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Casper Christensen Casper Lindholm Christensen (born 22 August 1968) is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including '' Casper & Mandrilaftalen'', the Danish airing of '' Shooting Stars'' and ''Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'' ('' Husk lige tandbørsten' ...

Frank Hvam Frank Hvam Nielsen, known professionally as Frank Hvam (born 12 September 1970) is a Danish stand-up-comedian. Hvam was born in Viborg and grew up on a farm in Ørum Sønderlyng. His legal name is Nielsen, but he uses only his middle name pro ...

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Iben Hjejle Iben Hjejle (22 March 1971) is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the Stephen Frears film '' High Fidelity'' (2000). In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom '' Langt fra Las Vegas'' (''Far from ...

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TV 2 Zulu TV 2 Zulu is a Danish television station and a sister channel to TV 2 Denmark. It is primarily aimed at viewers between 15 and 30 years of age. TV2 Zulu has been noted for Danish comedy shows and programmes such as '' Langt fra Las Vegas'', '' ...

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, which was first aired on the Danish TV channel

TV2 Zulu TV 2 Zulu is a Danish television station and a sister channel to TV 2 Denmark. It is primarily aimed at viewers between 15 and 30 years of age. TV2 Zulu has been noted for Danish comedy shows and programmes such as '' Langt fra Las Vegas'', ''G ...

. It revolved around life at a newly started TV morning show, ''Jump Start'', and focused on the life of the main character, Casper (played by

). ''Langt fra Las Vegas'' consisted of 53

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s, aired over 5 seasons with each episode lasting 25 minutes. It ran from 2001 to 2003.

Overview

The sit-com takes places in the studio and

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s of fictional

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show ''Jump Start'' and in the main character Casper's apartment, both located in

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. Generally the main story revolves around Casper (in later seasons referred to as by his full name, Casper Christensen) who is usually in trouble and tries to fix it with a lie, but always ends up getting caught. Issues of relationships and

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are often central to the show, and topics such as

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and other

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s are touched upon often with a rich imagery (mainly by Casper's boss Niels Buckingham). The show originated on a cable-channel targeting young adults (TV2 Zulu) and successfully made it to the parent, nationwide channel TV2 without any censoring. The city of

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is never featured nor even mentioned in ''Langt fra Las Vegas'', possibly a reference to the lack of professionalism and showmanship of the characters. The show drastically changed tone from season 1 to 2. Two characters, Wulff and Anne, were completely written out, and several characters returned with their personalities completely changed, such as Kenny being changed from the office smart-ass to a geeky character; Robert being changed from a childish security chief to a seemingly retarded cameraman; and Niels Buckingham, who had been an off-beat character whose sexual deviances were often briefly mentioned, being amplified into a full-blown pervert with every conceivable sexual fetish.

Characters

* Casper Christensen -

(Season 1-5) **Casper is a young man working as a host/comedian on an unspecified TV-show on the TV channel "Jump Start". Throughout the series he battles with relationships which he sometimes takes very seriously and at other times views with indifference or engages himself with women out of spite (of former or to-be girlfriends) or in search of sex. He is light tempered and forgiving but often childishly stubborn and a (selfproclaimed?) sex symbol. * Kenny Nickelman -

(Season 1-5) **Kenny is Casper's best friend. The first season aside, he is a sports journalist on the TV channel "Jump Start". He is usually impeccably dressed in outfits meant for much older or more distinguishable men (tweed, caps, suspenders etc.). Often in bad luck and quite a geek, he is in many ways the complete opposite of Casper. * Niels Buckingham -

Klaus Bondam Klaus Bondam (born 19 November 1963, in Aakirkeby) is a Danish actor and politician. Acting career Bondam has been the manager two theatres, (1996–2003) and Folketeatret (2003–2005), and been administrative manager of Mungo Park thea ...

