfi, nelle vicinanze di Piazza Cavour, nel quartiere Prati, a Roma.

È tifoso della Roma e politicamente si dichiara di destra. Nel 2019, in un'intervista a Il Fatto Quotidiano, ha rivelato di essere stato un elettore del Movimento Sociale Italiano nonché grande estimatore di Giorgio Almirante ed in più di un occasione ha dichiarato di essere da tanti anni molto amico di Silvio Berlusconi.

Filmografia

Cinema

 Urlatori alla sbarra, regia di Lucio Fulci (1960)
 I due evasi di Sing Sing, regia di Lucio Fulci (1964)
 Sedotti e bidonati, regia di Giorgio Bianchi (1964)
 Angelica alla corte del re, regia di Bernard Borderie (1965)
 Come inguaiammo l'esercito, regia di Lucio Fulci (1965)
 Due mafiosi contro Goldginger, regia di Giorgio Simonelli (1965) - non accreditato
 I due parà, regia di Lucio Fulci (1965)
 00-2 Operazione Luna, regia di Lucio Fulci (1965) - doppiato da Franco Latini
 Due marines e un generale, regia di Luigi Scattini (1965)
 Adulterio all'italiana , regia di Pasquale Festa Campanile (1966)
 A suon di lupara, regia di Luigi Petrini (1967)
 Zum Zum Zum - La canzone che mi passa per la testa, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1968)
 Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza , regia di Giovanni Grimaldi (1968)
 Ciccio perdona... Io no!, regia di Marcello Ciorciolini (1968) - non accreditato
 La pecora nera, regia di Luciano Salce (1968)
 I 2 pompieri, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1968)
 I nipoti di Zorro, regia di Marcello Ciorciolini (1968)
 I 2 deputati, regia di Giovanni Grimaldi (1968)
 Indovina chi viene a merenda?, regia di Marcello Ciorciolini (1969)
 Gli infermieri della mutua, regia di Giuseppe Orlandini (1969)
 Certo, certissimo... anzi probabile, regia di Marcello Fondato (1969)
 Zum Zum Zum nº 2, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1969)
 Oh dolci baci e languide carezze, regia di Mino Guerrini (1969)
 Lisa dagli occhi blu, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1969)
 Il prof. dott. Guido Tersilli primario della clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue, regia di Luciano Salce (1969) - non accreditato
 Io non scappo... fuggo, regia di Franco Prosperi (1970)
 Mezzanotte d'amore, regia di Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1970)
 Nel giorno del Signore, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1970)
 Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra, regia di Aldo Grimaldi (1970)
 Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione, regia di Marino Girolami (1970)
 Quelli belli... siamo noi, regia di Giorgio Mariuzzo (1970)
 Ninì Tirabusciò - La donna che inventò la mossa, regia di Marcello Fondato (1970)
 Amore Formula 2, regia di Mario Amendola (1970)
 Io non spezzo... rompo, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1971)
 Il clan dei due Borsalini, regia di Giuseppe Orlandini (1971)
 Mazzabubù... Quante corna stanno quaggiù?, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1971)
 ...Scusi, ma lei le paga le tasse?, regia di Mino Guerrini (1971)
 Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?..., regia di Bruno Corbucci (1971)
 Venga a fare il soldato da noi, regia di Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1971)
 Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras?, regia di Mino Guerrini (1971)
 Detenuto in attesa di giudizio, regia di Nanni Loy (1971)
 Causa di divorzio, regia di Marcello Fondato (1972)
 Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1972)
 Boccaccio, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1972)
 Il terrore con gli occhi storti, regia di Steno (1972)
 Il prode Anselmo e il suo scudiero, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1972)
 L'altra faccia del padrino, regia di Franco Prosperi (1973)
 Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia, regia di Luca Davan (1973)
 Peccato veniale, regia di Salvatore Samperi (1974)
 4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre, regia di Franco Martinelli (1974)
 Sesso in testa, regia di Sergio Ammirata (1974)
 Il trafficone, regia di Bruno Corbucci (1974)
