- Fleksnes Fataliteter
Fleksnes Fataliteter, commonly known only as Fleksnes, was a Norwegian
television comedy series produced between1972 and1988 , and based on scripts for a British show called "Hancock's Half Hour " by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The show was rewritten in Norwegian by Bo Hermansson.The main character, Marve Fleksnes (played by
Rolv Wesenlund ), is a bachelor living with his mother, called "Modern" ("moms") (played byAud Schønemann ). Marve can be seen as a typical Norwegian. Most of the humorous moments arise when the character Fleksnes expresses extraordinary opinions about life and when everything seems to go wrong despite his best intentions.Fleksnes was only meant to be a series of about 5 or 6 programmes, but it became so successful that as many as 6 seasons were made.
A movie called "Den Siste Fleksnes" ("The Last Fleksnes") was made in
1974 .In
2002 Galton and Simpson wrote the script for one brand new Fleksnes episode, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first episode. When the series aired on NRK in Norway in 2002, it gathered over 1.000.000 viewers on average each Saturday.As well as in Norway, the series was successful in
Sweden andDenmark . As most episodes included both Swedish and Danish actors, the series was trilingual. Many Scandinavians (here meaning Danes, Norwegians and Swedes) understand the other two languages well, but in order to make all viewers understand, the series was usually partly subtitled in all three countries.For a list of episodes, see
List of Fleksnes Fataliteter episodes .External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161146/ Fleksnes Fataliteter, IMDB entry]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072170/ Den Siste Fleksnes, IMDB entry]
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