Bigfoot / Piedone

Mark Kohut markekohut at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 6 18:38:39 CDT 2010


I know nuthin about these movies but I'll bet TRP does---he seems to 
know Italian.  Sounds like he had fun, as usual, with names and notions..



----- Original Message ----
From: János Székely <miksaapja at gmail.com>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Fri, August 6, 2010 11:20:46 AM
Subject: Bigfoot / Piedone

It just occured to me how close Bigfoot is in appearance and manners -
not to the Rockies' yeti but to another bearlike law-and-order
character, Piedone ("Flatfoot", literally "Big foot") a.k.a. Inspector
Rizzo from the Italian movie series. Those films shot somewhat later
in the 1970s, after the IV period, and I don't know how widely they
were shown in the U.S. But the actor, Bud Spencer (Carlo Pedersoli)
was also featured in TV commercials. A-and "his entry method of
choice" was rather similar. Coincidence or anachronism?

János



      



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