The Origin of Competitive Comedy in the Soviet World

The origin of competitive comedy in the soviet world was a game called cv n or keven in russian. It was launched by student actors in moscow in the 19 sixties, shut down by soviet authorities in the seventies and then reborn during paris trika as muss t v. Through the nineties, after the soViet union had collapsed and former republics became independent countries, those countries still sent teams to moscow for the keva and finals. The contestants i meet at this comedy competition in ukraine, they all talk about comedy as a team sport. And when zolenski's team wins, ukrane celebrates.