Figure 1.--Many of the "Yerlash" episodes were set at school. Notice the school uniforms. Theis episode was "Mathematicians" (number 12). Math of course is a subject that many kids have trouble with. |
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The Russians call "Yeralash" a cinema magazine. The Russians use the term magazine a little differently than what Americans call a TV magazine which is more like a news or investigatory TV program like "60 Minutes". The Russian usage is more of a mix of TV shows without using the same actors and situations as is common for a TV series. "Yeralash" in Russian means "a mix, a muddle, a mess". The series first appeared in 1974. It was popular in Soviet times and continued popular in Russia after the disolution of the Soviet Union. More then 200 shows were produced. Each show consisted of several episodes. They were short comedy scenes describing life of children (usually school age) and their teachers, parents and so on. They focused on the pronlems that most children experience and the difficulties they get into. As far as I can tell, the show shied away from social issues touvjing on race, religion, natiinality, ect. School was a common theme, but it was never presented in negative terms like some American children's television. I'm not sure to the extent the Young Pioneers were presented. Some of scenes were just humorous - like a story about two boys who tried to erase a bad grade from a grade book using a complex chemistry process. Others were satyrical and show in a funny way to children the pitfalls of bad habits (like telling lies, not to help parents, being rude, greedy, lazy etc.). The series was popular with parents as well as children. While they were essentially little morality plays, the humor commonly used kept it fun to watch. For HBC they show case a variety of clothes that Russian kids wore.
The Russians call "Yeralash" a cinema magazine. The Russians use the term magazine a little differently than what Americans call a TV magazine which is more like a news or investigatory TV program like "60 Minutes". The Russian usage is more of a mix of TV shows without using the same actors and situations as is common for a TV series. "Yeralash" in Russian means "a mix, a muddle, a mess".
The series first appeared in 1974. It was popular in Soviet times and continued popular in Russia after the disolution of the Soviet Union. Studio "Yeralash" is in Moscow and since 1974 till present days Russian screenplay writer Boris Grachevskiy has been the art director of both magazine and studio.
More then 200 shows were produced. Each show orvmagazine consisted of several episodes, usually 2-5 episdes. Each show had a number which included several episodes. . For example, "Yeralash #136" consisted of episodes named "Piggy bank", "Story with a cat" and "Help me!".
They were short comedy scenes describing life of children (usually school age) and their teachers, parents and so on. They focused on the pronlems that most children experience and the difficulties they get into. As far as I can tell, the show shied away from social issues touvjing on race, religion, natiinality, ect. School was a common theme, but it was never presented in negative terms like some American children's television. I'm not sure to the extent the Young Pioneers were presented. Some of scenes were just humorous - like a story about two boys who tried to erase a bad grade from a grade book using a complex chemistry process. Others were satyrical and show in a funny way to children the pitfalls of bad habits (like telling lies, not to help parents, being rude, greedy, lazy etc.). The series was popular with parents as well as children. While they were essentially little morality plays, the humor commonly used kept it fun to watch. For HBC they show case a variety of clothes that Russian kids wore.
A Russian reader has provided us information on some of the various episodes.
"Yeralash" in Russia is often described a "factory of child actors".
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