Minivip gets taken for a plumber and is challenged by a broken washing machine.

Minivip is called in by a lady in distress over a mouse. He also masters the doctor's line on eighty euros.

Minivip's session involves his being present at a bank holdup, and his crushed fantasy of saving the day.

Minivip's good deed of saving a dog is rewarded with multiple tickets from a traffic cop. His big brother, once again, saves the day.

Minivip tells his doctor of getting stuck in an elevator, a fear many of us share. It is surprising that Italy, about the size of Arizona, has as many elevators as the US.

Minivip gets real close to saving a circus lady but is hindered by trained circus fleas.

Minivip in a dream has superhero powers, while his brother Supervip is powerless. However, it isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Minivip is none too happy when he meets his namesake, a dog.

Minivip, in this segment entitled Fatal Regressions, recalls a playground scene in which he misinterprets some baby talk.

Psicovip dreams of aliens from a planet called Pallara, where they have a thing for shoes. You could call it a fetish.

Minivip is back on the couch, recounting an inadequacy dream to the shrink. He gets his portrait painted, the offer of a taste of a plastic banana, and an introduction to the shrink's brothers. All for €80.

The Piccolo Coro Antoniano sing a Christmas song with quotes from English and German favorites.

The children's choir sing Una notte senza età [A Night Without Age], composed by Gianfranco Fasano, with lyrics by Mario Gardini.

The Bologna-based children's choir, the Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano, sings a Christmas song.

The vain queen's wickedness has its limits.

The classic Brothers Grimm fairytale with some fun changes in Italian. The wicked queen's rhyme for the mirror is different, and when one of the dwarfs beholds Snow White, he exclaims, "Mamma mia."

The vocabulary review is dedicated to passato remoto verbs in the third person singular!

Kindness triumphs over looks in this tale of love. The Beast does, however, turn into a handsome Prince.
Practice some passato remoto verbs in the vocabulary review!

Beauty and the Beast is a French 18th century fairy tale. It was written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Her tale, which is as long as a novel, has been adapted numerous times. This nice retelling of the tale is more dependent on the Walt Disney Company.

The youngest piglet was right all along. Being a kind soul, he forgave his brothers.

In this telling of the late 19th century British fairy tale, the wolf is bad but not big.

"The Little Mermaid" concludes with a happy ending if you're a 19th century poet, as Andersen was. The vocabulary review focuses on verbs in the passato remoto.

Dixieland is left in the dark because Mister Sun has overslept. It's up to Dixi to go and wake him up. The vocabulary review features third person verbs in the passato remoto tense.

Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" is translated as "La sirenetta" in Italian. The Italian term sirena covers both mermaids (part fish) and sirens (part bird).

Dixi toys with the idea of being a bear. That's before he realizes that it would mean missing out on his daily breakfast cookies.