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Full title ''Klub Vesyolykh i Nakhodchivykh'' (Club of the cheerful and nimble-witted people)
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Full title ''Klub Vesyolykh i Nakhodchivykh'' (Club of the cheerful and nimble-witted nimble witted people)
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KVN games are very common in Russian colleges, but when talking about KVN, most people refer to the Supreme League, hosted by the self-perpetuating president Alexander Maslyakov. Its season spans one year, with the introducing festival being held in January and the finale taking place shorty before New Year's Eve. Competitions are carried out between four teams, each of whose typically represents a college akin to a sports team. Each competition consists of four to five rubrics, the traditional ones being the opening Introduction, the subsequent question- and answer-based Warm-Up[[labelnote:note]]The last attempt of the show to retain elements of improvised humour honoring the adjective "nimble-witted". All other sketches are prepared by teams in advance.[[/labelnote]] and the closing Musical rubric. There is a topic for each rubric, but it is accepted that teams follow it loosely, at best. At the end of each rubric, the teams are evaluated by a jury, and usually, the two teams that have the most points pass to the next competition. The term "usually" should be applied to the entire paragraph: The rules of the league are changed frequently, sometimes even mid-season.
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KVN games are very common in Russian colleges, but when talking about KVN, most people refer to the Supreme League, hosted by the self-perpetuating president Alexander Maslyakov. Its season spans one year, with the introducing festival being held in January and the finale taking place shorty before New Year's Eve. Competitions are Each of the competitions is carried out between four teams, each of whose typically represents a college akin to a college sports team. Each competition The match consists of four to five rubrics, the traditional ones being the opening Introduction, the subsequent question- and answer-based Warm-Up[[labelnote:note]]The last attempt of the show to retain elements of improvised humour honoring the adjective "nimble-witted". All other sketches are prepared by teams in advance.[[/labelnote]] and the closing Musical rubric. There is a topic for each rubric, but it is accepted that teams follow it loosely, at best. At the end of each rubric, the teams are evaluated by a jury, and usually, the two teams that have the most points pass to the next competition. The term "usually" should be applied to the entire paragraph: The rules of the league are changed frequently, sometimes even mid-season.
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* CelebrityImpersonator: In the early 2000s, nearly every prominent team sported a Putin impersonator. As the screws got tightened in Russia, this practice quickly vanished. There are rumors that Putin is not amused to see himself in comedy show, not even in a positive light.
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* CelebrityImpersonator: In the early 2000s, nearly every prominent team sported a Putin impersonator. As the screws got tightened in Russia, this practice quickly vanished. There are rumors that Putin is not amused to see himself in comedy show, shows, not even in a positive light.
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KVN games are very common in Russian colleges, but when talking about KVN, most people refer to the Supreme League, hosted by the self-perpetuating president Alexander Maslyakov. It spans one year, with the introducing festival being held in January and the finale taking place shorty before New Year's Eve. Competitions are carried out between (usually) four teams, each of whose typically represents a college akin to a sports team. Each competition consists of four to five rubrics, the traditional one being the opening Introduction, the subsequent question- and answer-based Warm-Up[[labelnote:note]]The last attempt of the show to retain elements of improvised humour honoring the adjective "nimble-witted". All other sketches are prepared in advance.[[/labelnote]] and the closing Musical rubric. There is a topic for each rubric, but it is accepted that teams follow it loosely at best. At the end of each rubric, the teams are evaluated by a jury, and usually, the two teams that have the most points pass to the next competition. The term "usually" should be applied to the entire paragraph: The rules of the league are changed frequently, sometimes even mid-season.
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KVN games are very common in Russian colleges, but when talking about KVN, most people refer to the Supreme League, hosted by the self-perpetuating president Alexander Maslyakov. It Its season spans one year, with the introducing festival being held in January and the finale taking place shorty before New Year's Eve. Competitions are carried out between (usually) four teams, each of whose typically represents a college akin to a sports team. Each competition consists of four to five rubrics, the traditional one ones being the opening Introduction, the subsequent question- and answer-based Warm-Up[[labelnote:note]]The last attempt of the show to retain elements of improvised humour honoring the adjective "nimble-witted". All other sketches are prepared by teams in advance.[[/labelnote]] and the closing Musical rubric. There is a topic for each rubric, but it is accepted that teams follow it loosely loosely, at best. At the end of each rubric, the teams are evaluated by a jury, and usually, the two teams that have the most points pass to the next competition. The term "usually" should be applied to the entire paragraph: The rules of the league are changed frequently, sometimes even mid-season.
