Pallina (partially lost Italian animated commercial series; 1962)

An screenshot of the main title character, Pallina.

Status: Partially Lost

Pallina was an Italian commercial series created by Roberto Gavioli for the advertising show "Carosello" from 1962 to 1967. The series was animated by Gamma Film and sponsored by Cera Solex and Vetril Glass Cleaner. The song used in all of the ads is "Ciao Mama" by Quartetto Cetra.

Overview

The series is all about Pallina and her great-grandmothers as she shows how they lived before and the amazing things they do.

Availability

There are only a handful of content available posted on YouTube and only three are lost. The three that are lost are called "La cosmonauta (The cosmonaut)", "Alla scoperta dell’America (Discovering America)", and "Giostra del Saracino (Jousts the Saracen)".

There is also a lost colored short with the only proof of it existing is from is a still frame. In addition, there was a comic strip based on it and it was posted on the FireDen boards but it is, unfortunately, not available anymore. There are also two vinyl records and only one track has been posted from it.

Gallery

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  Still frame from the lost color ad.

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  The Adventures of Pallina.

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  Back of the vinyl.

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  The other vinyl record that features Pallina.

Found

Avventura al Polo (Adventure at the Pole).

acrobata (acrobat)

La cercatrice d’oro (The gold digger).

Avventura su Marte (Adventure on Mars).

one of the tracks on the vinyl record.

External Links

• Wikipedia page of "Carosello" that mentions the Pallina.