# Name of clay animation Russian folk tale seen on PBS in 80s?

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**Created:** [December 23, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-clay-animation-russian-folk-tale-seen-on-pbs-in-80s/522325 "2009-12-23T15:26:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-clay-animation-russian-folk-tale-seen-on-pbs-in-80s/522325/1 "2009-12-23T15:26:17Z")

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Does anyone know the name of a clay animated Russian? folk tale that was shown on PBS ~20-25 years ago? I believe there was a blimp of some sort but most memorable were the heros who all had unique abilities. One guy had stilt legs, another could run fast, a woman who could tolerate being inside an oven, etc. (Almost like 5 Chinese Brothers)

I seem to remember they were trying to fight an evil czar. I would love to try and find a copy of it somewhere.

Additionally, or another possible way to find it:  
It was shown in shorter segments on a weekly PBS Sunday morning program. Any ideas for what program/show the clay animation might have been on?

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-clay-animation-russian-folk-tale-seen-on-pbs-in-80s/522325/2 "2009-12-23T15:45:18Z")

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Maybe [The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_of_the_World_and_the_Flying_Ship)?

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**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-clay-animation-russian-folk-tale-seen-on-pbs-in-80s/522325/3 "2009-12-23T16:08:06Z")

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Awesome, that’s it. Thanks, ElvisL1ves!

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**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-clay-animation-russian-folk-tale-seen-on-pbs-in-80s/522325/4 "2009-12-24T08:15:32Z")

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Whoa, I remember seeing that as a kid too. What a wonderful bit of nostalgia! I did some looking around and [found it on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PaIz2HKV5w); I thoroughly enjoyed watching that again for the first time in nearly twenty years. You have my thanks as well, Elvis!

(And a round of applause for PBS, too; their programming of the late eighties and early nineties was an unforgettable part of my childhood. Brilliant stuff, almost all of it!)

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-clay-animation-russian-folk-tale-seen-on-pbs-in-80s/522325/5 "2009-12-24T13:10:12Z")

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Yep, this one was an old favorite of mine as a kid, too.

(Kinda figures that a Russian fairy tale would figure a way to work in a sniper, somehow. 😉 )