The best KVN player in history. The brightest KVN teams. "Belarusian State University"

Yuliy Gusman

Now the second person (after the head of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst), sitting on the jury Major League, Yuliy Solomonovich Gusman, began playing in KVN back in 1966. He and his friends created the “Boys from Baku” team and became its leader and captain. For five years in a row, from 1967 to 1972, the Baku team did not lose a single competition! And in 1970, the team even won the KVN Champion of Champions Cup. Yuliy Solomonovich has a diploma as a psychiatrist, he also graduated from courses for screenwriters and directors at the State Cinema Committee of the USSR, and then returned to his native Azerbaijan, where he worked at a film studio and in musical theater. And in 1988 he moved to Moscow. It was he who was the author and embodiment of the idea of creating the prestigious Nika cinematic award. Vel entertainment shows on TV and radio, staged musicals, and directed the legendary film “Park of the Soviet Period.” And although today Guzman is mostly silent during the filming of KVN, imagine comedy show It’s absolutely impossible without him!

Garik Martirosyan

Surprisingly, one of the brightest players of the end of the last century, Garik Martirosyan, also has medical education, like Yuliy Solomonovich. Moreover, with a similar specialty, Garik is a neuropathologist and psychotherapist. Martirosyan even worked as a doctor for three years! But you can't fool fate. Garik began playing in KVN in 1993 as part of the New Armenians team, and in 1997 he became a champion. In 2005, it was he, together with his fellow countrymen Arthur Tumasyan, Arthur Janibekyan, Artak Gasparyan and Artashes Sargsyan, who created the mega-popular project “ Comedy Club", which had no analogues on Russian TV at that time. In 2007, he hosted two seasons of the “Minute of Glory” project on Channel One, and a year later he became the host of the “ProjectorParisHilton” show along with Alexander Tsekalo, Ivan Urgant and Sergei Svetlakov. Produced and wrote the script for another very successful project- “Our Russia” on TNT. He also hosted the programs “Main Stage” and “Dancing with the Stars” on the Russia channel. And all this time he did not stop acting in the Comedy Club, for which we congratulate him!

Sergey Svetlakov

Because of playing KVN, Svetlakov, a student at the Ural State University of Transport, began to have serious problems with his studies, but they were not going to expel him, because he was the captain of the university team " Ural dumplings" In 2000, “Pelmeni” became champions, Sergei graduated, but did not leave KVN. Svetlakov wrote jokes and scripts for other teams, and in 2005 he began writing for Comedy Club. But Sergei was not eager to be in the “frame”, and appeared on the screen only a couple of years later - in the project “Our Russia”. But he gained real popularity only after the release of the program “ProjectorParisHilton” on Channel One. In 2009, he presented the project “Southern Butovo” on the main button of the country, in which he was a permanent participant together with Vera Brezhneva. Every New Year Sergei appears on cinema screens in one of the main roles in the film “Yolki” by Timur Bekmambetov, this has already become a good tradition for the residents of our country, “Our Russia”...

Pavel Volya

A resident of the glorious city of Penza, Pavel Volya, played in KVN for a short time. His team “Valeon Dasson” played only one game in the Major League - and “flew out” in the 1/8 finals of the 2001 season. Pasha returned to hometown, worked as a radio DJ. After graduating from university, Volya moved to Moscow, where at first he worked as a foreman at a construction site, and later got a job as a screenwriter on RTR in the program “Good Evening” by Igor Ugolnikov. Then he got a job at MuzTV, for some time he even voiced cartoon character Masyanya (it was then a drawing evening show with a popular animated girl). But Pasha, a talented joker, was remembered during the creation of the Comedy Club; he himself came up with the image glamorous scumbag, and it was he who opened the first performance of a stand-up show in one of the capital’s shopping centers. In 2007, Volya began to sing, recorded several compositions that became hits, and then released an album. In 2008, the film “Plato” was released in cinemas, after which Volya became a superstar. After his first success, he played in several more popular films - “Happy New Year, Moms”, “ Love affair at work. Our time”, “Love in the big city-2”, “Bride at any cost”, “The most best movie" Some time ago, Pavel accumulated so much of his own material - monologues and humorous selections - that he began to give solo concerts, having unprecedented success among the public. Volya even traveled half the world on tour - everywhere the Russian public received him with a bang. Last year, together with his wife, Laysan Utyasheva, he launched the “Willpower” project, in which the gymnast is responsible for improving the body of the participants, and the comedian is responsible for increasing intellectual vigor and mental activity (according to at least, as it is written on their official website). In general, everything is fine with Pasha!

