# Fitil > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fitil > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fitil.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitil > Source revision: 1324024183 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox television | image = | alt = | caption = | genre = Anthology, Comedy | creator = | director = Various, including Leonid Gaidai | composer = Nikita Bogoslovsky (for some episodes) | country = Soviet Union, Russia | language = Russian | num_seasons = | num_episodes = 608 | producer = | runtime = Varies by episode | network = [Russia-1](/source/Russia-1) | first_aired = {{Start date|1962||}} | last_aired = {{End date|2008||}} | related = Yeralash }} '''''Fitil''''' ({{lang-rus|Фитиль|p=fʲɪˈtʲilʲ}}, ''Fuse'') is a popular Soviet short film and television [anthology series](/source/anthology_series) which ran for 608 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called {{lang|ru|Фитилёк, Fitilyok}}, ''Little Fuse''. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Fitilyok eventually became an entirely separate show for children and was renamed [Yeralash](/source/Yeralash), (Russian: Ералаш) meaning "jumble" or "mishmash." It was directed by various artists, including [Leonid Gaidai](/source/Leonid_Gaidai) who presented his famous trio of [Nikulin](/source/Yuri_Nikulin), [Vitsin](/source/Georgy_Vitsin) and [Morgunov](/source/Evgeni_Morgunov) to the cast.[http://igorugolnikov.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73:fitil&catid=47:2009-01-23-15-48-00&Itemid=145 О ТСЖ «Фитиль» на сайте Игоря Угольникова] It was called "the [anecdote](/source/anecdote)s from the [Soviet government](/source/Soviet_government)" in the [USSR](/source/USSR). ==List of episodes== {| class="wikitable" |- !Number[http://kinozhurnal-fitil.webnode.ru/ Неофициальный сайт сатирического киножурнала «Фитиль»] !Year !Plot !Description !Author and editor !Director !Cameraman, soundman and film editor !Artist !Composer !Actors !Studio |- |rowspan="4" |1 |rowspan="4" |1962 |In one boot |"Head of city pensioners" Tyutiryutin goes on a fishing trip. On his return his wife tells him, that in a meeting held in his absence, he was called a "fool". Tyutiryutin calls all his subordinates together, demanding to know who had called him a "fool". In the end he learns that he was called "fisherman", and not "fool". |[Sergey Mikhalkov](/source/Sergey_Mikhalkov) |[Igor Ilyinsky](/source/Igor_Ilyinsky), Arkady Koltsaty | | | |[Igor Ilyinsky](/source/Igor_Ilyinsky), {{ill|Olga Viklandt|ru|Викландт, Ольга Артуровна}} |[Mosfilm](/source/Mosfilm) |- |Task |School task about "eyewash" |{{ill|Leonid Lench|ru|Ленч, Леонид Сергеевич}} |[Lev Kulidzhanov](/source/Lev_Kulidzhanov), {{ill|Isaak Magiton|ru|Магитон, Исаак Семёнович}} | | | |[Muza Krepkogorskaya](/source/Muza_Krepkogorskaya) |[Gorky Film Studio](/source/Gorky_Film_Studio) |- |Beet |Short animation about beet | |[Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin](/source/Vyacheslav_Kotyonochkin) | | | | |[Soyuzmultfilm](/source/Soyuzmultfilm) |- |Living corpse |Two men pretend to be dead, to avoid having to make alimony payments |{{ill|Mark Abramov|ru|Абрамов, Марк Александрович}} |{{ill|Andrey Tutyshkin|ru|Тутышкин, Андрей Петрович}} |{{ill|Vladimir Nikolaev (cinematographer)|ru|Николаев, Владимир Васильевич (кинооператор)|lt=Vladimir Nikolaev}} |{{ill|Georgy Kolganov|ru|Колганов, Георгий Николаевич}} |[Nikita Bogoslovsky](/source/Nikita_Bogoslovsky) |[Sergey Filippov](/source/Sergey_Filippov), [Yevgeny Morgunov](/source/Yevgeny_Morgunov), [Lubov Sokolova](/source/Lyubov_Sokolova_(actress)) |{{ill|Tsentrnauchfilm|ru|Центрнаучфильм|lt=Mosnauchfilm}} |- |rowspan="6" |3 |rowspan="6" |1962 |Ears |The head of the department makes a meaningless tirade