''Pyjama Party'' () is a Finnish

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in ...

television series starring Niina Lahtinen, Pirjo Heikkilä, Sanna Stellan,

Krisse Salminen Krisse Salminen (born Heidi Kristiina Salminen; 28 May 1976) is a Finland, Finnish stand-up comedian and television talkshow hostess. She is the daughter of game show host Reijo Salminen. Her shtick is to present herself as a cow-eyed and stuck-u ...

, Joonas Nordman and Jarkko Niemi. ''Pyjama Party'' is scripted by the director Anna Dahlman with the actresses and composed by Katja Lappi. The first season aired in

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in 2014 and the second season in 2015. The TV series is produced by

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and aired by

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. ''Pyjama Party'' is an unruly and sassy sketch comedy show with full of music, entertainment, personal accounts of the comedians’ private lives and weird performances such as awkward wedding speeches and clumsy lap dances. Every episode deals with a different type of theme e.g. ''Relationship'' (season 1 episode 2), ''Home'' (season 1 episode 3), ''Work'' (season 1 episode 4) or ''Sex'' (season 1 episode 5). ''Pyjama Party''s sketch ''Booze day'' (), which shows parents behaving like little children in a liquor store, became an international

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hit in 2015. It also received the annual award for promoting temperance in 2015.

Awards

''Pyjama Party'' won the Award for the best comedy and sketch program in 2014 and 2015. ''Pyjama Party'' was also selected for a nominee of The Best Comedy Show in Rose d'Or Awards 2016.

References

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* {{Authority control Finnish television sketch shows 2014 Finnish television series debuts 2016 Finnish television series endings Yle original programming 2010s television sketch shows