Soviet cartoons are still beloved and popular not only among children, but also among the older generation. They are heartfelt, kind, instructive and sometimes a little strange (like "Hedgehog in the Fog").
And even after watching our favorite cartoon several times, we may not notice the little secrets that are hidden in it. We present you the top 10 interesting facts about the heroes of Soviet cartoons.
10. Winnie the Pooh's ear
Have you noticed that Pooh the Bear has a bent left ear in the cartoon series? This is done intentionally, according to the animators' idea, the bear prefers to sleep on his left side.
But Winnie the Pooh's funny "pacing" was an accident. His right hand, which by mistake of the animators moved together with his right leg, made the character even more charming, so it was decided to leave it that way.
9. I don’t understand anything!
This phrase from the animated series "Koloboki Investigate" has long since become a catchphrase. And we should thank the director of the film studio for it. He ended angry tirades with it, for example: "Lunch has been over for five minutes, and there is no one at their workplaces. I don't understand anything!"
By the way, attentive viewers might have noticed that Captain Vrungel appeared twice in the airport scenes. The fact is that the director of Kolobki, Aleksandr Tatarsky, also worked on The Adventures of Captain Vrungel.
8. The Last Supper
Want to see a cartoon version of one of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings? Then watch the cartoon "Last Year's Snow Was Falling". On both sides of the main character there are 6 characters, just like on Leonardo's canvas.
There is also a sad fact connected with this cartoon: when explaining to composer Grigory Gladkov what final melody he would like to hear, director Aleksandr Tatarsky said: "We will be buried to this melody!" And indeed, music from "Last Year's Snow Was Falling" was played at the director's funeral.
7. The Wolf Without Stockings
Tell me, Snow Maiden, where have you been? And at the same time, tell me where you lost your stockings. This funny blooper appeared in the New Year's episode of "Well, Just You Wait," in which the Wolf portrays the Snow Maiden, and the Hare portrays Father Frost.
During the Wolf's performance, his stockings disappear! After a few seconds, they appear, and then disappear again, this time for good.
6. Prisoner of the Caucasus
In the cartoon "The Flying Ship" there is an episode in which Princess Zabava, locked in her chambers, throws dishes out of the window, much to the displeasure of her father. This funny scene is a parody of the episode from the film "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style", in which Natalya Varley's heroine throws "three portions of shashlik" into the abyss.
5. Painted plasticine
One of the heaviest (literally) and most interesting facts about Soviet cartoons concerns the "Plasticine Crow". It took about 800 kg of plasticine to create it. And since its colors were too dull, it had to be painted by hand.
And in all three parts of the cartoon there is the same minor character. It is an old lady with glasses and a carpet beater in her hand.
4. Why did Cheburashka forget how to read?
The cute and mysterious Cheburashka, who looks like either a bear cub or a bunny, easily read the announcement "Young crocodile wants to make friends" in the first episode. In the second episode, Cheburashka still has the skill of reading, and was able to read aloud the sign with which the pioneers went to collect scrap metal.
However, by the fourth episode, Cheburashka was unable to read the telegram sent by Gena the crocodile, and therefore did not meet his friend at the station.
3. A Dog Without Boots
Have you noticed that in the cartoon "Dog in Boots" none of the dog heroes wear shoes? And there is also an English detective dog who looks very much like Sherlock Holmes. He is even voiced by Vasily Livanov. And by the way, he looks like a purebred German Doberman.
For Nikolai Karachentsev, who gave his voice to the dog D'Artagnan, this was his first work in the animation genre. And, according to many viewers, he did a brilliant job. What do you think?
2. Uncle Fyodor's living mother
We gave the second place in the selection of interesting information about the heroes of Soviet cartoons to a beauty with a thin waist, strict square glasses and a wonderful voice. She was copied from Larisa Myasnikova, the wife of the production designer Levon Khachatryan. She also had a short haircut, short stature and glasses, only not square, but round. Director Vladimir Popov insisted on changing their shape.
And the cat Matroskin could have been Taraskin, if the employee of the magazine "Fitil" Anatoly Taraskin had not forbidden Uspensky to use his last name. Later he greatly regretted it, but, as they say, "the train has already left."
1. From bandits to postmen...or vice versa
If you watched the cartoons "Three from Prostokvashino" and "The Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov", then you probably noticed how similar the postman Pechkin and the bandit Kurochkin are. The similarity is enhanced by the fact that these two characters were voiced by the same actor - Boris Novikov.
Perhaps the cunning and harmful, but kind at heart postman has an evil brother, a recidivist with experience, from whom Pechkin fled to a remote village? Who knows...
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