Interbang
Encyclopedia
Interbang‽ was an Italian
television
series created by Paul Casalini which prominently featured the interbang or interrobang
symbol , a combination of the exclamation point and the question mark
.
In Italy it was broadcast on Odeon TV
. In the UK
the show was broadcast on The Children's Channel
in the late 1980s and on the Terrestrial Channel ITV.
The series featured two teenagers, Gianni and Bruno, who were trying to collect a number of special souvenir statues of the Pisa
Leaning Tower
, scattered all across the world, whilst trying to prevent a group of criminals also getting their hands on the statues. Each episode a different statue would be recovered by one of the opposing sides, with each statue displaying a different coloured version of an interrobang.
Leaning Tower
. A clue leads them to the location of each statue. Working against them is The Killer, a man dressed all in black, who is collecting the statues himself.
When all the statues were placed in the correct order - on a secret panel inside the Leaning Tower - a secret treasure
was supposed to be uncovered. In the final episode, the criminals stole all the statues and placed them incorrectly into the secret panel - causing the Tower to launch into outer space
.
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
series created by Paul Casalini which prominently featured the interbang or interrobang
Interrobang
The interrobang, interabang , , is a nonstandard punctuation mark used in various written languages and intended to combine the functions of the question mark and the exclamation mark or exclamation point . The glyph is a superimposition of these two marks...
symbol , a combination of the exclamation point and the question mark
Question mark
The question mark , is a punctuation mark that replaces the full stop at the end of an interrogative sentence in English and many other languages. The question mark is not used for indirect questions...
.
In Italy it was broadcast on Odeon TV
Odeon TV
Odeon TV is an Italian television network that offer, with an own television syndication network, a light entertainment program: movies, news and weather bulletins, political debates and variety shows....
. In the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
the show was broadcast on The Children's Channel
The Children's Channel
The Children's Channel, also known as TCC, was a television station in the United Kingdom, Benelux and Scandinavia, which was owned by Flextech . It began broadcasting on 1 September 1984, and was closed on 3 April 1998...
in the late 1980s and on the Terrestrial Channel ITV.
The series featured two teenagers, Gianni and Bruno, who were trying to collect a number of special souvenir statues of the Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
Leaning Tower
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa...
, scattered all across the world, whilst trying to prevent a group of criminals also getting their hands on the statues. Each episode a different statue would be recovered by one of the opposing sides, with each statue displaying a different coloured version of an interrobang.
Characters
- Gianni - An Italian student who is trying to collect the statues for "The Professor."
- Bruno - An Italian student who is trying to collect the statues for "The Professor."
- The Killer - An incompetent hitman who is trying to collect the statues for "The Boss." He is known for wearing black.
- The Boss - An Italian mobster who hired The Killer. Eventually, he kidnaps and tortures the professor to find out where the statues are hidden.
- The Professor - A lecturer who sends Gianni and Bruno on their quest. He originally hid the statues and wrote the clues that lead to their location. He is hospitalized and can't collect them himself. Later, he is kidnapped by The Boss.
- Marilyn - The Boss's secretary and Marilyn Monroe look-alike.
- The Mysterious Woman - She regularly rescues the boys from the Killer, but disappears again almost immediately after. They find out her name, but nothing else.
Plot
Gianni and Bruno are two students who travel the world, collecting number of special souvenir statues of the PisaPisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
Leaning Tower
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa...
. A clue leads them to the location of each statue. Working against them is The Killer, a man dressed all in black, who is collecting the statues himself.
When all the statues were placed in the correct order - on a secret panel inside the Leaning Tower - a secret treasure
Treasure
Treasure is a concentration of riches, often one which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered...
was supposed to be uncovered. In the final episode, the criminals stole all the statues and placed them incorrectly into the secret panel - causing the Tower to launch into outer space
Outer space
Outer space is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles: predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and neutrinos....
.