This program is a one-off show, produced by the entertainment dept. of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) to compete in the Montreux Festival Rose D'Or in 1979. My parents are credited with the idea, and both my father Knut (1943 - 2016) and I can be seen in various "roles" throughout the show (he is the viking chieftain thrown off a horse (the pain is still there); I "play" the author Henrik Ibsen as a child, complete with snowsled and whiskers). John Cleese was riding high at the time on the back of "Fawlty Towers", and I believe the agreement to use him for this was made prior to his second round of global fame; hence a viable expense.
@iceandale43919 жыл бұрын
I thought this was hilarious, great comedy. It's quite sad that many of the Norwegians commenting here are offended by it. The only non Norwegian in it is John Cleese. Modern Norwegians have lost their sense of humour.
@zelie-catheriner529 жыл бұрын
I don't think those whiners represent modern Norwegians. My friends from Norway are incredibly funny, their humor leans towards the absurd, and they'd love this. I honestly think the few complainers are just weird, humorless outliers who like to bitch online. Hope I'm right about this, anyway...
@Einungbrekke9 жыл бұрын
+Iceandale I'm Norwegian and found it very amusing :D There will always, in any nation, be some who just don't get it :p
@zelie-catheriner529 жыл бұрын
Lolindir Surion Very true. Unfortunate for them, but more fun for us ! There are few personality traits less appealing than humorlessness...
@wolfyboy8 жыл бұрын
+Iceandale I think it's funny. of course, when someone says something bad about something or someone you care about, it's not FUN, but i believe that it was all in good sport/all for fun. :)
@stringlarson1247 Жыл бұрын
As a Swede, I approve this message.
@donaldgraham6414 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, but the approval of two Swedes is required. It is most preferable that one of them is the Swedish Chef from The Muppets.
@@donaldgraham6414 As the second Swede I also approve this message. Bork bork bork!
@donaldgraham6414 Жыл бұрын
@@kerberos623 Very sorry, but in the fine print it says that one of the two Swedes has to be either from Abba, the Roxettes or The Muppet Show.
@ChodeMaster Жыл бұрын
Vi skal ta tilbake Jemtland.
@YouWarhammer3 жыл бұрын
I love how almost everyone in Norway wears a backpack at all times xD
@VikingOlberg-NymoenOfNorway3 жыл бұрын
Its there from our Viking genes, we are still plundering.
@kejiri35933 жыл бұрын
I love backpacks
@da9el8834 ай бұрын
we are a hiking country ;) never leave the backpack home!
@81Mace816 жыл бұрын
The cut to the laughing Egyptian is comedy gold!
@ArnoldLokman4 жыл бұрын
A cut from russian, who says that Norway is situated in North America.
@victorrock19972 жыл бұрын
@@ArnoldLokman Hehehehe! 😆
@j0njn10 жыл бұрын
For those who don't read the credits: this was a Norwegian production. The only non-Norwegian in it was Cleese, and he didn't write it.
@psykodactyle6 жыл бұрын
It does seem like something out of KLM
@mollytaylor81223 жыл бұрын
He certainly had a say in it though. The humor screams Clease
@comic4relief2 жыл бұрын
Maybe he wrote the credits.
@victorrock19972 жыл бұрын
Non-Norwegian but still Norwegian by descent, as the character portrayed in the documentary (and, who knows, perhaps in reality as well)! All the best! 🙂
@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL Жыл бұрын
@@victorrock1997 At 2:09 he says "in a boat like this, my ancestor left the shores of Norway". I doubt he's joking about that. I think he's part Norwegian.
@daginn8969 жыл бұрын
As a Norwegian I can confirm that Norway is a fictional country, allthough fictional our national sport is skullbumping, preferably after some drinking.
@TheMontyPythonMuseumOnline9 жыл бұрын
+Dag Ut It's all too far fetched; I don't believe it exists. Ireland, now that I could believe, although I won't make a final judgement. But Norway? Made up in the '70s by a group of students as a project.
@sussyfallen29149 жыл бұрын
+The Monty Python Museum there is a lot of true facts, but usually the overexcadurating comes after. For excsample there is a lot of skiing, even directly from the homes, but not that many, nor do we ride the tram with skiis on, use stairway shaped skiis or repair pur skins like that. Its great to watch when you understand it though.
