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Toto was the illegitimate son of an Italian aristocrat.
He felt obliged to own a yacht
even though he was deadly afraid of the sea
and only would go on board
when it was anchored at shore.

Alberto Sordi
IMHO
is the greatest Italian actor of all time.
He has starred in close to 100 films
most of which never made it to America
not even to the 'art' theatres.
(The White Sheik, by Fellini, is an exception).

Most Italian men I know detest Sordi
probably because his humour is based
upon a hilariously accurate mimicry
of the average Italian male's inflated ego
his bragging
his sexual and social pretentions.