Well, let’s say it right away: KVN, of course, has not been the same for a long time. In previous years… They joked as if it were the last time. And what musical numbers were there? And homework.
And so as not to get up twice: yes, KVN did not come up with it. They revived it in 1986, they called them to host… One of them. And somehow they got used to it. And they did not let KVN die for so many years. Well, even the best programs do not last so long. And all this starts and starts.
Not everyone will remember the founding fathers, but Alexander Vasilich… Many, many of those who now joke in a fresh and sharp way owe it to him. He nurtured, nourished. The most amazing thing is that he infected me with an idea. It is difficult to understand, but young and daring people were ready to walk to Moscow (or to Sochi, where the music festival was filmed), spent their last student pennies on tuition fees, ate short-lived bread, and not every day, just to fall under his judgment.
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There were legends about his severity, no, even cruelty. He spared neither neophytes nor stars. Recently, Garik Kharlamov, now Russia’s main comedian, and then just a KVN star, recalled this: he turned left-handed without warning. And flew out with a kick in the ass. It was useless to argue with this: Maslyakov believed that there should be military discipline in his army. He was a dictator who assembled his empire from individual molecules and was not prone to snotty ravings.
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Is Garik still offended? Of course. How does he remember this today? Yours sincerely. Did Kharlamov become who he is now without that kick? The question is at least debatable. There are dozens of such stories. They grew up, settled down and began to express their opinions. He did not spare anyone. His subsequent, often very successful careers were based on the fact that they tried to prove him wrong. That is, even after being expelled from a dubious paradise, the image of his father illuminated his path.
Wow, there are chicks in the nest. “You can despise fashion, deny it, dress in disregard of trends, but all this is because fashion exists and dictates its own rules,” the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine once taught a young man about life in the film “The Devil Wears Prada.” He was this devil… only in humor. Thanks to the very fact of his existence, many, many current humorists were born from the denial of his phenomenon, preaching various alternatives.
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No, it was not Alexander Vasilyevich who exported the terrifyingly tenacious and advanced virus of monologue to our country. Stand-up is actually exactly the opposite; its progressive power must have been watched with longing for years. But the Russian flavor of this European-American genre still comes from him.
Having matured, the KVN youth began to make progress: all these high-profile TV shows began to appear, clearly trying to shake off the ashes of KVN from their feet. But is it possible to move a stone?
Today, all those who have gone through his bloody school of humor are closing the most painful gestalts. There are no more insults, only tears. It is good that legends never die forever.
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