Ten Dead Raccoons

Overview

Here the raccoon is a stand-in for Lokhmatiy — his symbolic embodiment, so to speak. So despite the unusual format, this is still a pure Masyanya cartoon. The song lyrics become more relevant with every passing year. This is a parody of the music video and song by German punk band Die Toten Hosen called "Zehn Kleine Jägermeister." I have a lot of personal memories tied to that video. But the lyrics are of course completely different. That song itself is in turn based on a children's counting rhyme. The Russian equivalent of that rhyme goes "Ten Little Black Boys went swimming in the sea."