Diz que é uma Espécie de Magazine (They Say It's a Kind of Magazine) was a satirical talk show/magazine by the Gato Fedorento comedy group. Although it is considered a "fifth season" from the authors, it's a completely different show, based on the previous one. It was broadcast every Sunday on or around 9:30PM, on RTP1, and had two seasons in total, and a special episode launched on June 10, 2007, ending the first season.
An extra Making-of episode was also broadcast on June 12.
The program has been critically acclaimed since the first episodes and was, at the time, one of the most-watched shows on Portuguese television. Although enjoyed by the public, Gato Fedorento has been the target of many complaints about making fun of Portuguese public figures, especially politicians.
The show ended on December 31, 2007, in a special New Year's Eve.
Sketches
Telejornal (Daily News)
This sketch is meant to describe how awkward the events of corruption and politics have been for the past weeks. The fictional News is presented by a random member of Gato Fedorento who spends the few minutes of the sketch making jokes about the stupidity in the actual news. In the last part of the "Telejornal", another host dresses as a public figure or a steoritype of a Portuguese person, and serves as an interviewed character, as it happens in real news reports.
Rumor: It had been rumored that Gato Fedorento was to terminate this weekly sketch because it was a too violent satire of a real news report, but this was fake, since the "Telejornal" was still broadcasting.
Tesourinhos Deprimentes (Depressing Treasuries)
This weekly sketch has been from the beginning of Season I the favorite part of the show by most of the audience. In the pilot episodes of Diz que é uma Espécie de Magazine Gato Fedorento would gasp ridiculously and be surprised by a large wooden chest planted unexpectedly beneath their seats; inside there was a large number of tapes that they pretended to play in the moment. This, however, ended in midst of the first season, when the hosts simply presented the sketch out loud. The objective of Tesourinhos Deprimentes was to show the very worst of RTP programming, featuring forgotten series, reports, and shows that were plain ridiculous.
There has been one Treasury every episode, that has revealed hilarious situations that occurred from the Assembleia da República to the most seen shows in the history of RTP.
Momento Musical! (Musical Moment!)
This was the usual closure of the program, that brings to the show known musicians to make fun of their own (or authored by others) songs, that are usually requested by the hosts.
Many famous Portuguese singers has stepped the stage of Diz que é uma Espécie de Magazine, and among the most memorable ones are goth metal band Moonspell singing the theme from Noddy, famous Portuguese rock band Xutos & Pontapés playing the show's own theme, recording artist André Sardet turning "A Minha Sogra é Um Boi" by Mata-Ratos (Translates to "My Mother-in-Law is a Bull"; famous comedy punk song) into an acoustic ballad, and even like an amateur rugby team singing a popular children medley.
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