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This well-known program for preschool children first aired on September 1, 1964.
The first steps in creating the program began on November 26, 1963. The authors began to write the first scripts, sketch sets and dolls, and develop the concept for the TV show itself.
Here are some fun facts about Good Night Kids! :
* Did the idea for the program come up with the editor-in-chief of programs for children and youth (then Valentina Fedorova) after that? when she visited the GDR and saw the cartoon Sandmännchen (Sandman) there.
* There were a lot of options and arguments about the name of the TV show. Popular options included: “An Evening Tale”, “Good Night”, “Bedtime Story”, “Visiting the Magic Man Tik-Tak”. They decided to call the program “Good Night, Kids!” just before the first broadcast.
The program “Good night, kids”. How did it all start?
* Today, most people remember Piggy, Filya and Stepashka, but at the very beginning, the episodes were released in the form of pictures with voiceovers. A little later, the pictures were replaced by puppet shows and short plays played by artists from the Moscow Art Theater and the Satire Theater.
* The very first screensaver of the program featured a black and white picture of a watch with a hand moving. At that time, the program did not have a constant air time and the author of the screensaver (at that time Irina Vlasova) set the right time each time. The program became a color screensaver in the late 1970s.
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* Later, the children met their favorite characters such as Filya, Stepashka, Piggy, and Karkusha the crow.
* After Leonid Brezhnev's funeral, it was forbidden to use puppet characters on television. The program was broadcast only by announcers, but after the death of Yuri Andropov, and later Konstantin Chernenko, the editorial office was flooded with letters asking them to return Khryusha and Stepashka, which eventually happened.
* A song written specifically for the program “Good Night Kids!” was written and first performed in 1964. Almost 20 years later, the second verse in the lyrics was replaced by “Be sure to go home…” instead of “You can ride on the moon in a fairy tale…”.
* Between 2007 and 2009, several computer games were released based on this TV show: “Piggy's Adventures”, “Stepashka's Adventures” and “Merry Company”. The games were developed by DiP Interactive, and the publisher was 1C.
Good night hosts kids
At different times, the program was broadcast by different hosts. There have been many presenters throughout its history. Among the first were Vladimir Ukhin (Uncle Volodya), Valentina Leontyeva (Aunt Valya), Angelina Vovk (Aunt Lina), Tatyana Sudets (Aunt Tanya) and Yuri Nikolaev (Uncle Yura).
The program was also hosted by Svetlana Zhiltsova (Aunt Sveta), Dmitry Poletaev (Uncle Dima), Tatyana Vedeneeva (Aunt Tanya), Yuri Grigoryev (Uncle Yura), Grigory Gladkov (Uncle Grisha, with guitar), Amayak Akopyan (Rakhat Lukumich), Vladimir Pinchevsky (Wizard, Munchhausen, Doctor, host of Tales of the Peoples of the World), Viktor Bychkov (Uncle Vitya), Oksana Fedorova (Oksana), Anna Mikhalkova (Anya), Dmitry Malikov (Dima) , Valeria and Andrey Grigoryev-Apollonov.
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Good Night Kids (song)
“Good Night Kids” (lyrics)
Lyrics “Tired Toys Are Sleeping”
Tired toys are sleeping
The books are sleeping
Duvets and pillows
They're waiting for the guys.
Even a fairy tale goes to bed
To dream at night
You wish her a buy-by.
A must at home
At this hour
Sandman walks quietly
Right next to us.
It's getting darker outside the window
Morning is wiser than night.
Close your eyes, buy-by.
You can ride in a fairy tale
On the Moon
And race through the rainbow
On horseback.
Make friends with an elephant
And catch a firebird feather.
Close your eyes, buy-by.
Bayu Bai, all people should
Sleep at night
Bayu bayu, it will be tomorrow
It's a day again.
We were very tired during the day
Let's say “Good night!” ,
Close your eyes, buy-by.
The words of the lullaby “Sleep my joy, fall asleep”
Sleep, my joy, fall asleep!
The lights in the house went out;
The bees died down in the garden
The fish fell asleep in the pond
The month in the sky glitters
He's been looking out the window for a month.
Close your eyes soon
Sleep, my joy, fall asleep!
Go to sleep, go to sleep!
Everything in the house has been quiet for a long time
It's dark in the cellar, in the kitchen
Not a single door creaks
The mouse is sleeping behind the stove.
Someone sighed behind the wall —
What do we care, honey?
Close your eyes soon
Sleep, my joy, fall asleep!
Go to sleep, go to sleep!
My chick lives sweetly:
There are no worries, no worries;
Plenty of toys, sweets,
Lots of fun ideas,
You'll hurry to get everything
Just don't cry, baby!
May it be like this all days!
Sleep, my joy, fall asleep!
Go to sleep, go to sleep!