Casper Christensen is perhaps the most successfull danish
comedian, at least for the past 20 years. His career started with his debut on some children show called
hvaffor en hånd (
which hand in english). But his comic debut was on a
danish youth
programme on the national
danish television,
DR, called transit.
Here he became famous for his falling manouvre. After transit Then he made a show called
Husk Lige tandbørsten (remember your toothbrush) this show was the one that really kicked off his career. The
Husk Lige... shows were sometimes watch by over a million viewers, which i a very large amount considering
Denmarks small size of only 5 million
inhabitants.
After the
Husk Lige... shows, he made a smaller show called
Safari on the same channel.
Safari didn't attract nearly as many viewers as the previous show, but had a steady fan base.
For a short time in 1997 C.C. and some other comedians made a radio show called
Tæskeholdet (the beatingteam) It was quite a hit among high school and college students all over
Denmark, it was very similar to the
howard stern show.
Now when Caspers name was firmly established, the other nationwide tv station at that time, tv2, wanted him to make a show called
Darios Joint, This show totally flopped and was quickly cancelled by the station.
In 1999 Casper together with his friend and collegue Lars Hjortshøj and two other comedians, made the ground breaking comic show
Casper Christensen og Mandrilaftalen (C.C. and the Mandrildeal) which wasn't seen by that many, but it had the strongest fan base a tv show has ever had in
Denmark.
Right now (jan. 2001) C.C. is making a show for the newest tv station in
DK, "tv2 zulu".