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The ''Little Blue Light'' ((ロシア語:Голубой огонёк), ''Goluboy ogonyok'') was a popular musical variety show aired on Soviet television since 1962 during various holidays. The name alludes to the light blue glare of a TV screen as well as some traditional Russian expressions relating to friendly visits: заглянуть на огонек (''zaglyanut na ogonyok'') – "to drop in on a light", i. e. to visit someone after seeing a light in their window; посидеть у огонька (''posidyet' u ogon'ka'') – to have a sit by the fire. The show featured popular artists and various prominent Soviet people: ''udarniks'', Heroes of Socialist Labor, cosmonauts etc., who sat by the tables in a "TV cafeteria", singing songs, playing sketches, boasting, celebrating the holiday. The idea of the show was that they "dropped in on a light" to every Soviet family to share the festive table beyond the TV glass. The best-known was the ''New Year's Little Blue Light'' ((ロシア語:Новогодний Голубой огонек), ''Novogodniy Goluboy ogonyok''), aired on every New Year's Eve as a part of the late Soviet tradition: the ''Little Blue Light'' followed the New Year's speech by the General Secretary of the Communist Party with congratulations to the Soviet people, which was, in turn, preceded by the 1975 film comedy ''Irony of Fate''. The ''Little Blue Light'' was devised by film director Aleksey Gabrilovich, and the first show was aired on 6 April 1962 as a weekly Saturday broadcast. After some time it became a monthly show, and later it was only aired on major holidays. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the ''Little Blue Light'' was revived in Russia.〔 (The New Year Little Blue Light at Shabolovka - 2007 ) 〕 The trademark "Little Blue Light" is now owned by Russia 1, the television network. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Blue Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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