Italian comedy refers to a historical period and a TV-style Italian, characterized by the production of plays by popular content such as the satire of manners and bourgeois setting.

The comic situations and the plots are typical of traditional comedy are flanked by a sharp and sometimes bitter satire of manners, reflecting the evolution of Italian society of those years. In the charming village were the years of economic boom, and will follow those of social achievements, characterized by a radical change in attitudes and sexual mores. He was born in this period, a new relationship with power and faith, supported by new forms of economic and social empowerment in the world of work, family and marriage.