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The best cartoons of Soviet childhood can be safely called the work of the Soyuzmultfilm studio. Over the years of its existence, she has released a huge number of cartoons for every taste, which we show to our children and do not get tired of reviewing ourselves. In addition, most cartoons contain many secrets and details that are only noticeable to the most attentive.

Let's get to know them! :)

Winnie the Pooh

The first film adaptation of the book about Winnie the Pooh belongs to the Walt Disney studio: in the early 60s, several episodes about a funny bear and his friends were released. Before starting work on the domestic "Winnie the Pooh" Fyodor Khitruk had not seen the Disney version.

However, he wanted to move away from the images that were depicted in the book, to create his own, new and original characters. Of course, he succeeded.

It is curious that initially Winnie the Pooh was very hairy, his ears looked a little "chewed", and his eyes were of different sizes. At first, the artists made the piglet look like a thick, delicious sausage. A lot of different bears and pigs were drawn before the characters got the look we were used to.

By the way, in the second and third series, the characters' drawings were simplified: black "glasses" on the face of Winnie the Pooh acquired clear outlines, and Piglet's ruddy cheeks were indicated by a single red line. While working on the cartoon about Winnie the Pooh, Fyodor Khitruk did not know about the existence of animated films about a funny bear from the Disney studio. Later, according to Khitruk, Disney director Wolfgang Reiterman liked his version. At the same time, since Soviet cartoons were created without taking into account the exclusive rights to film adaptation belonging to the Disney studio, it was impossible to show them abroad.

Kid and Carlson

The Soviet cartoon "Kid and Carlson" directed by Boris Stepantsev, based on the story of the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren and released on television in 1968, was enthusiastically received by both young and adult viewers.

In total, there were two episodes about Carlson: "The Kid and Carlson" (1968) and "Carlson is Back" (1970). Soyuzmultfilm was going to do the third one, but this idea was never realized. The archives of the studio still contain a film that was planned to be used for filming the cartoon based on the third part of the trilogy about Malysh and Carlson - "Carlson is playing pranks again."

If you look very closely at the cartoon about Carlson, you will notice the following detail: at the beginning of the cartoon, when the Kid crosses the road, an advertisement for Air France is visible on a passing bus.

The detectives from the cartoon about the adventures of Funtik the pig are very similar to the lingerie thieves from the cartoon about Carlson. In addition, the Soviet parents of Uncle Fyodor from Prostokvashino are very similar to the Swedish parents of the Kid.

Carlson, Malysh, Freken Bock and all the other heroes were invented by the artist Anatoly Savchenko. He also suggested calling Faina Ranevskaya for the soundtrack. Before her, a huge number of actresses auditioned for this role, and no one came up, and Ranevskaya came up perfectly. She had another "minus" - a difficult character. She called the director "baby" and categorically rejected all his comments. And when I first saw my heroine, I was frightened, and then very offended by Savchenko. "Am I really that scary?" - constantly asked the actress. The explanations that this was not her portrait, but just an image, did not console Ranevskaya. She remained unconvinced.

For a long time, Carlson also did not have a "voice", Livanov found himself, by accident. The actor every day went to the creators of the cartoon for a game of chess, and once during the game director Boris Stepantsev complained to him that he could not find a person for the role of Carlson. Vasily Livanov immediately went to the studio, tried it, and was approved. Later, the actor admitted that, working in the image of Carlson, he diligently parodied the famous director Grigory Roshal

Leopold the Cat

The Soviet animated series about Leopold the cat and hooligan mice pestering him was filmed at the Ekran Creative Association from 1975 to 1993. At the time of the creation of the animated series, there was still no art workshop. Therefore, the first two episodes ("Revenge of Leopold the Cat" and "Leopold and the Golden Fish") were not drawn, but were made using the transfer technique.

Small details of the characters and decorations were cut out of paper and transferred under glass. After each frame, the details moved a tiny distance, which created the illusion of movement. Further series of the cartoon were realized using hand-drawn animation.

