Brødrene Dal (1979)

Country

Norway

How it feels

Three actors play almost every character in a Norwegian comedy series. It follows the brothers Dal through silly adventures with sketches that often wander away from the main story.

playfulabsurdistcomedicnostalgicloosewhimsicalquirkyenergetic

What happens

Brødrene Dal (lit. 'The Brothers Dal') is a Norwegian television series by Norwegian comedy trio KLM (Kirkvaag, Lystad, Mjøen), that originally aired as four series in 1979, 1982, 1994 and 2005. A fifth adventure, originally performed on stage in 1997, was edited and released as a movie in 2010. The series bears many similarities to Monty Python's Flying Circus, as the three actors play nearly all the different roles in the series, often multiple roles in each episode. Usually, the series would have a main plot keeping the story and episodes together, but most of the content being semi-related or unrelated sketches. This is especially true for the first series Professor Drøvels Hemmelighet (1979), where the story frequently diverges from the main plot for entire episodes, only to jump back to the plot in the last minute. In the other series, the story is more centered on the actual plot. The name "Dal" literally means "valley", and is a common Norwegian surname. The names of the characters (Gaus Dal, Roms Dal and Brumund Dal) are based on locations in Norway with the word "dal" in them (Gausdal, Romsdal and Brumunddal) and are not themselves common first names. The names of the brother's parents, Halling and Mari, similarly reference Hallingdal and Maridalen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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