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wasn't supposed to become a long-running series, and the overwhelming popularity of the pilot episode came as surprise to its creators. From 1969 to 1986 Kotyonochkin directed a total of 16 episodes, and each of them turned an instant hit. Yet after each episode he wanted to end the series and switch
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served as another inspiration and was originally intended to do the voice-over, but wasn't approved by the studio executives. The art director
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