The creators of the cartoon puzzled over the name of the main character for a long time. The authors really did not want to call him too simply - "ordinary" Barsik or Murzik. According to their intentions, the name was supposed to sound beautiful and at the same time be easy to pronounce.

There is a version according to which the good-natured and charming cat was named by the son of the scriptwriter Arkady Hayt. While working on the plot of the cartoon, the boy tried to do two things at once: to follow the adults and watch "The Elusive Avengers" on TV. The name of the White Guard Colonel Leopold Kudasov, one of the heroes of "The Elusive", prompted the idea to name the cat in the same way.
Hooligan mice are also not unnamed, as many people think. The fat gray rodent is called Motey, and the thin white animal is called Mitya. However, in the cartoon, mice are never named by name.

Cheburashka

The Soviet cartoon about Cheburashka was filmed by director Roman Kochanov based on the book by Eduard Uspensky, more precisely, according to their joint script. And although Ouspensky wrote 8 stories about Crocodile Gena, Cheburashka and their friends, 4 episodes were made in total.

The now famous "cartoon" image of Cheburashka - a cute creature with huge ears, large trusting eyes and soft brown hair - was invented by animation artist Leonid Shvartsman. This is how he first appeared in Roman Kachanov's cartoon "Crocodile Gena" (1969) and won the hearts of children and adults.

According to the preface to the book by Eduard Uspensky "Gena the Crocodile and His Friends", Cheburashka was the name of a defective toy that the author of the book had in childhood, depicting an unprecedented animal: either a bear cub, or a hare with big ears.

According to the book, the author's parents argued that Cheburashka is an animal unknown to science that lives in the hot tropical jungle. Therefore, in the text of the book, the heroes of which are, according to the writer, the children's toys of Uspensky himself, Cheburashka really appears before the readers as an unknown tropical animal.

In an interview, Eduard Uspensky said that he once came to visit a friend who had a little daughter. At the time of the writer's visit, the girl was trying on a fur coat that dragged along the floor. “The girl was constantly falling, stumbling over her fur coat. And her father, after another fall, exclaimed: “Oh, cheburakhnula again!”. This word stuck in my memory, I asked its meaning. It turned out that “cheburahnutsya” means “to fall”. This is how the name of my hero appeared, ”the author admitted.

For a long time, the artist Leonid Shvartsman could not think of what the old woman Shapoklyak looks like. The word "Gibus" is French for "folding top hat". This is where it all started: the top hat is the 19th century, an old woman in dark, harmful, sneaky, that means, with a long nose. Shvartsman's mother-in-law was also from the 19th century, and she had gray hair tied in a bun. He drew cheeks and surprised eyes on his old mother-in-law. I added a wrinkled top hat, lace, frill, cuffs ...

After the release of the cartoon, an article appeared in one of the newspapers with the headline "Who will adopt Cheburashka?" It said that Cheburashka is a homeless child who has no homeland! And the crocodile Gena is also good, he is looking for friends through ads, but they need to be looked for in the team!

Thank God, they managed to conquer Cheburashka, and now they know and love him not only in our country, but also in Japan. Of course, because he looks like an ideal positive Japanese hero: big eyes, small mouth. The Japanese call it a "Russian miracle" Chebi

Three from Prostokvashino

The animated series "Three from Prostokvashino" based on the story of Eduard Uspensky "Uncle Fyodor, the dog and the cat" was directed by Vladimir Popov. A total of three episodes were released. Much of what is in the literary source was not included in the cartoon, but the popularity of the film adaptation several times exceeded the popularity of Ouspensky's story.

Work on the creation of screen images of the cartoon "Three from Prostokvashino" was divided between the production designers at the request of the director Vladimir Popov. The image of Galchonok did not work for a very long time. Therefore, everyone who entered the artists' premises at Soyuzmultfilm was asked to draw this character. The artist Leonid Shvartsman even had a hand in its creation, who invented the "cartoon" Cheburashka.

