Drive In is an Italian television sketch comedy variety show, created by Antonio Ricci.
[1] The show revolutionized Italian TV conventions and languages, presenting a zany, sharp and fast-paced type of humor, partly imported from the model of the Saturday Night Live.
[2] Due to its high audience ratings, it has a key role in the success of Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest (now Mediaset).
[1][2] The show launched the careers of several comedians (such as Ezio Greggio, Giorgio Faletti, Francesco Salvi) as well as of a number of showgirls (including Tinì Cansino and Lory Del Santo).
It generated a series of imitation programs, several of them also created by the same Antonio Ricci.