KVN today is not only an abbreviation for a popular TV show. This is a game that connects several generations and a huge number of representatives of different countries and cultures. After the next birthday of the club, let's remember the history of KVN, the founders and how it all began.
In the beginning it was VVV
Although the official history of KVN dates back to 1961, the basis of the popular program was laid a little earlier. In 1957, on the eve of the World Festival of Youth and Students, the center of which Moscow was chosen, at the Komsomol meeting it was decided to introduce the humorous program "An Evening of Merry Questions" into the television program. It is worth noting that the prototype of this program was the Czechoslovak TV show "Guess, Guess, Fortune Teller". The creators of this game were Sergey Muratov, Albert Axelrod and Mikhail Yakovlev, and the composer Nikita Bogoslovsky and the aspiring actress Margarita Lifanova were chosen as the hosts of the program.
The format of the TV show "Evening of funny questions" was significantly different from KVN, to which we are accustomed. First of all, the game was broadcast only live, and its participants were directly the audience. Unfortunately, despite its great popularity, the program went on the air only three times, due to an overlay on the air, the project was canceled.
The birth of a club of cheerful and resourceful
Only four years after the closing of the Evening of Funny Questions program, the idea of creating a humorous TV game "The Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful" (or simply KVN) was born. The authors of the games of the humorous club were the same people who were engaged in the games of BBB. "An evening of funny questions" was closed due to overlap with the audience, who wished to participate in the program. In this regard, the founder of KVN Sergey Muratov decided to make the game purely television. Yes, and the name KVN came in handy: in those days, this was the name of the KVN-49 TV brand. It was at this time that the format of the game-competition in wit between different teams, familiar to us from childhood, was laid.
The debut of the new TV show took place in November 1961, and Albert Axelrod and Svetlana Zhiltsova turned out to be the hosts of KVN some time after the start of the broadcast of the games.
Members of the club's first games
Unlike the current teams, the first members of the club were students of institutes and universities. In the debut game, the participants were teams from MISI (Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering) and the Institute of Foreign Languages. The first programs were broadcast live in the same way as the "Evening of Funny Questions" program had once been. And although there was no script as such initially, and some of the competitions were invented on the go, and the rules were improved in the process, the popularity of KVN grew at an amazing rate.
The KVN movement quickly spread throughout the country. Games began to be held not only among students, but also among schoolchildren and vacationers in pioneer camps, at enterprises. To get into the game that was on TV, the teams had to go through a serious selection, which only the best of the best managed to overcome.
Leading KVN - Alexander Maslyakov
Until 1964, Albert Axelrod was the main host of the TV show, but he left the TV project along with other founders - Sergei Muratov and Mikhail Yakovlev. Instead of Axelrod, Alexander Maslyakov, a student of the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers, was appointed to the post of game manager, who to this day is the leader of the club's major league games.
However, the program was not destined to be on television for a long time. The players were often ironic about the ideology of the Soviet regime, so the records of the club's games began to be censored. Over time, censorship became more severe, and sometimes even reached the point of absurdity. So, KVN participants could not go on stage with a beard - the censors saw this as a mockery of Karl Marx. And in 1971, due to the overly sharp jokes of the teams, the program was closed by decision of the head of the central television, Sergei Lapin.
We start KVN
Thanks to the efforts of one of the participants in the first KVN, the TV show was aired again. The new founder of KVN Andrey Menshikov, the captain of the MISI team, left the format of the program and the presenter (Alexander Maslyakova). But there were some innovations: an invited jury appeared (in the first editions, these were the founders of the game), new contests and a scoring system. Among other things, the host of the program had to take on the role of editor.
So, in 1986, the first game of the revived club of the cheerful and resourceful was shown on the country's television screens. It was at this moment that the club's anthem "We start KVN" appeared, and past games began with a song performed by Oleg Anofriev.
The TV show needed only a few episodes to reach the same level of popularity as previous projects. The Kvnov movement also revived, moreover, it spread not only in Russia, but also in some countries of Western Europe and in the United States of America.
KVN today
To date, KVN is one of the highest rated television programs. Kvnov games are held not only in schools and universities, but also in various enterprises. This humorous club brings together participants not only from Russia and neighboring countries, but also from many European countries. Since the return of the game to television screens, more than 100 different teams have taken part in the major leagues alone.
And although the rules of the game can change even during the competition, regardless of the level of the league (including in the major league of KVN), there are several basic, mandatory conditions. Firstly, KVN is a team game, one participant will not be released onto the stage. The team must have a captain or front man representing it at the captains' competition, if such is included in the program. Secondly, teams are tested for their ability to joke in several competitions, for example, it can be a warm-up, homework or biathlon. Moreover, each game has a thematic name that sets the direction.
On television, you can now see the games of the major leagues, premieres, international and releases of children's KVN.
The most famous kvnschikov
In the very first KVN games, which took place from 1961 to 1971, the participants were such celebrities as Boris Burda, Mikhail Zadornov, Gennady Khazanov, Leonid Yakubovich and Julius Gusman (who has long been a permanent member of the jury of major league games).