 Colpo in canna, regia di Fernando Di Leo (1974)
 L'esorciccio, regia di Ciccio Ingrassia (1975)
 Stangata in famiglia, regia di Franco Nucci (1976)
 L'affittacamere, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1976)
 Basta che non si sappia in giro, episodio Il superiore, regia di Luigi Magni (1976)
 Amici più di prima, regia di Marino Girolami, Giovanni Grimaldi e Giorgio Simonelli (1976)
 Orazi e Curiazi 3 - 2, regia di Giorgio Mariuzzo (1977)
 Kakkientruppen, regia di Marino Girolami (1977)
 La compagna di banco, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1977)
 L'insegnante va in collegio, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1978)
 La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1978)
 La soldatessa alle grandi manovre, regia di Nando Cicero (1978)
 L'insegnante viene a casa, regia di Michele Massimo Tarantini (1978)
 L'infermiera di notte, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1979)
 Tutti a squola, regia di Pier Francesco Pingitore (1979)
 L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe, regia di Giuliano Carnimeo (1979)
 La liceale seduce i professori, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1979)
 La poliziotta della squadra del buon costume, regia di Michele Massimo Tarantini (1979)
 Sabato, domenica e venerdì, episodio Sabato, regia di Sergio Martino (1979)
 L'infermiera nella corsia dei militari, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1979)
 La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta, regia di Nando Cicero (1979)
 L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe, regia di Michele Massimo Tarantini (1980)
 La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1980)
 La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in città, regia di Sergio Martino (1980)
 Zucchero, miele e peperoncino, regia di Sergio Martino (1980)
 La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello, regia di Michele Massimo Tarantini (1980)
 La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe, regia di Michele Massimo Tarantini (1981)
 Spaghetti a mezzanotte, regia di Sergio Martino (1981)
 L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto, regia di Mariano Laurenti (1981)
 Cornetti alla crema, regia di Sergio Martino (1981)
 Fracchia la belva umana, regia di Neri Parenti (1981)
 Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande, regia di Sergio Martino (1982)
 Vieni avanti cretino, regia di Luciano Salce (1982)
 Dio li fa poi li accoppia, regia di Steno (1982)
 Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere, regia di Giorgio Capitani (1982)
 Pappa e ciccia, regia di Neri Parenti (1983)
 Al bar dello sport, regia di Francesco Massaro (1983)
 Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio, regia di Sergio Martino (1983)
 L'allenatore nel pallone, regia di Sergio Martino (1984)
 I pompieri, regia di Neri Parenti (1985)
 Scuola di ladri, regia di Neri Parenti (1986)
 Grandi magazzini, regia di Castellano e Pipolo (1986)
 Il commissario Lo Gatto, regia di Dino Risi (1986)
 Missione eroica - I pompieri 2, regia di Giorgio Capitani (1987)
 Roba da ricchi, regia di Sergio Corbucci (1987)
 Bellifreschi, regia di Enrico Oldoini (1987)
 Com'è dura l'avventura, regia di Flavio Mogherini (1987)
 Joe e suo nonno, regia di Giacomo De Simone (1992)
 Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio, regia di Ciprì e Maresco (2004)
 L'allenatore nel pallone 2, regia di Sergio Martino (2008)
 Un'estate al mare, regia di Carlo Vanzina (2008)
 Focaccia blues, regia di Nico Cirasola (2009)
 Indovina chi sposa mia figlia! (Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht!), regia di Neele Vollmar (2009)
 Buona giornata, regia di Carlo Vanzina (2012)
 Le frise ignoranti, regia di Antonello De Leo (2015)
 Quo vado?, regia di Gennaro Nunziante (2016)
 La voce di Fantozzi, regia di Mario Sesti (2017)
 Vecchie canaglie, regia di Chiara Sani (2022)
 Viaggio a sorpresa (Surprise Trip), regia di Roberto Baeli (2022)
 Risate all'italiana, regia di Neri Parenti, Mariano Laurenti, Steno ecc. (2022)