@TheMontyPythonMuseumOnline9 жыл бұрын
+minitas Wait, are you saying that this is not 100% accurate?! :o No way...! :p ;)
@Tony-Anderson9 жыл бұрын
+Dag Ut skal ikke mye alkohol til før normen dunker skaller da :)
@wolfyboy8 жыл бұрын
+tony andreassen eller starter en god gammeldags nevekamp/fistfight.
@birgerolavandreasiii887910 жыл бұрын
I'm from Norway and this is probably the best way and describe us. Viking power
@jontheboy871810 жыл бұрын
But we all know that Swedes were the REAL Champions of Valhalla!
@birgerolavandreasiii887910 жыл бұрын
okay. I would say that both Norway, Sweden and Denmark are Viking land's. and that we all are champions of Valhall.
@sverrenyb545810 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Falk there was no norway or sweden back then...
@TheHolioZ10 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Falk What fjords were they sailing in?
@impalaSS6510 жыл бұрын
CakeIsSo Good Wrong. Sweden and Norway existed as we know them, pretty much. Similar borders and the same people - until recently, when multiculture was introduced by politicians.
@adzdahlman97244 жыл бұрын
What a shame it was a 'one off' project. What a pleasure to stumble across it 41 years later having never heard of it. Loved the daily ski activities - emergency forces ha ha.
@victorrock19972 жыл бұрын
Briliant production, as always, by John Cleese! Very 'pythonesque', shall we say. All the best to everyone reading this! Skål and may Odin be with you!
@dagmarkalinova4 жыл бұрын
9:48 "Gravlax - Cured Salmon. What it was cured of, we'll never know."
@drewdemien4813 жыл бұрын
How tremendous. Omg never seen this before. Teas ready!
@dwdeclare19659 жыл бұрын
thank you! i remember watching this in the late 70s/early 80s when it was on tv after the holy grail. i haven't seen it since...until now of course.
@VikingOlberg-NymoenOfNorway3 жыл бұрын
As a Norwegian I cracked and went to the floor in cramps
@Primal4788 жыл бұрын
"Tørrrfisk, a delicatly fish flavoured baseball-bat." Lol
@cooliosos11 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this little gem
@S.Formo7510 жыл бұрын
John Cleese is Epic.
@victorrock19972 жыл бұрын
Indeed, you can definitely say that again! All the best!
@adelarsen977610 жыл бұрын
This was really funny. Thanks for uploading and sharing. I laughed all the way through. And Yes, this is all true. It's how Norway really is - every person, every day.
@victorr40279 жыл бұрын
Norway in a nutshell. Loved this video. Thanks for the upload.
@SkyeMpuremagic Жыл бұрын
I learned more about my ancestry from watching this than any of those damn dna tests... Suddenly everything starts to make sense. Bravo!
@mirdallke2 Жыл бұрын
nie wierz w te bzdury
@Madsa869 жыл бұрын
Love this video ! Cheers from Norway !
@anthonypie9509 Жыл бұрын
This is me every time I return home, happy and excited then i you land😮
@idal.44049 жыл бұрын
as a norwegian and I find this incredibly funny lol
@Monkofmagnesia10 жыл бұрын
I have not seen this since it first aired. Thank you!
@pathduck11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this up! I think it was made as the Montreux festival entry for Norway that year.
@Holmsbu-on-tape10 жыл бұрын
That's correct, it was Norway's (NRK)'s) contibution that year, and it won 2 of the prices at "Festival Rose d'Or". I think it was the Press Price, and the City of Montreux Price.
@NeuroticDummy10 жыл бұрын
6:47 - I hate it when that happens! Three times this week I've ended up going home with someone else's staff! I've been cursing Odin all evening, I'm so upset!
@axeper9 жыл бұрын
As a Norwegian, i can confirm this
@dcusa879 жыл бұрын
I Love it. And I'm from Norway !
@sailordude20946 ай бұрын
What a treat! I'm subscribing 10 seconds ago, thanks!
@mrswensson10 жыл бұрын
I live in Norway, and its sad how true this is.
