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One of the most successful projects in the history of not only Russian but also world television is the program “Good night, kids!”. In the near future, it will be included in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-running children's program in the world!

The program has been in existence since September 1964. She almost never stopped going on the air and has always been popular. It is watched by the third generation

The history of the birth of the program "Good night, kids!" Originates in 1963, when the editor-in-chief of the editorial office of programs for children and youth, Valentina Ivanovna Fedorova, while in the GDR, saw an animated series that told about the adventures of a sandman. This is how the idea to create in our country evening program for kids. On September 1, 1964, its first issue was released. The first splash screen was black and white. The screen saver depicted a watch with moving hands. Then the program did not have a constant release time, and the author of the intro, artist Irina Vlasova, each time set the time again

Alexander Kurlyandsky, Eduard Uspensky, Andrey Usachev, Roman Sef and others took part in the creation of the program. The program was conceived as "A Bedtime Story". And immediately the program had its own voice, its own unique song “Tired Toys Are Sleeping”, which lulls the kids. The music for the lullaby was written by the composer Arkady Ostrovsky, the lyrics by the poetess Zoya Petrova, and the lullaby was performed by Oleg Anofriev, a little later by Valentina Tolkunova

Screensaver became colored in the late 70s

The screensaver in the form of a plasticine cartoon was made by Alexander Tatarsky

In the late 80s, the intro and lullaby changed for a while. Instead of a TV and toys sitting around it, a drawn garden and birds appeared. New song"Sleep, my joy, sleep..." (music by B. Flis, Russian text by S. Sviridenko) performed by Elena Kamburova

The creators of the program argued for a long time about the name. There were several options: “Evening Tale”, “Good Night”, “Bedtime Tale”, “Visiting the Magic Man Tick-Tock”. But on the eve of the first broadcast, they decided the name of the program was found: “Good night, kids!”

The first releases of the program were in the form of pictures with voice-over text. Then puppet shows and small plays appeared, in which the artists of the Moscow Art Theater and the Theater of Satire played.

Pinocchio and Tepa the hare, Shustrik and Myamlik puppets took part in the puppet shows. In addition, the participants of the program were children 4-6 years old and theater actors who told tales

May 20, 1968 happened major event in the history of the Transmission - the first, though Czech, cartoon "NUT" is shown. And then the Nut doll was made. After watching the cartoon main character appeared in the studio. It was new fairy element. The hero of the cartoon miraculously appears and begins to communicate. However, none of the first heroes did not last long, as they did not receive real adoration from the audience. And only in September 1968, the first, legendary and still existing participant, the dog Filya, joins the line of characters. Its prototype was the BRAVNI DOG, which had been gathering dust in a puppet warehouse for a long time. The first actor to voice Filya was Grigory Tolchinsky. He liked to joke: “I will retire, I will publish the book“ Twenty years under the skirt of Aunt Valya. Today's voice of Fili is actor Sergei Grigoriev

Surprisingly, Filya is not the first dog. A couple of years earlier there was already a character - the dog Kuzya. But apparently the character of Kuzi somehow failed, unlike the good-natured and intelligent Fili. Then, beloved by many, Uncle Volodya appeared on the screens with the bunny Tepa and the dog Chizhik

On February 10, 1971, next to Aunt Valya Leontyeva, a piggy Khryusha appeared in the studio. Naughty baby pig constantly naughty, gets into different stories and learn from their own mistakes. He owes his charm to Natalya Derzhavina, whose voice he spoke until 2002. Until the moment when wonderful actress passed away

In 1970, in August, STEPASHKA was “born”, a kind of opposite to Khryusha. Obedient inquisitive bunny, very diligent, polite and reasonable.

Stepashka is voiced by Natalya Golubentseva. The actress in life often uses the voice of her character. Hearing it, even strict traffic cops become kind before their eyes, and forget about the fine. The actress got along with Stepashka so much that she pasted a photo together with him into her certificate of the honored artist

In 1979, KARKUSHA appeared in the program, the only girl who took root in the program and fell in love with the audience. For a very long time they could not pick up the character of Karkusha. Many actresses who auditioned for the role could not get used to the image of a funny crow until Gertrude Sufimova appeared in Good Night. And it was already impossible to imagine another Karkusha ... When in 1998, at the age of 72, the actress died, the crow settled on the hand of actress Galina Marchenko

In 1984, Mishutka was introduced into the main cast of the famous four: Fili, Khryushi, Stepashki and Karkusha.

And the heroes of the program were the cat Tsap-Tsarapych

Pinocchio

Dwarf Letter

Here full list puppet characters participating in the program

Pinocchio (1964, 1980s, 1991-1995 sporadically)
Bunny Tyopa (1964-1967)
Dog Chizhik, Alyosha-Pochemuchka, Cat (1965)
Shishiga, Enek-Benec (1966-1968)
Shustrik, Myamlik
Phil (since May 20, 1968)
Stepashka (since 1970)
Piggy (since February 10, 1971)
Eroshka (circa 1969-1971)
Ukhtysh (1973-1975)
Karkusha (since 1979)
Gulya (occasionally in the mid-1980s)
Cockerel Peas (episodic in the 1990s in issues with "Aunt Daria")
Kolobok (episodely in the mid-1980s with a modified phrase from the song described in the fairy tale: “I left my grandmother, I left my grandfather, I came to visit you!”)
Tsap-Tsarapych (episodic until 1992 with the magic "Mrr!")
Mishutka (episodic until 1992 and from March 4, 2002)
Kot Vasil Vasilich (episodic since 1995)
Kinderino (Kinder Surprise) (occasionally in the mid and late 1990s, an attempt to use product placement) In some issues, characters eat a chocolate egg or play with a Kinder Surprise toy.
Parrot Kesha (episodic in the mid and late 1990s in issues with Eduard Uspensky)
Brownie, Mokryona (Domovoi's granddaughter), Lesovichok, Fedya the Hedgehog (occasionally in the late 1990s)
Gnome Letterhead (episodic since the 2000s)
Bibigon (2009-2010) (product placement of the TV channel of the same name)
Tiger cub named Moore (since September 22, 2014)