Televisione
Biblioteca di Studio Uno – serie TV (1964)
Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca – miniserie TV (1964)
Il triangolo rosso – serie TV (1969)
Dal primo momento che ti ho visto – serie TV (1976)
Arrivano i mostri – miniserie TV (1977)
Il superspia – miniserie TV (1977)
Il vigile urbano – serie TV (1989-1990)
Un inviato molto speciale – serie TV (1992)
Nuda proprietà vendesi – film TV (1997)
Un medico in famiglia – serie TV, 241 episodi (1998-2009, 2013-2016)
Vola Sciusciù – film TV (2000)
Piovuto dal cielo – miniserie TV (2000)
Angelo il custode – serie TV (2001)
Un difetto di famiglia – film TV (2002)
Il destino ha quattro zampe – film TV (2002)
Un posto tranquillo – film TV (2003)
Raccontami una storia – miniserie TV (2004)
Un posto tranquillo 2 – serie TV (2005)
Il mio amico Babbo Natale – film TV (2005)
Il padre delle spose – film TV (2006)
Il mio amico Babbo Natale 2 – film TV (2006)
Scusate il disturbo – film TV (2009)
Tutti i padri di Maria – film TV (2010)
Il commissario Zagaria – miniserie TV (2011)

Sceneggiatore
Vieni avanti cretino, regia di Luciano Salce (1982)
L'allenatore nel pallone, regia di Sergio Martino (1984)
Vola Sciusciù, regia di Joseph Sargent (2000)
Il padre delle spose, regia di Lodovico Gasparini (2006)
L'allenatore nel pallone 2, regia di Sergio Martino (2008)

Programmi televisivi
Speciale per voi (Secondo Programma, 8 aprile 1969)
Finalmente domenica (Secondo Programma, 1972)
Creola (Secondo Programma, 1973)
Senza rete (Programma Nazionale, 1975)
Arrivano i mostri (Rete 1, 1977)
Patatrac (Rete 2, 1982)
Se Parigi... (Rete 2, 1982)
Risatissima (Canale 5, 1984-1985)
Domenica in (Rai 1, 1987-1988)
Saint Vincent Estate (Rai 1, 1988)
Mostra Internazionale di Musica Leggera (Rai 1, 1988, 1993)
Stasera Lino (Rai 1, 1989)
Il caso Sanremo (Rai 1, 1990)
Una sera c'incontrammo (Canale 5, 1991)
Il gioco dei giochi (Canale 5, 1991)
Un'estate italiana (Rai 1, 1991)
La notte non passa mai (Rai 2, 1992)
FestivalBau (Rai 1, 1995)
Gran Casinò (Rai 1, 1996-1997)
Buona Domenica (Canale 5, 1996-1997)
Stelle di Natale (Rai 1, 1996)
Simpaticissima (Rete 4, 1997)
La sera dei miracoli (Rai 1, 1999)
Guida al campionato (Italia 1, 2007-2008)
Oggi è un altro giorno (Rai 1, 2021)
Affari tuoi - Formato famiglia (Rai 1, 2022)
Il cantante mascherato (Rai 1, 2022) - concorrente secondo classificato insieme a sua figlia Rosanna

PUBBLICITA'

Standa          1992

Amplifon       2012

Energas        2016

Papillon        2016

Kena mobile 2018

Regione Puglia ( vaccinazione antifluenza )  2019

Tim vision    2021

Todis           2022

Polizia di Stato ( truffe anziani )  2022

Emergency 2022

Lease Plan  2023

Programmi radiofonici

 Viva la Radio! (Radio Due, 1996)

Discografia

Album
1989 – La storia dell'orso - Audioracconto (Fonit Cetra, ZL 74032)
1990 – Sanremix (con Renzo Arbore, Fonit Cetra)
2005 – Sotto l'ombrellone (con Amedeo Minghi, Delta Dischi, 032745 720884)

Singoli
1974 – Meno mele/Mela tengo (Ri-Fi, RFN-NP-16591) scritte insieme al cantautore Franco Simone.
1975 – L'esorciccio/Sciamuninn rock (Ri-Fi, RFN-NP-16610) Lato A interpretato da Ciccio Ingrassia
1977 – Tettation/Imprecation (Ariston Records, AR-00794)
1982 – Vieni avanti cretino/Vieni avanti cretino (strumentale) (Cinevox, MDF-139)
1984 – Spaghetti aerobic dance/My cats (La gatta) (Five Record, FM 13055)
1986 – Grandi Magazzini/Heppinesse (RCA, BB 41011)
1999 – Ninna nanna nonno/Ciao ragazzi (Edizioni BMG Ricordi S.p.A., 743217321321 CD Single)

