The Adventures of Burasiano, or The Golden Pickaxe

This is what happens when you let an artist off the leash. :) In this episode the Masyanya characters aren't even playing animals anymore — they're playing characters from "Buratino" in a sort of contemporary-to-them interpretation. The cartoon is packed with references and quotes that probably only make sense to me, which is also a side effect of the "artist unchained" phenomenon. Many of the little songs reference Soviet radio productions of "Buratino" that were the soundtrack of my childhood — but not necessarily yours. You're really not supposed to do that. Which is why I'm saying — went a bit overboard, pardon me. On the other hand, a little piece of my own personal history is baked into this one. And at the same time, despite its abstractness, the cartoon is a time capsule of very specific era markers: CD-ROMs, a floppy disk on the desk, ICQ chat history and all that...