this be one of my favorite tv comedy series ever and rank with newhart and carol burnett . at the time i be disappoint that the series end after so few episode . unlike some reviewer and i find ivan the terrible delightful for what it be represent mock cold war era satire and ridicule an obscene communist political system and play entirely for laugh . of course it and like hogan hero and it be not intend to accurately depict the reality of the time and place depict and nor their spirit . doubtless life in moscow be bleak and just a life in a wwii pow camp be grim . it have be say that the most effective mean to destroy an idea be to make it into a joke and lampoon the oh so serious pretension of it adherent . just a the wendy television commercial theme on a soviet fashion show delightfully deride the ussr uncultured clunkiness and so do ivan the terrible . ( the soviet embassy reportedly protest the wendy television commercial and so their sting be not lose on the oh so serious folk in moscow . it wouldn not be surprise to learn of similar ussr protest against lou jacobi sitcom . ) one thing nobody have allude to and which do not appear in that late actor credit on the internet and be the uncredited cameo appearance at the end of each episode of harvey korman a a stern uniformed soviet bureaucrat . the echo of unseen carlton the doorman from mtm contemporary rhoda series in the person of rasputin the dog be a nice touch and too . ivan the terrible be for me the perfect cold war comedy . sadly it be about the only such and unless one count the boris and natasha scene in the various rocky and bullwinkle animation . i would love to obtain tape of the few episode make and almost a much for korman walk ons a for the rest of the show in it own right .