Beppe Grillo, Italy's most popular comedian, was born in Genoa in 1948. He discovered his talent in the nightclubs of his city but found true success in Milan when he went for an audition with the Italian Television RAI (in front of Pippo Baudo) and improvised a monologue. This led to his first participations in television programmes ("Secondo Voi" 1977-78 and "Luna Park" 1979), becoming famous for his satirical monologues and for departing from what were the "professional" norms of television at the time with his off-the-cuff speeches. (read more here)

Beppe Grillo's Blog: here

Texts and Shows:

• Opera Omnia (Many texts and interviews) PDF Here, or External Link here
• Lo spettacolo in RAI del 1993 (here htm or PDF here)
• Apocalisse morbida - Filaforum di Assago 21 aprile 1998 (PDF here)
• Discorso all'umanità 31 dicembre 1998 External Link here
• Discorso all' umanità 31 dicembre 2001 PDF Here
• L' economia schizofrenica: External Link here
• Figli di una società contraddittoria : External Link here
• I politicanti: External Link here
• Manipolazione genetica e clonazione: External Link here
• La cosiddetta era tecnologica: External Link here
• L' Unione Europea e gli Stati Uniti: External Link here
• Beppe Grillo - Intervista di Roberto Carvelli here
• Bepp Grillo - A pesca nella rete - Internazionale.it 3 mar 2005
• Postfazione a Regime di Beppe Grillo here