Studio Soyuzmultfilm Stopmotion/Puppet division
Exercises for the Tail
written by Grigoriy Oster directed by Ivan Ufimtsev
art directors: Leonid Shvartsman camera: Vladimir Sidorov art assistant: Nikolay Titov
Animators S. Olifirenko I. Sobinova-Kassil
music G. Gladkov, sound B. Filchikov, montage G. Filatova script editor N. Abramova
voice artists Vsevolod Larionov (Parrot), Nadezhda Rumyantseva (Monkey), Vasiliy Livanov (Boa), Mihail Kozakov (Little Elephant)
puppets and decor N. Andreyeva, V. Alisov, V. Grishin, P. Gusev, S. Znamenskaya, M. Koltunov, O. Masainov, A. Filippova, S. Etlis, under direction of V. Kim
production director G. Kovrov Soyuzmultfilm 1979
Sliding down?
Climbing up!
If she's climbing, why is she sliding down?
I'm climbing up, but I end up - wzzzhhhh! - going down.
- Right. I see. - What do you see?
Your muscles are in bad shape.
- Why do you say that? - They're too feeble.
For this one needs strong muscles.
I haven't got any others. Only these.
Someone else's muscles won't do. You've got to strengthen your own.
You have to do exercises. Do you know any exercises?
I do! An exercise!
Mother washed a window frame! Window frame the mother washed!
No, no, no, no, no! That won't do. We need sports exercises. A workout.
- A workout? - Yes. Stand upright...
...and repeat after me: The workout starts now!
Feet together, arms apart, four, three, two, one,
Exercise and have some fun! And-a-one, and-a-two
And-a one, and-a two. Feet together, arms apart!
How soon will the muscles become strong?
Very soon. If you do your workout every morning...
- Every morning?! - You heard me, every morning.
And with each energetic workout, you'll get more and more energized,
And then - bang! Bang! And you will become strong.
- Can't it be 'bang' right away? - No, it can't.
But alone it will be boring.
You can work out together with someone.
- Little Elephant! - What is it?
Would you like to do something together with me?
- I would. - That's wonderful.
Then you and I together will do a workout.
- A workout? - Yes.
Stand upright.
That's it...
Very well. The workout starts now!
Feet together...
Don't you understand me?
Get your feet together...
You fell?! Has that been going on long?
Not long. First you said: 'The workout starts now',
and then I fell.
Nonsense. Exercising doesn't make you fall.
Stand straight again. Feet together!
Feet together - means two or three?
Get together as many as you have.
What are you doing, my friends!
You can't bring all your feet together. You'll fall.
How many can you put together?
Only some.
Only your hind legs, or only your front legs.
- Aha! We'll try that. - You're lucky.
You can do exercises. And I can't.
I'll teach you.
Watch! The workout has begun!
Feet together, arms apart. Feet together, arms apart.
What arms? What feet?
What feet, I ask you?
Hind feet...
Or front feet.
But I have neither hind nor front feet.
Nor middle feet. None at all!
Why are you shouting? You have to have something.
Yes. A tail!
Well, how is it going?
Very badly. Elephant keeps falling. And Boa hasn't got anything - only his tail.
Show me...
I see. Does it bend? Very well.
Boa will do exercises for the tail!
Do such exercises exist?
Of course they exist. Here's an exercise for a boa:
Lie down on the floor.
Tail to the left,
Tail to the right.
And finally: wriggle the tail.
Do exercises for the trunk exist as well?
There are exercises for everything.
To the birds and to the beasts Of all colors and all sizes:
Would you join us, please, For our morning exercises.
Are you ready? Let us start! Feet together, arms apart.
Four, three, two, one, Exercise and have some fun!
If a tail is all I've got, - Am I in or am I not?
- What to put apart? - I don't want to be a bore, But is it three or is it four?
Tell me where to start. Ready, steady, on your mark!
Inhale, exhale, Exercises for the trunk, Exercises for the tail.
Let the boa wag his tail All night, all day.
One, two, three, start! Raise your trunk and ears apart!
The End Subbed by Eus, ed. Niffiwan