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Varan TV
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Varan-TV was a television show by Swedish comedy troupe Varanteatern which ran between 1997 and 1998. note "Varan" is the Swedish word for "Monitor Lizard".The humor in Varan-TV more or less defies description, but it's very much a product of its time, poking fun at all sorts of contemporary cultural, political and media-related goings-on. Had quite a big verse of characters who have shown up in other projects by Varanteatern.INSANELY quotable. Picking a page quote was not easy, trust me on that one.Essentially a sketch comedy show, some of the most popular segments on Varan-TV included: Kreml High. The misadventures of a bunch of highschoolers in a decrepit Soviet republic, along with the American exchange student Johnny Tex. Received its own Spin-Off. The "Russian" spoken in these segments was actually just disembodied lines of dialogue, ripped from random Russian movies, much to the amusement and/or horror of any actual Russian person watching. Romeo Olsson and Tord Yvel. Two perverted and mildly unstable Scanian poets and their daily lives. Ted Borg: An even more perverted and unstable archaeologist, given to confusing research with his weird fetishes. Peter Kvist. A hip movie director on a quest to give every character in Astrid Lindgren's bibliography a Gritty Reboot. The Evil Paper. A sentient, evil, serial-killing paper and its search for more victims.In september of 2020, the group announced a reunion, and created a Kickstarter for a new series of sketches. The Kickstarter hit its first goal of 300000 SEK in less than two hours. The Kickstarter eventually gathered pledges of over 4 million SEK, and a third series of Varan-TV is, in October of 2020, in early stages of production, and will be released to backers in a format as yet undecided. | |
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Dirty Old Man | |
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Dirty Old Man: Ted Borg, a so called "historian" with the bad habit of confusing his own sexual fantasies with his historical research. | |
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Ridiculously Loud Commercial | |
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Ridiculously Loud Commercial: The product-shilling Granddad on TV in Kreml High. | |
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Lethal Chef | |
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Lethal Chef: Chris De Kök. "Oh no, they're putting SHIT in the food!" | |
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Conspiracy Theorist | |
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Conspiracy Theorist: Parodied by "Front Mot Lämmeltåg", a group dedicated to proving that lemming mass migrations don't exist. | |
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Crapsaccharine World | |
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Crapsaccharine World: "Uncle Watermelon", a children's puppet show, which is anything other than kid-friendly. It features such characters as the molestation-happy "Uncle Overcooked Cauliflower" and "Uncle Rotten Banana from Africa." | |
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Scenery Gorn | |
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Scenery Gorn: Everything involving Kreml High. | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Polpotkin's father is only known as The Executioner. He works as a lifeguard. Though the fact that he was willing to literally Shoot the Shaggy Dog for leaving a turd in the pool... | |
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Formula-Breaking Episode | |
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Formula-Breaking Episode: Episode 36 of Kreml High, "There's something gross in the water." Filmed like a Dogme '95 movie, with Danish narration, shaky camera and a Jazz soundtrack. | |
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The Alcoholic | |
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The Alcoholic: Everyone in Kreml High. Hey, they're Russians. Special mentions goes to Tantrum Tabulev: | |
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Actually Pretty Funny | |
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Actually Pretty Funny: The Swedish Synth-Pop fandom whole-heartedly embraced "Tyskarna Från Lund", an Affectionate Parody of Kraftwerk. This was in part due to the synth-pop fandom understanding exactly what was parodied, and the band, for all it's jokiness, actually having a decent level of skill and good production values. Varanteatern actually toured as "Tyskarna Från Lund" long after the TV-series went off-air, and produced at least one album of non-parody music under the name. | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking "Do you carry repressed anger within you and plan to release it? Then don't forget that coming January 1st the punishments will become more severe for the following crimes: assault, speeding and masturbation." | |
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McNinja | |
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McNinja: Kalle, the schoolboy who was forced to drop out from school by his dad, so he could train Ninjitsu all day, instead. | |
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue | |
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: "Kalle made it to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in Algiers, but got eaten by a cannibal in the first round." | |
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Africa Is a Country | |
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Africa Is a Country: Played for laughs in the episode actually called "Africa", which starts off by spouting blatantly untrue "facts" about Africa. | |
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Next Sunday A.D. | |
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Next Sunday A.D.: "The Boston University Of The Future Today" a University dedicated to study of "the future" as it were. They've actually managed to encapsule a tiny portion of the future, but it managed to escape. Fortunately it could be apprehended 20 minutes later "when it was spotted, hanging around a bit shiftlessly, outside of a shopping mall." | |
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Keet | |
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Keet: Tantrum Tabulev. "WE'VE GOTTA BAND-PRACTICE!" | |
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Americans Are Cowboys | |
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Americans Are Cowboys: Johnny Tex. | |
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Black Bug Room | |
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Black Bug Room: In Kreml High and Psycho-news, whenever someone was angsting really hard, they would be bombarded with surrealist imagery while "Die Eier Von Satan" by tool played in the background. | |
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