In addition, almost all the founders of the popular comedy television project "Comedy Club" left KVN. So, Garik Martirosyan led the team "New Armenians", Mikhail Galustyan - "Burnt by the Sun", in which Alexander Revva also performed, Semyon Slepakov - the team of the city of Pyatigorsk, Pavel Volya and Timur Rodriguez were members of the team Valeon Dasson.
In addition, over the years, Alexey Kortnev, Vadim Samoilov, Alexander Pushnoy, Pelageya, Alexander Gudkov, Vadim Galygin, Ekaterina Varnava and many other kvnschiks who became famous took part in the club's games.
The KVN team "Ural dumplings" releases a show of the same name, in which, like in KVN, Dmitry Sokolov, Dmitry Brikotkin participate. The first team that continued to joke on television in their own show was "Odessa Gentlemen", by the way, with their light hand, or rather, a joke uttered in one of the games, Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov was proclaimed the president of the club of the cheerful and resourceful.
The best KVN teams. What are they?
To earn the title of the best KVN team, the participants needed to win the major league games. Over the long history of the TV show, the cup of winners has received many teams, each of them can be called the best.
Over the years, the best were the participants of one of the most titled teams "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt", the national team of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, the Tomsk team "Maximum", "County Town", "Juice", "Triod and Diode", "SOYUZ", "Asia MIX" and many others.
Who was on the jury of the major league of KVN?
Celebrities are invited to the KVN jury - show business stars, former KVN participants, producers, actors or TV presenters. And although the composition of judges changes regularly, it is never less than 5 people. So, let's remember the most eminent members of the referee team of the club.
In the entire history of the KVN game, a huge number of celebrities have been in the role of judges. So, the founder of KVN Andrey Menshikov was present at the first games as a member of the jury. As mentioned earlier, a permanent member of the jury of major league games - He has been evaluating the ability of the participants to joke for over 30 years. - the chairman of the judging panel of the game of the major league - is present at almost all games of this level. Permanent members of the jury also include Leonid Yakubovich, Ekaterina Strizhenova, Valdis Pelsh and Mikhail Galustyan.
In addition, at various times, media personalities participated and continue to participate as members of the jury of the major league in KVN: Alexander Abdulov, Igor Vernik, Semyon Slepakov, Ivan Urgant, Andrey Malakhov, Pelageya, Leonid Yarmolnik, Andrey Mironov, Vladislav Listyev, Larisa Guzeeva and a lot others.
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Everyone knows that we cannot live without humor. On television, this truth has been realized for a long time, and every year there are more and more programs and series in this direction. Unfortunately, quantity does not always translate into quality, but there is a program that has been holding its own for many years and pleases us with not just funny, but really witty and intelligent jokes. It will not be difficult to guess what kind of transfer it is. Of course, this is KVN!
The beginning of time
This game has existed for many years and is so popular that the International KVN Day, which, at the suggestion of the club's president Alexander Maslyakov, has been celebrated since 2001, does not need official approval. November 8 was chosen as the date of the holiday - the day when in 1961 the first game of the Cheerful and Resourceful Club took place.
The club did not arise from scratch: four years before the first game, a program appeared that became the prototype of today's KVN. In 1957, the program “An Evening of Merry Questions” was aired, created in the image of the Czech quiz “Guess, guess, fortune teller”.
The first script for it was written by Mikhail Yakovlev and Andrey Donatov. There were no teams at that time - in the studio, and live, they asked questions, and the audience answered, and the wittier the better. It was the first program where the audience participated on a par with the professionals. The success was stunning.
In the first edition, Nikita Bogoslovsky and Margarita Lifanova became the hosts, and already from the second part, Albert Axelrod and Mark Rozovsky, who were still students at that time, took their place. The audience was called to the stage using various tricks, for example, the presenter launched a parachute into the hall and the lucky one who caught him was on stage.
The transfer involved funny jokes, which resulted in the winner being revealed. On the first transfer, the task was given to bring the seventh volume of Jack London, a ficus in a pot and a turtle to the studio. Not everyone has such a set at home, so there were few winners (twenty people for three prepared gifts), but in third gear there was a more serious misfire ...
Following the folk wisdom “Prepare a cart in winter, and a sleigh in summer”, it was decided to invite the audience to come to the studio in a sheepskin coat and felt boots. But in our area it is too easy even in the summer, so to complicate the task, it was also necessary to find the issue of the newspaper dated December 31 of the previous year. But it was about this “restrictive” task on the air that they forgot ...
At first, everyone had fun: the most agile spectators in winter clothes began to burst into the studio, people in fur coats and felt boots hurried through the streets on a warm September day in all types of transport and on foot to the Moscow State University building. But soon the crush at the entrance reached catastrophic proportions and it was no laughing matter: the people who broke into the studio turned into an uncontrollable crowd, the scenery flew down, the broadcast had to be interrupted ... The screensaver "Break for technical reasons" appeared on thousands of television screens.
