Зима в Простоквашино

This 15-minute Soviet cartoon from 1984, the third in the Prostokvashino trilogy, is perfect winter viewing. Watch the 15 minute long cartoon and read the synopsis here on Википедия, and answer the questions with the help of the vocabulary below.

1. The cartoon stars a cat and a dog - which one's Шарик and which is Матроскин? And what's the little boy called?
2. Why are Шарик and Матроскин not speaking to each other?
3. Why will the boy's mum not be able to join them at Prostokvashino for New Year's Eve?
4. How does the postman Печкин help Шарик and Матроскин communicate without speaking?
5. What's the pun? (* clue at the bottom of the page)

6. How is that the boy's mum appears after all? 

Bonus questions

7. What is the name of the New Year TV programme?
8. What is the boy's dad's job?
9. Why did the postman want to go home for New Year?
10. How do the boy & his dad persuade him to stay and meet the New Year with them?

Vocabulary

брешь – gap, deficit

вытягивать – pull out

ездовая собака – sled dog

Запорожец  - make of Soviet car

записан на пленку - recorded

застрять – get stuck
избa - wooden cottage

кеды - trainers

(по)мириться – make up, make friends again (after an argument)

обитатель – resident, inhabitant

справлять Новый год - celebrate New Year's Eve

(по)ссориться - argue

сугроб - snowdrift

(по)чинить – fix, repair

разочарованный - disappointed

украшение стола – table decoration

Notes

в снегу - in the snow (-y ending prepositional case; see Ruslan 3)

мамино выступление – mum's appearance (adjectives from names; see Ruslan 3)
*  "фиг" is an insulting gesture used in Russia and Ukraine, equivalent to telling someone to get lost. The word фиг is also used in various insulting combinations to the same effect.