The heroes had complicated relationship, conflicts and unresolved issues to the world. The hosts answered these questions: Aunt Valya, Aunt Tanya, Aunt Lina, Aunt Sveta, Uncle Volodya and Uncle Yura

Leading in different time were:

Vladimir Ukhin - Uncle Volodya

Valentina Leontieva as Aunt Valya

Svetlana Zhiltsova - Aunt Sveta

Dmitry Poletaev - Uncle Dima

Tatyana Vedeneeva - Aunt Tanya

Angelina Vovk - Aunt Lina

Tatyana Sudets - aunt Tanya

Yuri Grigoriev - Uncle Yura

Grigory Gladkov - Uncle Grisha, with a guitar

Yuri Nikolaev - Uncle Yura

Yulia Pustovoitova - Aunt Yulia

Hmayak Hakobyan as Rakhat Lukumych and as himself

Yuri Chernov

Dmitry Khaustov - Dima

Valeria Rizhskaya - Aunt Lera

Irina Martynova as Aunt Ira

Viktor Bychkov - Uncle Vitya (from 2007 to 2012)

When peace was restored and issues were resolved, the children were rewarded with a cartoon. So Krzhmelik and Vakhmurka, Lelek and Bolek, the dog Rex and the mole burst into our lives.

When in the early 80s it was decided to replace the dolls with people, there was no limit to the indignation of millions of viewers, and two months later the dolls took their usual places. In its long screen life, Good Night has experienced all sorts of times. Most often, the clouds gathered over Piggy, and for the most unexpected reasons. For example, once the board of the State Radio and Television was asked why all the dolls in the program blink, but Piggy does not.

Attributed to the program and political "sabotage". Allegedly, when the famous trip of Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev to America took place, the cartoon "The Traveling Frog" was urgently removed from the air. When Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, they did not recommend showing a cartoon about the bear Mishka, who never finished the job he started. But the broadcasters think it's all a coincidence.

Currently, the hosts are Anna Mikhalkova, Oksana Fedorova, Andrey Grigoriev-Appolonov and Dmitry Malikov

And five friends live in a toy house in Ostankino: Filya, Stepashka, Khryusha, Karkusha and Mishutka. Each of them has its own story.

Our little pig Piggy is the soul of the company. He is very inquisitive: he is interested in everything. Who is the master of asking questions! He is the first inventor: almost all tricks and pranks are the work of Piggy's paws. Not a single prank can do without it. How fun to be a little naughty! Our Piggy does not really like to clean up and put things in order. But together with friends, he is ready to move mountains, and not just clean his room. Piggy loves everything sweet: best gift for him - a kilogram or two of sweets, several bars of chocolate and a large jar of jam. Karkusha sometimes gets a little angry with Piggy: after all, eating a lot of sweets is harmful! But Piggy says that sweets help him in his creativity. Our Piggy - famous poet. Usually inspiration comes to him after he eats sweets. At least that's what he says.

Stepashka
In 1970, small viewers first met Stepashka.

Stepashka has a carrot growing on the window. But only for the love of art. After all, Stepashka loves nature very much and often goes to the forest with Mishutka. And the most beautiful landscapes Stepashka even sketches. He really wants to become a real artist and therefore works hard. Stepashka's drawings are very popular with his friends, especially if he draws their portrait. Stepashka loves to dream. Often all friends gather together in one room and listen to Stepashka. After all, dreaming is so interesting! True, Khryusha and Filya run away, but only in order to immediately begin to act and realize Stepashka's wildest dreams. Stepashka - very good friend: you can trust him with any secret, and be sure that Stepashka will not tell anyone anything

Phil
Filya is an old-timer of the Good Night, Kids! program. Its appearance dates back to 1968.

Here's who is the most well-read! Sometimes you think that Phil knows everything, everything in the world! Or at least wants to know. Fili's room is always in order: books and textbooks lie in an even pile on the shelf, all the toys are in their places. Phil loves music very much. He even considered taking part in music competition, but remembered that he could not play on any musical instrument. But that's just for now. He is a very responsible and serious dog. If he promised something, he will certainly fulfill it. He sings very well. And who knows, maybe soon we will see Filya on stage!

Karkusha
Karkusha became a regular participant in the program in 1979.

The only girl in our company. Karkusha is sure that these boys need an eye and an eye! Look, they'll learn something. This is where it will appear and everything will fall into place. You also need to be able to play pranks so that no one is offended: this is what Karkusha thinks. She loves bright ribbons, bows and jewelry. Well, that's why she's a girl. And Karkusha cooks wonderfully. Favorite dish all friends - branded cake. True, Piggy always strives to take a larger piece, but this number will not work with Karkusha. She also loves to be complimented. All friends are happy to tell Karkusha what a wonderful, beautiful and smart crow she is. There are no such places anywhere else!

bear
The little bear Mishutka appeared on the screen in 2002.

Previously, before meeting with friends, Mishutka lived in the forest. He still has a small hut, where he keeps part of his supplies and tools. Mishutka loves sports very much, and every morning she does exercises with our friends. After all, all babies should be strong and healthy. Mishutka loves to craft. There is a special corner in his room where Mishutka spends hours poring over his creations. Oh, what crafts come out of Mishutkin's skillful paws! One day, Karkusha's favorite locker broke down. What do you think, Mishutka instantly made a new one, more beautiful than the old one, and now Karkusha is not overjoyed at him. Mishutka often does not understand many things, because life in the forest is very different from life in the city. The little bear goes to Phil for help, and his friend is always happy to help him. Sometimes Mishutka starts to miss her forest. And then he leaves for a few days. But will definitely come back. Because his friends and kids are waiting for him, who watch the program "Good night, kids!" every evening.

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Transfer "Good night, kids!" one of the most successful projects in domestic television and the oldest children's program in Russia - September 1 celebrates its anniversary. For 45 years, her leading and main characters have changed more than once, but the love of little viewers for her remains unchanged.

old nursery

The history of the birth of the program for the smallest dates back to 1963, when the editor-in-chief of the editorial office of programs for children and youth in the GDR saw an animated series that told about the adventures of a sandman. Then the idea came up to create an evening program for children in our country. Alexander Kurlyandsky, Eduard Uspensky, Andrey Usachev, Roman Sef and others took part in the creation of the program.