In fact, in case of disruption of the live broadcast, a backup feature film was prepared, but here one behind-the-scenes circumstance was formed. The young man in charge of the film asked the program director Xenia Marinina for a date and took with him the keys to the safe where the backup films were stored. So it was impossible to air the prepared film. Of course, there was a scandal, of course, the program was closed, but fortunately, the break "for technical reasons" lasted only four years.
Mind Football
The new program, edited by Elena Galperina, who proposed at her own risk to revive the spirit of the “Evening of Merry Questions”, was called KVN, which, in addition to the well-known transcript, was also the brand of the KVN-49 TV. At first, the transfer was conducted by Svetlana Zhiltsova and Albert Axelrod, who was eventually replaced by Alexander Maslyakov. Soon he turned into the only presenter who has been and remains the face of the program for many years.
Two teams were invited to the first game, which took place on November 8, 1961 - InYaz and MISI. Each team had 11 people and 2 substitutes. The participants went on stage to the football march. At first, KVN was a quiz, where, without preparation, it was necessary to answer a number of special questions, preferably correctly, but also with humor. Most of the program was impromptu, only the topic of the homework was known in advance, which also did not appear immediately. Gradually, the set of competitions expanded, more and more jokes appeared, quickly becoming popular.
The creators of the program recall various episodes with pleasure, for example, a fan contest when they had to dance in support of their team. And from one team there is a wonderful dancer, and their rivals have no one to put up. Suddenly, a red-haired guy comes on stage and, without any sense of rhythm, begins to dance. It was already funny in itself, but when the presenter asked: “Where did you study?”, the redhead answered “I am a nugget”, the audience could not straighten up with laughter.
The popularity of the program grew, and with it the popularity of educational institutions, whose teams took part in KVN, grew. And this opinion was supported not only by students, but also by the teaching staff. After the victory of the Fiztekh team, Kapitsa Sr. said: “You know, we have a lot of good things at the institute, but the most important thing is that we won KVN, we became KVN champions!”
A word about censorship
Of course, the jokes, of which there were more and more in the program, could not remain neutral. The teams were increasingly ironic about Soviet reality and ideology. And these jokes were the most popular. Therefore, after a while, the program began to go on television in recordings: “incorrect” jokes were cut out, censorship increased, and then the KGB became interested in the program.
The texts began to be carefully reviewed, the captains were called to the authorities, it was impossible to go on stage with a beard - a mockery of Lenin or Marx, about the Jews - it was impossible, with a burr speech - it was impossible ...
There were ill-wishers in the team itself: the head of central television, Sergei Lapin, had long wanted to close KVN. But for two years he did not close, but in every possible way discredited the program itself and its participants. Contests, according to Gusman, took on the character of “who will spit further” and “who will grunt louder”, and then a wave of rumors swept about KVN workers who send diamonds to Israel. Soon the transfer was closed again.
But the spirit of KVN penetrated deeply. Before closing, the programs were played in almost every university, in every school, almost by yard teams. Such popular love is not easily destroyed even by the most skillful methods. Increasingly, as a member of the Supreme Council, voters began to ask Lapin questions about the fate of his favorite program.
3-4 years after the closure, Bella Sergeeva, the former director of the program, received an offer to start airing KVN again. Sergeyeva replied to this proposal: “I will agree only if they return Gyulbekyan, give me Maslyakov and Zhiltsova, but I can’t do without them.” “Lapin asks very much,” Yury Zamyslov persuaded Bella, but the director was inexorable: “Yes, even if she gets on her knees.” Lapin did not kneel, the composition of the creative team was not restored, and therefore the question of the revival of KVN was postponed for many years.
With the beginning of perestroika, it became possible to restart the transmission. Under the old sign, it was planned to create a new program in which everything should be in a new way. However, the "cool" innovations did not last past the third season. Only the new song of the Club “Again in our hall...”, written by V.Ya.
Starting all over again was not so easy: traditions were interrupted, and in the mid-80s no one knew how to play KVN. But the new teams that applied for participation had a great desire, a great sense of humor and a willingness to work. The first game of the updated KVN between the teams of the Moscow and Voronezh Civil Engineering Institutes went on the air on May 25, 1986 and since then continues to delight with new jokes and helps us live.
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The prototype of KVN was the program "Evening of funny questions", organized by journalist Sergei Muratov on the model of the Czech program "Fortune-telling, guessing, fortune-teller". In the program "An Evening of Funny Questions", which was released in 1957, viewers answered the questions of the presenters, and humor was especially welcomed. The idea was completely new for that time. For the first time in a Soviet TV show, not only the presenters, but also the audience participated. In addition, "Evening" was broadcast live. Produced the program "Festival Edition of the Central Television", the first youth edition on Soviet television, founded by Sergei Muratov in 1956.
"An Evening of Funny Questions" was very popular, but it aired only three times. On the third transfer, a prize was promised to everyone who would come to the studio in a fur coat, hat and felt boots (it was summer) and with a newspaper for December 31 of last year. The host of the program, composer Nikita Bogoslovsky, forgot to mention the newspaper. Of course, almost all viewers had winter clothes. A crowd of people in fur coats and felt boots burst into the studio, swept away the policemen, and complete chaos began. The broadcast was stopped, but the transmission was not replaced by anything. Until the end of the evening, the televisions showed the screensaver "Break for technical reasons." The transmission was closed.
The closed resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU regarding "VVV" was published only a few years ago (according to the textbook "Television Journalism" edited by A. Ya. Yurovsky, Moscow, 2005). [Source not specified 154 days]
Four years later, on November 8, 1961, Elena Galperina called Sergei Muratov and said that the people needed their transfer. A number of former creators of the program "Evening of Cheerful Questions" released a new TV show - KVN. The first presenter - Albert Axelrod - left the program in 1964, Sergey Muratov and Mikhail Yakovlev left KVN with him. Axelrod was replaced by MIIT student Alexander Maslyakov (since then he has been the permanent host of this program), along with him, the program was hosted by announcer Svetlana Zhiltsova. The abbreviation KVN stood for "Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful", but in addition, it was the brand of the then TV - KVN-49. Teams have already competed in the KVN program. Since the teams often sneered at Soviet reality or ideology (it was precisely such jokes that viewers liked the most [source not specified 154 days]), from some point they began to be broadcast not in live broadcasts, but in B recordings, and jokes that were dubious from an ideological point of view cut out [source not specified 154 days]. The program irritated the source not specified For 154 days, the head of the central television, Sergei Lapin, soon became involved in the KGB. Censorship became more and more severe over time, to the point that it was impossible to go on stage with a beard - this was considered a mockery of Karl Marx. source not specified 154 days / At the end of 1971, after the proceedings between Lapin and Muratov, the program was closed.
KVN, like the Evening of Funny Questions, was very popular. A KVN movement sprang up all over the country. In imitation of the transmission of KVN games, they were arranged in schools, pioneer camps, etc. KVN qualifying tournaments were held in universities throughout the country, the best teams got on television.
They revived KVN in 1986, the beginning of perestroika. The initiator was the captain of KVN MISI of the 1960s Andrei Menshikov. The leader, like u before closing, was Maslyakov. After the revival of the founders of KVN, they were invited first by the jury, and then as guests of honor. The first presenter of the program, Albert Axelrod, offered his image of Maslyakov, but the presenter did not like this idea. After a few releases, the teams reached the same high level as the KVN of the 1960s. The KVN movement has reappeared, and the games are organized in Western Europe (Western European League of KVN), Israel and the USA. The first international game of the CIS - Israel (1992, Moscow) and even the world championship between the teams of the USA, Israel, the CIS and Germany (1994, Israel) are being held (with stunning success). KVN becomes one of the most popular Russian TV shows.
Many KVN participants, after completing their playing careers, became popular TV presenters by organizing their own humorous programs. Among them are Yuli Gusman, Bakhram Bagirzade, Oleg Filimonov, Valdis Pelsh, Alexei Kortnev, Sergei Sivokho, Tatyana Lazareva, Mikhail Shats, Sergei Belogolovtsev, Timur Batrutdinov, Mikhail Galustyan, Garik Martirosyan, Garik Kharlamov, Alexander Pushnoy, Gennady Khazanov.
Rules of the game
Performance of the student team
In KVN they play according to different rules, sometimes they can change right during the game, which happens even in the most important major league. However, there are rules that are followed in any case in all leagues, which makes KVN a recognizable game.
Firstly, KVN is played in teams. At the very least, the team must contain at least two members (the smallest team that performed at a high level - the "Team of Small Nations" - at one time consisted of only two players). Each team must have a captain. The KVN captain must also represent his team at the captains' competition, if he was included in the game program. Most teams perform in original costumes that distinguish the players of this team from other players. Costumes within one team can be the same, designed in the same style or personal, unique for each team member.
Secondly, the game should be divided into separate contests. Usually, each competition is given, in addition to the nominal (“Warm-up”, “Music Competition”), an original name that sets the theme for the entire performance. The game itself also receives an original name that defines the overall theme of the game. Each competition must be judged by a jury headed by its chairman.
KVN contests
Greetings
This contest is played from the beginning of the game. In it, team members introduce themselves and their team. The greeting consists mainly of text jokes and thumbnails.
Warm up
A competition in which the teams must come up with a funny answer in thirty seconds to questions asked by other teams, the audience, the jury and / or the presenter.
STEM (Student Variety Miniature Theater)
A short competition that was coined in 1995. The main principle of the competition is that there should not be more than three KVN players on the stage at the same time. In the 2008 Major League season, the three-man rule became optional.
BRIZ (Bureau of rationalization and inventions)
A short literary competition in which teams need to present some kind of invention or phenomenon.
Musical competition
A competition that focuses on musical numbers - songs, dances or playing instruments. In 1995, they came up with the One Song Contest (SPC), in which only one melody can be used, and in 2003, the Musical Final, which is a final song contest, in which teams need to write a beautiful and funny final song.
Biathlon
A competition invented by the Belarusian KVN. The team members “shoot” with jokes, and after each round the jury removes the less liked team from the distance. The winner receives 1 point, and in case of a draw - 0.9 points for each of the finalists of the competition.
News Contest
Similar to BREEZE, but looks like a joke news release. Like u “warm-up” u at “biathlon”, all the playing teams stand on the stage in this competition.
Homework
Long contest, played at the end of the game. In the absence of the "Musical" it is sometimes played as a "musical homework".
Freestyle
A free competition in which teams are allowed to play in any style and show any numbers. The competition was created in 2003.
Film competition
A competition that needs to shoot a video clip or dub a famous film.
Captains competition
Individual competition for captains of competing teams.
One Song Contest (SOP)
League KVN
Official leagues of MS KVN (TTO AMiK) for 2009
Central Leagues Editors
Major League Moscow Andrey Chivurin (KhAI), Leonid Kuprido (BSU)
Premier League Mikhail Gulikov (Transit), Valentin Ivanov (KhAI), Alexey Lyapichev (NZM)
Ukrainian Higher League Kyiv Andrey Chivurin (KhAI), Valentin Ivanov (KhAI)
First Aiga Minsk Leonid Kuprido (BSU), Arkady Dyachenko (KhAI)
League "Start KVN" Voronezh Valentin Ivanov (KhAI), Anatoly Shulik
League "KVN-Asia" Krasnoyarsk Sergey Ershov ("Pelmeni"), Dmitry Shpenkov (MPEI)
Slobozhanskaya League Kharkiv Arkady Dyachenko (KhAI), Dmitry Prokhorov (SSU)
Ural League Chelyabinsk Sergey Ershov ("Pelmeni"), Ilgam Rysaev ("4 Tatars")
Northern League Khanty-Mansiysk Vyacheslav Myasnikov (Pelmeni), Alexey Eks (Left Bank)
Luga "Povolzhye" Kazan Arkady Dyachenko (KhAI), Dmitry Kolchin (SOK)
Camp "KVN-Siberia" Novosibirsk Yuri Kruchenok (BSU), Renat Aktuganov (Sib. Siby)
Ryazan League Ryazan Alexander Yakushev ("Prima"), Vadim Ermishin ("Warlock")
Laga of Moscow and Moscow region Moscow Alexey Lyapichev (NzM), Oleg Valentsov
Krasnodar League Krasnodar Mikhail Gulikov ("Transit"), Ilgam Rysaev ("4 Tatars")
First Ukrainian League Odessa Arkady Dyachenko (KhAI), Dmitry Prokhorov (SSU)
Inter-regional leagues Editors
Dnieper League Dnepropetrovsk Evgeniy Gendin ("KVN Theater" DGU "")
Pacific League Khabarovsk Andrey Minin ("Maximum"), Alexey Petrenko ("Bot. Garden")
Far Eastern League Vladivostok Alexander Madich (Team of Vladivostok), Evgeniy Usov (Okean-Nakhodka)
League "Kavkaz" Vladikavkaz Timur Karginov ("Pyramid"), Zaur Baitsaev ("Pyramid")
League "West of Russia" Kaliningrad Ilya Romanko (Pyatigorsk), Pavel Pavlovsky (GUU)
Astana League Astana Kumar Lukmanov (Astana), Nurlan Koyanbaev (Astana)
League "Caspian" Astrakhan Artyom Usov ("4 Tatarina"), Alexey Lyapichev (NZM)
League "Polesie" Gomel Yury Kruchenok (BGU), Ilya Zuev (Belarusian national team)
League "Baltika" St. Petersburg Timofey Kuts (Team of St. Petersburg), Taymaz Sharipov (Team of St. Petersburg)
Liga "KVN-Plus" Nizhny Novgorod Ivan Pyshnenko ("Sports Station"), Konstantin Obukhov ("Sports Station"), Alexey Yurin ("NZ" Nizhny Novgorod)
League divisions Editors
All-Russian Junior League Moscow
Moscow Student League Oleg Valentsov, Pavel Pavlovsky (GUU team)
Moscow Student League 2 Moscow Oleg Valentsov, Pavel Pavlovsky (GUU team)
Major League
Main article: Major League of KVN
The Higher League of the revived KVN has existed since 1986, when KVN reappeared on television. Until 1993, this league was the only official one, and in 1993 the first league appeared, the champion of which received an automatic ticket to the top league of the next season. Thus, the level of the major league began to grow from year to year, and most teams got there already having played in the first league. Later, in 1999, other official leagues of KVN appeared, teams with experience of playing in various official leagues of TTO AMiK began to get the highest. The number of top league teams increased from 6 to 12 and 15 teams in the B season. Typically, the top league consists of three games of the 1/8 finals, two quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final, although at different times there have been experiments with repechage games and double semi-finals. The champion of the highest league is considered the champion of the entire club and receives the right to play in the KVN Summer Cup. The leader of the league is Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov, the jury is attended by well-known people, recently the permanent members of the jury are Konstantin Ernst (chairman of the jury), Julius Gusman, Leonid Yarmolnik, Mikhail Efremov and Igor Vernik. The remaining members of the jury change from game to game.
From 1986 to 2009, 138 KVN teams played in the major league.
Premier League
Main article: KVN Premier League
The Premier League was opened In 2003, it became the second television league of Channel One. Younger KVN teams play in the Premier League, mostly champions and finalists of various official leagues. In 2004, it was decided that the champion of the first league would fall into the television league, that is, into the higher or premier league, only the champion of the premier league automatically enters the higher league. In addition, the Premier League season includes teams that lost the 1/8 finals of the Premier League, which are offered to continue the Premier League season. The premier league season pattern changes from season B season: sometimes the season starts with a premier league festival (which functions as a qualifying game), then three or four round of 16 games are played, two or three quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final. At the moment [when?] most of the teams of the higher league are graduates of the Premier League, among them are the champions of the Club in 2005, "Narts from Abkhazia" and "Megapolis", as well as the champion of 2007 MPEI team, "Ordinary People", Champion 2008 "Maximum" (Tomsk). Alexander Maslyakov Jr. leads the Premier League, and well-known KVN players sit in the jury. From 2003 to 2007, 86 teams played in the Premier League (the Premier League only reached 86 in 2001). Until the 2007 semi-finals, the jury made decisions in the Premier League by meeting, but since the fall of 2007, scoreboards have appeared in the Premier League. In addition, it was decided not to put on the jury editors of the league and KVN players working with competing teams. The champions of the Premier League were the teams "Region-13" (2003), "Left Bank" (2003), "Maximum" (2004 and 2005), "Megapolis" (2004), "Sportivnaya Station" (2006), "SOK" (2007), "Triod and Diode" (2008), "Polygraph Poligrafych" (2008), "Parapaparam" (2009).
Club Champions
Higher League-1987 Odessa OSU Odessa Gentlemen
Major League-1988 Novosibirsk NSU
Higher League-1989 Kharkiv HVVAIU
Major League-1990 Odessa OSU Odessa Gentlemen
Higher League-1991 Novosibirsk NGU
Major League-1992 Yerevan Baku YSMI Boys from Baku
Higher League-1993 Novosibirsk NSU Only girls in jazz
Premier League-1994 Yerevan YSMI
Major League-1995 Moscow Kharkov Armed Forces of the Russian Federation KhAI Squadron of hussars
Major League-1996 Makhachkala DSU Makhachkala vagabonds
Higher League-1997 Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog Yerevan Transit New Armenians
Major League-1998 Tomsk Children of Lieutenant Schmidt
Major League-1999 Minsk BGU
Major League-2000 Yekaterinburg USTU-UPI Ural dumplings
Higher League-2001 Minsk BGU
Major League-2002 Chelyabinsk-Magnitogorsk County town
Major League-2003 Sochi Burnt by the Sun
Major League-2004 Pyatigorsk Team of Pyatigorsk
Major League-2005 Sukhumi Narts from Abkhazia Megapolis
Major League-2006 Moscow RUDN University
Major League-2007 Moscow MPEI Ordinary people
Major League-2008 Tomsk TSU MaximuM
Deal of the day: performance of the KVN team
November 8 - International Day of KVN. The idea of the holiday was proposed by the president of the international KVN club Alexander Maslyakov, and the date was chosen because it was on November 8, 1961, that the first game of the club of cheerful and resourceful people went on the air.
The idea of creating a television project reminiscent of the Czech television program "Guess, Guess, Fortune Teller" (GGY) was born in 1957. Its authors were Sergei Muratov, an employee of Central Television, now a professor at Moscow State University, doctor Albert Axelrod and engineer Mikhail Yakovlev. Together they came up with a game similar in genre and name - VVV - "Evening of funny questions."
The first script for "VVV" was written by Mikhail Yakovlev and Andrey Donatov in the spring of 1957. Sergei Muratov was the editor, and the popular composer and wonderful wit Nikita Bogoslovsky and the young actress Margarita Lifanova were presenters. The game was not with the teams, as later in KVN, but with the audience. The program was a great success, but was released only three times. After a live overlay, it was removed. And only four years after that, the idea of the KVN game - "The Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful" appeared. The authors of the idea wanted the project to be purely television, so this name was very suitable: in those days, the TV brand was called KVN. Thus, an entertainment program appeared on television, in which the best team is determined annually in a competition of wit and resourcefulness.
The first broadcast went on the air on November 8, 1961. Among the first hosts were VGIK students Elem Klimov, Alexander Belyavsky, aspiring film actresses Natalya Zashchipina and Natalya Fateeva. Over time, a permanent duo of presenters developed - Albert Axelrod and Svetlana Zhiltsova. Since 1964, Alexander Maslyakov has been the permanent host of KVN.
