Alexander Maslyakov
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Alexander Maslyakov: biography
Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov was born in the capital of the Urals in 1941. Father-my colleague Basil served as a fighter pilot, fought during the great Patriotic war and after were in the General staff of the air force. Education Alexander did the mother Zinaida Alexeevna. Interestingly, four generations Maslakovic called Vasiliyi, and Zinaida Alexeevna decided to break this family tradition by naming a son Alexander.
After finishing school the young man entered the Moscow Institute of transport engineers (MIIT), which he successfully graduated in 1966. After graduation the first time, my colleague worked in the same field, but later decided to retrain as journalists. From 1969 to 1976 Maslyakov senior editor of the Main editorial programs for youth, then a special correspondent. Since 1981, Alexander worked as a commentator in the television Studio «Experiment».
On TV Maslyakov was completely random, being a fourth year student. Recalls Alexander, the captain of KVN team of the Institute asked him to be one of the top five Comedy programs, which was to shoot the winning team of the last game. By accident it was a team of MIIT.
Alexander Maslyakov: KVN
Comedy show «Club of Cheerful and Resourceful» appeared in 1961. His prototype was a program of Sergei Muratov «Evening funny questions,» 1957, which, in turn, was copied from the Czech equivalent of «Gad, Gad, fortune-teller». On the evening of questions answered than the teams and the viewers. Creating a transfer was involved in the USSR’s first televised edition of the youth, known as the «festival edition of DH». The third edition of the TV show for the a sad mistake a host and all the editors had to close.
Four years later, the creators of «Evening funny questions,» has released a new Comedy show called KVN. Transcript of the name was twofold: in addition to the traditional values of «Club of Cheerful and Resourceful» the title hinted at the brand of TV KVN-49, which was produced in those years.
First leading of the game was albert Axelrod. Three years later he was replaced by Alexander Maslyakov. First my colleague was co-host with him led to the transfer of the Soviet announcer
So the break lasted for 15 years. But at the beginning of perestroika, in 1986, on the initiative of the captain of the team, IISS 60 years of KVN Andrey Menshikov again was released. Leading left Alexander Maslyakov.
Already a few releases, the program has acquired the same widespread popularity as in the sixties. There was a whole movement games, comic competitions were held in schools, institutes and summer camps. The geography of the «club of Cheerful and Resourceful» has improved markedly: KVN began to play in Western Europe and America, in 1992, Moscow hosted the first international game between the CIS countries and Israel, and two years later in Israel were arranged the world Cup in which took part teams of the CIS, Israel, Germany and even the United States.
In 1990 Alexander Maslyakov founded the creative Association «Alexander Maslyakov and Company» (abbreviated
Alexander Maslyakov: TV
The confidence with which the young man was kept in the frame, his eloquent speech, innate tact and a great sense of humor made Maslyakov essential leading. In addition to KVN in different years Alexander Maslyakov led to a variety of transmission. Among them was the talent show «Hello, we are looking for talent», sports contests «and well-ka, girls!» and «come on, guys!», the famous talk show «the 12th floor», and, of course, a variety of humorous TV: «Alexander-show», «Jolly fellows» and «Sense of humor».
By the way, several times Alexander Maslyakov appeared in a rather unusual gear. So, in 1976, he held the second edition of the intellectual game
Maslyakov also played the leading song festivals in Sochi, in the late seventies led the program «song of the year» and had reports from international festivals of youth and students, held in Havana, Berlin, Sofia, Moscow and Pyongyang.
The gentleman of many awards of merit obtained in Russia, Ukraine and the Chechen Republic, Honoured worker of arts of Russia Alexander Maslyakov in 2002 he received the prestigious national TV award «TEFI» in a special nomination «For personal contribution to development of domestic television».
Alexander Maslyakov: personal life
Personal life Alexander Maslyakov is closely connected with the «Club of Cheerful and Resourceful». The wife of a famous TV presenter was
Alexander Maslyakov: photo