Also known as Klub vesyolykh i nakhodchivykh
KVN (, an abbreviation of , Klub vesyolykh i nakhodchivykh or Ka-Ve-En, "Club of the Funny and Inventive [people]") is a Russian and formerly Soviet comedy television show and international competition in which teams compete by giving humorous answers and show prepared sketches. The show originated in the Soviet Union and is based on the earlier program An Evening of Funny Questions (). The program was first aired on the Soviet First Channel on 8 November 1961.
Key facts
- Television.genre
- Game-show franchise
- Television.runtime
- 60–180 minutes (depending on the version)
- Television.creator
- Sergey Muratov, Albert Axelrod, Mikhail Yakovlev
- Television.country
- Soviet Union, Russian Federation
- Television.company
- Home Edition programs for the youth of the Central Television of the USSR (1961-1972, 1986-1990)Igra-Tekhnika (1988-1990)AMiK (Alexander Maslyakov & Company) (1990-present)
- Television.network
- Programme One (1961-1972, 1986-1991)Channel One (1992-present)
- Television.last_aired
- present
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Leagues and competitions
- Format
- Analysis of the content of KVN releases for the presence of political censorship
- Popularity
- International reach
- Notable KVN players
- References
- External links
KVN (, an abbreviation of , Klub vesyolykh i nakhodchivykh or Ka-Ve-En, "Club of the Funny and Inventive [people]") is a Russian and formerly Soviet comedy television show and international competition in which teams compete by giving humorous answers and show prepared sketches. The show originated in the Soviet Union and is based on the earlier program An Evening of Funny Questions (). The program was first aired on the Soviet First Channel on 8 November 1961.
In 1972, Soviet censors, who found the students' impromptu jokes offensive and anti-Soviet, banned KVN. The show was revived in 1986 during the perestroika era, with Alexander Maslyakov as its host. It is one of the longest-running programs on Russian television; its anniversary on 8 November is celebrated by KVN players every year since its inception and was widely celebrated for the first time in 2001.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “KVN” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.