Series / Radio Arvyla

Radio Arvyla is a Greek satirical talkshow hosted by Antonis Kanakis, Giannis Servetas, Stathis Panagiotopoulos and Christos Kiousis. The show started airing on ANT1 in April 14, 2008, succeeding AMAN Ta Katharmata. It had three Channel Hops after that: one to Skai in 2019, a second one to YouTube in 2020, and a third one to Open TV in 2021.

One of the main focuses of the show is political commentary on Greek sociopolitical issues like the economic crisis, mostly in a less than flattering manner. The show otherwise consists of one of the hosts (Stathis Panagiotopoulos) telling a horrible joke, and sometimes funny videos.

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Radio Arvyla contains examples of:

• But Wait, There's More!: A sketch pokes fun at a infomercial, in which a bracelet ^note that can apparently help with, among others, stress, headaches, migraines and insomnia is sold, with a clothes dryer as a free addition.
  • In said sketch, a bouncing spring is sold for 9.99 euros. In addition, a 70-story skyscraper that's worth 600 million euros, comes free with every purchase.
• Heteronormative Crusader: I Ora tou Laou presenter Nikos Konstantinides' use of words "lesbian" and "gay", among others, to describe someone he hates (especially politicians)^note as well as, despite claiming to not really have a problem with gay people, referring to homosexuality as a sickness has been ridiculed in certain sketches.
• Irrational Hatred: The hosts poke fun at Makeleio presenter Stefanos Chios' hatred for Giannis Daravigas, a member of the show's panel.
• Media Scaremongering: Another habit of Nikos Konstantinides that the show has poked fun at: for example, one sketch advertises alcohol's melting of the vital organs, fried food's fatal results and loud music leading to such diseases as Ebola and AIDS, as well as the medicine necessary to prevent the above.
• Subverted Kids' Show:
  • Certain sketches poke fun at Nikos Konstantinides' habit of promoting his not-so-family friendly books to children, making fake inappropriate book commercials. Examples include:
    • The books The Cauldrons of Hell ^note describes how the human body reacts to Hell and the torture that awaits there, Death by Electric Chair ^note describes Exactly What It Says on the Tin, with a DVD of The Green Mile as a gift, Crushed ^note a story about a dog who was run over by a lorry and Santa Claus Doesn't Exist and you're Adopted ^note which, outside from disproving Santa's existence, tells the reader the conspiracy between those who pretend to be their parents.
    • The books The Little Match Girl Immolates Herself, The Polluted Swan Lake ^note describes an ecological disaster where a lake is polluted, killing five hundred swans, Rudolph is The Antichrist and Santa Claus Got Stuck in the Chimney ^note a Deconstruction of Santa's tendency of getting stuck in chimney, where he dies, his corpse being described in all its nauseous glory, and the family of the house succumb to infectious diseases that hadn't appeared in centuries.
  • One Take That! against the Golden Dawn ^note a Greek neo-Nazist party, for those who don't know lampoons their attempt to open a Sunday school by describing the following activities: "stabbing a sleazy emigrant, cutting off their head, legs, arms, and burning the remains" (plasticine), "drawing Mosques for those filthy people of a different religion and burning it, them and the drawing itself" (drawing), a play where a Golden Dawn member beats up a member of the Communist Youth of Greece for voting for the Communist Party of Greece, and a version of "If You're Happy and You Know it" that talks about breaking foreigners' heads and burying them.
• Take That!: A very common occurence, mostly aimed at unpopular political figures and parties.