Ruslan and Ludmila
"Well, Just You Wait!" wasn't supposed to become a long-running series, and the overwhelming popularity of the pilot episode came as surprise to its creators. From 1969 to 1986 Kotyonochkin directed a total of 16 episodes, and each of them turned an instant hit. Yet after each episode he wanted to end the series and switch to other projects. He managed to create several independent shorts in-between, including another popular comedy "The Kitten from Lizyukov Street" (1988). He also dreamed of directing an animated adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's epic poem "Ruslan and Ludmila".