Gabibbo
Sign in to savethumb|The Gabibbo Gabibbo is an Italian mascot for the Mediaset-controlled channel Canale 5 created in 1990. Gabibbo's main role has been in the programs Paperissima and Striscia la notizia, but he has appeared in several other Canale 5 programs. He is normally a jovial character known for his ability to make wisecracks and his overall humble demeanor. He speaks Italian with a Genoese accent, occasionally using Italianized Genoese words. In fact the word Gabibbo or Gabibbu belongs to the Genoese language and it is used to indicate, in an ironic-depreciative way, an immigrant from southern or e
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thumb|The Gabibbo Gabibbo is an Italian mascot for the Mediaset-controlled channel Canale 5 created in 1990. Gabibbo's main role has been in the programs Paperissima and Striscia la notizia, but he has appeared in several other Canale 5 programs. He is normally a jovial character known for his ability to make wisecracks and his overall humble demeanor. He speaks Italian with a Genoese accent, occasionally using Italianized Genoese words. In fact the word Gabibbo or Gabibbu belongs to the Genoese language and it is used to indicate, in an ironic-depreciative way, an immigrant from southern or even central Italy (it may originate from the Arab word habib).
==Western Kentucky Hilltoppers lawsuit== Gabibbo has also earned negative press surrounding a lawsuit brought by Western Kentucky University who claim that Gabibbo is an exact copy of their mascot Big Red. Western Kentucky claims it has a case because in an interview with Novella 2000, Ricci states that he created Gabibbo after seeing Western Kentucky's mascot, further adding that Gabibbo is in fact, "(an imported) Big Red".
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