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The second-highly acclaimed league is the Premier League that is hosted by Alexander Maslyakov Jr, the founder's son, and is often viewed as a stepping stone to the Supreme League. There is also the Summer Cup, a standalone event where only winners of the Supreme League may participate.
KVN has had an overwhelming impact on the Russian comedy community, serving as a career-starting experience not unlike musical [[TalentShow Talent Shows]]. From 2000s on, former members of successful teams either started or participated in virtually all comedy shows and in many comedy movies and series. Although often snarked upon, the KVN, at least the Supreme League, maintained a decent standard of humour so far, mainly thanks to Maslyakov and his team keeping obscenities at an acceptable level. The Premier League is said to have been founded specifically to introduce Maslyakov Jr into the business, so it looks like KVN will stay around for a while.
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* AmazonBrigade: There have been all-female teams from time to time. However, they never gained much success, mainly because of their CripplingOverspecialization on jokes using female stereotypes.
* AppealToFlattery: Varies in subtlety from team to team, but the amount of flattery towards Maslyakov is rather disturbing for a Western audience.
* CelebrityImpersonator: In the early 2000s, nearly every prominent team sported a Putin impersonator. As the screws got tightened in Russia, this practice quickly vanished. There are rumors that Putin is not amused to see himself in comedy show, not even in a positive light.
* HomeFieldAdvantage: Averted, although most of the games take place in Moscow, it was lacking a team strong enough to participate in the Supreme League for almost two decades after the relaunch.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Ditto for many of the teams.
* ThePatriarch: Alexander Maslyakov, co-founder of the show and owner of the company running it.
* UglyCute: Invoked fairly often, most prominently by Mikhail Galustyan. There was even a team built around this trope. A team that won the Supreme League in 2004.
* AppealToFlattery: Varies in subtlety from team to team, but the amount of flattery towards Maslyakov is rather disturbing for a Western audience.
* CelebrityImpersonator: In the early 2000s, nearly every prominent team sported a Putin impersonator. As the screws got tightened in Russia, this practice quickly vanished. There are rumors that Putin is not amused to see himself in comedy show, not even in a positive light.
* HomeFieldAdvantage: Averted, although most of the games take place in Moscow, it was lacking a team strong enough to participate in the Supreme League for almost two decades after the relaunch.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Ditto for many of the teams.
* ThePatriarch: Alexander Maslyakov, co-founder of the show and owner of the company running it.
* UglyCute: Invoked fairly often, most prominently by Mikhail Galustyan. There was even a team built around this trope. A team that won the Supreme League in 2004.
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Full title ''Klub Vesyolykh i Nakhodchivykh'' (Club of the cheerful and sharp-witted people)
Soviet (later Russian) Comedy Programme. Part GameShow, part amateur comedy (mainly StandUpComedy and covers of popular songs with lyrics replaced). Teams of college students compete to be the funniest.
Started in 1961 to replace a similar live-air show with AudienceParticipation which got canceled for causing a riot.[[labelnote:details]]Organizers promised a large prize to the one who comes to the studio in winter clothes with last December's newspaper (it was in July). The bit about the paper somehow got lost and too many people came. The studio couldn't work for the rest of the day.[[/labelnote]] Enjoyed great popularity. Got canceled in 1971 because the increasingly strict and bizarre censorship demands[[labelnote:e.g.]]banning beards for similarity with Karl Marx[[/labelnote]] made the program unfunny; the organizers' attempts to loosen the demands resulted in a lengthy and unpleasant investigation. Resurrected in 1986 by members of the original crew and some of the former participants, continues to this day. Outside USSR (and post-Soviet countries) attracted sizable attention in Israel, Germany, USA, Canada, Britain.
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Soviet (later Russian) Comedy Programme. Part GameShow, part amateur comedy (mainly StandUpComedy and covers of popular songs with lyrics replaced). Teams of college students compete to be the funniest.
Started in 1961 to replace a similar live-air show with AudienceParticipation which got canceled for causing a riot.[[labelnote:details]]Organizers promised a large prize to the one who comes to the studio in winter clothes with last December's newspaper (it was in July). The bit about the paper somehow got lost and too many people came. The studio couldn't work for the rest of the day.[[/labelnote]] Enjoyed great popularity. Got canceled in 1971 because the increasingly strict and bizarre censorship demands[[labelnote:e.g.]]banning beards for similarity with Karl Marx[[/labelnote]] made the program unfunny; the organizers' attempts to loosen the demands resulted in a lengthy and unpleasant investigation. Resurrected in 1986 by members of the original crew and some of the former participants, continues to this day. Outside USSR (and post-Soviet countries) attracted sizable attention in Israel, Germany, USA, Canada, Britain.
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