Merry Go Round or "Funny Karousel" (rus. Весёлая Карусель) were a Soviet (Later Russian) series produced by the studio Soyuzmultfilm.
Storyline
Every episode of the series has various plots (usually 3 per episode) that were sometimes comedic, musical or even artistic. Mostly plots are fairy tales or fables.
Sound Effects Used
1969-1996 (Classic Era)
- Georgy Martinuk Arrow Sound (Heard once in "Who Is First!".)
- Georgy Martinuk Boing with Accent (Cut-short; heard once in "Butterfly and Tiger".)
- Georgy Martinuk Head Bonk (Heard once in "The Princess and the Ogre" and twice in "Butterfly and Tiger".)
- Georgy Martinuk Sproing Accents (Heard several times in "Debacle".)
- Georgy Martinuk Space Oscillations (Heard once in "Hail to the Perseus!".)
- Georgy Martinuk Thereminvox Noise 03 (Heard once in "Hail to the Perseus!".)
- Georgy Martinuk Timpani Thud (Heard twice in "Butterfly and Tiger".)
- Kremlin Chimes Strikes 12 O'Clock (Heard once in "Blue Meteorite".)
- Mosfilm Children Laughing (Heard in "One Hundred Buttons".)
- Mosfilm Crow Cawing (Heard once in "Competition" and three times in credits of "Ginger Crow".)
- Mosfilm Colt Shot (Heard several times in "Well, Just You Wait!" during the shooting range scene and "Who Is First?".)
- Mosfilm Horse Whinny (Heard once in "Who Graze in the Meadow?" and in "The Tall Tales in the Faces".)
- Sound Ideas, CAMERA - 35MM AUTOMATIC: 1 SHOT, AUTO ADVANCE, PHOTOGRAPHY 02 (Heard once in "Hail to the Perseus!" and in "Ice Fishing".)
- Soyuzmultfilm Alarm Clock Ring (Heard in "Good Morning!".)
- Soyuzmultfilm Cymbal Crashes
- Soyuzmultfilm Metronome (In two speeds; used for clock ticking in "The Princess and the Ogre".)
- Soyuzmultfilm Roland SH-1000, Bongo Roll (Debut; heard in "Butterfly and Tiger".)
- Soyuzmultfilm Roland SH-1000, Crawling (Debut; heard in "Butterfly and Tiger".)
- Soyuzmultfilm Roland SH-1000, Zips (Debut; heard in "Butterfly and Tiger".)
- Soyuzmultfilm Shotgun, Gun shot 01 (heard in "Funny Old Man", "Echo" (regular version) and in "Everything for Everyone" (low-pitched).)
- Soyuzmultfilm Shotgun, Gun shot 02 (heard several times in shooting range scene in "Well, Just You Wait!".)
- Soyuzmultfilm Skid 01 (Cut-short; Heard once in "The Very First")
- Soyuzmultfilm Synth UFO Sound (Used for UFO in "Hail to the Perseus!".)
- Soyuzmultfilm Twang 02 (Heard once in "The Tall Tales in the Faces".)
- Soyuzmultfilm Weather, Lightning 02 (Heard once in "The Princess and the Ogre", when the rain starts.)
2000-2001 (Studio's Re-open era)
- Hollywoodedge, Cartoon Boings 5 SS016105 (Heard once near the end in "Flying Thing".)
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110201 (Heard in "Flying Thing".)
- Hollywoodedge, Fart 4 Very Short High PE139201 (Heard once in "Once Again About the Cat".)
- Korg GM Cuica Sound (Heard once in "Wonder Castle".)
- Mosfilm Cork Pop (Heard once in "Katya's Tale".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ACCENT - LOG DRUMS; RUNNING, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, FOOTSTEPS (Heard in begining of "What is Missing in the World".)
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - 'I'LL CATCH THAT WABBIT' (Shortened; heard once in "Wonder Castle".)
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - WOOD XYLOPHONE: RUN UP (Heard once in "Wonder Castle".)
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - WOOD XYLOPHONE: TENSION (Heard once in "Wonder Castle".)
- Sound Ideas, XYLOPHONE - BELL TONE: IDEA!, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, TWINKLING 02 (Heard once near the end of "How Doth the Little Crocodile".)
2013-2018 (Series Revival)
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