Uncle Fyodor is the only type according to which the team that worked on the creation of the cartoon "Three from Prostokvashino" never came to a common decision. Therefore, his on-screen image varies greatly from series to series. So, inadmissible from the point of view of Western animation, the move was perceived in our country quite calmly.

By the way, the cat Matroskin could also be called Taraskin. The fact is that when Eduard Uspensky was writing his story, he wanted to name this character by the name of Anatoly Taraskin, an employee of the film magazine "Fitil", but he did not allow his name to be used. True, he later regretted it and confessed to the writer: “What a fool I was! I regretted giving my surname! "

Actually, the characters from "Prostokvashino" were created by the artist Nikolai Erykalov, but after the first episode he left the project, and Arkady Shera was invited to continue his work. The new production designer had to "think out" and finish all the characters, although he did not feel much sympathy for them. For some reason, Cher did not like Matroskin most of all, and when work on the third series was going on, he took and painted him overweight and even in a stupid hat with a pompom. True, then he nevertheless became imbued with sympathy for the cat. But the artist's most beloved characters were Pechkin and Uncle Fyodor's mother. The explanation for this attachment is very simple: Arkady Sher drew Pechkin from himself, and his mother - from his wife

Wait for it!

"Wait for it!" - this is not just an animated series, this is a real legend, on which more than one generation has grown up. In 1969, "Well, wait a minute!" was a government order. The officials decided to give our answer to Disney cartoons and allocated a pretty serious budget. Customers' demands were limited to a request to do something funny.

With this request, the management of Soyuzmultfilm turned to the famous comedians Alexander Kurlyandsky, Arkady Hayt, Felix Kamov and Eduard Uspensky.

A lot of controversy among the creators of the cartoon arose about the 12th episode of the famous cartoon, when the Wolf finds himself in the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ramses. It was even assumed that the Egyptian government could protest in this regard. But nothing happened.

In the animated series "Well, wait a minute!" an amazing selection of music, which uses popular recordings of Western and Soviet pop music. But they were never listed in the cartoon's output. It was not accepted then.

The music that sounds during the credits is the "Well, wait a minute!" - called "Vizisi" ("Water ski") and was published on a collection of Hungarian pop music by the company "Melodia" in 1967. Its author is a Hungarian composer named Tomás Deák.

Last year's snow fell

As the composer Grigory Gladkov mentioned during his speech in the humorous program "Around Laughter", the cartoon "Last year's snow was falling" had its original working title "Fir-trees, thick forest", and the main character in it was the janitor from "Plasticine Crow". Then the visual appearance of the main character was finalized, however, like the name of the picture.

The role of the narrator in the cartoon "Last year's snow was falling" was originally planned to be given to Lie Akhedzhakova. She even voiced the cartoon, but the director Alexander Tatarsky did not like it. As a result, both roles - both the peasant and the storyteller - were given to Stanislav Sadalsky.

Sadalsky, who voiced the roles of a man and a narrator in the cartoon "Last Year's Snow Was Falling," was not listed in the credits. Shortly before the delivery of the cartoon, the actor was detained in the restaurant of the Cosmos hotel with a foreign citizen, after which a denunciation to the chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee S.G. Lapin. As a punishment for communicating with foreigners, it was decided to remove the actor's surname from the credits.

The cartoon "Last Year's Snow Was Falling" could not escape the close attention of the censorship. “At the delivery of“ Snow ”I had a pre-infarction state,” recalled the director of the cartoon Alexander Tatarsky. - I was told that I am disrespectful to a Russian person: you have only one hero - a Russian peasant, and that idiot! .. "

After the demolition "Snow" had to be remounted and re-sound in some places. The high-minded chiefs organized a party meeting, at which they played each frame: were secret messages to foreign special services encrypted there?

