Title Card for Season 1 (2016)
Title Card for Unaired Pilot (2013)
Title Card for All You Could Possibly Want for Christmas and New Year, 2016 Christmas Special.
The Bucket (Russian: Vedro, Ведро) is a web-series by PP Studio, created by Nikolay Yeriomin. Approved in 2013 from an Unaired Pilot, a first season of five episodes is currently being filmed and edited simultaneously with airing in 2016-2018.
Synopsis
A sketch comedy with a recurring serious segment (usually of horror genre) which evolves around people from the Local Television station in the city of Donetsk trying to came of with something to show on a late-night TV schedule after it was prolongued.
Episode List
Season 1
| Air Date | Episode | Synopsis | Special Guest Star(s) | End Credits Song |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaired; Test Screening on 26 July 2013 | Episode 0 "Unaired Pilot" |
After a pair of video engineers botches the newscast, local TV station is forced to air questionable shows and movies instead, including "Cinema-X" (show in which a host, Alfred Bergman, airs an unfinished catastrophically inadequate neo-noir "Dilemma") and a sci-fi b-movie "The Wave He Gave". | Mykyta Rykunov as Newscaster of The Last National Channel (special uninvited star) | The Bucket Main Theme by Nikolay Yeriomin |
| 2 September 2016 | Episode 1 "This Friday Night" |
For a small local TV station an ordinary Friday transforms into a surreal nightmare when it is suddenly revealed that they need to prolong their schedule and air something all night long. Bizarre situations ensues as the crew tries to assemble the night schedule from outcasts of television and long-forgotten movies. | Innokentiy Zibrov-Zadunayskiy as Himself (special guest star) | "The Fever" by DigitalNativeDance |
| 23 December 2016 | Christmas Special "All You Could Possibly Want for Christmas and New Year" |
Local Television is struggling to have something good on Christmas and New Year's Eve broadcasts despite faulty script, incompetent staff, lack of time and a fired host. | Sergey A. as Epigraph Narrator (special guest star) Filip Lavrynovskyi as Church Representative (special guest star) |
"It's December (Again Engaged)" by Errors in Geography. |
| 2 September 2017 | Episode 2 "Family Tree" |
After it turns out that Richard Syutkin mainly hires people from his family tree, Local Television Director tries to struggle nepotism while still running the newly prolonged night schedule. | Clint Basinger as David (special guest star) Slava Pustovalov as Albert Marenstein (secret special guest star) |
"Sa(n)d Credits" by Nikolay Yeriomin (cast credits) "The Cat Music" by Murzylka (crew credits) |
| 23 October 2017 | Episode 2,5 "The Unrealizable Plans Day" |
Local Television's morning show Good Morning is showcased. | - | "Exquisite (End Credits Imperfecta)" by Nikolay Yeriomin |
| 20 December 2017 | Holiday Special "Writings on the Snow" |
Local Television crew assembles for a winter holidays party and minor adventures ensue. | - | "Mr. Winter" by Nikolay Yeriomin |
| 2018 | Episode 3 "Explosion of the Modern Architecture" |
While Richard Syutkin deals with sudden repairs in his house, Local Television Director works for two. | TBA | TBA |
| 1 November 2017 | Episode 4 "Fufay Presents: A Bucket of Blood" |
Richard Syutkin decides that the station could use more horror in their night schedule and Local Television Director struggles to find some. | Sergey Twob as Zhora (special guest star) | "Sa(n)d Credits" by Nikolay Yeriomin (cast credits) |
| 28 April 2018 | Episode 4,5 "Infinity Bucket: Crappy Superhero Kaleidoscope" |
In a loose narrative of events superhero genre unfolds as Local Television Director and Mikhail discuss it on the streets. | Dmitriy Vanyukov as The Costume Expert (special appearance by) Sergey Twob as Stoned Televisor (special guest star) Sergey A. as The Capeless (special guest star) |
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| 11 August 2018 | Episode 11 "Episode 11: Main Antagonist" |
In one of the most convoluted and messed plots ever even main antagonist does not know the purpose or meaning of what he does. | Sergey Twob as Special Guest Star (special guest star; credit only) | |
| 2018 | Episode 5 "How to Become a Celebrity and Succeed in Life" |
Richard Syutkin, Local Television Director and crew as a whole tries to overcome identity crisis over the fact that after working night and day in television for years they're neither successful nor famous. | TBA | TBA |
Cast
Main Cast
Note: Although Nikolay Yeriomin appears in practically all episodes he is not credited and speifically does not consider himself a member of main cast, as his appearances are more of necessity fulfillment then planned roles.