about "if only there were mushrooms growing in your mouth" and what happens from this. His "efficiency" and "initiative" are noticed. They pull him up by the ears. Now he's a deputy manager, and his ears have grown. Again he is pulled up, he is already a manager with even longer ears. Then he delivers his meaningless speeches from a high rostrum, and his ears are very long. Who's pulling him by those ears? |{{ill|Leonid Likhodeev|ru|Лиходеев, Леонид Израилевич}}, [Sergey Mikhalkov](/source/Sergey_Mikhalkov) |{{ill|Andrey Tutyshkin|ru|Тутышкин, Андрей Петрович}} | | | |[Ivan Lyubeznov](/source/Ivan_Lyubeznov) | |- |People's rubles |A steel plant in [Cherepovets](/source/Cherepovets) receives equipment that is not used |L. Pankin, [Sergey Mikhalkov](/source/Sergey_Mikhalkov) |L. Pankin |L. Pankin | | | |[CSDF](/source/Central_Studio_for_Documentary_Film) (?) |- |The virus of indifference |About problems of growing corn |{{ill|Vladimir Kapninsky|ru|Капнинский, Владимир Васильевич}}, [Sergey Mikhalkov](/source/Sergey_Mikhalkov) |{{ill|Vladimir Pekar|ru|Пекарь, Владимир Израилевич}}, [Vladimir Popov](/source/Vladimir_Popov_(animator)) | | | |{{ill|Yefim Berezin|ru|Березин, Ефим Иосифович}}, {{ill|Yury Timoshenko|ru|Тимошенко, Юрий Трофимович}} |[Soyuzmultfilm](/source/Soyuzmultfilm) |- |Without thinking twice |About dismissive treatment with ancient monuments in [Vitebsk](/source/Vitebsk) |{{ill|Yuri Yegorov (director)|ru|Егоров, Юрий Павлович (режиссёр)|lt=Yuri Yegorov}} |{{ill|Yuri Yegorov (director)|ru|Егоров, Юрий Павлович (режиссёр)|lt=Yuri Yegorov}} |{{ill|Yuri Yegorov (director)|ru|Егоров, Юрий Павлович (режиссёр)|lt=Yuri Yegorov}} | | | |[CSDF](/source/Central_Studio_for_Documentary_Film) (?) |- |Revanchist |Anti-fascist cartoon |{{ill|Mark Abramov|ru|Абрамов, Марк Александрович}}, [Sergey Mikhalkov](/source/Sergey_Mikhalkov) |[Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin](/source/Vyacheslav_Kotyonochkin) | | | | |[Soyuzmultfilm](/source/Soyuzmultfilm) |- |Covered | | | | | | | | |- |} == See also == * ''[Yeralash](/source/Yeralash)'', another Soviet popular TV series for children * ''[Multiplikatsionniy Krokodil](/source/Multiplikatsionniy_Krokodil)'' ==References== *{{cite news|first=Aleksandr|last=Shuplov|url=https://rg.ru/2005/08/25/mihalkov.html|title="Фитиль" становится союзным |publisher=[Rossiyskaya Gazeta](/source/Rossiyskaya_Gazeta)|date=25 August 2005|accessdate=27 June 2021|language=Russian}} *{{cite news|first=Aleksandr|last=Gamov|url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26130/3022400/|title=Степашин посоветовал Голиковой возродить киножурнал "Фитиль"|publisher=[Komsomolskaya Pravda](/source/Komsomolskaya_Pravda)|date=10 September 2013|accessdate=27 June 2021|language=Russian}} *{{cite web|url=http://liders.rusarchives.ru/andropov/docs/pismo-glavnogo-redaktora-satiricheskogo-kinozhurnala-fitil-sv-mikhalkova.html|title=Письмо Генеральному секретарю ЦК КПСС |publisher=[Russian State Archive of Contemporary History](/source/Russian_State_Archive_of_Contemporary_History)|accessdate=27 June 2021|language=Russian}} === Notes === {{reflist}} == External links== * [http://imdb.com/title/tt0172190/ Big Fitil (1963)] at [IMDb](/source/IMDb) * {{YouTube|6WLE9jUdllw|''Cards Don't Lie''}} starring [Faina Ranevskaya](/source/Faina_Ranevskaya) Category:1960s Soviet television series Category:1962 Soviet television series debuts Category:2008 Russian television series endings Category:Russian comedy television series Category:Russia-1 original programming {{Russia-tv-prog-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fitil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitil) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitil?action=history)). 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