(Season 1-5) **Niels is an anchor-man at the TV channel "Jump Start" and from season 2 and onwards the CEO of the station. Niels has worked as a foreign correspondent throughout his seemingly long career and often regales in absurd stories from his experiences. He is a blatant pervert with many sexual fetishes, including some illegal ones such as

and necrophilia. Additionally, he also has various extreme or elaborate fetishes which he often hints at in a rather obvious language. He is also very outspoken about non-sexual intimacies, such as bowel-movements (in one episode he ceremoniously informs the staff that he has diarrhea and then confines himself to his office, ordering Robert to fetch him a large bowl and some old newspapers, his preferred brand of toiletpaper etc.). Niels continuously finds himself in embarrassing situations but sometimes fails to see the problem. At other times he is quite vain. * Liva Eberhardt -

(Season 2-5) **On-off girlfriend of Casper. An architect by trade but is later hired as a chief of public relations at the TV channel "Jump Start". Is very intelligent, caring and openminded of some things, but obliviously not to the problems of others, in particular Casper's. * Lisa Bremer Harris -

Katja K Katja K, also known as Katja Kean and Sussi la Cour Dollenz (born 7 February 1968 in Denmark as Sussi la Cour), is a Danish former pornographic actress, businesswoman, actress, singer, author, and media personality. Kean studied experience leader ...

(Season 1-5) **Lisa is a secretary at the TV channel "Jump Start". In real life, Katja K was a porn star before being cast for the role as Lisa, a fact that is played upon in the pilot. She is the most sensible and stable person on the Jump Start staff and has frequent run-ins with Robert, her direct opposite. * Robert Dølhus - Lars Hjortshøj (Season 1-5) **Robert is a cameraman and video-editor on the TV-channel "Jump Start". He is practically a child in a grown person's body, lives on candy and junk food and is constantly making childish references to breasts. Is the favored

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of Niels who often experiments with different things on Robert or gives him absurd tasks, almost always to Roberts annoyance. Robert is a Hi-Fi enthusiast - purist even. * Kim Dorowsky -

Sofie Stougaard Sofie Stougaard (born 5 November 1966 in Svaneke) is a Danish actress who has had roles in, among other movies, '' Mifune's Last Song'', and the Danish sitcom ''Langt fra Las Vegas''. She has also participated in the Danish version of Dancing wit ...

(Season 1-5) **Kim is at first the chief at the TV channel "Jump Start", but after season one resigns to write a book on boxing. Is briefly married to Casper (unhappily). * Wulff -

Mikael Wulff Mikael Wulff (born 2 September 1972) is a Danish comedian, who appeared in television shows such as Dolph og Wulff, and is co-illustrator of the Wulffmorgenthaler comic strips, which he produces together with Anders Morgenthaler. References

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(Season 1) * Anne -

Stine Stengade Stine Stengade (born 1 June 1972) is a Danish actress best known for her leading role in the 2001 Dogme 95 film '' Kira's Reason: A Love Story'' (Original title: '' En Kærlighedshistorie''). Biography Stine Stengade was born in Copenhagen on ...

(Season 1)

Regular guest cast

* Mogens Knibbe Eberhardt - Henning Jensen **Authoritative father of Liva. An MD by trade and a very orthodox one at that. Cares immensely for Liva's well-being and is very suspicious of Casper and his motives with Liva. * Vibeke Eberhardt - Solbjerg Højfeldt **Seemingly submissive wife of Mogens and mother of Liva. Is often being bullied by husband Mogens who, however, loves her dearly.

Episodes

Season one

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# Trillekød # Danish Dynamite # Ordnung Muss Sein # Kærlighedspokalen # Proletarkæden # Sexfreak # Se & Hor # Heidi (Del 1) # Heidi (Del 2) # En på Egnsdragten # IT Phone Home # Helmig Fucki Fucki

Season two

# Lars Herlow #

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Mek Pek Mek Pek (born 4 January 1964) is a Danish singer and actor from Aarhus. Mek started his career in 1979 in the punk band ''Lost Kids'' in which he played the bass. ''Lost Kids'' eventually dissolved as a band and in 1982 he started his own band c ...

# Mufufu # Michel # Liva # Mogens K. Eberhart # Monsieur Dipp # Oliver

Season three

# Feng Shui # Kat # Laust # Polle Pot # Bedste, det er bare mig #

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# Kærlighed gør blind # Som søn så far # Det sidste ord

Season four

# Pressemødet # Don't Wanna Lus You Now #

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# Mere møs til Dennis # Tino, Gunnar og en hel krukke bolsjer # Ultimate Kosher # Arrivederci Kenny # Nestor # Trøstepagten # Kammeratstolen

Season five

# Skat # DVD-aftener # Den forsølvede barnesko # Hvem ka' Lie Kaas # Picaspero # Onani # Who is Your Daddy # Herretur # Kim og femidomet # Et fister øjeblik

External links

IMDb's profile
Danish comedy television series 2000s Danish television series 2003 Danish television series endings 2001 Danish television series debuts Danish-language television shows TV 2 Zulu original programming