Mikhail Galustyan

But Galustyan was nevertheless expelled from the Sochi State University of Tourism and Resort Business because of playing in KVN.

Too much time was spent on rehearsals and games, and there was not enough strength or desire to study. Despite this, Alexander Maslyakov invited Galustyan to the Major League, and then he also managed to recover at the university. In 2002, Mikhail became captain of the team, and in 2003 “ Burnt out by the sun"become champions. In 2006, he was invited to appear in the project “Our Russia” on TNT. The show “ glacial period"on Channel One and the series "Zaitsev+1". In 2012, Galustyan founded his own film company, which produces videos, corporate and documentaries. Mikhail has already produced 17 films, in which he played not the last roles.

Semyon Slepakov

Captain legendary team“Team of Pyatigorsk” Semyon Slepakov played in KVN from 2000 to 2006. The talented author (and he wrote the scripts for his performances himself) was immediately noticed, so he was one of the creators of the “Our Russia” project, and at the same time worked as a screenwriter in several programs on Channel One. In 2008, he became one of the producers and author of the popular TV series “Univer” and the film “Our Russia. Eggs of Destiny." In 2010, he broke the truth from the stage of the Comedy Club with his songs with a guitar. Producer of the famous TV series “Interns”, “Sashatanya”, “Concerned, or Love of Evil” and the sketch comedy “HB”. I recorded two music album, using his own role as a “tenman” bard.

Natalya Yeprikyan

Natalya Andreevna appeared in KVN as a member of the Megapolis team when she was already 26 years old, which is a very respectable age, because mostly students play here. In 2004, her team became the champion of the Premier League, and a year later - the champion of the Major League. On next year a small but very ambitious girl creates her own women’s humor club, which she calls “Made in Woman”, and two years later the TNT channel begins to show the show. The program quickly conquers the audience and changes its name to “Comedy Woman”.

Dmitry Brekotkin

Dmitry Brekotkin dedicated 12 whole years of his life to KVN and the Ural Dumplings team in particular. He came there in 1995, but the team became champions only in 2000. Then the artist began to be invited to such popular projects as “Thank God, you came!”, “Show News”, “Yes Youth!”, “ A big difference", "South Butovo". In 2009, he became a participant in the permanent show of the STS channel “Ural Dumplings,” which included many members of the KVN team of the same name. Former KVN players not only appear on TV, but also give big concerts, which are sold out in Moscow.

Svetlana Permyakova

In 1992, Svetlana was a member of the KVN team of Perm State University, but the guys only reached the first quarterfinals of the Major League. After 10 years, Permyakova returned to KVN with the Parma team. Svetka and Zhanka, cheerful fatties in funny hats and bright makeup, were loved and immediately remembered by the audience. In 2005, she became a DJ on Russian Radio, and in 2006 she appeared on TV screens as the host of the “Three Rubles” show on RU.TV. In 2007, it finally breaks through finest hour Permyakova, she begins acting in the series “Soldiers” and successfully does this for three years in a row. After filming ended, he received the role of head nurse in the TV series “Interns.” Svetlana also plays in private theater productions.

Any viewer of Soviet and then Russian television has known for many years the abbreviation KVN, which stands for the Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful.

The program began its history in 1961 when the bosses Soviet television It became clear that people needed to see something fun and relaxed.

For the first three years, the program was hosted by Albert Axelrod, but in 1964 he was replaced by a MIIT student at that time (at this moment this university is called Moscow State University Railways of Emperor Nicholas II) Alexander Maslyakov.

As time has shown, he became a permanent presenter, who still appears on the KVN stage - until 2017!

At first, announcer Svetlana Zhiltsova also helped him. The essence of the program was that amateur teams gathered on the same stage and competed in their sense of humor.

The Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful became so popular that soon a powerful movement dedicated to it appeared throughout the Soviet Union. KVN teams were formed at universities, enterprises of all industries, and political cells. At first they competed at the local level, some gradually moved up " career ladder"and ended up on television!

At some point, stagnation in the Union and numerous complaints against KVN as a program that allowed itself too many liberties led to its closure. This happened in 1971, but in 1986, when big country Perestroika began to shake, KVN was reborn from the ashes.

Oddly enough, but camber Soviet Union did not affect the popularity of the Club at all.

