Fitil
 

Фитиль - советский, затем российский сатирико-юмористический критический киножурнал с элементами журналистского расследования. Среди сценаристов «Фитиля» были известные советские сатирики Михаил Мишин, Семен Альтов, Марьян Беленький, Аркадий Арканов, Александр Володарский и др.

Fitil (Фитиль / Fuse) is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for 608 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called "Фитилёк", "Fitilyok", "Little Fuse". Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".