Casper & Mandrilaftalen

infobox television
show_name = Casper og Mandrilaftalen


caption = The title screen of the show
format = sketch
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runtime = approx. 28 minutes (per episode)
creator = Casper Christensen
starring = Casper Christensen
Lars Hjortshøj
Frank Hvam
Lasse Rimmer
host = Casper Christensen
opentheme =
country = Denmark
network = DR2
first_aired = 1999
last_aired = 2003
num_episodes = 67
list_episodes =
website =
imdb_id = 0270762
tv_com_id =

"Casper & Mandrilaftalen" (English: "Casper and the Mandrill Deal") was a Danish cult TV program aired on DR2 in 1999.

Background

"Casper & Mandrilaftalen" was a surrealistic comedy sketch and talk show hosted by Casper Christensen. The show was created by Christensen and two other Danish comedians Lasse Rimmer and Lars Hjortshøj. Frank Hvam later joined the program. Many prominent Danish comedians were occasionally part of the program, e.g. Jan Gintberg, Anders Matthesen, Mick Øgendahl, Uffe Holm, Sebastian Dorset and Anders Lund Madsen.

The legendary English comedian John Cleese also made an appearance in one episode. This was an ode to the influence Monty Python had on the show.

Episodes were typically shot in the late morning and shown the same evening without much editing being done. This added to the impromptu type of humor portrayed in the show.

The first 48 episodes of the show aired on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 23:30 during the first six months of 1999. The next 19 episodes were shown on Wednesday and Friday in the other half of 1999.

In 2003 the four comedians met again and made a new episode called "Fisso". It was released on the second DVD (2006 release: third DVD) of "Casper & Mandrilaftalen".

Format

The show revolved around Casper Christensen as the host of the show, and the other comedians as guests. Christensen also intruduced the sketches in the show. The guest were always very strange and abnormal characters, and the humor was very surreal.

Recurring characters

*Frank Hvam as Bjarne Goldbæk
*Frank Hvam as Gentleman Finn
*Frank Hvam as Sidney Kreutzfeldt
*Frank Hvam and Lars Hjortshøj as Rulle and Cromwell
*Lars Hjortshøj as Broder Salsa
*Lars Hjortshøj as Thore Ellen Hanhøj
*Lars Hjortshøj as Smokey Spartacus
*Lars Hjortshøj as Peter Schmeichel
*Lars Hjortshøj as Ebenezer Kvasthval
*Lasse Rimmer as Wesley Snipes
*Lasse Rimmer as Pelle Klumpfeber
*Lasse Rimmer as Svenne O'lotta
* Frank Hvam as Kresten Pikhår
*Frank Hvam as Klaas Gynhjalter

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270762/ IMDb's profile]
* [http://www.dr.dk/ DR's website]