The creators of the program chose a name for a long time, among the options were "Bedtime Story", "Evening Tale", "Good Night", "Visiting the Magical Man Tick-Tock," according to the transmission website. But on the eve of the first broadcast, it was decided to call the program "Good night, kids!".

On September 1, 1964, its first issue was released. At first, the program was released only in live, these were issues in the form of pictures with voice-over text.

"In those early years, along with many prohibitions, it was impossible to give fairy tales with a continuation the next day. Cartoons were banned in our program. Instead, I ordered drawings from the best animators of the Cartoon Studio - Lev Milchin, Vadim Kurchevsky, Nikolai Serebryakov, Vyacheslav Kotenochkin, Tamara Poletika. For a small fee, they made wonderful drawings that went in the frame, and the text was read behind the scenes, "recalled one of the first directors of the program Natalia Sokol.

Then came puppet shows and short plays. In addition, children themselves (4-6 years old) participated in the program, to whom theater actors told fairy tales.

"Guests" began to come to the kids - first Pinocchio and the bunny Tyopa, then the dog Chizhik, Alyosha-Pochemuchka and the Cat, then Shishiga and Enek-Benek, Shustrik and Myamlik joined them. The first hero, familiar to today's little viewer, appeared only in 1968.

The program quickly gained popularity and love not only for "kids", but also for their parents and did not lose them with the collapse of the USSR, despite moving from channel to channel. In addition, she received official recognition: she received the TEFI award three times (1997, 2002, 2003) in the nomination "best children's program" and got into the "Book of Records of Russia" as the oldest television program for children.

TV lullaby

"Good night, kids!" has its own song, upon hearing which any soviet child ran to the TV, also appeared in 1963. "Tired toys are sleeping..." actor Oleg Anofriev sang to the kids. The words to this lullaby were written by the poetess Zoya Petrova, and the music - famous composer Arkady Ostrovsky, who also owns the music for the songs "Let there always be sun" and others.

First, the main lullaby of the country was sung by actor Oleg Anufriev, who later voiced almost all the characters and the author in the popular Soviet cartoon " The Bremen Town Musicians". Then he was replaced by the singer Valentina Tolkunova. The splash screen in the form of a plasticine cartoon was made by Alexander Tatarsky.

In the late 80s, the intro and lullaby changed for a while - to "Sleep, my joy, sleep ...". Instead of a TV and toys sitting around it, a drawn garden and birds appeared.

Uncles and aunts

For 45 years, not only the intro and songs have changed, but also the presenters. At different times Good night"Uncle Volodya" Vladimir Ukhin, "Aunt Valya" Valentina Leontyeva (they led the program for 30 years), "Aunt Tanya" Tatyana Vedeneeva, "Aunt Lina" Angelina Vovk, "Aunt Tanya" Tatyana Sudets, "Uncle Yura" Yuri Grigoriev, "Uncle Yura" Yuri Nikolaev, magician Hmayak Hakobyan as the magician Rakhat ibn Lukum and others.

For many of them, the program for the little ones has become the starting point in a great career. "I "grew up" from Aunt Lina from "Good Night, Kids!" into the permanent host of "Songs of the Year" ... But I am very glad that I was once "Aunt Lina". Young people now perceive me not as an ordinary TV presenter, but a little whether not as a nanny Arina Rodionovna, "says Angelina Vovk.

Interestingly, while the program "Good night, kids!" Angelina Vovk began to lead, one might say, against her will, when she urgently had to replace the absent Vladimir Ukhin. She did not know either the topic of the program, or which cartoon would be shown later. The red light on the camera lit up: it is on the air. She smiled, said hello, and then failure. She didn't remember what she had said for those five minutes until the cartoon started.

Then everyone congratulated her, saying that she had an excellent broadcast. So she became "Aunt Lina".

Now the program is being hosted by the daughter of the famous Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov Anna Mikhalkova, Miss Universe 2002 Oksana Fedorova and actor Viktor Bychkov, known to the mass audience for his role as huntsman Kuzmich in Peculiarities of the National Hunt.

According to Oksana Fedorova, in childhood, "Good night, kids!" was her favorite program. The children's program was her first television experience. By the way, with her appearance on the air, the proportion of men in the audience of the program has increased dramatically.

However, her appearance did not affect the fate of another eminent host program - Anna Mikhalkova. With Piggy, Stepashka, Fillya, Karkusha and other heroes, they communicate in turn.

As the newspaper "Life" notes, over time, the style of communication on the program has changed a lot - they stopped addressing the presenters to you and calling them aunts: now just Oksana and Anya visit their favorite characters, but the actor Viktor Bychkov still calls dolls Uncle Vitya .

Play with dolls

But the main characters of the program are still "puppet" characters. By the way, Filya was the first known to appear on May 20, 1968. The prototype of the current universal favorite was found by the editor of the program "Good night, kids!" Vladimir Shinkarev, who came up with this name for the dog.

The first actor who gave Phila a voice was Grigory Tolchinsky. He liked to joke: “I’ll retire, I’ll publish the book“ Twenty years under Aunt Valya’s skirt. ”By the way, male puppeteers really had a hard time: until the end of the 70s, female television employees were forbidden to come to work in trousers. Khryusha and Stepashka did not make exceptions, and the puppeteers needed to have strong nerves in order to control the puppet while sitting or lying under the table, surrounded by women's legs, and speak in the words of a 5-year-old baby.

“In order to reduce the number of mistakes to a minimum, a special sign language was even invented,” Alexander Mitroshenkov, chairman of the board of directors of the Klass! TV company that produces the program, told Moskovsky Komsomolets. : Colleagues of the famous leading aunt Vali warned her about the moment when she needed to enter into the role or finish the sentence by knocking on her leg under the table.

After the death of Grigory Tolchinsky, Filya was voiced by Igor Golunenko, and now by actor Sergei Grigoriev.

Following Filya, Stepashka appeared in 1970. He is voiced by Natalya Golubentseva, who sometimes uses the voice of her character in real life and, although this is not supposed to be, pasted her photo with Stepashka into her certificate of a well-deserved artist.

The history of the appearance of Piggy is interesting. His official birthday is February 10, 1971, when Tepa the bunny and "Aunt Valya" were already sitting at the table in front of the viewers.