Yes, it has become more difficult to organize meetings and tournaments, because borders have grown between countries, but many local Leagues have appeared, through which teams hardened, polished their skills and became more interesting.

Moreover, the geography of the movement has expanded significantly - teams have appeared in Europe, the USA, Israel and even Australia!

Separately, it must be said that from KVN players a lot of famous and significant personalities grew up in society. Among the venerable comedians, Mikhail Zadornov and Gennady Khazanov took their first steps in this field at the Club. Among TV presenters early years Valdis Pelsh, Leonid Yakubovich, Mikhail Shats, Sergei Belogolovtsev and many others are associated with this game.

From the generation of the 90s, when humor had already become more frank and in some ways even harsh, came such showmen as Grigory Malygin, Alexander Pushnoy. The following people started their careers in KVN: famous comedians, like many other Comedy Club artists, Comedy Woman and other TV shows.

And Sangadzhi Tarbaev, known to many from the RUDN team, became public figure and a politician. What is the reason for this phenomenon of the Club? The answer is simple - in order to play in KVN you need to have extraordinary acting skills, have a remarkable sense of humor, be strong personality, ready for exhausting rehearsals and long travels.

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Not everyone has such a set of qualities, but if such a person is found, fate will generously reward him. And we see that this is happening.

But just above were listed only public people whose youth was associated with KVN, and how many successful businessmen, writers, poets and singers “grew up” from it! Their number is huge! At this point we can safely say that The Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful is a kind of forge of a wide variety of personnel. Let's hope this continues!

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They played in KVN... For what? They say, to make everyone happier and more cheerful. Or maybe simply because for these people there was no entertainment more interesting than coming up with jokes and performing them in front of the audience. Or maybe because they understood: student game - good start for a career in television. In any case, many famous KVN players did not disappear anywhere after they left the game: some successfully implement their television projects, others write scripts for them, others lead them, others take part. A striking example of this is literature teacher and former KVN student Pavel Volya, who, I suspect, has not worked a single day in his specialty (except perhaps during compulsory student practice). Today is the famous showman's birthday. Let's see what the rest of the graduates are doing KVN schools.

But first, a little about the birthday boy. There's no point in talking about what he's doing now- perhaps only those who don’t know this happy people who live without a TV. But few people can remember his past, somewhat naive performances as part of the Penza team "Valeon Dasson." I remind you.

Actually The tradition of moving from KVN to television or show business is not new at all: it existed in the 70s, and in the 80s, and in the 90s. Just remember Yuliy Gusman, Arkady Inin, Leonid Yakubovich, Sergei Sivokho. All of them received a technical or natural science education and all of them fell into creativity: scripts, directing, creating and hosting show programs. The only difference is that then KVN “graduates” began to write scripts for Gaidaev’s films, and now for new Russian TV series.

Aleksey Kortnev and Valdis Pelsh once met on the MSU KVN team. As a result, Kortnev did not finish his studies at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, but together with a friend he created the musical and humorous group “Accident”, which still enjoys fooling around in show business.

The programs created by KVN players are also not a fashion trend. The first such program was the already forgotten "Gentleman Show", created by team members "Odessa gentlemen". After them, the television space was conquered by the creators "OSP-Studio": The broadcast was made by people from different, sometimes opposing, teams: "Magma", NSU and "1 LMI". A former opponents in KVN - Tatyana Lazareva and Mikhail Shats in their post-KVN life they even became spouses. And created new show "Good jokes", inviting a former Novosibirsk KVN player there Alexandra Pushnogo, who delights the audience with his improvisations.

I once played on the same team as Pushny famous singer Pelagia –The 11-year-old girl at that time was the youngest participant in the game in its history.

However, at that time these were still one-time projects; the massive expansion of KVN talents onto television began in the middle of the last decade thanks to the well-known TV show Comedy Club. It has grown into its own production, releasing a huge number of subsidiaries under its label. humorous programs, capable of employing almost all famous KVN players. For example, a program was created especially for KVN women Comedy Woman. Don't let your talents go to waste!

However, nothing prevents those KVN members who do not fit into the Comedy Club format from creating their own projects. For example, in a comedy show "Give me Youth!" almost entirely done by people from the team "Maximum". This program is a collection of sketches, some of which are quite successful. In one of the columns, for example, they parody activists of youth political movements.

And the team "Ural dumplings", while creating its projects, completely retained its composition and name. For example, in the show of the same name.

