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Rodja was born in village but came to Belgrade, finished a law school, and got employment in a state-owned company. His wife, Olga, belongs to old Belgrade family and works as an architect. Rodja's mother-in-law still cannot forget pre-second World Wat parties and socials and maintain very close friendship with Vasa S. Tajcic, a gentleman in suit and with mustache. The have 15-years old son Borko, a house helper Tina. Their regular guests are "Mother Vuka", Rodja's mother from village, police officer Klativoda, maintenance guy Mungos and others. In Socialist Yugoslavia there were a number of movies with the same or similar topics: clash between village and city, between week civil tradition and peasants who wanted to become citizens. Among the most successful is this sitcom, which has has a lot of reruns and is very well known and cherished.

A service station ("Servisna stanica") is a socialist enterprise consisting of motel and a gas station. The motel is almost always empty, and usually houses the participants of useless symposia. The official restaurant is also empty, but the buffet, rented by Jordan, a cook, is always full of guests, live music and great food. Raka, a waiter, becomes an acting manager of the Service station, and feeling as an important guy, starts with reorganization. As the first act, he closes the buffet and deprives Jordan of stable source of income. Jordan and other employees start a silent strike. At the same time, the general manager of all service stations comes to visit the premise. Who will serve him a gala-diner? Who will marry his daughter? Will Raka become an official station manager?

This TV Series is written but a prominent writer of dramas Aleksandar Popovic. Three main characters, a thief, a peasant who wants to become successful, and a clerk, after serving military service, go to the capital. There, they meet two sisters, a factory worker and a prostitute. Together, they will try to achieve Yugoslav version of American dream. Will they be successful? The script is sometimes too pathetic, but the acting is great. Among the actors, probably the best is Slobodan Aligrudic. In each episode, main characters sing one of songs, written also by Popovic. An interesting fact about the series: after it premier, the first rerun occurred 34 years later. Surprisingly,and fortunately, the series (although obviously not exactly according to the "general line) was not "erased" as numerous other masterpieces from the period.