"Hello guys! Hello Tepa! Oh, someone hit me on the leg. Tepa, do you know who it is?" - "I know, Aunt Valya. This is a piglet. He lives with me now." - "Tepochka, why does he live under the table?" - "Because, Aunt Valya, he is very naughty and does not want to leave the table." - "What's your name, piglet?" - Asked, looking under the table, Valentina Leontyeva. And in response I heard: "Piggy."

It was over Piggy that the clouds most often subsequently thickened. In the 1980s, a new editorial director of children's programs was indignant: why did all the dolls in the program blink, but Piggy did not. The issue was brought to the nearest board of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, which decided to replace the dolls with people. But due to the outrage of millions of viewers, the dolls were returned two months later.

At the beginning of perestroika, Soviet Muslims took up arms against Khryusha, demanding "to remove pork from the frame." To which the editor of the program, Lyudmila Yermilina, replied: "The Koran says that pigs should not be eaten, but Allah does not forbid looking at them at all."

Until 2002, Khryusha spoke in the voice of Natalia Derzhavina. She devoted her whole life to her beloved pig. “He sometimes gets completely out of control,” she said. “When he blurts out something, I even have to apologize. For him - not for myself. I know that I could not say that under any circumstances! it seems to me that we just have a common blood circulation. But in general, there is as much foolishness in me as in this scoundrel ... "

After the death of Natalya Derzhavina, Khryusha began to speak in the voice of Oksana Chabanyuk.

For a very long time they could not find the character of Karkusha - a character invented in 1979 in order to dilute the male company. Many actresses who auditioned for her role could not get used to the image of a funny crow until Gertrude Sufimova came to Good Night at a fairly respectable age. In 1998, when she died, the crow settled on the arm of actress Galina Burmistrova.

After 2000, the screen appeared new character- Teddy bear. The Dwarf Buckeye sometimes joins the main characters. At different times, Pinocchio and the bunny Tyopa, the dog Chizhik, Alyosha-Pochemuchka and the Cat, Shishiga and Enek-benek, Shustrik and Myamlik, Tsap-Tsarapych, the cat Vasil Vasilich, Brownie, Mokryona, Lesovichek, Fedya the Hedgehog and Peas the Rooster also appeared on the screen at different times .

Big transfer policy for the little ones

From the very beginning, the program is educational and educational in nature, it tells cautionary tales, teach children letters and numbers in a playful way, introduce famous people- children's writers, artists, singers.
According to the "Courier of the White Sea", once the bard Sergei Nikitin was invited to the program "to visit". Everyone sat down in their places - some at the table, some under the table - and the recording began. Nikitin greeted Aunt Lina, Khryusha and Fillya, said something, sang a song. And then Phil asks: "Uncle Seryozha, what else do you do besides songs?"

"I am a biochemist by profession, and songs are my passion," the bard replied. Piggy entered the conversation: "Oh, how interesting! What is a biochemist?" - "Biochemistry is a science that studies the substances from which living organisms are made. Here you are, Piggy, what are you made of?" Natalya Derzhavina, who spoke for Khryusha, thought for a second and cheerfully replied: "From pork!" Shooting was able to resume only after 15 minutes.

And in Soviet time the program was credited with "political sabotage".

"... One of the first broadcasts almost became the last," said Alexander Mitroshenkov. last years For his work, he liked to go on business trips abroad. There were many jokes about this. And here in "Calm" there is a cartoon "Frog Traveler". The scandal was huge. (...) Already under Brezhnev, a program was taken off the air, in which it was told with humor why the dog Fili has a human name. Ironically, at that moment Fidel Castro arrived in the USSR, and someone from politicians the thought came to mind that Filya is Fidel. This means that the screenwriters are encroaching on the honor and dignity of the Cuban leader."

At the same time, Mitroshenkov says, Brezhnev himself was a big fan of the Good Night, Kids! program. As the former chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Sergey Lapin said, once the General Secretary joked to the Politburo: “Yesterday I watched“ Good night, kids! ”- and there the pig said that we still have a lot of boobies left. We need to reduce their number!”.

There is also a story that when Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, it was not recommended to show a cartoon about the bear Mishka, who never finished the job he started.

The material was prepared by the editors of rian.ru based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

For several generations, children have been sitting at the TV screens in the evenings in anticipation of an evening fairy tale. Letters have been and are being sent to the program in sacks. Presenters are asked to show their favorite cartoons and make sure that parents do not get divorced, dad does not drink, and grandmother does not get sick


"GOOG night kids!"
For many Soviet kids, Vladimir Ukhin, Tatyana Vedeneeva, Valentina Leontieva, Angelina Vovk, Yuri Nikolaev became family and friends. "GOOG night kids!" became the first domestic program for kids and kids love it.
Probably, many people remember how in the years of their childhood they ran to the TV in the evening to once again watch “Good night, kids!”. Of course, this meant that you would soon be sent to bed, but at the same time, before going to bed, you could watch one of your favorite programs, which is now one of the oldest on television.


"GOOG night kids!"
TV transformation
Program "Good night, kids!" was born in 1964. On September 1, 1964, the first issue of the program was released. The idea of ​​the program was born after the visit of the editor-in-chief of the children's television editorial office Valentina Fedorova to the GDR, where she saw a cartoon about a sandman (Sandmännchen). From November 26, 1963, an active period of creating the program begins - the first scripts are written, sketches of scenery and puppets of the main characters appear, the idea and concept of a children's TV show are being developed. Alexander Kurlyandsky, Eduard Uspensky, Andrey Usachev, Roman Sef and others took part in the creation of the program.

Shustrik and Myamlik
The title "Bedtime Story" was originally proposed.
At first, the program was broadcast only live, during the daytime, and was accompanied by a cheerful song: “We are starting, we are starting the program for the guys. Those who want to see us, let them hurry to the TV.”
Valentina Dvoryaninova - “Tired toys are sleeping” (First performance of the song) (A. Ostrovsky - Z. Petrova)
These were editions black and white pictures under which the actors told fairy tales. Then there was no Khryusha, no Stepashka, no favorite cartoon screen saver on the screen. There were only announcers who read fairy tales from the screen. The main characters of the Soviet children were born only in the early seventies.
Screensaver for the program "Good night, kids." Oleg Anofriev - Tired toys sleep

So Shustrik and Myamlik settled in the studio. In 1966, new characters appeared - Shishiga, Enek-Benek. I don’t know these heroes, it would be interesting to look at them, but there are no images of one or the other on the Internet.

