Uncle Yura good night. "Good night, kids!": the best presenters

On September 1, 1964, the program “Good night, kids!” goes on the air. It was possible to see her, as now, every day at 20:45 on the 2nd program of the Central Television of the USSR. We will talk about the 5 most memorable show hosts.

1. Valentina Leontieva became the first host of the Good Night, Kids! program. She was called the “all-Union mother”, because she “put to bed” all the children of the country. Initially, she hosted a program with two dolls: Tepa the hare and the Shustrik Boy, which were replaced by Piggy the pig, Stepashka the hare, Karkusha the crow and Phil the dog.

Children from all over the state sent letters to Aunt Valya. One day, she received a letter from Far East, where in the "address" field it was written: "Tilivisor, aunt Valya", and in the letter itself the child tearfully asked Valentina Mikhailovna never, ever to go on vacation.

On the air, too, was not complete without funny moments. Once Aunt Valya, without thinking, mentioned that Fili's birthday, like hers, was August 1st. “What started here ... The children know that the dog needs meat bones, and parcels went - from Belarus and Georgia, from Ukraine and the Far East. It was impossible to approach the parcels, because it was July. We were simply overwhelmed with bones ... ”Leontieva recalled in an interview.

2. Vladimir Ukhin, an announcer of the Central Television of the USSR, was one of the first presenters of the program, in which he worked for 31 years. “One boy,” Vladimir Ukhin later shared his memories, “sent a letter: “Hello, dear Khryushin dad!” So this nickname stuck with me.”

Ukhin called Piggy his favorite character of the program. He also liked Filya, although he sometimes confused even the presenter with his insidious questions, for example, when four-door trams appeared in Moscow. “Filya asked: “Which doors do you need to enter, which exits?” I did not see the trams, did not answer. The audience then revolted. I had to make a separate program on this topic, ”Vladimir Ukhin later recalled.

In 1995, Vladimir Ivanovich left television and went on tour with a company of dolls: Khryusha, Fillya and Stepashka.

3. Tatyana Vedeneeva became the host of the Good Night, Kids! in 1977. By the 80s, she was one of the most popular presenters of Central Television. She had her own approach to broadcasting: each time Aunt Tanya brought some interesting item on the air, about which she composed a fairy tale. One day she brought wooden bird and told a story about a sick boy who wanted the winter to end as soon as possible. Dad decided to cheer him up and made a toy bird - the boy looked at it and imagined a warm spring. At the end of the tale, Aunt Tanya said that the bird in the house is a source of goodness and peace.

4. Angelina Vovk, better known as the host of the Song of the Year festival, hosted the program in the 80s. In those days, the program "Good night, kids!" worried not better times: there were those who wanted to close the program, there were those who demanded to remove Piggy from the program - they say, why the pig should teach Soviet children. Aunt Lina defended the puppet character, went to the top management and explained that without Piggy, broadcast is impossible.

Angelina Mikhailovna said that it was very difficult for her to conduct the program. She wanted to teach the children herself, to express her thoughts - but they agreed to leave the program only under the condition of strict control from above. So I had to limit ready scripts that have been approved.

5. Hmayak Hakobyan was born on December 1, 1956 in the family of an illusionist. As a child, he slept in his father's mirror-effect magic box. Watching the work of his father, he fell in love with tricks, magic and firmly decided for himself who he would be.

After long rehearsals and looking for work as an illusionist, Akopyan Jr. got into Good Night, Kids!, where he would show tricks to the guys. Its first broadcast was in 1998. The puppet characters called him not Uncle Amayak - he was for everyone the magician Rakhat Lukumych.

The magician's robe and cap, of course, attracted the attention of the guys, as did his pretentious greeting "I am happy to see you again, oh, my radiant friends!" and the outlandish spell "Sim-salavim-akhalai-mahalai".

Today, the program is broadcast on weekdays at 20:50 on the Russia-1 TV channel. Behind last years it also changed quite a few presenters: Dmitry Khaustov, Anna Mikhalkova, Oksana Fedorova. Now among the leading "Good night, kids!" - singer Dmitry Malikov (read more about his debut), and not so long ago, the winner of Eurovision 2008 Dima Bilan was offered to try himself as a presenter.

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 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 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 screensaver changed for a while and Lullaby. 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 came 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

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 DOG BRAVNI, for a long time gathering dust in the dollhouse. 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. A naughty piggy child is 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 a 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 episodes with Eduard Uspensky)
Brownie, Mokryona (granddaughter of Brownie), 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 characters had difficult relationships, conflicts and unresolved questions 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 as 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. On your duty screen age"Good night" 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 Television and Radio Broadcasting Company 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 on domestic television and the oldest children's program in Russia - celebrates its anniversary on September 1. 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 turned out to be 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 who walked 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 of "kids", but also of 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 was written by the 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 various times, good night was said to the kids by "Uncle Volodya" Vladimir Ukhin, "Aunt Valya" Valentina Leontyeva (they ran 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, etc.

For many of them, the program for the youngest has become Starting point V 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 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 a role or finish a sentence by knocking on her leg under the table. And when the assistant told everyone that it was time to wrap up, the actors stroked the host with circular movements on the knee.

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 in life sometimes uses the voice of her character and, although this is not supposed to be her certificate of a well-deserved artist, pasted her photograph with Stepashka.

