“Good night time, kids” is a legendary program that has all the time delighted Soviet and Russian kids within the evenings for 60 years. And the plush character Piggy is certainly one of his predominant symbols, together with Stepashka and Filya.
The reckless, hooligan and barely lazy pig, voiced by the actress Natalya Derzhavina (and after her demise in 2002, Natalya Golubentseva), first appeared on the air on February 10, 1971 – a 12 months after Stepashka was born and three years after Fili.
The brand new character clearly stood out in opposition to the background of optimistic and calm heroes – he appeared extra alive, so he instantly fell in love with one million viewers. A lot in order that he has not disappeared from this system for 53 years.
Nevertheless, throughout this time, various things occurred in Piggy’s life.
He was on the peak of his fame when he appeared on this system “Good Evening, Grownups,” parodying the New Russian, or holding the well-known phone convention with the American Kermit the Frog.
However he additionally discovered himself on the sting of the abyss. Oddly sufficient, they had been wanting to take Piggy off the air ceaselessly.
As soon as throughout perestroika, a pig disturbed the State Tv and Radio Broadcasting Firm due to its eyes. Then his employees needed to take away Piggy from the air, as a result of, in contrast to different characters, the eyes of the doll didn’t shut.
Nevertheless, an much more wonderful occasion occurred within the character’s life a few years earlier. The previous host of “Good Evening, Children,” actor Viktor Bychkov talked about it.
“Firstly of perestroika, Soviet Muslims took up arms in opposition to him. They demanded that the “pork” be faraway from the body, Bychkov recalled.
However, happily, the authors of the present had been in a position to defend their favourite character.
“To this point, the editor of this system Lyudmila Ermilina answered: “The Koran says which you can not eat pigs, however Allah doesn’t forbid to have a look at them,” stated Bychkov.
In the long run, happily, they left behind Piggy. And after the autumn of the nation, nobody else tried to kill the poor pig.
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