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HaPijamot
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ruby Duenyas Yoav Tzafir
Developed by	Ilan Rosenfeld Oded Paz Kobi Faraj
Directed by	Ruby Duenyas
Starring	Ilan Rosenfeld Oded Paz Kobi Faraj Yaniv Polishuk Alona Tal (seasons 1–3) Yamit Sol (seasons 4–present) Dana Frider (seasons 5–present) Yuval Segal (seasons 4, 6–present) Eli Keren-Asaf
Theme music composer	Yoni Bloch
Opening theme	"HaPijamot" by Yoni Bloch (seasons 1–3) "HaPijamot" by Ilan Rosenfeld (season 4) "HaPijamot" by Guy Mezig (season 5–present)
Composer	Tal Yardeni
Country of origin	Israel
Original language	Hebrew
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	173 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Nava Kolton
Editors	Ruby Duenyas Yoav Tzafir
Running time	24 minutes
Production company	Teddy Productions
Original release
Network	Arutz HaYeladim
Release	July 1, 2003 – present
Related
HaPijamot BeCafé Kar-Sol (2007–2008) HaPijamot BaMofa Shel Doval'e (2009–present)

HaPijamot (they; lit. The Pajamas) is a sitcom on Israeli television about a struggling band determined to make it in the real world. The show ran on Arutz HaYeladim (The Kids' Channel) and Arutz 2 (Keshet) (Channel 2).

Background

The show follows the misadventures of three friends: Ilan, Kobi and Oded, when they move from Netanya to Tel-Aviv, in order to launch their band. Unlike many shows, the characters in the show are aware that they are on television. Despite this, the show features their day-to-day lives. Another major aspect of the show is "HaMasach HaLavan" (the white screen), where they talk to the viewers and clarify or explain things to the viewers. Geri also talks to the viewers when he is alone, often complaining about his wife or just his life in general. There are also several interactive episodes, such as an episode which the viewers can fast forward or rewind to decide the outcome of the episode, an episode which the viewers can record ringtones, an episode with a cheaper form of scratch-and-sniff, etc. The show always ends with Shtifat Kelim (washing the dishes) which shows the characters washing the dishes for Geri and summarizing the episode.

Seasons

The first season of the show debuted on 1st July 2003 and included 23 episodes. The season ended in a special episode called "My favorite episode". Because the show attracted a large number of viewers, The Kids Channel decided to order another 2 seasons, which were written and filmed together. The second season debuted on 28 March 2004 and included 19 episodes. That season ended with a special episode called "The Gold Pyjamas". The third season of the show premiered on 1 July 2004 and included 20 episodes. The season ended with 2 special episodes: a documentary episode called "Only The Truth" and a trivia contest about the third season called "This That or That This". After the third season ended, The Kids Channel decided to stop the series, because Alona Tal had left for the USA, and the trio filmed a new show on The Music Channel.

A year after the decision, The Kids Channel decided to film a new season in response to high VOD viewing numbers. Alona Tal stayed in the USA (but guest starred in 5 episodes), and the production team picked Yamit Sol to replace her. In addition, Yuval Segal, who played Ilan's cousin in 3 episodes in season 2, joined the main cast. This season debuted on 13 August 2006 and included 25 episodes.

In December 2007, The Kids Channel ordered another season. Dana Frider joined the cast for Yuval Segal (who went to learn acting in New York) and Yamit Sol was absent in many episodes due to her psychology studies. Eli Keren Asaf was absent in many episodes too, because she was drafted to the army. The season was the longest to date. It included 36 episodes and debuted on 1 September 2008.

Several months later, The Kids Channel ordered 2 more seasons. They were written between January - March 2010. The 6th season air on 1 September 2010. The seasons include 25 episodes each. Yuval Segal return to the main cast.

Characters

• Ilan Rosenfeld (Ilan Rosenfeld) - The keyboardist of the band and writes a majority of the songs. His main interest is girls, and many episodes involve him trying to get a date, but eventually everything goes wrong. His catchphrase is: "Why do I need all this for?! Let's just pack up our bags and move back to Netanya."

• Oded Paz (Oded Moshe Paz) - He is the drummer for the band. He is very dimwitted but is the luckiest person in the show. He works at the Hamburgeri and often irritates Geri. His catchphrase is "Gotta go, Gotta go!".

• Kobi Faraj (Kobi Faraj) - The guitarist of the band is always hungry and eats almost anytime he can. He is Geri's nephew and Roni's cousin. He can change clothes remarkably fast, so he has many identities, including Naji Comradin Jackson, an Iraqi who is supposedly the "Chairman of the Association for Apartment Management". He takes advantage of an elderly woman (Ms. Bracha) and always eats at her house.

• Gershon "Geri" Mendelbaum (Yaniv Polishuk) - Is the owner of the Hamburgeri, a burger joint who's food is apparently inedible and his hot dogs can make someone faint, throw up, or supposedly die. He is Kobi's uncle and Oded's employer. He hates life and is constantley troubled by his wife Shifra and his daughter Roni. Apart from Roni, Geri also has triplets named Poli, Shaike and Gavri (the names of the three members of HaGashash HaHiver, an Israeli comedy group) who also annoy him. During last season, Geri discovers "Misplaced Pages" and tries to change history by editing his and other sitcom characters pages on his magic Leck-top.