The princess in "The Bremen Town Musicians" wears the dress of Yuri Entin's wife
Authors of the tale Gennady Gladkov, Vasily Livanov and Yuri Entin brought the lyrics and notes of the songs home to the performer Oleg Anofriev. He listened to them and said that he wanted to voice all the characters without exception. He did a great job in just one night. True, he was not allowed to sing for the Princess, although he was eager, but her part was given to Elmira Zherzdeva.

The robbers in this cartoon were copied from the characters popular in the seventies - Coward, Goonies and Experienced. But the Princess - from the wife of the songwriter Yuri Entin.
“The very red dress that you see in the cartoon, I bought her for forty rubles, and she was wearing it at the wedding,” said Yuri. - And Gladkov and Livanov were our witnesses

The Walt Disney Company was founded on October 16, 1923. She has released a whole collection of cartoons that are loved by children around the world. We have collected interesting facts about Disney cartoons and their characters.

It is always interesting with whom this or that favorite hero was drawn. It is known that the image of Aladdin was copied from Tom Cruise and MC Hammer, and the Genie - from Robin Williams. Initially, in 1988, when the cartoon was being created, they decided to create Aladdin from the popular at that time actor Michael Jay Fox ("Back to the Future"). But the result, I must say, did not impress the artists. Unfortunately, that image has not survived. But the current Aladdin was copied from Tom Cruise - so they decided to add brutality to the young man, and his famous trousers were taken from rapper MC Hammer. Gene was modeled after comic actor Robin Williams. By the way, it was he who voiced the Genie in the cartoon.

The little mermaid Ariel also had her own prototype. She was copied from 11-year-old Alyssa Milano, who was filming at that time in the series "Who's the Boss?" In addition to the appearance of the actress, they also took some character traits, as well as demeanor.

Observant cartoon lovers must have noticed that in the Mickey Mouse cartoon, the beloved character always has round ears, no matter from what angle he is filmed. This is indeed the case. The artists have endowed Mickey Mouse with such a weirdness: from where you don't look at the mouse, his ears remain unchanged - two black circles at the top of his head.

Glasgow City Council in 2007 named Scrooge McDuck to the list of famous and distinguished people in the city. The fact is that the character in the same year became the first in the list of 15 richest fictional characters, which was compiled by Forbes. The compilers of this list explained that this was due to the rise in gold prices (in 2005 and 2002, Scrooge was ranked sixth and fourth, respectively).

Some particularly diligent and attentive person counted all the spots in the cartoon "101 Dalmatians". There were 6,469,952 of them. Pongo has 72 spots, Perdita has 68, and each of the puppies has 32!

"101 dalmatians"

In the cartoon "Bambi" there are shots from "Pinocchio", in which they were not used. These are some backgrounds in the forest and in the fire scene.

The animation industry is developing by leaps and bounds, not yielding to its "cinematic" brothers. It has become a good family tradition to go to see some cartoon in the cinema, and there is no need to talk about home gatherings in front of the TV or computer - this is sacred. Do not count the sea of ​​fascinating stories associated with the creation of certain masterpieces of animation, both in our time and in the distant past.

Interesting facts about Disney cartoons

Few people know, but when Walt Disney went on stage to receive an Oscar for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", he did not even suspect that instead of one statuette he would receive eight: a large and seven small ones. On the set of the famous cartoon, a lot of interesting "behind-the-scenes" things happened - for example, to inspire the animators for the maximum working atmosphere, an impromptu menagerie was arranged in the studio, and to make Snow White's skin natural whiteness, real powder was applied to the film and then painted on it.

And here are some more amazing stories, but about other Disney masterpieces:

• The well-known Gadget from the cartoon saga "Chip and Dale Rushing to the Rescue" was called so only in the Russian voice acting. In fact, her name was Gadget - a rather unusual word for the early 90s. In order not to confuse the audience, it was decided to adapt the name to post-Soviet realities. So the brave and quick-witted mouse became Gadget, quickly and skillfully "screwing" the brains of the hot-tempered chipmunks.

