Casper & Mandrilaftalen

Casper & Mandrilaftalen, also known as Mandrilaftalen or Mandrillen, is a Danish dadaist and satirical cult television sketch show that originally aired on DR2 from March 1, 1999, to November 19, 1999, over two seasons, comprising a total of 67 episodes. The Mandrilaftalen troupe consisted of Danish comedians Casper Christensen, Lasse Rimmer, Lars Hjortshøj and Frank Hvam. Having been heavily inspired by British humor, the show became known for its eccentric characters and absurd sketches, leading multiple TV critics to compare it with Monty Python's Flying Circus. The show is of a talk show format and is hosted by the character Casper, who is a fictionalization of the program's creator, Christensen, and is played by the same. As the fulcrum of the show, Casper predominantly sits at his desk while satirizing the Danish media industry and interviewing fictional guests. Surreal nonsense is a recurrent characteristic of the show, an example being the character Broder Salsa, who folds carpets to resemble great state leaders and sorts capital cities by muesli. In the show, Casper also holds talent shows with fictional participants, presents episodes of fictional TV series and displays advertisements for fictional products. Rimmer, Hjortshøj and Hvam plays an array of various characters, and the show saw guest appearances from other Danish comedians, the British Monty Python member John Cleese, the Danish actress Susse Wold, the rapper Al Agami and others. More than 250 different named fictional characters appear in the show, with Broder Salsa, Svenne O'Lotta and Gentleman Finn being the best known characters according to Christensen.