Casper & Mandrilaftalen

I first started watching the show because of its host Casper Christensen, who's a big comedian in Denmark. The first time I have to say it was pretty boring. I didn't want to see it again. Yet the next week I turned in again (probably had nothing else to do..). I weren't quite impressed this time either. Still I watched it the following week. Few things started to become funny. But then suddenly something happened (did I finally release my crazy inner?). I started enjoying every bit of the show. When they said the show was about to end I almost cried. I taped the last episode and watched it over and over again. In the end I had it all memorized. BUT(!) luckily Casper sold Bjarne Goldbæk to FC Copenhagen and made enough money for the show to continue. Another year of crazy TV were about to come. It absolutely didn't get less funny. Now it's all over but fortunately I've got almost every episode (30-40 hours I think) of Casper & Mandrilaftalen. Don't just watch it 1 time and decide that it's bad TV. Watch it several times. I know many people who have come to like it after maybe watching it 4 or 5 times. It's great!

When I first watched "Casper & Mandril Aftalen" I didn't have any idea about what I was going in to.

It's quite hard to describe what the show actually was about. Casper Christensen - the host, sat behind a desk and did all sorts of crazy things. The show always started with Casper showing his very special list of what was to come on the show. An example: "23.15: German lock smith buys brave panda." It's hard to convey the crazy on goings in the show so I'll leave it to those who are lucky enough to be able to watch the show.

Top marks: 87 out of 10

Watching Casper & Mandrilaftalen is like learning to play classical piano. It takes somebody to force you into it, it is boring, frustrating and confusing, but after a while, a whole new universe opens to the exclusive crowd (Mainly Danish-speaking weirdos)...

The show is by far the craziest, funniest and most ground-breaking TV show ever made - it makes shows like Monty Python look mainstream. The show revolves around the host, Casper, who present "news", invites "guests" (played by the other actors) and displays "talent shows". Most of what is being said *lobster soup! already now* seems completely without any structure, or without any purpose. However, by allowing *everything*, the creativity of the actors are spurred, and sharp-edged satire and criticism of "the establishment" is mixed with meaningless, absurd scenes.

You will not be able to appreciate fully this show if you watch it like you'd watch "Friends" or "Spin City", you have yo allow your fantasy flow with the fast pace, the crazy colors and the wicked universe, and you'll have almost as much fun as the authors had making it...

Just don't ask "why"...

On a scale from 1 to 10, it gets one billion killer-toucan beacons!

"Casper og Mandrilaftalen" ( - roughly translated into "Casper and the Mandril Agreement") broke new ground when it was broadcast during 1999. Never before had TV satire been so lowbudget, so rough around the edges or so primitive. The writers of the show once described it as "Children's TV for adults" - which gives a good offset for understanding what this thing really is. Some might claim that it is just poor quality humour, others, myself included, think that this show might be the closest we can get to actual surrealistic or dadaistic TV. Most lines, albeit written in a script, seem to come from random impulses and some make no sense at all. But in all the meaninglessness the hilarious element involuntarily arises. The Python crew realised this back in the 70's and with Casper og Mandrilaftalen, the genre was renewed. Maybe that's why John Cleese stopped by in the second season of the show, as both a 'Gunrack of Love' repairman and a Kite enthusiast...

Casper Christensen has always been there to experience new and odd humor for the plesure of tons of danes. We first saw him in the TV-show "Husk Lige Tandbørsten" ("Remember the Toothbrush") with his co-host Anette, who was soon to become his wife.

Now he's buisy with programmes like "Langt fra Las Vegas" ("Far from Las Vegas") and the radio-programme "Alfabetridderne" ("Knights of the Alphabet"). But I most say, that nothing will ever come near "Casper & Mandril Aftalen"! It's a programme with so low humor, that it makes it even funnier! It's so out there, that you sometimes can's stop laughing, only of the reason, that it makes no sence at all! I can clearly recommend this show for every one with a different kind of humor! Thumbs Up!