Facts about "KVN"

Exactly 52 years ago in a television broadcast was shown the first edition of the TV program "KVN". During this time, "KVN" became one of the most popular programs on domestic television, and watching the show became unshakable tradition in many families. In this regard, I want to introduce you to the most interesting and little-known facts from the life of the "people's program."

1.Nazvanie "KVN" was borrowed from the title of the first Soviet black-and-white TV. This was done in order to show fully associated with the TV.





2.Maslyakov not "sit." For a long time the people went to the myth that the longtime host of "KVN" was once convicted of fraud. In fact, this was not. A myth is likely to appear at a time when the "KVN" was closed from 1971 to 1986.



Supporters of the "Club of cheerful and resourceful" during the shooting of the next game in the TV-theater (now the theater and concert hall "Palace on the Yauza").

3. Money in "KVN" have always played an important role. For each performance at the regional or central league, each team now pay a fee, the amount of which varies from a few thousand to 20 thousand rubles. Other income league "KVN" make contributions in the amount of 10-20% of their touring and corporate performances that carried the team. The first part of this interesting fact shrugs us to another, no less interesting ...

4. More than 7,000 teams listed in the database of the International Union "KVN».



5. In Soviet times the money as "solved". Oddly enough, but the financial problems experienced in the Soviet times the capital and the Moscow Region team, as they had not been sponsored, in contrast to regional teams, which are often under the control of the leaders of district committees, city committees, and sometimes personal secretary.

6. The longest game. In Soviet times, the game "KVN" lasted an average of 4-5 hours, and the air was issued only a third of the game. Today, the game and the Higher Premier League "KVN" lasts no more than 2, 5 hours. In 1996, Moscow hosted the jubilee show-program "We are 35!", Which was recorded over five hours. But all the records broken marathon dedicated to the 40th anniversary of "KVN" - November 8, 2001 in DK Engineering started the game, which lasted the whole day without a break. We repeated the record of "keveenschiki" in 2006, when the next International Day of "KVN" noted 24-hour game in DC MIIT.



7. Shortly before the temporary closure of the transfer in 1971 forbade the participants to go on stage with a beard, which censors discern "banter" of Karl Marx.

8. In honor of Alexander Maslyakova named asteroid 5245 Maslyakov. A machine room TV presenter found his letters home "KVN". Himself Maslyakov claims that vanity nothing to do with "traffic cops insisted - say, a gift!».



9. More than a hundred people after a career at "KVN" became well-known and popular on TV people. Most of them were on television, but moved to other shows, and often create new such as the organizers of the Comedy Club Garik Martirosyan, Paul Will, Michael Galustyan. Among the famous natives "KVN" and others, such as Yuli Gusman, Mikhail Zadornov, Gennady Khazanov, Valdis Pelsh, Michael Schatz, Alexander Fur.



10. For those who like it hot jokes, held in Sochi "Black Drink". In this competition there are no rules, and the censorship, and therefore taboo ...







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