Best cartoon ever?

Yeah, it's the best!
But man what they did in the last episodes?!?
All the advertising (AMT, Nokia, VODKA???Troyka and than in this supermarket), new "fancy" look of Wolf and Hare, and the stories- well...
I'm sorry, but it's just awful what they did to this cartoon.
I LOVE the old episodes though.

Haha, I just saw this cartoon for the first time in my Russian class this weekend. Our professor was playing a DVD with all the episodes on it. I downloaded some off of the internet. They're actually very well thought out and I can assume are very entertaining to children!
'Çàÿö! Íó... ïîãîäè!!' :-DDD

What are some other good Russian TV shows?

It's certainly the most popular, but as for "best"? That depends on the individual, of course. A lot of cartoons aren't as well known as they should be.

The "best" ones that I've seen include a lot of Yuri Norstein's work ("Tale of Tales", "Hedgehog in the Fog" - Skazka Skazok, Yozhik v Tumane). Here are some really nice ones that I like also (links, go to videos! Yay!):

My Life (a little piglet talks about his life on the farm; won a prize in an international animation festival in Anneci, France for funniest film in 2001)
http://www.seti.ee/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8739

Last Year's Snow was Falling (a satire on Russian fairy tales where a simple peasant dreams about becoming a king)
http://www.seti.ee/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8825

Kolobki Brothers Conduct an Investigation
http://www.seti.ee/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11001

The Pilot Brothers Decided Suddenly to Go Hunting (dialogue translation - "will we first hunt and then have breakfast, or first have breakfast and then hunt?" "no, colleague, I think we will do both at the same time " "at the same time... check!" and the rest speaks for itself. The last thing said is "you know, colleague, let's go and catch some fish rather")
http://www.seti.ee/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8963

The Pilot Brothers Sometimes Go Fishing (translation - "you must agree, colleague, that this is rather more interesting than catching fish from an aquarium" "oh, don't say that chief, catching fish at the aquarium is rather interesting also" ... and the Frenchman who shows up later says something like "this lake is not shallow! I require humanitarian help!")
http://www.seti.ee/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8980

As far as I know, none of these have a page on IMDB.


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This is definately the best Russian cartoon and most definately the best "cat and mouse" cartoon. I like it much, much, much better than Bugs Bunny, Nu Pagodi was ten times funnier.

Yeah this cartoon is awesome!
Do any of you know the name of the tune that plays at the very end of the last episode? The very end when Zaits straps Volk onto the spinning machine thingy? I love that song!

I think it's fair to consider it among the best Soviet cartoons. Variety of themes, humour, solid level of animation and, of course, the huge popularity among generations of kids and adults - they sure hit the spot.

Though my personal favourites are Mystery of the Third Planet, Adventures of Captain Vrungel, Mowgli, Treasure Island, Karlson on the Roof, Adventures of Domovoi, Last Year's Snow was Falling.

I also wouldn't compare them to "art house toons", like those by Norstein or Maximov. They are from a different league, same as art films.

Absolutely not. It is a lot of fun though. A crowd-pleaser and many of the episodes are classics (the Soviet ones).

It's my favourite, looking back abour 13 years, i still remeber ALOT of it :)