Zucchini “13 chairs” — a humorous program of the Soviet television, which in the story was in the Polish restaurant.
The regulars of the tavern, sir, Mr. Votruba, pan Zuzya, Mr. Athlete, miss Monica, Professor pan and others, which played mostly artists satire Theater were funny dialogues and sang the soundtrack songs of the artists of the socialist countries…
The transmission was aired from 1966 to 1981 and was hugely popular, and participants often named after characters of the “Tavern” than their own names. big fan of was the General Secretary of the CPSU Leonid Brezhnev not to miss a single episode…
1968.
Originally this entertainment program called “Good evening”. Her first was the leading actor of theatre of Satire Alexander Belyavsky. It is called the idea “Tavern” in the early 60-ies on Soviet television was not enough humorous programs, and then “fit in” bielawski, just returned from the Polish touring.
He submitted the idea to the Director of theater of Satire George Zelinsky to make small eliminatory, like the Warsaw performance of “Cabaret Old gentry”. Bielawski brought a selection of sketches from the Polish comic magazines. The case of “spun”.
1973.
Initially expected to make just three passes, but after the first transmission of Ostankino went to bags the letters on the theme of “I Want more!” The program decided to continue, but the former name was clearly “not in cash”. Then announced a nationwide contest for the best name.
And then there are the “folk hero” from the glorious city of Voronezh, which just felt all program participants, and, without further ADO, wrote the sacred words — “Zucchini 13 chairs”. Grateful to the Motherland has not forgotten the heroism of the hero — happy “accountant” was invited to Moscow for shooting of the program and gave him a whole 13 boxes deficitario in those years Czech beer.
Soon “duty master” Beliavsky was replaced by the favorite of the audience, the actor of the same theater of Satire Andrei Mironov. He spent “two of the tavern,” and was removed from TV forever. Again, according to numerous requests of television viewers — the General opinion of the viewers, the program of Soviet citizens was, “the Actor Andrey Mironov suppresses your temperament of the other participants. And we want to see all… the” Next “Pan Master” was Mikhail Derzhavin.
He said: “It was very tempting. You immediately become popular among millions. The audience is mostly praised, gave friendly advice. It was the first popular television show with regular characters, unity of place and style. For the majority of our viewers silly, sometimes naive scenes and recapitulation served as a kind of outlet for their sarahlamantia life.
The flavor of some “not ours”, most are not familiar coziness and comfort. “Squash” for the Soviet audience was a little “window to Europe” and the heavy “iron curtain” was transformed into a bamboo shower curtain, easy pushing hands…”
1976.
Initially, the program was black and white and recorded in real time, the actors worked on an ordinary stopwatch and if some of the actors were wrong, I had to record all over again. On the issue of same programme (including rehearsals) took up to six weeks. The text was heavily edited, or rather to say — “censored” and “at the discretion” of the actors had only the choice of the expressions, intonation and gestures.
Even clothes for the filming, looking for those “Soviet years” gorgeous, regulated — so the first “lady Catarina” (Natalia Selezneva) was fined for appearing in a mini-skirt. After moving the Studio in Ostankino, “Tavern” became “color”, and to the delight of performers, hurrying to their evening performances, go to records.
The most resistant, “until the last” enemy “the Tavern” was a famous chief Director of the Theater of Satire Valentin Pluchek.
This was due to the simple fact that most of the “gentry and panacek” was his theater, and many spectators at dramatic performances nesterenky just squealed with delight, seeing firsthand such as “pan Master”, “lady Monica” or the “pan Director”. Although the phenomenal popularity of the program and the Theater of Satire made popular.
1980.
According to the already post-Soviet commentators, “every program was a reflection of our life at that time in miniature. So “pan Sportsman” many, as in a mirror, saw the Soviet sports “unfortunate officials,” who were once exemplary athletes.
And beloved by the people “sir” is reflected Soviet nomenklatura, which “was not evil and not good,” and sometimes was able “to direct”. Clothing “lady Monica” was for many Soviet women, the only window into the world of the distant and mysterious fashion.
“Squash” can be safely called “first Rhythms of Foreign music” on Soviet TV in the program for the first time voiced not only by the leading artists of Polish music scene (Herman), but also songs of Mireille Mathieu and Tom Jones. Therefore, “pan Master” in numerous letters politely requested “not to engage in the translation of texts”, and allow no interference to record the song on tape.
Incidentally, in the first editions of “Tavern” visited it “live” stars — the same Anna German, Barbara Brylska, and others, but then all performances have replaced the soundtrack. Actors only opened his mouth, sometimes getting out of sync — often a new song that they had to “perform”, they were listening to before the broadcast.
During the filming of.
According to rumors, the “Tavern” must their “longevity” is not the people’s love (which in the USSR have always been powerless and late) and interest to the “gentry” of only one person: the “dear Leonid Ilyich”. Knew the family of Brezhnev, later said that the Secretary General did not miss a single episode if it did happen, he showed specially made for it.
Legends about the fact that “Squash” several times closed and then quickly gathered the actors and recorded the program, because they do not dare to report the “beloved leader”, suddenly desired to see her no more. The poles for the transfer was not offended, probably considering it a manifestation of “proletarian internationalism” or something like that.
When the program was ten years, the Soviet leadership on the initiative of Brezhnev actors showered with honorary titles and new apartments, and the Polish government awarded the “Tavern” is only an honorary title “Honoured collective of the culture of the Polish people’s Republic.” “Pub” was closed in the summer of 1981, after the outbreak of the Polish rebellion.”
The word “Poland” then in the press and on television were carefully omitted, and in General, this question was not to humor. And suddenly, without any logical conclusion, the 150th transfer of the last. Then another long Soviet citizens were reading “the guide”, but, alas, it was all over, quietly, without end.
In a few years when in Poland, all “resolved”, was made another attempt — a series about the inhabitants of the house. Although it starred a “kabachkov”, it soon closed.
This time there were no politics, it just turned out to be useless and forced into the bargain. Of her now, in contrast to the “Tavern”, and don’t remember.
The last attempt to revive the traditional “Tavern” was made in 1996 year, the head of the theatre “U Kamina” Anna Makagon. The most famous “lords” (Aroseva, vysokovskiy, Derzhavin and others) refused to participate. The names of these artists remember not everything, but they still remained in the memory of the audience under the names of their heroes.