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- Mishutka. 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 the Rooster Peas 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 one," said Alexander Mitroshenkov. cartoon "The Traveler Frog". The scandal turned out to be grandiose. (...) Already under Brezhnev, a program was removed from the air, in which it was told with humor why the dog Fili 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 Sergei 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


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"GOOG night kids!" - TV show for preschool and younger children school age. Issued September 1, 1964. The program began to appear on the 2nd program of the Central Television of the USSR. The idea of ​​creating the program came about after Valentina Fedorova, editor-in-chief of the children's and youth programs, visited the GDR, where she saw a cartoon about a sandman. Alexander Kurlyandsky, Eduard Uspensky, Andrey Usachev, Roman Sef and others took part in the creation of the program. There were several options for the name of the program: "Evening Tale", "Good Night", "Bedtime Tale", "Visiting the Magic Man Tick-Tock". The final version appeared on the eve of the first broadcast: "Good night, kids!".


The first releases were in the form of pictures with off-screen 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 Tyopa the hare (the first characters of the program), Shustrik and Myamlik puppets (the puppets were made in the theater of Sergei Obraztsov) acted in puppet shows. Phil played by the actor puppet theater Sergei Obraztsov Sergei Tolchinsky and the boy Eroshka - Natalia Golubentseva. In addition, the participants of the program were children aged 4-6 and theater actors who told them fairy tales.

Later, other puppet characters appeared - the dog Filya, the pig Piggy, the hare Stepashka, the crow Karkusha and others (they were voiced by the actors of the theater S. Obraztsova, among them: Alexander Ocheretyansky (Filya), Natalya Derzhavina (d. March 11, 2002) (Kryusha ), Natalia Golubentseva (Stepashka) and others), and the hosts were Valentina Leontieva, Angelina Vovk, Tatyana Vedeneeva, Yuri Nikolaev and others. The program gained the greatest popularity in the first half of the 1970s. The main characters of the program are cute puppet animals: Stepashka the bunny, Khryusha the pig, Karkusha the crow, Filya the dog, Tsap Tsarapych the cat, Mishutka the bear. Leading, kind, smart, all understanding and all able to explain aunts and uncles communicated with them and communicate.

In 1972, Eroshka turned into Stepashka, and Valentina Mikhailovna appeared in the frame - aunt Valya.

Aunt Valya

Valentin Leontiev called Aunt Valya Soviet Union. On television, she hosted not only “Good night, kids!”. On the programs “Good night, kids”, “Alarm clock”, “Skillful hands”, “Visiting a fairy tale”, which she hosted, more than one generation of children grew up. Adults could not imagine the festive "Blue Light" and the program "From the bottom of my heart" without her participation, which became calling card Leontieva. For all her stateliness and beauty, Valentina Mikhailovna was very natural, simple and accessible. In "Calm" Valentina Mikhailovna improvised a lot, so it seemed that she was talking to each child individually. Leontyeva even with our heroes - Khryusha, Fillya and Stepashka - communicated so affectionately, as if they were not dolls, but real, living children.

Uncle Volodya

Vladimir Ukhin- Announcer of Central Television, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, worked in the program "Good night, kids!" 31 year. Vladimir Ukhin was called "the main educator of the country." "He not only entertained, he taught kids to be polite, not to offend the weak, to be responsible for their actions."

Uncle Volodya appeared on the screens with the bunny Tepa and the dog Chizhik. 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.

Well, Piggy was at first a red-haired girl, but then, apparently due to bad behavior, she was made ... a piglet. The last, in 1982, Karkusha was born.

Program "Good night, kids!" he led until 1995, then he began to tour Russia in the company of his favorite animals: Fili, Stepashki, Khryushi.

Uncle Yura

Yuri Grigoriev- one of the most cheerful hosts of "Calm", has worked in the program for 20 years.

Aunt Tanya

Tatyana Vedeneeva- was born in Stalingrad. After school, she left for Moscow and entered GITIS. Tatyana got on television and very soon became one of the most recognizable presenters in the country. Charming Aunt Tanya from the program "Good night, kids" is the star of "Calm" in the mid-80s.

Aunt Tanya

Tatyana Sudets, honored artist Russian Federation, led "Calm" for 25 years!


Aunt Lina

Angelina Vovk started broadcasting in the 80s and put a lot of effort into ensuring that "Calm" remained on television.

uncle Yura

Yuri Nikolaev

IN Lately"GOOG night kids!" led actress Anna Mikhalkova, TV presenter Oksana Fedorova and singer Dmitry Malikov.

Oksana Fedorova

Anna Mikhalkova

Dmitry Malikov

Lullaby "Tired toys sleep" with a "plasticine" headband - the last thing that many Soviet children saw before going to bed.
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.

Transfer "Good night, kids!" - one of the most successful projects on domestic television and the oldest children's program in Russia - celebrates its anniversary on September 1. 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 broadcast only live, these were episodes 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 turned out to be 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 of "kids", but also of 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

The song “Good night, kids!”, 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 was written by the famous composer Arkady Ostrovsky, who also owns the music for the songs "Let there always be sun" and others.

At first, the main lullaby of the country was sung by the 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 various times, good night was said to the kids by "Uncle Volodya" Vladimir Ukhin, "Aunt Valya" Valentina Leontyeva (they ran 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, etc.

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 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 a role or finish a sentence by knocking on her leg under the table. And when the assistant told everyone that it was time to wrap up, the actors stroked the host with circular movements on the knee.

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 in life sometimes uses the voice of her character and, although this is not supposed to be her certificate of a well-deserved artist, pasted her photograph with Stepashka.

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, a new character appeared on the screen - Mishutka. 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 the Rooster Peas 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, telling instructive stories, teaching children letters and numbers in a playful way, introducing 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 times, the program was attributed to "political sabotage."

"... One of the first broadcasts almost became the last one," said Alexander Mitroshenkov. (...) Already under Brezhnev, a program was removed from the air, in which it was explained with humor why the dog Fili has a human name. Ironically, at that moment Fidel Castro arrived in the USSR, and some of the politicians came up with the idea that Filya is Fidel, which means that the scriptwriters 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 Sergei 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


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