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Klovn (2005)

Klovn poster
Directed by
Mikkel Nørgaard, Niels Gråbøl
Genre
comedy television series
Country
Denmark
Length
8 seasons, 78 episodes
Rated
K12
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A semi-retired comedian named Frank keeps getting into awkward and embarrassing situations with his friend Casper. The show follows Frank's everyday life as he makes social blunders and creates uncomfortable moments with the people around him.

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What happens

Klovn ("Clown") is a Danish sitcom, which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the life of the main character Frank (played by Frank Hvam) and Casper (played by Casper Christensen). The show builds its comedy around quiet everyday situations, social awkwardness, uncomfortable silences and general faux pas. Klovn shares many concepts with the American sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm by Larry David, notably the main concept of a semi-retired comedian encountering humorous and embarrassing situations, along with his wife, friends and celebrity acquaintances. The show is also held in a pseudo-realistic style where all lines are retroscripted, so a first-time viewer might be in doubt of whether or not the show is staged. Even the score is similar. Despite this, in its closing credits, the show is claimed to be an original idea by Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam. The sitcom consists of 94 episodes spread over 10 seasons, each episode lasting 25–30 minutes. The eighth season aired in 2021. On 16 December 2010, Klown was released, a movie based on the series but with an original plotline, with a sequel Klown Forever released in 2015 and the final movie Klovn the Final released in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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