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Casper Lindholm Christensen ( born 22 August 1968 in Kerteminde ) 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 "), and the Danish version of " Deal or No Deal ". He also had a leading role in the Danish sit - coms " Langt fra Las Vegas " ( Far Away from Las Vegas ) and " Klovn " ( Clown / Fool ). Don ' t Forget Your Toothbrush is a light entertainment show originally broadcast on Saturday nights in the ___MASK60___ on Channel 4 from 1994 to 1995 . It has also been adapted in several other countries including ___MASK78___ , Belgium , Finland , ___MASK24___ , Germany , ___MASK91___ , Italy , Norway , Sweden , the United States , the Netherlands , and Portugal . The format was distributed internationally by DRG . Kerteminde ( nickname : " Min Amandas by ", i . e . " My Amanda ' s town "), is a town in central ___MASK91___ , located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen . The town has a population of 5 , 855 ( 1 January 2014 ). It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms . Kerteminde contains a fish restaurant , Rudolf Mathis , the Viking museum Ladby , and the research and exhibition institution for fish and porpoises Fjord & Bælt . Klovn ( `` Clown '' ) is a Danish sitcom , which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu . It focuses on the life of the main character Frank ( played by Frank Hvam ) and Casper ( played by Casper Christensen ) . The show builds its comedy around quiet everyday situations , social awkwardness , uncomfortable silences and general faux pas . Klovn shares many concepts with the American sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm by Larry David , notably the main concept of a semi - retired comedian encountering humorous and embarrassing situations , along with his wife , friends and celebrity acquaintances . The show is also held in a pseudo - realistic style , where a first - time viewer might be in doubt of whether or not the show is staged . Even the score is similar . In spite of this , in its closing credits , the show is claimed to be an original idea by Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam . The sitcom consists of 60 episodes spread over 6 seasons , each episode lasting 25 minutes . The sixth season aired between 23 February and 27 April 2009 . On 16 December 2010 , Klown , a movie based on the series but with an original plotline , was released . A situation comedy , or sitcom , is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode . Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch , and stand - up comedy where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience . Sitcoms originated in radio , but today are found mostly on television as one9 of its dominant narrative forms . This form can also include mockumentaries . In a modern sense , comedy ( from the , " kmidía ") refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter , especially in theatre , television , film , and stand - up comedy . The origins of the term are found in Ancient ___MASK73___ . In the Athenian democracy , the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters . The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict . Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a " Society of Youth " and a " Society of the Old ". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes . In this struggle , the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority , and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter .