38 Parrots

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox television 38 Parrots (Template:Langx, translit. Tridtsat vosem popugaev) is a series of ten children's animated films produced in the Soviet Union between 1976 and 1991 by Soyuzmultfilm. The series portrays the amusing adventures of four friends: the talkative chimpanzee Martyshka, the shy elephant Slonyonok, the eccentric parrot Popugai, and the thoughtful boa Udav.

The title of the series comes from the very first episode, where Udav has his length measured in parrots. In most episodes the heroes solve paradoxes related to language and meaning. In one, for example, they discuss the number of nuts it takes to make a whole pile. In another, they tackle the problem of how to convey a greeting without it disappearing in transit.

The series was created by Ivan Ufimtsev and Leonid Shvartsman, and scripted by children's author Grigoriy Oster. The characters were voiced by popular actors Nadezhda Rumyantseva (Martyshka), Mikhail Kozakov (Slonyonok), Vasily Livanov (Udav) and Vsevolod Larionov (Popugai). The series' music is written by Vladimir Shainsky, Gennady Gladkov and Aleksei Shelygin.

List of episodes

• "38 Parrots" / (12 July 1976)
• "Udav's Grandmother" / (19 April 1977)
• "How to Cure Udav" / (7 September 1977)
• "Where is Slonyonok Going" / (18 December 1977)
• "Hello to Martyshka" / (13 February 1978)
• "And What if It Works!" / (12 April 1978)
• "Gymnastics for the Tail" / (29 March 1979)
• "Tomorrow Will be Tomorrow" / (5 August 1979)
• "The Great Closure" / (14 January 1985)
• "Unobvious Textbook" / (15 July 1991)

See also

• History of Russian animation
• List of stop-motion films

External links

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