KVN “graduates” are increasingly crowding out the so-called “professionals” from television screens – actors, directors, producers and screenwriters. They host programs, come up with new programs, write scripts for films and TV series. Even those whom we do not often see on screen are usually present behind it in the role of screenwriters and producers of projects. "Interns", "Univer", " father's daughters" and many other series came from the pen "cheerful and resourceful."

True, I can’t say that I like all the projects of former KVN members. And some of them are downright disappointing. Maybe I've grown up, or maybe they've gotten younger. Or maybe the point is that no one can write quality jokes in a conveyor belt. And what do you think?

What is your favorite KVN player? Do you like what he's doing now?

KVN is one of the oldest programs on Russian television. 55 years have passed since the first release on November 8, 1961; in total, KVN has been on the air for 41 years. If not for the forced break (the program was closed in 1972, and the show resumed only in 1986), KVN would have been ahead of the Travelers Club program, included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most old transmission on domestic TV.

Fragments of the finale of one of the first seasons 1964/65:

For the first seven years of its existence, KVN appeared in live and involved direct communication with the public, which was rare on Central Television.

KVN very quickly grew from a simple youth program into a real “club of interests.” Today there are more than 80 official leagues united in the International KVN Union, more than 200 teams compete in them, and more than five million people attend the games annually. In total, there are thousands of student and school teams in Russia and abroad.

One of the symbols of KVN is the presenter Alexander Maslyakov. Meanwhile, he got into the program by chance. After one of the founders and first presenter of KVN, Albert Axelrod, left the project, a competition was held for the vacant position - each team nominated its own candidate.

Bella Sergeeva director of Central TelevisionThey wanted to take Sasha Zatselyapin to replace Axelrod. It was the captain of the Physics and Technology Institute. But it was inconvenient to just take him, and we decided to organize a competition: let each of the 12 teams nominate its own candidate. And there was Pasha Kantor, captain of MIIT. And then Pasha comes and some boy with him. Pasha: “Bella Isidorovna, you know, I can’t. Well, what kind of presenter am I, take this - Sasha Maslyakov, he is so good, he is talented.” I looked, my God, the hairs were sticking out, the eyes were running, he was so nondescript, sad, looking around. And the program begins, everyone conducts their own competition. Well, first, Zatselyapin. Then a second presenter. Horrible! “Well, that’s it,” I say. “We died.” Then Sashka. “Well, there’s no need to watch this. I’d rather go for a walk somewhere.” And suddenly, he became so poised, combed his hair and was so lively. Svetka (Svetlana Zhiltsova - editor's note) faded away. He helped her with something else. That is, this is truly a gift from God (from the book by Mikhail Shchedrinsky “We are starting KVN”).

1963, Alexander Maslyakov and Svetlana Zhiltsova start KVN:

What do KVN players become?

The creative personnel of most domestic and not only television channels are largely composed of former KVN players. They become successful screenwriters (Vitaly Kolomiets, Leonid Kuprido, Andrey Rozhkov), producers (Semyon Slepakov, Sangadzhi Tarbaev), TV presenters (Leonid Yakubovich, Mikhail Marfin, Tatyana Lazareva, Garik Martirosyan, Dmitry Khrustalev) and actors (Dmitry Brekotkin, Natalya Gromushkina, Vladimir Zelensky, Natalia Medvedeva). Basically, they continue to work in the humorous genre one way or another. However, there is famous people, in which it is not always possible to recognize former KVN players.

Alexander Filippenko, theater and film actor, National artist Russia

MIPT KVN team, champions of the 1962/63 season

“It was a pleasure to participate in KVN. It was there that Alik Axelrod, the first presenter and creator of KVN, saw me and invited me to the “Our House” studio - it was the famous theatre studio at Moscow State University. Khazanov, Farada, Filippov, Slavkin and many now famous people started there. I continued to study at MIPT, but every evening I went to rehearsals and performances. This defined my later life. After the studio closed, Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov invited me to his theater. I became an actor in that “great” Taganka and at the same time entered the correspondence department of the Shchukin School” (from an interview with the Los Angeles city portal).

