Klovn | |
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Genre | Sitcom, Dark Comedy |
Created by | Casper Christensen Frank Hvam |
Directed by | Mikkel Nørgaard |
Starring | Frank Hvam Casper Christensen Mia Lyhne Iben Hjejle |
Country of origin | Denmark |
Original language | Danish |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 78 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Keld Reinicke Palle Strøm |
Producer | Ib Tardini |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | TV 2 Zulu |
Original release | 7 February 2005 – 15 October 2018 |
Related | |
Curb Your Enthusiasm |
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, [1] 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.
The sitcom consists of 78 episodes spread over 8 seasons, each episode lasting 25–30 minutes. The eighth season aired in 2021. [2]
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 [3] and final movie Klovn the Final released in 2020.
Country | Local name | TV Network(s) |
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Iceland | Trúður | RÚV |
Norway | Klovn | TV 2 Zebra |
Sweden | Klovn | TV4 Komedi |
Finland | Pinsamt (Swedish), Kyllä nolottaa (Finnish) | Yle Fem |
United States | Klown | Hulu |
Australia | Clown | SBS One |
Netherlands | Jeuk | BNNVARA |
Belgium | AUWCH_ | VIER |
Germany | jerks. | ProSieben |
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