Students of institutes played in KVN. In the first game, the participants were from the Institute of Foreign Languages and the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (MISI). Initially, there was no transfer script, all competitions were born spontaneously and the rules of the game were improved gradually. Since 1968, KVN programs began to be recorded, before that they were broadcast live.
In 1971, the program was closed by the leadership of the USSR State Radio and Television. According to the old-timers of the Club, this happened because the then chairman of the USSR State Radio and Television Sergei Lapin did not like the program. The actual reason for the closure was the excessive sharp jokes of the participants in the program.
On May 25, 1986, the first game of the first season of the revived KVN aired. Its founders were former KVN workers. In the new KVN, everything was new: new competitions, a rating system, a transmission structure and television show techniques. The host, as before the closure, was Alexander Maslyakov. But it still has new functions - editorial.
The team of Odessa State University became the first champion. At the same time, the now well-known mascot of the Cheerful and Resourceful Club was born. It was also invented by KVNshchik, an artist from the MISI team Dmitry Skvortsov. The talisman did not yet have a name, and Alexander Maslyakov invited the audience to send variants to the editorial office. Of the eight pre-selected options, the name of the cheerful bird and the KVN mascot - Kivin was determined. At first, the talisman was a rolling talisman - it was handed over to the storage of each newly won team, but then they began to be handed over to the champions.
KVN is played according to different rules, sometimes they can change right during the game, but there are rules that are followed in any case. KVN is played by teams, which must contain at least two members. Each team must have a captain. The KVN captain must also represent his team at the captains' competition if he was included in the game program. The game should be divided into separate contests. Each competition must be judged by a jury headed by its chairman.
In addition to the games themselves, the festival of KVN teams (takes place in Sochi), the KVN music festival, the KVN summer cup, international friendly games in KVN (the KVN team plays with teams of other countries) are annually held.
Popular KVN teams are the "Club of Odessa Gentlemen", the teams of KhAI, MAGMA, "Guys from Baku", "Squadron of Hussars" (champion of 1995), "Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog-Transit" (champion of 1997), "New Armenians" (Yerevan, champion 1997), "Four Tatars" (Kazan), "Service Entrance" (Kursk), "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt" (Tomsk, champion 1998), "Ural dumplings" (Yekaterinburg, champion 2000), " Burnt by the Sun" (Sochi, champion in 2003), "Narts from Abkhazia" (Sukhumi, champion in 2005), "Ordinary People" (Moscow, champion in 2007) and others.
In KVN, the traditions of the first games continue, although the competitions "Business Card", "Warm-up", "Captains Competition", "Music Competition", "Homework" have become mandatory. Sometimes there are such competitions as "Exit", competition of STEMs (student theaters of variety miniatures), etc. The game of the teams is evaluated by a professional jury. Among the members of the jury were: Konstantin Ernst, Leonid Parfyonov, Julius Gusman, Leonid Yarmolnik, Valdis Pelsh, Sergei Sholokhov, Gennady Khazanov and others.
Founded by Alexander Maslyakov, the International Union of KVN is divided into interregional leagues, from the Far East to Krasnodar. Today, an organized KVN movement exists in 110 cities of Russia, not counting the Baltic countries, Belarus, Ukraine, and far abroad. About 1,000 student and 2,000 school teams compete constantly. Every year, KVN games are attended by over 5 million spectators.
KVN now covers not only the countries of the former USSR, but the whole world. Since 1986 - the year of the revival of the legendary game - more than a hundred teams have played in the highest league of KVN alone. Now every university considers it an honor to have its own KVN team, KVN is played in schools and factories. Academicians and workers, businessmen and teachers come to this game. Both first-graders and 60-year-olds can play in the same team and on the same stage.
For many, playing KVN becomes a profession, and many people connect life with art thanks to the game. Gennady Khazanov, Leonid Yakubovich, Arkady Khait, Alexander Kurlyandsky, Yuli Gusman, Tatyana Lazareva, Mikhail Shats, Oleg Filimonov, Alexei Kortnev, Timur Batrutdinov, Mikhail Galustyan, Garik Martirosyan and many others "left" KVN.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from open sources
Absolutely everyone knows what KVN is. The World Game, in which not only young people take part, but also older comedians, ranks first among all comedy television shows. The KVN team of the Russian Federation takes part in games with other countries. For some comedians, this is just entertainment, but for some, over the years, it turns into a profession.
What is KVN?
The most popular TV show with a humorous bias at the moment takes first place on television. This game is watched by young children, teenagers and adults. You can talk a lot about what KVN is and how it earned popularity. But every inhabitant of the planet knows that this is a good way to have a great evening and laugh heartily.
