Russian Pop-Culture Character Hand Puppet Posted by Chris Arveson on Aug 17, 2009
This little guy just arrived in the mail. He's the title character of a Soviet era animated series named Cheburashka. It's a very sweet, gentle series. I have looked for puppets the last couple years on my trips to Moscow, to no avail, so I gave in and bought this little hand puppet through Amazon.com.
The YouTube is a subtitled version of the first episode of the series.
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Re: Russian Pop-Culture Character Hand Puppet Posted by jovack on Aug 17, 2009
this is great
Re: Russian Pop-Culture Character Hand Puppet Posted by Billy D. Fuller on Aug 17, 2009
Great video Chris ! Thank you for sharing. I hope you have fun with your new found friend.
Billy D.
Re: Russian Pop-Culture Character Hand Puppet Posted by DrPuppet on Aug 17, 2009
I love stop motion!!!
Re: Russian Pop-Culture Character Hand Puppet Posted by Chris Arveson on Aug 17, 2009
I love stop motion!!!
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I really enjoy the series. The time and energy put into stop-motion animation just amazes me.
Re: Russian Pop-Culture Character Hand Puppet Posted by CanuckAmok on Aug 19, 2009
Does "Cheburashka" mean anything in Russian?
Re: Russian Pop-Culture Character Hand Puppet Posted by Chris Arveson on Aug 19, 2009
Does "Cheburashka" mean anything in Russian?
Not according to babelfish. In case it was a diminutive of Chebur or Chebura I checked them as well, and came up dry. My Russian-English dictionary on dead tree is at the office, so I'll research it a little further tomorrow.
Re: Russian Pop-Culture Character Hand Puppet Posted by SCUBASTEVE on Aug 20, 2009
Lovely stuff, i love the crocodile, simple shape but so expressive!