The comic trio of actors - Vitsin, Morgunov and Nikulin - appeared exactly 40 years ago, flashed on the screen in just a few films and remained in the memory of the audience forever. The famous satirist writer Lev Lainer talks about the birth of the cheerful trio, how they existed on screen and in life, about the work of actors to create comedies, about their unprecedented popularity among the audience. Each of the three actors is interesting in itself. The author talks in detail about the fates of Georgy Vitsin, Evgeny Morgunov and Yuri Nikulin. Their childhood and adolescence, entry into art, creativity before and after participation in the troika, personal life - this is told on the pages of the book with humor and sometimes sadness. The book is illustrated with rare photographs.