Aunt Valya

Aunt Tanya
On February 20, 1968, the most important event in the history of the Transmission took place - the first, albeit Czech, cartoon "NUT" was shown. And then the Nut doll was made. After watching the cartoon, the main character appeared in the studio.
It was a new fairy element. The hero of the cartoon miraculously appears and begins to communicate. However, none of the first heroes did not last long, as they did not receive real adoration from the audience. And only in September 1968, the first, legendary and still existing participant, the dog Filya, joins the line of characters. Its prototype was the BRAVNI DOG, which had been gathering dust in a puppet warehouse for a long time.
Surprisingly, Filya is not the first dog. A couple of years earlier there was already a character - the dog Kuzya. But apparently the character of Kuzi somehow failed, unlike the good-natured and intelligent Fili.
Then, beloved by many, Uncle Volodya appeared on the screens with the bunny Tepa and the dog Chizhik.
On February 10, 1971, next to Aunt Valya Leontyeva, a piggy Khryusha appeared in the studio. A naughty piggy child is constantly naughty, gets into different stories and learns from his own mistakes. He owes his charm to Natalya Derzhavina, whose voice he spoke until 2002. Until the moment when a wonderful actress passed away.


dog Kuzya
Following them, Phil and Eroshka were "born". The latter was at first a boy, then he was reborn into an elephant calf, a puppy ... In general, the metamorphoses ended with Stepashka the bunny.
In 1974, in August, STEPASHKA was “born”, a kind of opposite to Khryusha. Obedient inquisitive bunny, very diligent, polite and reasonable.


Uncle Volodya
Well, Piggy was at first a red-haired girl, but then, apparently due to bad behavior, she was made ... a piglet. In 1982, KARKUSHA appeared in the program, the only girl who took root in the program and fell in love with the audience.
In the same year, the first plasticine screensaver appeared.
In 1984, Mishutka was introduced into the main cast of the famous four: Fili, Khryushi, Stepashki and Karkusha.
Our uncle Volodya
So "Good night, kids!" became the first domestic program for preschool audiences. Accordingly, there were no experts in this area. And the first host of the main children's program Soviet Union Uncle Volodya Ukhin had to rely on his own intuition and knowledge gained at GITIS and the Variety Theater.

Uncle Volodya
Having become the host of "Good night, kids!", Vladimir Ivanovich forever connected his life with the program. Ukhin worked in the studio for children's programs until 1995, leaving it only once. At the invitation of Japanese television, Uhin went to the Land of the Rising Sun and led there educational program"We speak Russian."
150 for all
At that time, the CT did not have money for expensive programs. The budget of each program was to fit one hundred and fifty rubles, including the salaries of scriptwriters, actors and artists.


Aunt Tanya
So for a small fee, animators Vyacheslav Kotenochkin, Vadim Kurchevsky, Nikolai Serebryakov and Lev Milgin made wonderful illustrations.
And the most simple form- drawings in the frame and text behind the scenes - required fifteen to twenty illustrations.
Russian style
The dolls involved in the transfer are renewed every three years. However, the most painstaking work- this is not even the creation of the dolls themselves, but the tailoring of new clothes for them.
Once it was decided to order doll outfits in England. Measurements from dolls and photographs depicting old clothes were sent to Foggy Albion. Alas, abroad did not imbue our favorite characters at all. The order made by imported craftsmen was sent to the warehouse. Since then, costumes for dolls have been sewn exclusively at home.
Dozens of Khryush, Stepashek, Karkush and Fil have accumulated in the museum of the program for several decades of its existence.


Natalia Derzhavina - Piggy
"Tired toys are sleeping…"
The wonderful lullaby "Tired toys are sleeping ..." was written by composer Arkady Ostrovsky and poetess Zoya Petrova for the very first release of the program. The song was performed against the background of a screensaver depicting a little girl, a bear, a squirrel and a clock.
Forever Young
Over the years of its existence, the program has undergone many changes. More than once clouds gathered over her. It happened that the dolls from the ether disappeared. For example, with the appointment of a new prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, the bunny Stepashka was suddenly removed from the screen ...
More than once the program was going to be replaced with a completely new children's program, but it continues to exist. Apparently, it is an axiom that sooner or later programs need to be closed, before the program “Good night, kids!” does not fit. Her characters don't age, just as they don't age Peter Pan, Carlson and other fabulous people ...

One of the most successful projects in the history of not only Russian but also world television is the program “Good night, kids!”. In the near future, it will be included in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-running children's program in the world!

The program has been in existence since September 1964. She almost never stopped going on the air and has always been popular. It's being watched by the third generation.

1. The history of the birth of the program “Good night, kids! ” originates in 1963, when the editor-in-chief of the editorial office of programs for children and youth, Valentina Ivanovna Fedorova, while in the GDR, saw an animated series that told about the adventures of a sandman. This is how the idea to create an evening program for children in our country appeared. On September 1, 1964, its first issue was released. The first splash screen was black and white. The screen saver depicted a watch with moving hands. Then the program did not have a constant release time, and the author of the intro, artist Irina Vlasova, each time set the time anew.

2. Alexander Kurlyandsky, Eduard Uspensky, Andrey Usachev, Roman Sef and others took part in the creation of the program. The program was conceived as "A Bedtime Story". And immediately the program had its own voice, its own unique song “Tired Toys Are Sleeping”, which lulls the kids. The music for the lullaby was written by the composer Arkady Ostrovsky, the lyrics by the poetess Zoya Petrova, and the lullaby was performed by Oleg Anofriev, and a little later by Valentina Tolkunova.

3. The screensaver became colored in the late 70s.

4. The screensaver in the form of a plasticine cartoon was made by Alexander Tatarsky.

5. In the late 80s, the intro and lullaby changed for a while. Instead of a TV and toys sitting around it, a drawn garden and birds appeared. The new song “Sleep, my joy, sleep...” (music by B. Flis, Russian text by S. Sviridenko) was performed by Elena Kamburova.

