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Klovn
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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.
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★ 8.5Klovn is a Danish sitcom, which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the life of the main character Frank and Casper. The show builds its comedy around quiet everyday situations, social awkwardness, uncomfortable silences and general faux pas. Klovn usually gets compared to the American sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm by Larry David. It’s also shot handheld, in a pseudo-realistic style. Some have also mistakenly compared the theme to Curb Your Enthusiasm’s, despite it being a direct reference to Jacques Tati’s Mr. Hulot movies. The poster for the first film can be seen in Casper and Frank’s offices throughout the series. Klovn initially ran 6 seasons on TV2 Zulu from 2005-2009 and was renewed with an additional 3 seasons that aired from 2018-2022.
- Aired
- 2005–2025
- Seasons
- 10 · 94 episodes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Created by
- Casper Christensen, Frank Hvam
- Network
- TV 2 Zulu, TV 2
- Genres
- Comedy
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- sputnik.tv2.dk/series/klovn
Show 5 more facts
- number of seasons
- 8
- number of episodes
- 78
- end time
- 2022-09-04
- start time
- 2005-02-07
- title
- Klovn
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15 sectionsContents
- Characters
- Episodes
- Season 1 – Based on Real Events
- Season 2 – It's About Sex
- Season 3 – On the Road to New Disasters
- Season 4 – Last Chance!
- Season 5 – A Heart of Gold
- Season 6 – Asstrip
- Season 7 – Back to Everyday Life
- Season 8 – Our Best Year
- Season 9 – Side Effects
- Season 10
- International broadcasts
- References
- External links
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. In spite of this, in its closing credits, the show is claimed to be an original idea by Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam.