Season 9 • Episode 5
LatestMiś Uszatek and his friends - Prosiaczek, Króliczki and Zajączek, as well as Kruczek the Puppy - were loved by pre-teen kids. At the same time, Uszatek, a teddy bear, played the role of a friend from kindergarten. He was also liked by parents, as he would always go to bed at appropriate hour, singing the goodnight song: Altogether, Se-ma-for created 104 episodes of the cartoon; the last one was made in 1987. In the 1960s, two theatrical movies about the friendly bear were made. Also, in the fall of 2007, the Se-ma-for studio announced that it was planning to make more episodes, but later these plans changed in favor of a possible full-length movie, to be created with help from the Japanese company Eden Entertainment. As of 2008, Mis Uszatek airs on Polish TV every Thursday.
Practical Effects
Stop-motion wool and felt pure tactile warmth
Sound
That earworm goodnight song still haunts Poles
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Uszatek was state-approved children's programming in communist Poland, making him a bizarre soft-power icon who outlasted the regime.
The 'Se-ma-for' studio also produced Oscar-winning shorts; this teddy bear was their most prolific project.
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