14 Facts About Daniele Luttazzi

Daniele Luttazzi's stage name is an homage to musician and actor Lelio Luttazzi.

Daniele Luttazzi was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna, province of Rimini.

Daniele Luttazzi began his comic career performing satirical monologues in theatre shows and writing comedy books.

Daniele Luttazzi did monologues about recent news, interviews with famous showbiz and political personalities, and skits for adult audiences.

In March 2001, Daniele Luttazzi interviewed journalist Marco Travaglio about "L'odore dei soldi", a book on the mysterious origins of Silvio Berlusconi's wealth: bank Rasini, a bank largely used by Italian mafia for money laundering.

The next year, shortly after Berlusconi's statement on the "criminal use of public television" made by Daniele Luttazzi, Daniele Luttazzi's show was cancelled by RAI's management.

Daniele Luttazzi returned on TV in 2007 with the new satirical program "Decameron: Politica, Sesso, Religione e Morte" for the private channel La7.

Daniele Luttazzi won the trial: it was ruled a parody, not plagiarism.

One of the most assiduous was Christian Rocca, a journalist from Il Foglio : after the first episodes of "Satyricon", Rocca accused Daniele Luttazzi of copying the David Letterman Show.

Daniele Luttazzi replied that that video was defamatory because it did not tell the whole truth: since the opening of his blog he has invited fans to find the quotes hidden in his monologues, through a game reported on the blog's home page, the "treasure hunt".

Five years before those allegations, Daniele Luttazzi wrote that he adds famous comedians' material to his work as a defense against the million-euro lawsuits he has to face because of his satire.

Daniele Luttazzi calls his ruse "the Lenny Bruce trick" after a similar trick played by his hero, Lenny Bruce.

Daniele Luttazzi asks his readers to find out the original jokes.

In 2014, an academic paper explained why Daniele Luttazzi's jokes are his own and not "plagiarized" ones.