Entertainment at the Danish TV Prisen in 2000. The show quickly grew a cult following, which led to the launch of multiple fan sites and fan clubs as well as bestselling DVD and VHS releases between 2002 and 2004. In the months after the end of the show, the group toured the country with eight sold-out live shows based on the episodes. They also recorded the spin-off Christmas calendar Casper & Drengene fra Brasilien in less than two days in November 1999. DR2 has since rerun Mandrilaftalen several times, and the show has been referred to as one of the absolute peaks of Danish satire. In 2008, all episodes of the show were digitized and released on DR's archive website, DR Bonanza, where they can be watched free of charge from anywhere around the world. Background Casper & Mandrilaftalen was a surrealistic comedy sketch and talk show hosted by Casper Christensen. The show was created by Christensen and two other Danish comedians Lasse Rimmer and Lars Hjortshøj. Frank Hvam later joined the program. Many prominent Danish comedians were occasionally part of the program, e.g. Jan Gintberg, Anders Matthesen, , , , and Anders Lund Madsen. The English comedian John Cleese also made an appearance in one episode, as "Bosse" who pretends to be coach of the Danish national football team. This was a nod to the influence Monty Python had on the show. Episodes were typically written in the morning, filmed in the afternoon, and shown the same evening without much editing being done. This added to the impromptu humor of the show. The first 48 episodes of the show aired on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11:30 pm during the first six months of 1999. The next 19 episodes were shown on Wednesday and Friday in the second half of 1999. In 2003, the four comedians met again and made a new episode called "Fisso". It was released on the second DVD (2006 re-release: third DVD) of Casper & Mandrilaftalen. Format The show revolved around Casper Christensen as the host of what was, ostensibly, a mix of a current events show, a talk show and a variety show, and the other comedians as guests and crew of the show, with occasional guest performers and cameos by the actual crew. Christensen also introduced the sketches in the show. The guest were always very strange and abnormal characters, and the humor