@Anirossa10 жыл бұрын
What i am norwegian and this is so far from anything true... may been true for 100 years ago or longer
@MouseGuardian10 жыл бұрын
No, it`s funny how true it is!:D
@TheBabydread10 жыл бұрын
especially the backpacks and skies. no other form of transportation!
@deidara_85983 жыл бұрын
The critique of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee is on point and still accurate
@BeinSt19 жыл бұрын
Pure gold, i ve never seen this, men det var jævlig gøy :)
@victorrock19972 жыл бұрын
Nøyaktig! Det er helt akkurat Norweglish!
@joesparacino532910 жыл бұрын
Great Feature.
@EVERTONFC.2 жыл бұрын
Skullbumping. Brilliant.
@gamerman7276 Жыл бұрын
"Even now, the committee is in the process, go away, of reaching a final decision" 😂
@BritishComedyUK697 жыл бұрын
God bless Cleese!!
@alegnalowe36793 жыл бұрын
Good one john! I really enjoyed that!
@MrSociophobia10 жыл бұрын
It's true, we all wear backpacks, all the time.
@guidomotshagen75414 жыл бұрын
@iconoclast ah, that explains it. I'm from longer before 1990 than after. 😂😉
@SparkyLabs4 жыл бұрын
I must be Norwegian then, I go everywhere with one too.
@erikarneberg113 жыл бұрын
Thank god for the invention of waterproof fabrics- we can now wear our rucksacks in the shower and while swimming!
@AleXzorZ10 жыл бұрын
Haha, didn't know Cleese and the guys made a video about Norway, at least not this good! They actually got some real cultural stuff in there :)
@icarusnumberone10 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, I'n Norwegian and I find this hillarious! :) Have some humor people!! :)
@silverstrike60485 жыл бұрын
As a Viking I'd just like to applaud this documentary. I thought for a moment it was only a British comedy.
@grytlappar7 жыл бұрын
Aww, and the first thing we see is a Fjord horse... 💕🐴 They're so lovely.
@Mobiuus9 жыл бұрын
Elsker at ALLE har ryggsekk!
@recnepsgnitnarb65305 жыл бұрын
As a Norwegian American, I fully endorse this.
@TomDjll6 жыл бұрын
The ski gags are good
@SebHaarfagre10 жыл бұрын
Ahahahahha I'm laughing so hard now hahahha!! Yes this is exactly how we are especially the ski part hahaha I love it
@HorrneDj8 жыл бұрын
Im from norway, and i find this movie very funny! haha! to bad i was not alive in the good old days
@destonlee2838 Жыл бұрын
having never been. i am now thoroughly compelled.
@hstera10 жыл бұрын
This is some of the most trippy shit I've ever seen.
@waynemarvin56612 жыл бұрын
Ewwww.
@TheMontyPythonMuseumOnline10 жыл бұрын
As the uploader, I must say that I am surprised to discover this video is so popular, or at least, so hotly debated! Was it mentioned on some other website perhaps? (Yet the analytics don't show it to be widely embedded.)
@yongamer8 жыл бұрын
I think it's popularity comes from that many Norwegians like Cleese, and people who is talking about Norway. So I think most of the views comes from Norway.
@thebullshooter91808 жыл бұрын
I think what you are seeing is a new generation of Norwegians sharing the link on social media with each other. =) I'm a long time Cleese fan, but for some reason I had never seen this skit before. As we are used to being somewhat invisible to the world, *everyone* wants to see what little international attention we get.
@ian_b8 жыл бұрын
All Norwegian schoolchildren are required to watch this every morning before their hour of skullbumping practice.
@yongamer8 жыл бұрын
Hey !! That is offensive. We are not required to watch this before skullbumping.
@ian_b8 жыл бұрын
Vegard Fjeldberg I think you are a fake Norwegionist Person.
@DillaryHuff10 жыл бұрын
That advertisement poster for smoke said "every blow is a pleasure".
@guidomotshagen75414 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading, I am enjoying it. (In days long ago, before youtube and such, I made tapes for others, always writing on the cover: Enjoy
@lsmftymf5 жыл бұрын
3:35-5:47 The chanting is hilariously memorable.
@lyndapierson63385 жыл бұрын
silliness at it's finest
@GardEngebretsen8 жыл бұрын
Jeg liker hvordan alle går med ransel. I love how everyone walks with a backpack.