• Roni Mendelbaum (Eli Keren-Asaf) - She is Geri's daughter and thinks badly of her father due to his ignorance. She is referred to as annoying but is very talented, and usually much smarter than any other character in the show. She always forces Geri to give her money.

• Alona Tal (Alona Tal) - Alona is the background vocalist and percussionist in the band. She is the threesome's neighbor and they're always fighting over her. Alona Tal plays in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seasons and makes guest appearances in the 4th and 5th seasons.

• Yamit Sol (Yamit Sol) - Yamit replaces Alona in the 4th and 5th season; although she claims she "isn't replacing Alona", she comes after her. She has her own agenda and is not only the pretty face of the series". She plays percussion and is a background vocalist in the band in the 4th season. in the 5th season she lives with Dana and learns psychology.

• Natan Kuperman (Yuval Segal) - Natan is Ilan's cousin from Be'er Sheva and the band's temporary DJ. He shows up a couple of times in the second season and eventually becomes a main character in the fourth season. He is very emotional and cries very loudly when he is either happy or sad.

• Dana Frider (Dana Frider) - Dana Frider is Shifra's niece, and joins in the 5th season. However, she doesn't replace Yamit, as they both star in the 5th season. Nonetheless, Yamit has a smaller part in the 5th season, according to the show, 'she went to learn psychology and won't have as much time to run around with the gang' (which is true - she really learned psychology while the 5th season is filmed). The characters often mention the fact that Dana Frider was in 'Nolad Leerkod' (Hebrew for "born to dance") and did commercials for the Israeli Shampoo Brand 'Mui Keph' (Hebrew for "very fun"). Dana always clarifies to them that they don't even have the right to fantasize about dating with her.

• Shifra Mendelbaum - Shifra is Geri's wife. Geri is always complaining about her, and claims she is very, very fat and ugly. Whenever she calls Geri, she always complains to him and gives him a lot of chores. She doesn't let him speak, and Geri always starts words without finishing. Ex: Bu-....Ye-....No, N-....I don't wa-....Shi-....Shu-...Shut-....Shut u-...No! I-....

For some reason, Shifra is never seen in the show except for one episode, when we see the young Shifra in some flashbacks ("Lucky Gum") and in the spin-off show for the "Hapijamot" (Mendelbaum Private Detective) she is fantasized about by Geri and seems to be a beautiful blonde in a red dress.

Side characters

• Mr. Avraham Latin (Simon Rosenfeld) - Mr. Latin becomes a side character in the fourth season. He is an old man that lives in the same building as the others. He is deaf and whenever someone talks to him he responds by saying "What?". In real life he is Ilan's father.

• Mrs. Bracha Kirschenberg (Rivka Gur) - Bracha is an elderly women who owns the building and hates everyone in the building. She calls the threesome "African hooligans." She is in love with Naji Jackson (one of Kobi's characters) and always allows him to eat at her house. She appears in 40 episodes. She is the head of the Mossad, according to the episode "Shem cod mostash" ("Secrets").

• Ruby Duenyas (Ruby Duenyas) - The show director. he appears many times in the 4th, 5th and 6th seasons.

• Badash (Nadav Asulin) - The devil. he was the producer of Geri and Oded Menashe's band. First appeared in the first season, when he tried to trick Ilan and convince him to join "In Shtink" (Ilan the first star and Ilan the second star). In the 4th season, he represented Mr. Latin in his prosecution against the Pyjamas (What?, 4th season first episode). Appears in four episodes in season 5, and in three episodes in season 6.

• Albert (Aryeh Cherner) - Renovated the Hamburgeri and the Trio's home in the 4th, 5th and 6th seasons.

• Shimon Tzimhoni (Nir Ron) - Tzimhoni is Geri's arch enemy, ever since they competed for the student council they started an endless feud. He appears twice in the 3nd season, twice in the 4th season, 3 episodes in the 5th season and twice in the 6th season. In the 3rd season, he and Geri competed for the position of mayor. In the 4th season he tried to buy the Hamburgeri, in the 5th he opens a business called Tzimhoburger (in Hebrew, "Veggieburger") to compete with Geri's and in the 6th season he met geri in the prison.

Kobi's characters

• Freddie "Nice-to-Meet" - Freddie is the band's manager and often does anything in the seiries that has to do with planning. He talks very fast and often tricks people to agree with him. He often creates fictional stories about knowing stars. He is often aggressive and is feared by many characters in the series.

• Naji Comradin Jackson - Unlike Kobi's other characters, Naji doesn't have a specific purpose other than to "silence" Bracha when she complains about the noise, but in the 4th and 5th seasons this becomes more rare. Ms. Bracha is in love with him and always gives him food.

• Marcel Fuerro - A policeman. He is always appears when crimes occur or when investigations are needed.

• Sabbaba Sali - Rabbi. A parody on the Baba Sali. He often sing songs in English and says "sabbaba" (Hebrew slang for "OK").

• Eddie "Good-to-See" - Freddie's gay brother. He is always says "Naim li" (Hebrew for "comfort to me", but used as "I'm pleased") as a response to someone else's "Pleased to meet you".

References

External links

• Official website Template:He icon
• HaPijamot at IMDb

• Misplaced Pages articles needing copy edit from May 2009
• 2003 television series debuts
• Children's comedy series
• Israeli children's television series
• Israeli television sitcoms