Fitil (, Fuse) is a popular Soviet short film and television anthology series which ran for 608 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called , 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, (Russian: Ералаш) meaning "jumble" or "mishmash."
It was directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov to the cast.О ТСЖ «Фитиль» на сайте Игоря Угольникова
It was called "the anecdotes from the Soviet government" in the USSR.
List of episodes NumberНеофициальный сайт сатирического киножурнала «Фитиль»YearPlotDescriptionAuthor and editorDirectorCameraman, soundman and film editorArtistComposerActorsStudio11962In 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 MikhalkovIgor Ilyinsky, Arkady KoltsatyIgor Ilyinsky, MosfilmTaskSchool task about "eyewash"Lev Kulidzhanov, Muza KrepkogorskayaGorky Film StudioBeetShort animation about beetVyacheslav Kotyonochkin SoyuzmultfilmLiving corpseTwo men pretend to be dead, to avoid having to make alimony paymentsNikita BogoslovskySergey Filippov, Yevgeny Morgunov, Lubov Sokolova31962EarsThe 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?, Sergey MikhalkovIvan LyubeznovPeople's rublesA steel plant in Cherepovets receives equipment that is not usedL. Pankin, Sergey MikhalkovL. PankinL. PankinCSDF (?)The virus of indifferenceAbout problems of growing corn, Sergey Mikhalkov, Vladimir Popov, SoyuzmultfilmWithout thinking twiceAbout dismissive treatment with ancient monuments in VitebskCSDF (?)RevanchistAnti-fascist cartoon, Sergey MikhalkovVyacheslav KotyonochkinSoyuzmultfilmCovered
See also Yeralash, another Soviet popular TV series for children Multiplikatsionniy Krokodil
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External links Big Fitil (1963) at IMDb starring Faina Ranevskaya