Mister Geppetto

Mister Geppetto is a fictional character from theBOOK The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an older skilled woodworkerand maker (and father) of Pinocchio. He wears a yellowed wig, which looks like a blob of hominy (polenta in Italian), it is called by the children and some adults in the neighborhood Poland Dina ', which really annoys him. Geppetto is a diminutive or corrupted form of the name Giuseppe. ==Role in book [edit] == Geppetto is introduced in the book as the carpenter, Mr. Antonio, a block of pine wood takes that can talk and wants out saw a table leg. Geppetto's happen to be looking for a piece of wood to make a puppet making or wooden doll and therefore Antonio gives the piece of wood to the artist. Geppetto, who is very poor, hopes as puppeteer to make more chance toEARN a crust of bread and a glass of wine. He cuts a boy doll from the log and give it the name of Pinocchio.

Even before Pinocchio is finished, the wooden boy appears to have an impish nature. When the doll is ready and Geppetto learned to walk the boy, Pinocchio runs right out the door and into the village. He is arrested by the police, but when people say that Geppetto does not like children, the agent assumes that Pinocchio was badly treated by Geppetto and is arrested. TheNEXT day Geppetto is released and he finds out that one of Pinocchio's feet burned after he replaces him. Geppetto has only three pears in house as meal and Pinocchio tells him that he's dying of hunger. Geppetto then gives him the pears and tells him not to waste this precious food. In gratitude Pinocchio obediently promises to go to school but Geppetto has noMONEY for textbooks, so he sells his coat in exchange for a book. ==In popular media [edit]==
 * Christian Rub speaks the voice of Geppetto in the animated film Pinocchio (1940)
 * Martin LandauPLAYS Geppetto in The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) and also in theTV series that follows
 * Drew Carey plays Geppetto in the TV musical Geppetto 2000.
 * Chris Miller speaks Geppetto's voice in the animated comedy Shrek 2001.
 * Tony Amendola plays Geppetto in the US series Once Upon a Time (TV series) 2011-