Universities, enterprises, various educational institutions have the opportunity to take part in KVN. The major league only accepts the best players, giving them more motivation to create new jokes and improve their performances. The guys create miniatures, skits and interesting numbers on their own and this will make quite a lot of people around the world laugh. The main competitions are:
- Business card. The team of participants is given a specific topic, based on which they must present themselves, as well as their own city. Of course, all this should be in a humorous form.
- Warm up. The jury, opponents and people from the audience ask certain questions, to which the participants must find the most ridiculous answer in a short period of time.
- Homework (from 3 to 7 minutes, the team must present a story invented on its own, with musical inserts).
- One song contest (the final stage, where participants choose absolutely any song, remake it in a humorous way and present it to the audience).
In addition, there are also video contests, as well as biathlon and triathlon. But they are not used in every game. Although the rules in them are just as cruel and only professionals in their field can cope with them.
Transmission prototype
Some time before the moment when the Club of the cheerful and resourceful appeared on the screens, there was a similar program called "Evening of cheerful questions." Here questions were asked to the audience and members of the jury, and, of course, humor was evaluated. In Soviet times, it was the most popular and fun program that everyone loved to watch, and many would like to take part in it.
Despite the fact that this program was very popular, it was aired only three times. The presenters decided to hold an interesting contest, where the audience had to visit the studio in a fur coat and with the New Year's newspaper of the previous year. But, unfortunately, they forgot to mention the newspaper when the competition was announced, so the next day the hall was filled with a huge number of people in winter outerwear. After this point, confusion began, and the program was closed.
Humorous TV programs at any time were in the first place for family circles who love to spend time together. Therefore, KVN and its prototype have gained really great popularity.
Leading
Albert Axelrod was appointed the first leader in the Club of cheerful and resourceful, but after three years he left this game. After him, Alexander Maslyakov took the place of the host. At that time, he was not broadcasting alone, but together with the announcer Svetlana Zhiltsova. It was after the arrival of a new host in the KVN game that teams began to compete.
Due to uncertain circumstances, the program was closed due to incomprehensible pressure from the ministry on the organizers, but the game soon recovered and began to gain popularity. There is only one presenter left - Alexander Maslyakov. Initially, he came to the game as a student, but now he is already an experienced host and comedian.
Rules of the game
Laid-back and fairly simple rules apply to the game. Each KVN team must consist of more than two people, and one of them must be the captain. The host of the game independently comes up with contests, adding new ones over time, in which all teams must take part.
Participants must joke in each of these contests and receive jury marks (from 1 to 5). At the end of each competition, an average score is given. Then they are summed up. And, accordingly, the team with the highest result wins.
Famous members
All young viewers and teams are interested in what kind of participants were in the early years of KVN. The Major League is really proud of these people, as the hall was always filled with laughter during their appearance on stage.
- Between 1960-80, Julius Gusman, Gennady Khazanov, Arkady Inin, Mikhail Zadornov became memorable players.
- In the 80s, Valdis Pelsh, Mikhail Marfin, Sergey Sivokho made people laugh,
- Since the 90s, Garik Martirosyan, Alexander Pushnoy, Andrey Rozhkov, Dmitry Brekotkin have become popular.
- At the beginning of the 21st century, Timur Batrudinov, Alexander Revva, Igor Kharlamov, Mikhail Galustyan, Pavel Volya, Timur Rodriguez, Natalya Yeprikyan were remembered on stage.
- In recent years, the audience has rejoiced at the appearance on stage of such actors as Olga Kortunkova, Igor Lastochkin, Azamat Musagaliev, Maxim Kiselev, Ivan Abramov, Denis Dorokhov, and many others.
Special Games
It is always scary for every participant to play in KVN for the first time, because it is difficult to take a huge number of people calmly. But this never stopped the guys, and they still continued to go on stage, make the audience laugh and get points.
In addition to the main games, there were also additional ones, that is, special ones:
- "Voicing KiVin" is a music festival.
- Birthday of the game KVN.
- Summer Cup.
Each of the additional games brought a storm of emotions to both spectators and team members. The best players for a certain time took part here, so the jokes were always funny, and the audience did not have sad expressions.
Champions
What is KVN without champions and favorites? The Premier League, the First League, the CML League, the Pacific League and the Siberian League can boast of those people who really deserved the awards.
- In 2003, the KVN team "Region-13" from Saransk and "Left Bank" from Krasnoyarsk became champions.
- In 2004 and 2005 the best were "Maximum" from Tomsk and Moscow "Megapolis".
- The year 2006 was conquered by the members of the Sportivnaya Station team from Moscow.
- In 2007, the Samara team SOK became popular.
- In 2008, the guys from Smolensk "Triod and Diode" had the best position.
- In 2009-2010 championship places were taken by "Parapaparam" from Moscow, from Minsk and ISU from Irkutsk.
- In 2012 Phystech from Dolgoprudny, Asia MIX and Boomerang became champions.
- 2013 surprised Saratov, the MFUA team, Scotch.
- 2014-2015 were the hottest years, and the champions were the Georgian team, Khara Morin, the Tula region team, the Voskhod team and People.
