Klovn

Clown Season 1 is a love child between Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen. It's an impromptu comedy series set in reality where most people play themselves. There are exceptions, and when these take place with now-famous actors, it breaks a bit with their own set-up. Otherwise, Clown can be described as tear-jerking, funny and easy.

I discovered this show while visiting a friend in Denmark last year. During some downtime, my friend convinced me to watch a few episodes of Klovn on DVD, proclaiming, it's a Danish Curb your enthusiasm. Before I knew it, I bought the entire box set to take home to my friends in Australia. This show is fantastic, it really draws you in and commands you to watch episode after episode. I laughed myself stupid throughout the whole series and I could easily watch the whole thing repeatedly. Some people have called it a Danish Curb your enthusiasm, but I would dare say that this show is better. Curb maintains it hilarity for about 3 seasons, before becoming predictable and unrealistic. Klovn stays funny and true to itself for the entire 6 seasons. Also, as a side note, if you've ever been to Denmark, this show transports you back there, it's a really beautiful country.

The best way to describe this to Americans is: "like Curb Your Enthusiasm... only actually funny!" Yes some say they stole the idea from Curb, and they admit that they where inspired by that show, but I never thought Curb was very funny. However Klovn is great fun. Not many shows actually make me laugh out loud, but this one sure does. Frank Wahm is a master of expressions and one look on his face can make you laugh. Also the show seems to go way beyond the normal tabu subjects and have no problem using cancer or what not as a punchline. The humor can be very "dark" at times, but thats one of the things that sets it apart from the norm.

Klovn is one of the best danish comedy series. BUT, from season 7 when Mia and Frank got children it kinda destroyed the serie, because of the kids bad acting.

Season 1-6 = 10 stars Season 7 = 5 stars Season 8 = 7 stars.

A previous reviewer was spot on when comparing this to a Danish Curb Your Enthusiasm. However, in true Scandinavian style, it's a bit more raw/real and the humor is darker. So whenever I'm in the mood from some Curb Your Enthusiasm humor but want a bit more, I go to Klovn.

But even though the style of comedy is similar to CYE, it's very original and has a distinct style that can't be replicated. This is partly due to the fantastic acting and characters of the show. I'm lucky enough to understand Danish but if I got my hands on this show with English subtitles, I'd be watching this with friends and family regularly. Highly recommended, especially if you enjoy dark, awkward, Scandinavian humor. Don't watch this with your parents or grandparents.