6. The creators of the program argued for a long time about the name. There were several options: “Evening Tale”, “Good Night”, “Bedtime Tale”, “Visiting the Magic Man Tick-Tock”. But on the eve of the first broadcast, they decided the name of the program was found: “Good night, kids!”

7. The first releases of the program were in the form of pictures with voice-over text. Then there were puppet shows and small plays, in which the artists of the Moscow Art Theater and the Theater of Satire played.

8. Pinocchio and Tepa the hare, Shustrik and Myamlik puppets took part in the puppet shows. In addition, the participants of the program were children aged 4-6 and theater actors who told fairy tales.

9. On May 20, 1968, the most important event in the history of the Transmission took place - the first, though Czech, cartoon "NUT" was shown. And then the Nut doll was made. After watching the cartoon, the main character appeared in the studio. It was a new fairy element. The cartoon character miraculously appears and begins to communicate. However, none of the first heroes did not last long, as they did not receive real adoration from the audience.

And only in September 1968, the first participant, who became legendary and still exists, joins the string of characters - dog FILYA. Its prototype was the BRAVNI DOG, which had been gathering dust in a doll warehouse for a long time. The first actor to voice Filya was Grigory Tolchinsky. He liked to joke: “I will retire, I will publish the book“ Twenty years under the skirt of Aunt Valya. Today's voice of Fili is actor Sergei Grigoriev.

10. Surprisingly, Filya is not the first dog. A couple of years earlier there was already a character - the dog Kuzya. But apparently the character of Kuzi somehow did not work out, unlike the good-natured and intelligent Fili. Then, beloved by many, Uncle Volodya appeared on the screens with the bunny Tepa and the dog Chizhik.

11. February 10, 1971 next to Aunt Valya Leontyeva in the studio Piggy appeared. A naughty child - a piglet is constantly naughty, gets into different stories and learns from his own mistakes. He owes his charm to Natalia Derzhavina, whose voice he spoke until 2002. Until the moment when a wonderful actress passed away.

12. In 1970, in August, STEPASHKA was "born"- a kind of opposite of Piggy. Obedient inquisitive bunny, very diligent, polite and reasonable.

13. Stepashka is voiced by Natalya Golubentseva. The actress in life often uses the voice of her character. Hearing it, even strict traffic cops become kind before their eyes, and forget about the fine. The actress got along with Stepashka so much that she pasted a photo together with him into her certificate of a well-deserved artist.

14. In 1979, the program appeared KARKUSHA, the only girl who took root in the program and fell in love with the audience. For a very long time they could not pick up the character of Karkusha. Many actresses who auditioned for the role could not get used to the image of a funny crow until Gertrude Sufimova appeared in Good Night. And it was already impossible to imagine another Karkusha ... When in 1998, at the age of 72, the actress died, the crow settled on the arm of actress Galina Marchenko.

15. In 1984, Mishutka was introduced into the main cast of the famous four: Fili, Khryushi, Stepashki and Karkushi.

16. And the heroes of the program were the cat Tsap-Tsarapych.

20. Here is a complete list of puppet characters who participated in the program:

• Pinocchio (1964, 1980s, 1991-1995 sporadically)
• Bunny Tyopa (1964-1967)
• Dog Chizhik, Alyosha-Pochemuchka, Cat (1965)
• Shishiga, Enek-Benec (1966-1968)
• Shustrik, Myamlik
• Phil (since May 20, 1968)
• Stepashka (since 1970)
• Piggy (since February 10, 1971)
• Eroshka (circa 1969-1971)
• Ukhtysh (1973-1975)
• Karkusha (since 1979)
• Gulya (occasionally in the mid-1980s)
• Cockerel Peas (episodic in the 1990s in issues with "Aunt Daria")
• Kolobok (episodely in the mid-1980s with a modified phrase from the song described in the fairy tale: “I left my grandmother, I left my grandfather, I came to visit you!”)
• Tsap-Tsarapych (episodic until 1992 with the magic "Mrr!")
• Mishutka (episodic until 1992 and from March 4, 2002)
• Kot Vasil Vasilich (episodic since 1995)
• Kinderino (Kinder Surprise) (occasionally in the mid and late 1990s, an attempt to use product placement) In some issues, characters eat a chocolate egg or play with a Kinder Surprise toy
• Parrot Kesha (episodic in the mid and late 1990s in issues with Eduard Uspensky)
• Brownie, Mokryona (Domovoi's granddaughter), Lesovichok, Fedya the Hedgehog (occasionally in the late 1990s)
• Gnome Letterhead (episodic since the 2000s)
• Bibigon (2009-2010) (product placement of the TV channel of the same name)
• Tiger cub named Moore (since September 22, 2014)

21. The characters had difficult relationships, conflicts and unresolved issues to the world. The presenters answered these questions: Aunt Valya, Aunt Tanya, Aunt Lina, Aunt Sveta, Uncle Volodya and Uncle Yura.

Leading at different times were:

31. Valeria Riga - aunt Lera, Irina Martynova - aunt Ira.

33. Viktor Bychkov - Uncle Vitya (from 2007 to 2012).

37. When peace was restored and issues were resolved, the children were rewarded with a cartoon. So Krzhmelik and Vakhmurka, Lelek and Bolek, the dog Rex and the mole burst into our lives.

38. When in the early 80s it was decided to replace the dolls with people, there was no limit to the indignation of millions of spectators, and two months later the dolls took their usual places. In its long screen life, Good Night has experienced all sorts of times. Most often, clouds were gathering over Piggy, and for the most unexpected reasons. For example, once the board of the State Radio and Television was asked why all the dolls in the program blink, but Piggy does not.

39. Political “sabotage” was also attributed to the program. Allegedly, when the famous trip of Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev to America took place, the cartoon "The Traveler Frog" was urgently removed from the air. When Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, they did not recommend showing a cartoon about the bear Mishka, who never finished the job he started. But the transmission staff consider all this to be a coincidence.

