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''Unyil'' or ''Si Unyil'' is an Indonesian children's television franchise owned by
All characters of ''Si Unyil'' are hand puppets with the physical appearances of ordinary Indonesian faces. Traditional touch is strongly apparent in the show, from the suit of every characters to the stories that dealing with everyday life. Characters are divided into "good" and "bad" ones, where a group of three young children (''Unyil'' and his two friends) as good, while three other children as bad boys. Conflicts often arouse between the two groups with the ending always with a message to become a good children.
To enhance the story and to be more entertaining, two antagonistic characters were introduced. They are the short-tempered thick mustached Pak Raden and the lazy Pak Ogah. Although the two antagonistic characters were supposed to be unsympathetic ones, they were more popular than other characters. Pak Raden represents a hard working man with a rugged face and strong Javanese background who always wears a traditional Javanese suit. The popularity of Pak Raden came when he became funny and was wrong all the time, despite that he insisted strongly at the beginning that he was right. Pak Ogah, on the other hand, represents a lazy person who does not want to work but only to ask money when people asking for his help. He usually accompanied by his sidekick Ableh.
Produksi Film Negara
Produksi Film Negara (''State Film Productions'', abbreviated as PFN) is an Indonesian state-owned film funding company, previously a film production company. PFN is one of the pioneers in Indonesian film industry at the time when it is formed.
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(PFN). It started as a long-running children's television series
Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during the early evenin ...
, which ran on TVRI. The ''Unyil'' show, which airs every Sunday morning, tells the story about the eponymous main character whose typical Indonesian family lives in a rural area in the fictional Sukamaju Village. He lives with his dad, mom, and cousin. Along its 10 years show, the main characters never grew up and were "stuck" in the third grade. His best friends are Usro and Ucrit, while his (sometime) enemies are Endut and Cuplis.
In April 1981, ''Si Unyil'' appeared for the first time on the television screen. Within short time, the show that was broadcast by the only Indonesian television company at that time and state-owned TVRI, became a close friend to Indonesian children.
Plot
All characters of ''Si Unyil'' are hand puppets with the physical appearances of ordinary Indonesian faces. Traditional touch is strongly apparent in the show, from the suit of every characters to the stories that dealing with everyday life. Characters are divided into "good" and "bad" ones, where a group of three young children (''Unyil'' and his two friends) as good, while three other children as bad boys. Conflicts often arouse between the two groups with the ending always with a message to become a good children.
To enhance the story and to be more entertaining, two antagonistic characters were introduced. They are the short-tempered thick mustached Pak Raden and the lazy Pak Ogah. Although the two antagonistic characters were supposed to be unsympathetic ones, they were more popular than other characters. Pak Raden represents a hard working man with a rugged face and strong Javanese background who always wears a traditional Javanese suit. The popularity of Pak Raden came when he became funny and was wrong all the time, despite that he insisted strongly at the beginning that he was right. Pak Ogah, on the other hand, represents a lazy person who does not want to work but only to ask money when people asking for his help. He usually accompanied by his sidekick Ableh.
Current Trans7 version
The current version of ''Si Unyil'' (formerly titled ''Laptop Si Unyil'' (''Unyil's Laptop'') is a feature show heavily resembling How It's Made which focuses on technology and culture; first aired on March 19, 2007, on Trans7. It features Unyil. The weekend version of ''Laptop Si Unyil'', ''Buku Harian Si Unyil'' (Unyil's Diary) no longer airs. In early 2020; ''Laptop Si Unyil'' changed name to ''Si Unyil'', as its original title. In this show; product type is always referred, not the brand name.References
See also
* Cinema of Indonesia * Indonesian children's television series 1980s Indonesian television series 1981 Indonesian television series debuts 1990s Indonesian television series 2000s Indonesian television series 2005 Indonesian television series endings TVRI original programming {{Indonesia-tv-prog-stub