• The end of the 80s of the last century was marked by the release of the film "Back to the Future" and the animated "Aladdin". It is not surprising that the prototype of the image of the mischievous oriental bully, the Disney leadership saw the actor Michael Jay Fox, who was swimming at that time in the laurels of popularity. But the result did not satisfy the animators, and as a result, the face of Aladdin was "written off" from Tom Cruise, who also collected millions in film distribution. Well, the chic harem pants were borrowed from the rapper MC Hamer.
• Mickey Mouse is undoubtedly the hallmark of the Disney studio. A funny little mouse also has its own "oddities", because if you look closely, you can pay attention to its unusual ears. From whatever angle you look at them, their position in the frame remains unchanged - two black circles "full face" and never "in profile". By the way, the actors who voiced Mickey Mouse and Minnie were a married couple in real life.

• All Disney princesses were teenagers by age. To confirm this fact, it is enough to conduct a small investigation. Young Aurora was only 16 years old, because the curse said that it was then that she would prick her finger. The beauty Ariel celebrates her 16th birthday at the beginning of the cartoon. Jasmine was a little older, almost an adult girl. Her father was very worried about his daughter's marriage, or rather, his absence, because it was up to the age of 18 that she had to go down the aisle with some kind of prince.

• The flamboyant and charismatic Pumbaa of The Lion King was the first character that animators allowed frivolously to fart on screen. Before that, not a single Disney hero had the opportunity to behave so uncultured, and even absolutely not be ashamed of his bad manners. By the way, the cartoon has been dubbed into dozens of world languages, including Zulu.

More than one generation of children has grown up on the cartoons "Winnie the Pooh", "Just Wait", "Little Household Kuzya" and "Cheburashka". This means that it is doubly interesting to learn new facts about their creation and offscreen life, which can make even the most inveterate skeptics and pessimists laugh.

• "Kid and Carlson" was released in Soviet theaters in 1968 and immediately won the recognition of young viewers. All the images were invented by artists Anatoly Savchenko, including the portrait of the "housewife" Freken Bock. Dozens of actresses auditioned for the voice acting of this heroine, and none of them satisfied the director's requests. In the end, Faina Ranevskaya was invited, who perfectly coped with her task, but added a lot of gray hair to the director's head. Not only did she flatly refuse to listen to all the comments, but she was also openly indignant at the appearance of her heroine. She considered her scary and ugly, taking offense and adopting her "portrait" on herself.

• "Leopold the Cat" was forged at the Soviet cartoon "blacksmith" from 1975 to 1993. The name of the good-natured person who called everyone to live in harmony has become a household name, but exactly how it stuck to a charming and cheerful cat is a separate story. The authors did not want to call the main character any Vaska or Murzik, but it took a long time to come up with a worthy name. The problem was solved with the light hand of the son of the author of the script, Arkady Hayt, who was then still a little boy, who watched the development of the cartoon plot by adults and the adventures of "The Elusive Avengers" on TV with equal enthusiasm. It was then that he had a proposal to give the cat the name of one of the heroes of the film - Colonel Leopold Kudasov.

• The old woman Shapoklyak is perhaps one of the most memorable characters from the cartoon "Cheburashka". The artist Leonid Shvartsman could not think of how this harmful weasel should look like, constantly doing all sorts of dirty tricks on the screen. But in the end, the image took shape, and his own mother-in-law could do it. It was from her that the portrait of the nasty old woman was sketched - a sharp nose, a hunched figure, gray hair pulled into a bun, nimble eyes. Well, the top hat, lace frill and cuffs are already a reference to the French "roots", because in French the word "beanie" means "folding top hat".

