Yeralash
Yeralash is a Soviet and Russian children's comedy television show and magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word yeralash means "mixed, mishmash" or "jumble" and is taken from the Turkic languages.
History
In 1974, Directors Alla Surikova, Alexander Khmelik and Boris Grachevsky sent a letter to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union with a proposal to create a comedy newsreel “Fitilek” for children. In the process of development, the name "Fitilek" was rejected. The most widespread story about how the new name was chosen is that a contest was announced among the audience to rename the film magazine, and the name "Yeralash" was taken from a letter from a certain schoolgirl. Subsequently, this letter was said to have been lost. However, in 2013, Surikova and Grachevsky finally told that the name was coined by Khmelik 's daughter. Additionally, the name "Yeralash" itself is a consonant away from the surname of Philip Ermash, the chairman of the State Committee for Cinematography from 1972 to 1986, though the creators maintain that this was not intentional.Initially, the show was formally shown in all theatres across the USSR prior to its run moved to television in 1991.
In 1986, on the 10th anniversary of the programme, Grachevsky, with Julius Gusman as co-author, wrote a musical television film concert entitled “What is Yeralash?” The film consisted of cuts of the best plots, as well as pop, concert and circus performances, and parodies of famous singers in those years. The film was attended by actors, its creators, some actors who most often starred in it, as well as famous singers and comedians.
In 1995, on the 20th anniversary of their show, a special concert was organized and a 2-hour television version with cuts of the best plots was created, in 1999 on the 25th anniversary followed another runs itself in 2000 and in 2004.
As of March 2018, celebration 1000 episodes have been produced. A typical episode consists of two to six unrelated comedy scenes.
Yeralash has traditionally been filmed in Sukko near Anapa. The show featured numerous notable present-day Russian celebrities such as singer Yulia Volkova from duo t.A.T.u., singer Vlad Topalov and singer Glukoza.
On September 25, 2016, Boris Grachevsky announced that Yeralash would stop production after season 32 and that it would be closed on December 20 of the same year.
The show was nominated for a TEFI award in 2003.
In 2023, a clip from the 182nd episode went viral. There, an English teacher frequently asks her students, "Do you speak English?"
List of episodes (incomplete)
- №001 – A shameful stain, Well, why do we say that???, Smoke, smoke, smoke!
- №003 – An interesting book, Dark business, English lesson
- №019 – Sports, sports, sports... or Uncle Misha's advice, Daddy, Mommy, me – a tight-knit family, Sycophant
- №034 – Such a pity, birthday party..., In the world of chess, Who's next?
- №054 – Intonation, Please be seated, Contact
- №077 – Special inspection, Urchin, An intriguer
- №080 – A night, a street, a lamp..., Who said "woof"?, King Kong lives!
- №082 – Scream, Duel, Patriot
- №182 – Do you Speak English?, Why?, Chronometers