Odessa Humor

3 hrs. 16 min.

Humor & Satire

Language Russian

Narrator Vladimir Samoylov

Description

Odessa humor is a unique phenomenon. It is a special genre—brilliant wit, aphoristic nature, and naturalness, an inimitable style and distinctive language, a living intonation and surprising ease of expression.

The collection includes stories, feuilletons, parodies, and sketches, in one way or another connected with Odessa. Their authors are recognized classics of satire and humor: they were born in this city, like Ilya Ilf or Sasha Cherny, began their literary career here, like Vlas Doroshevich; or simply wrote brilliantly and cheerfully about Odessa and Odessa residents, like Kuprin, Averchenko, or Teffi.

Contents

Arkady Averchenko — The Odessa matter
Arkady Averchenko — Odessa
Arkady Averchenko — "Banditry"
Alexander Arkhangelsky — My first script
Alexander Arkhangelsky — Regret
Alexander Arkhangelsky — I’m in a hurry…
David Gutman — Foxik
Vlas Doroshevich — The Odessa language
Vladimir Zhabotinsky — The squirrel
Yefim Zozulya — What people don’t get tired of
Yefim Zozulya — How people get bored
Ilya Ilf — Galife Feni-Loksh
Ilya Ilf — Anton "Half-and-Half"
Ilya Ilf — A trip to Odessa
Alexander Kuprin — White acacia
Boris Flit — They’re sick
Boris Flit — A fun walk
Teffi — From the book "Memories"
Vatslav Vorovsky — The missing violin
Odessa illusions
Sasha Cherny — Pigeons’ shoes
Semen Yushkevich — Dud’ka is amusing herself
Myron Yampolsky — The wedding of Shneerson