• The Bremen Town Musicians is another masterpiece from the pen of the talented trinity, Gennady Gladkov, Yuri Entin and Vasily Livanov. It is interesting that all the characters in the cartoon were voiced by Oleg Anofriev, who could not choose one and because of “greed” said that he wants to become the voice of every character. He succeeded in this ambitious plan perfectly, and in just one night. The images of the robbers were copied from the famous screen "freeloaders" - Experienced, Coward and Goonies. The princess also had a real prototype, and the wife of Yuri Entin became her. It was in that very red short dress that she did not marry her beloved songwriter.

A bit about Japanese anime

The Japanese style of making cartoons cannot be confused with anything. It has many genres, and the video stories themselves are designed not only for children, but also for adults. Even James Cameron himself admitted in an interview that he loves anime and watches them almost every day.

• The first anime-style cartoons hit the cinema screens in 1917, and since then they literally enslaved the world. The name of the genre of animation comes from the English "animation", and modern terminology appeared relatively recently. In the 20th century, another expression was used - "manga-eiga", which literally meant "movie comics".

• A distinctive feature of the appearance of the characters used in the anime is their large eyes. As conceived by the artists, it is with the help of an expressive look that you can convey the entire intensity of emotions raging in the soul of a particular hero. But oddly enough, the idea of ​​"gifting" their actors with big eyes was borrowed from Walt Disney, and the Japanese do not hide this at all.
• Traditionally, the more significant the role of the character, the longer the artists work on drawing his facial features, including the eyes. Moreover, only positive heroes can have the happiness of having two "bottomless oceans", but notorious villains have to rely only on narrow slits like those of the Eskimos.
• Many famous film actors and pop singers are fighting for the right to voice roles in anime. The process itself is called "seiyu", moreover, recently it has been transformed into a full-fledged profession.

• Japanese anime can also boast of its "Santa Barbara". The series "Sazae-san", for example, has not left the television screens for almost half a century, starting its history in 1969 and continuing it to this day. Watching the ups and downs of the Sazae family, more than one generation of Japanese has grown up and "fledged", which they are terribly proud of and consider the heritage of their country.

1. The world's first cartoons were drawn and hand-painted pantomimes lasting up to fifteen minutes. Even then, sound accompaniment, synchronized with the image, could be used.

2. The first Russian animator was Alexander Shiryaev, choreographer of the Mariinsky Theater, who in 1906 created the world's first puppet cartoon, which depicts 12 dancing figures against the backdrop of motionless scenery. The film was shot on 17.5mm film. It took three months to create it. During his creation, Shiryaev rubbed a hole in the floor with his feet, as he constantly walked from the camera to the scenery and back. The film was found in Shiryaev's archive by film critic Viktor Bocharov already in 2009. Several more puppet cartoons were also found there: "Clowns Playing with Ball", "Pierrot Artists" and a love drama with a happy ending "Harlequin's Jokes".

3. There is a version that the initiative to create a Soviet animation industry came personally from Comrade Stalin. In 1936 the Soyuzdetmultfilm studio appeared. "Det" later disappears from the title: probably, someone from the management decided that not only children, but also adults watch cartoons. A year after its establishment, the studio began producing color films, which testified to good funding and increased attention from the state. The fact is that Soviet animators mastered new technologies in sync with Western ones and clearly set themselves the task of catching up and overtaking Disney.

4. The fifties can be safely considered the heyday of world animation. Judge for yourself: the Americans released Cinderella, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Sleeping Beauty, and we answered them with the Snow Queen, Kashtanka, The Scarlet Flower and 12 Months. In his youth, the classic of Japanese anime Hayao Miyazaki was inspired by these tapes - after watching them, he decided to become an animator. By the way, our "Snow Queen" became a triumphant of international film festivals - it received first prizes in London, Venice, Rome and Cannes.

5. For the first time the gray cat Tom (full name - Thomas James Jasper) began to chase the mouse Jerry (full name - Gerald Mouse) in 1941 - to raise the morale of American soldiers in World War II. The plot of several hundred cartoons is simple: the stupid, but active Tom does not abandon attempts to catch the cunning Jerry, the latter always avoids being caught, although sometimes the heroes unite against some common enemy. And although they have been running after each other for 70 years, it seems that there is no end in sight.

