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Born in [[Cossato]], a small town near [[Biella]], Greggio began his TV career at age 18 in [[Telebiella]], the first local [[private owned station]] in Italy thanks to the help of founder [[Giuseppe Sacchi (enterpreneur)|Peppo Sacchi]].
 
In 1978 he was hired as a comedian in [[RAI]], appearing in ''[[La sberla]]'' e ''[[Tutto compreso]]'' ofwith [[Giancarlo Nicotra]] and [[Giancarlo Magalli]]. His appearances in the national TV didn't gainedgain him success, but Greggio had the chance to meet [[Gianfranco D'Angelo]], another young comedian.
 
D'Angelo convinced Greggio to move to the newborn Fininvest (later [[Mediaset]]), a local TV channel founded in [[Milan]] by [[Silvio Berlusconi]]. They were both included in the cast of the main show of the network, ''Drive In'': it was, a 2 hour weekly show featuring a bunch of young emerging comedians,. andGreggio quickly Greggio became spotlight chaser of the whole show.
 
''Drive In'' was a very innovative show, and had great success giving national fame to almost all the actors involved, like [[Enrico Beruschi]], [[Giorgio Faletti]], [[Teo Teocoli]], [[Francesco Salvi]], [[Carlo Pistarino]], [[Enzo Braschi]] and many others, including of course Greggio and D'Angelo.