40. Currently, the hosts are Anna Mikhalkova, Oksana Fedorova, Andrey Grigoriev-Appolonov and Dmitry Malikov.

41. And five friends live in a toy house in Ostankino: Filya, Stepashka, Khryusha, Karkusha and Mishutka. Each of them has its own story.

43. Our little pig Piggy is the soul of the company. He is very inquisitive: he is interested in everything. Who is the master of asking questions! He is the first inventor: almost all tricks and pranks are the work of Piggy's paws. Not a single prank can do without it. How fun to be a little naughty! Our Piggy does not really like to clean up and put things in order. But together with friends, he is ready to move mountains, and not just clean his room. Piggy loves everything sweet: the best gift for him is a kilogram or two of sweets, a few bars of chocolate and a large jar of jam. Karkusha sometimes gets a little angry with Piggy: after all, eating a lot of sweets is harmful! But Piggy says that sweets help him in his creativity. Our Piggy is a famous poet. Usually inspiration comes to him after he eats sweets. At least that's what he says.

44. Stepashka. In 1970, small viewers first met Stepashka.

45. Stepashka has a carrot growing on the window. But only for the love of art. After all, Stepashka loves nature very much and often goes to the forest with Mishutka. And Stepashka even sketches the most beautiful landscapes. He really wants to become a real artist and therefore works hard. Stepashka's drawings are very popular with his friends, especially if he draws their portrait. Stepashka loves to dream. Often all friends gather together in one room and listen to Stepashka. After all, dreaming is so interesting! True, Khryusha and Filya run away, but only in order to immediately begin to act and realize Stepashka's wildest dreams. Stepashka is a very good friend: he can be trusted with any secret, and rest assured, Stepashka will not tell anyone anything.

46. ​​Filya is an old-timer of the Good Night, Kids! program. Its appearance dates back to 1968.

47. That's who is the most well-read! Sometimes you think that Phil knows everything, everything in the world! Or at least wants to know. Fili's room is always in order: books and textbooks lie in an even pile on the shelf, all the toys are in their places. Phil loves music very much. He even thought of taking part in a music competition, but remembered that he could not play any musical instrument. But that's just for now. He is a very responsible and serious dog. If he promised something, he will certainly fulfill it. He sings very well. And who knows, maybe soon we will see Filya on stage!

48. Karkusha became a regular participant in the program in 1979.

49. The only girl in our company. Karkusha is sure that these boys need an eye and an eye! Look, they'll learn something. This is where it will appear and everything will fall into place. You also need to be able to play pranks so that no one is offended: this is what Karkusha thinks. She loves bright ribbons, bows and jewelry. Well, that's why she's a girl. And Karkusha cooks wonderfully. The favorite dish of all friends is a signature cake. True, Piggy always strives to take a larger piece, but this number will not work with Karkusha. She also loves to be complimented. All friends are happy to tell Karkusha what a wonderful, beautiful and smart crow she is. There are no such places anywhere else!

50. Bear. The little bear Mishutka appeared on the screen in 2002.

51. Previously, before meeting friends, Mishutka lived in the forest. He still has a small hut, where he keeps part of his supplies and tools. Mishutka loves sports very much, and every morning she does exercises with our friends. After all, all babies should be strong and healthy. Mishutka loves to craft. There is a special corner in his room where Mishutka spends hours poring over his creations. Oh, what crafts come out of Mishutkin's skillful paws!

One day, Karkusha's favorite locker broke down. What do you think, Mishutka instantly made a new one, more beautiful than the old one, and now Karkusha is not overjoyed at him. Mishutka often does not understand many things, because life in the forest is very different from life in the city. The little bear goes to Phil for help, and his friend is always happy to help him. Sometimes Mishutka starts to miss her forest. And then he leaves for a few days. But will definitely come back. Because his friends and kids are waiting for him, who watch the program “Good night, kids!” every evening.

One of the most successful projects in the history of not only Russian, but also world television is the program “Good night, kids!”. In the near future, it will be included in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-running children's program in the world!

The program has been in existence since September 1964. She never stopped going on the air and has always been popular. It's being watched by the third generation.

The history of the birth of the program "Good night, kids!" Originates in 1963, when the editor-in-chief of the editorial office of programs for children and youth, Valentina Ivanovna Fedorova, while in the GDR, saw an animated series that told about the adventures of a sandman. This is how the idea to create an evening program for children in our country appeared. On September 1, 1964, its first issue was released. Alexander Kurlyandsky, Eduard Uspensky, Andrey Usachev, Roman Sef and others took part in the creation of the program. The program was conceived as "A Bedtime Story". And immediately the program had its own voice, its own unique song “Tired Toys Are Sleeping”, which lulls the kids. The music for the lullaby was written by the composer Arkady Ostrovsky, the lyrics by the poetess Zoya Petrova, and the lullaby was performed by Oleg Anofriev, and a little later by Valentina Tolkunova. The splash screen in the form of a plasticine cartoon was made by Alexander Tatarsky.

The first releases of the program were in the form of pictures with voice-over text. Then there were puppet shows and small plays, in which the artists of the Moscow Art Theater and the Theater of Satire played. Pinocchio and Tepa the hare, Shustrik and Myamlik puppets took part in the puppet shows. In addition, the participants of the program were children aged 4-6 and theater actors who told fairy tales.

The creators of the program argued for a long time about the name. There were several options: “Evening Tale”, “Good Night”, “Bedtime Tale”, “Visiting the Magic Man Tick-Tock”. But on the eve of the first broadcast, they decided the name of the program was found: “Good night, kids!”.

In the early 70s, the screen appeared current heroes programs - Khryusha, Stepashka, Filya and Karkusha, which immediately fell in love with the children.

When in the early 80s it was decided to replace the dolls with people, there was no limit to the indignation of millions of viewers, and two months later the dolls took their usual places. In its long screen life, Good Night has experienced all sorts of times. Most often, the clouds gathered over Piggy, and for the most unexpected reasons. For example, once the board of the State Radio and Television was asked why all the dolls in the program blink, but Piggy does not. Until 2002, Khryusha spoke in the voice of the oldest employee of the program, Natalia Derzhavina. We can say that she devoted her life to her beloved pig. “He sometimes gets completely out of control,” she herself said in an interview. - When something blurts out, I even have to apologize. For him, not for himself. Sometimes it seems to me that we just have a common blood circulation ... ”Everyone knows her catchy voice with a hoarseness, and the actress’s house was literally littered with toy pigs - gifts from friends and viewers. After Natalya Derzhavina died, Khryusha began to speak in the voice of Oksana Chabanyuk.