6. In the West, due to high wages, the creation of a cartoon is 10 times more expensive than ours - in the USA the cost of a minute reaches $ 150 thousand. The budget of the fourth part of "Shrek" is $ 160 million, "Valley" is $ 180 million, excluding marketing, Rapunzel - $ 260 million. For comparison, for all our animation in 2011, 260 million were initially allocated from the state budget - just not dollars, but rubles.

7. An ardent anti-communist Pope John Paul II once recommended that his parishioners watch more Soviet cartoons. You can't argue: we were able to produce not only rockets, but also humanitarian values.

8. The saying "Like a hedgehog in the fog" has long become synonymous with uncertainty. And she was born thanks to an unforgettable cartoon shot by Yuri Norstein in 1975. In 2003, "Hedgehog in the Fog" was recognized as the best cartoon of all times and peoples according to the results of a survey of 140 critics and animators from different countries.

9. In 2007, the City of Glasgow City Council named the famous cartoon character Scrooge McDuck as a distinguished city dweller.

10. In the 1980s, the Soviet cartoon "Well, wait!" Was banned from showing on television in Finland. Because of ... excessive cruelty. A certain ethical commission decided that, they say, the hare is a sadist, since the wolf constantly gets into various painful troubles because of him. What can I say - poor Finnish children ...

One of the most beloved children's cartoon characters - SpongeBob - is actually just as popular with adults. At least about 35% of fans of this cartoon have long grown out of short pants. But from the "square", apparently not.

Many actors gained national fame not for their roles in films, but for the sound of cult cartoons. So, for example, happened with our Boris Novikov, who "presented" his voice to the postman Pechkin.

Walt Disney is considered the most Oscar-winning cartoonist in the world. He owns 26 figurines. The prize for the cartoon about Snow White looked very unusual: it consisted of one large statuette and seven "undersized" ones.

The image of a wolf from "Well, wait a minute!" one of the authors of the cartoon V. Kotenochkin "copied" from a real person: a guy dressed in the style of a courtyard punks. In the role of a wolf, the creators of the legendary cartoon saw Vysotsky. And Vladimir Semenovich himself did not mind voicing the character and writing a song for him. But the artistic council refused the services of the disgraced bard and actor. Anatoly Papanov became the "voice" of the wolf, who also perfectly coped with his task. And yet justice, at least a little, but prevailed. In one of the episodes, climbing a tightrope, a wolf whistles a song about a friend. It was written by Vysotsky and sounded in the film "Vertical", where Vladimir Semenovich starred.

Faina Ranevskaya, who voiced Miss Bok in the cartoon about Carlson, flatly refused to say at the end of the series "Carlson is back" the words "Darling, dear ...". To her, this ending seemed too corny, moreover, "overheard" from her heroine from the movie "Spring". The authors of the cartoon could only agree. Although later they cheated, and the words "dear, dear!" were still recorded. Only in the voice of the editor R. Frichinskaya, who perfectly fell into the tone of Faina Georgievna.

Mickey Mouse might not have been called Mickey, but Mortimer. At least that was the name Walt Disney liked.

The cartoon about Uncle Styopa has been lying on the shelf for more than 20 years by an absurd accident. During the final viewing, the censors noticed that Stepan Stepanov was reading a newspaper with a clear headline "Pravda", but apart from the headline there was nothing else on the page. "Yeah, it means that our press does not write the truth!" - the commission was offended and did not admit the cartoon to the viewer.

The longest running animated series on American television is The Simpsons: it has been running continuously since 1989. During this time, fans of Homer Simpson and his family saw over 400 episodes. By the way, the newspaper L`Osservatore Romano, published in the Vatican, considers the Simpsons family to be zealous Catholics. On the basis that they pray before