- Yaroslav Kozak (7 episodes) as:
- Richard Syutkin (6 episodes)
- Uncle Vasya (5 episodes)
- Evgeniy Kvasov (4 episodes)
- The Tester (segment "The Wave He Gave") (4 episodes)
- Detective (and an unnamed Ukrainian actor portraying him in Dilemma) (2 episodes)
- Yarik (2 episodes)
- Leopold Pintus (2 episodes)
- Handsome Stranger (1 episode)
- G.G. Zaporozhets (1 episode)
- Yaroslav Syutkin (1 episode)
- Een Sympathisant (1 episode)
- Kyrylo Mieliekiestsev (6 episodes) as:
- Local Television Director (who is also a host of Gop Gear and an unnamed cooking show) (6 episodes)
- The Tester (voice; segment "The Wave He Gave") (2 episodes)
- Epigraph Narrator (1 episode)
- Man Walking Past the Screen (segment "The Wave He Gave") (1 episode)
- Additional Voices (1 episode)
- Mikhail Bondarev (7 episodes) as:
- Mikhail Bondarev (3 episodes)
- Xander Burchill (and an unnamed Ukrainian actor portraying him in Dilemma) (2 episodes)
- The Seller (segment "The Wave He Gave") (2 episodes)
- Mister X (1 episode)
- Avraam Bondy (1 episode)
- The Tooth Guy (voice) (1 episode)
- Misha (1 episode)
- Leonid Sipliy (7 episodes) as:
- Mikhail (6 episodes)
- Something Horrible (3 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (3 episodes)
- The Rioter (and an unnamed Ukrainian actor portraying him in Dilemma) (2 episodes)
- The Skeptic (2 episodes)
- Arkadiy Plintus (2 episodes)
- Konstantin Bakkanskiy (6 episodes) as Konstantin Kannskiy
Recurring Cast
See also Special Guest Stars for special credit statuses
- Nikolay Yeriomin (uncredited) (7 episodes) as:
- Nikolay, the Camera Operator (6 episodes)
- The Tester (hand double, shadow and voice; segment "The Wave He Gave") (3 episodes)
- Alfred Bergman (3 episodes)
- Epigraph Narrator (2 episodes)
- "Dilemma" Director (2 episodes)
- "Legs" Director (2 episodes)
- "Gop Gear" Co-Host (2 episodes)
- Heavy-accented video engineer (1 episode)
- Frustrated video engineer (1 episode)
- Split Second (1 episode; doubles in later episodes)
- "Insomnia" Night Club Announcer (1 episode)
- Professor Atabadze (1 episode)
- The Hand (1 episode)
- Toilet door reflection (1 episode)
- Post-Credits Scene Voice (1 episode)
- Good Morning Host (1 episode)
- Trailers Announcer (1 episode)
- Potato Peeler Killer (1 episode)
- The Man Behind The Mask (1 episode)
- Shadow in Darabontax commercial (1 episode)
- Alan Smithee as Split Second (6 episodes)
- Freya (3 episodes) as:
- Artem Nikulin (2 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (2 episodes)
- Anton Yevtikhov (3 episodes) as:
- "Insomnia" Night Club Audience Member (2 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Filip Lavrynovskyi (4 episodes) as:
- Church Representative (3 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (1 episodes)
- Slava Pustovalov (3 episodes) as:
- Albert Marenstein (2 episodes)
- The Tooth Guy (1 episode)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Levyi Muzhik (2 episodes) as:
- Levyi Muzhik (1 episode)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Innokentiy Zibrov-Zadunayskiy (2 episodes) as:
- Innokentiy Zibrov-Zadunayskiy (1 episode)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Feliks Bakkanskiy (2 episodes) as:
- Felix (2 episodes)
- Yaroslav Kozak (1 episode)
- Unnecessary Addition (1 episode)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Hermann the Refridgerator (2 episodes) as:
- Refrigerator (2 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Darina Zhuchenko (2 episodes) as:
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
Crew
- Created by Nikolay Yeriomin
- Directed by:
- Nikolay Yeriomin (all episodes, 2013-)
- Mikhail Pervushin (co-director: "Family Tree", 2017)
- Sergey A. (co-director: "Explosion of the Modern Architecture", 2017)
- Sergey Twob (co-director: "Fufay Presents: A Bucket of Blood", 2017)
- TBA