The first actor to voice Filya was Grigory Tolchinsky. He liked to joke: “I will retire, I will publish the book“ Twenty years under the skirt of Aunt Valya. Today's voice of Fili is actor Sergei Grigoriev.

For a very long time they could not pick up the character of Karkusha. Many actresses who auditioned for the role could not get used to the image of a funny crow until Gertrude Sufimova appeared in Good Night. And it was already impossible to imagine another Karkusha ... When in 1998, at the age of 72, the actress died, the crow settled on the arm of actress Galina Marchenko.

Stepashka is voiced by Natalya Golubentseva. The actress in life often uses the voice of her character. Hearing it, even strict traffic cops become kind before their eyes, and forget about the fine. The actress got along with Stepashka so much that she pasted a photo together with him into her certificate of a well-deserved artist.

Filya was the first in the now famous five characters. This joyful event for kids and their parents happened on May 20, 1968. The prototype of the current universal favorite was found by the editor of the program "Good night, kids!" Vladimir Shinkarev, who came up with this name for the dog.

Piggy's birthday is February 10, 1971. The bunny Tepa was sitting at the table in front of the viewers, the host "Aunt Valya" (Valentina Leontieva) appeared:

- Hello guys! Hello Tepa! Oh, someone hit me on the leg. Tepa, do you know who this is?
- I know, Aunt Valya. This is a piglet. He lives with me now.
- Tepochka, why does he live under the table?
- Because, Aunt Valya, he is very naughty and does not want to leave under the table.
- What's your name, piglet?- Asked, looking under the table, Valentina Leontyeva.
And in response I heard: "Piggy."

Leading at different times were Vladimir Ukhin (Uncle Volodya), Valentina Leontyeva (Aunt Valya), Tatyana Vedeneeva, Angelina Vovk, Tatyana Sudets, Yuri Grigoriev, Yulia Pustovoitova, Dmitry Khaustov. Currently, the hosts are actress Anna Mikhalkova, Oksana Fedorova, actor Viktor Bychkov.

In the late 80s, the intro and lullaby changed for a while. Instead of a TV and toys sitting around it, a drawn garden and birds appeared. The new song "Sleep, my joy, sleep..." (music by Mozart and B. Flis, Russian text by S. Sviridenko) was performed by Elena Kamburova.

In the late 90s and early 2000s, the intro and lullaby changed several times (including with a return to Tatarsky's plasticine animation).

Currently produced by the TV company "Class!". It airs on Russia TV channel on weekdays at 20:45 local time. Previously she appeared on the TV channels ORT (1991-2001), Kultura (2001-2002).

In 1999, the program did not go out, because they did not find a place for it on the air grid, a television series was broadcast instead.

Each doll is treated very carefully - they are brought to the studio only for the period of filming, and the animals spend the rest of the time in a special storage. They are looked after there: cleaned, combed, dressed. Here, in cardboard boxes, and the entire doll wardrobe is complicated. Fili and Stepashka, for example, have their own tailcoats with butterflies. Piggy has a real leather jacket with rivets, Karkusha has countless bows.

The dolls themselves are updated approximately every three years, and worn-out sets are sent to the same storage. For 37 years, you can’t count how many Khryush, Stepash, Karkush and Fil have accumulated there. By the way, once the management of the program decided to order new dolls in England. We sent layouts and photographs to the British. But as a result, imported animals turned out to be completely different from their native ones.

“We treat our dolls like children,” says production designer Tatyana Artemyeva. “We dress them, put them on, take care of them and even make them up sometimes. Piggy, for example, used to be made of material that shone, and it had to be powdered. And 7-8 years ago he was modernized, now his head is made of artificial suede. But we still powder him, now for color. "

After each shooting, the puppets are supposed to rest: "They are heated, as we believe, not from the hand of the puppeteer, but from the energy that he transfers to the toy so that it comes to life. Therefore, after filming, the puppets are placed on a special ladder, where they can cool down, rest and sleep. So "tired toys are sleeping" - this is about us.

The announcers enjoyed no less love than the puppets: aunt Valya (Valentina Leontyeva) and uncle Volodya (Vladimir Ukhov), who hosted the program until 1995. In 2005, Ukhov had a stroke, since then he has been at home and moves only around the apartment. After Uncle Volodya, Aunt Sveta (Svetlana Zhiltsova), Uncle Yura (Yuri Grigoriev), and later - Aunt Lina (Angelina Vovk) came to the program.
All of them are now retired.

Today, the program is hosted by former Miss Universe Oksana Fedorova and Anna Mikhalkova, daughter of the famous director Nikita Mikhalkov. By the way, over time, the style of communication on the program has changed a lot - they stopped addressing the hosts to “You” and calling them “aunts”: now Oksana and Anya are just visiting their favorite characters. But the doll actor Viktor Bychkov is still called Uncle Vitya, because he is older than both Fedorova and Mikhalkova. He has the image of a sort of kind neighbor who always comes to the rescue in Hard time, funny joke solving any problem.

There were many funny moments on set. Puppet animals were sometimes mistaken for real ones. Piggy especially got it. For example, when he was filmed in a dolphinarium, one of the dolphins dragged him underwater with him. And somehow the bear ate his head, mistaking Piggy for a live pig.

Attributed to the program and political "sabotage". Allegedly, when the famous trip of Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev to America took place, the cartoon "The Traveling Frog" was urgently removed from the air. When Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, they did not recommend showing a cartoon about the bear Mishka, who never finished the job he started. But the transmission staff consider all this to be a coincidence.

The filming of the program was sometimes very difficult. AT puppet show the actor holds the puppet in his arms, but here the artists had to work lying on the floor.

Today, three rooms are involved in the filming of the program. There is a living room and a playroom. And in the future, the heroes will have their own studio-house. Neighbors will settle in it - animals and new hero- Bibigon, a character from the fairy tale "The Adventures of Bibigon" by Korney Chukovsky.