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Laku noć, Hrvatska

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Laku noć, Hrvatska
Laku noć, Hrvatska logo
GenreAnimation
Created byŽeljko Zima[1]
Country of originCroatia
Original languageCroatian
Production
Executive producerBiserka Mihalić
Running time10 minutes
25 minutes (on weekends)
Production companyCroatia Film
Original release
NetworkNova TV (2005)
Jabuka TV (2006-2008)
Release8 February 2005 (2005-02-08) –
7 January 2008 (2008-01-07)

Laku noć, Hrvatska (Good night, Croatia) is a Croatian adult animated series produced by Croatia Film of Zagreb. It debuted in February 2005 on Nova TV and was shown on the station daily until the end of the year. In 2006, it showed up on Jabuka TV. The entire series is also available on 4 DVDs.

Laku noć, Hrvatska is a parody of Croatian TV news and other TV shows. Every episode has three basic parts: news, sport and weather. It satirically makes fun of Croatian and other world politicians. It also features animated commercials during the course of an episode.

There were 252 episodes of the show. On weekdays episodes were 10 minutes long, while those shown on weekends were 25 minutes long.

Voice actors

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Notable music parodies

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Laku noć, Hrvatska was also popular in Croatian media for numerous parodies criticising politics and pop culture through various songs. This list is composed of the most acclaimed parodies, alongside the people who were included in the renditions.

Song name Performed by a parody version of[2] Parody of Originally by
"Luzer" [3] Croatia Zoran Milanović "I'm a Loser" United Kingdom The Beatles
"Stranac u noći" [4] "Stranci u noći" Croatia Ivo Robić
"Barbie Boy" [5] Croatia Neven Ciganović &
Croatia Dino Rađa
"Barbie Girl" Denmark Aqua
"Kad letim ja" [6] Croatia Gordan Jandroković "Fly Robin Fly" Germany Silver Convention
"Jubito" [7] Croatia Ivica Kirin "YMCA" United States Village People
"Prekrasan sam" [8] Croatia Aleksandar Stanković "Suspicious Minds" United States Elvis Presley
"Munje rokenrol" [9] Croatia Ivo Sanader &
Croatia Stipe Mesić
"Greased Lightning" United States John Travolta
"Mupovac" [10] Croatia Milorad Pupovac "Muppet Show Theme" United States The Muppet Show
"Super truper" Croatia Marko Perković Thompson "Take a Chance on Me" Sweden ABBA
"Modri mačak" Croatia Marko Grubnić "Zašto baš ti" Bosnia and Herzegovina Mile Kitić
"Karla i Ante" Switzerland Carla del Ponte &
Croatia Ante Gotovina
"Time to Say Goodbye" United Kingdom Sarah Brightman &
Italy Andrea Bocelli
"Kad dileme ne bude" Croatia Ivica Račan "Te noći kad umrem" Bosnia and Herzegovina Bijelo Dugme
"Dr. Dabić" Serbia Radovan Karadžić "Goodbye My Love, Goodbye" Greece Demis Roussos
"I Vanju Šević" [11] Croatia Goran Ivanišević "Oprosti mi pape" Croatia Oliver Dragojević

Controversy

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During a 2005 interview for the weekly paper Nacional, one of the show's creators, Števo Šinik (more prominently known as Stiv Cinik) accused the director of Croatia Film, Željko Zima, of censorship and hindering the original vision of the project. He alleged Zima took control over development removing portions of the script and attempting to discourage certain practices to prevent or downplay criticism towards members of the government.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ "MaxTvToGo".
  2. ^ "Jutarnji list - Još uvijek čekam pravi angažman". 19 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Luzer LNH song". YouTube.
  4. ^ "Stranac u noci LNH song". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Barbie Boy LNH song". YouTube.
  6. ^ "Kad letim ja LNH song". YouTube.
  7. ^ "Jubito song LNH". YouTube.
  8. ^ "Prekrasan sam LNH song". YouTube.
  9. ^ "Munje Rokenrol LNH song". YouTube.
  10. ^ "Mupovac LNH song". YouTube.
  11. ^ "I Vanju Sevic LNH song". YouTube.
  12. ^ "Vlasnik Croatia filma pod utjecajem člana Vlade cenzurira satirični crtić".
  13. ^ "'Naš crtić cenzurira direktor Croatia filma' – Nacional.hr".
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