Partecipazioni
1978 – Secondo alcune fonti, sarebbe di Banfi la voce che ripete il tormentone "nuntereggae più" nell'omonima canzone di Rino Gaetano.
2004 – Ecceziunale Compilation (Universal Music, CD) con il brano Sciamunin Rock
2008 – 40 anni di me con voi (Halidon) con il brano La marcia di Oronzo
2014 – Speciale (per noi che eravamo) ragazzi (Siglandia – SGL 3CD 0001) con il brano Il vigile urbano

Pubblicazioni

Riconoscimenti

1991 – Premio Medaglie D'Oro Una vita per il cinema
1996 – Premio François Truffaut consegnato dal Giffoni Film Festival
2000 – Grolla d'oro alla Carriera
2003 – Telegatto alla Carriera
2003 – Premio Barocco
2008 – Roma Fiction Fest - Premio alla Carriera
2009 – Premio Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie alla carriera
2010 – Premio Vittorio De Sica
2010 – Premio Faraglioni (Capri)
2011 – Gli è stato assegnato il Gay Village Award per la fiction Il padre delle spose,.
2011 – Il 5 novembre in occasione della riapertura del Teatro Lembo riceve la cittadinanza onoraria di Canosa di Puglia
2012 – Premio Lupa capitolina, Banfi diventa cittadino Romano
2013 – Il 2 giugno, riceve la cittadinanza onoraria e la chiave della città di Andria
2014 – L'Associazione Italiana Allenatori Calcio lo nomina allenatore ad honorem ad Amalfi, nel corso di Football Leader
2014 – Premio nazionale Alberto Sordi
2015 – Premio "Arancia d'oro" Festival nazionale dell'umorismo "Cabaretamoremio" Grottammare
2016 – Super Ciak d'oro – Personaggio dell'anno
2018 - Il 26 maggio, riceve la cittadinanza onoraria della città di Alberobello

Onorificenze

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Cabarettisti italiani
Attori cinematografici italiani
Attori teatrali italiani
Attori televisivi italiani
Interpreti di fotoromanzi
Autori partecipanti allo Zecchino d'Oro
Presentatori di Domenica in
Conduttori televisivi di Rai 1 degli anni 1970
Conduttori televisivi di Rai 2 degli anni 1970
Conduttori televisivi di Rai 1 degli anni 1980
Conduttori televisivi di Canale 5 degli anni 1980
Conduttori televisivi di Rai 1 degli anni 1990
Conduttori televisivi di Rai 2 degli anni 1990
Conduttori televisivi di Canale 5 degli anni 1990
Conduttori televisivi di Rete 4 degli anni 1990
Grandi Ufficiali OMRI
Cavalieri di gran croce OMRI
Vincitori del Premio Flaiano di televisione e radio

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Chase Rice Not Happy About Drama During 'The Bachelor' Appearance
Chase Rice's experience as a special guest on ABC's The Bachelor on Monday (Jan. 27th) night was pretty awkward. He was there to serenade "Bachelor" Peter Weber and his date, Victoria Fuller. The only problem was Victoria was Chase's ex-girlfriend and neither Chase nor Victoria knew the other was going to be there.
While Chase knew that Victoria was going on the show, he had no clue she'd be the woman on the one-on-one date with Peter that night. Chase told a radio show that he was less than happy with the show's producers saying, "The fact they did that to me, it's over the top, it's unnecessary, I didn't expect it, but at the end of the day, it happened. I don't know if it's the producers, or if they just got lucky. I know what I think, but I'll let everybody else figure out what they think."
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Congratulations to the newest members of Pi Mu Epsilon at Hampden-Sydney College! Pi Mu Epsilon is a national mathematics honor society whose purpose is the promotion and recognition of scholarly activity among students.
Solutions to this year's Problem of the Month were presented Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Student presenters included Casey Grimes, Shawn Stum, Michael Salita, and Francis Polakiewicz. Professor Robb Koether also presented a solution. Student Linh Nguyen received a cash prize for correctly solving the most number of problems for the year. Dr. Brian Lins presented him with this prize.
Four out of the five are Math/CS jobs: mathematician, actuary, statistician, and computer system analyst.


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