Boris Burda, expert on “What? Where? When?”, participant in the show “Own Game”, journalist, writer

KVN team of the Odessa Institute of National Economy, champions of 1972

“Our KVN was the most courageous program of the era of unfreedom, and the revived one was the most cowardly program of the era of glasnost. When the KVNs of the late 60s were on, the streets were empty, and after each performance of Odessa residents, Demichev (Minister of Culture of the USSR in 1974-86 - editor's note) called our regional committee and reprimanded us for something, in his opinion, inappropriate. We were never told why exactly. And in the KVNs of the 80s they even cut out what Pravda had already published. The funny thing is that this was done by his editors, my colleagues in KVN of the 60s, who also suffered from censorship and cursed it, like me. When at the very first KVN they cut out the question: “What happens if the superstructure collapses onto the base?” and the answer: “The stratum will suffer the most,” I realized that I correctly decided not to return to KVN” (from an interview with the “Purely Odessa site”).

Timur Weinstein, producer (produced, in particular, the television series “Soldiers”, “Happy Together”), general producer and founder of the WeiTMedia group of companies (series “Ashes”, “Motherland”, show “One on One”), Deputy General Director - General Producer of the NTV television company

KVN team "Guys from Baku", champions of 1992

“KVN led me astray. I graduated from medical university and am a psychiatrist by profession. But then I went into creativity, which influenced my entire future path. Now KVN helps me have a constant vitality and, probably, react with irony to everything that happens around me” (in an interview with the newspaper “Vzglyad”).

Pelageya, singer, Mentor in the TV project “The Voice”

NSU KVN team (took part in the games of the 1997 season, becoming the youngest KVN player at that time), champion of 1988, 1991 and 1993

“I lived in Novosibirsk then. KVN members saw a singing girl on TV, called and invited her. This was just the first season of their game. I took part in music competition, I went to Jurmala. I was nine years old then, and it began new life- we were offered to move to Moscow, write an album, and so on. All in all, carefree childhood, when you could do whatever you wanted, it ended, and next season the team played without me. Of course, all this was interesting! They are adults, they are all so talented, their energy is overflowing! And they loved me very much there, I was like the daughter of the regiment. There's a bunch from there interesting people came out: Tanya Lazareva, Alexander Pushnoy, Garik Martirosyan... Now, 10-11 years later, when I communicate with them, it’s just like I’m plunging back into childhood” (in an interview with Novye Izvestia).

Vyacheslav Murugov, General Director of the media holding "STS Media"

KVN team of BSU, champions of 1999 and 2001

“I served in Brest in the Belarusian Army with the rank of lieutenant, then I met Valentin Karpushevich (at that moment the captain of the BSU team - editor's note), who lived and still lives in Brest. Actually, we met at some wild drinking party, I woke up on the KVN team, where he brought me and recommended me. In front of the team, I then came up with a joke about the fact that “when Belarus bows to Russia, Poland is offended...”. They asked if this joke could be taken to the team? I asked: which one? It was at that moment that I learned about the existence of the BSU team. I learned about KVN a day earlier... Actually, my career as an author began with this joke.<…>I didn’t set myself the goal of achieving heights on television, but it happened that way. KVN simply became a catalyst that revealed my Creative skills"(from the questionnaire on the website of the International KVN Union).

How to celebrate the birthday of KVN on the First

Several years in a row main holiday KVN players celebrated as part of the Moscow Mayor's Cup, the winners of which automatically qualified for the finals of the Major League. In 2013 in holiday game Six teams participated.

The presenter and director of one of the most popular television programs, which has become a national game played in Israel, Japan, and Australia, is the Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful. President of the International KVN Union and creative association"AMiK".

IN CHAPTER:

Decree of the President of the KVN MS on the ban on plus phonograms.

Decree of the President of the KVN MS “On participation in non-KVN television projects.”

Rules and instructions for the work of official MS KVN leagues

Preface

In KVN, everything happens differently from normal people. Although normal people have their own reasonable traditions. For example, textbooks are republished every year, corrected and supplemented each time.

This book has already gone through three reprints. And this is not the limit, comrades! After all, KVN changes along with our lives, which means the process of improvement is endless!

The most amazing thing is this book, most of which was written six or seven years ago, KVN members continue to read and even claim that reading this still implies not only historical interest, but also practical benefit.

Our days

Today's KVN is just as different from the KVN of 50 years ago as the first television receivers with a lens are different from modern devices with a flat screen, dolby surround sound and other bells and whistles. But still. Where did it all start?

1956

Like a bolt from the blue, the 20th Congress of the CPSU. Stalin's personality cult has been exposed. There are no Sovremennik and Taganka films yet, the songs of Okudzhava and Vysotsky are not yet heard from all the windows, but there is already a breath of freedom in the country. Moscow becomes the capital World Festival youth and students. Young heads are already full of happy hopes, creative projects...

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