@DEATHMAJOR8 жыл бұрын
I couldn't help but notice that myself. I wonder why?
@toxendon6 жыл бұрын
Gisbrekt the lion tamer Because it's very common for Norwegians to go on hikes, ski trips etc. And then we usually bring backpacks
@soogoonu11 жыл бұрын
I must strongly protest for the gross inaccuracies of this nonetheless compelling documentary - the spray can shall not to be accredited to Raghebell in 1928 but to the more appropriate Eric Rotheim in 1926.
@lancashirebomber27398 жыл бұрын
my wife is norweigan, this video makes sense.
@hoibit8 жыл бұрын
does she....... "pine for the fjords"?
@alegnalowe36793 жыл бұрын
No culture is off limits with john and the pythons.I love it.I have french blood and i make fun of them too!
@bengt-oveandersson2914 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this in 1979. Hilarious. The bit with the Nobel Peace Prize is inspired.
@TheTripstraps10 жыл бұрын
that is just very funny. im not norwegian but living in there and that is just so true:D. in the beginning was also laughing about many of those things, now doing it myself:):). for example the backbag is the most comfortable bag to have:):). locals should probably also enjoy that clip, though some of them do not have a sense of selfirony:D
@WindTurbineSyndrome Жыл бұрын
Iceland has a viking festival in June in Halfnafjordir south of Reykjavik.
@WindTurbineSyndrome Жыл бұрын
Take a spoonful of cod liver oil. I dare you.
@BustaAkforaJ10 жыл бұрын
Hahaha at 12:54 you can actually see a typical Norwegian coming home from a vacation.
@DawnDavidson Жыл бұрын
The bikers on skis in the drive thru! The skis made for going up stairs! LOL😂
@HarveyKurtz9 жыл бұрын
Pythonesque :-) ! Thanks for uploading!
@kcporter-xk2yd10 жыл бұрын
"It was on a ship like this that my ancestors sailed to Britian and raped my forefathers...foremothers sorry" hahahahahaha
@eirikmarthinsen385010 жыл бұрын
This is so surreal
@mightymort9158 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I was born in the late 90's. It looked so dull back in the day.
@DavidCBSF3 жыл бұрын
I wanted to share this video with a Norwegian friend, but couldn't find it. I thought it was a Monty Python skit. "Skit?" sounds like a Norwegian word to me and I should know, I've never been there. Trolls, etc.
@gamerman7276 Жыл бұрын
In Norwegian, skit would be pronounced sh*t
@fredo10708 жыл бұрын
Finally found it. A friend told me about this years ago.
@LextheRobot9 жыл бұрын
I remember just the section on food airing on a Nickelodeon program called Turkey TV. To this day, there's a certain item at the local Chinese buffet that I refer to as "Terrrrrfisk".
@8ktavian10 жыл бұрын
It took me 14 min 2 understand that this is a joke.
@8ktavian10 жыл бұрын
No i live in the KINGDOM of Norway
@j0njn10 жыл бұрын
Wait, the ski bit didn't clue you in? Or the backpacks? Or the fact that it's narrated by John Cleese?
@8ktavian10 жыл бұрын
j0njn nope
@jizzfudgsickle361910 жыл бұрын
...WOW
@leighfoulkes729710 жыл бұрын
August Pettersen Or the whole "raped my forefather"?
@harpr54 жыл бұрын
those backpacks! :D
@geoffaldwinckle10966 жыл бұрын
If he made it 10 years later it would have had black metal i suppose... I loved this doco ever since it came out.
@DaveAlbiston10 жыл бұрын
ah.. memories! {sigh}
@BrucknerMotet3 жыл бұрын
At the 4:20 mark, it's hard not to be confronted with a serious Jawa vibe, given the high pitched speeded up gibberish voiceover admixed with the brown robed and hooded figures.
@nor-wayking67577 жыл бұрын
Herlig absurd slapstickonacid humor. Aud Schøneman som formann i nobelkomiteen, Jorun Kjeldsberg som Nora. Strålende.
@TheMontyPythonMuseumOnline7 жыл бұрын
Norway & Cleese did fake news before it was cool!
@alegnalowe36793 жыл бұрын
Makes ya want to go on a cruise!
@jennyfisher55577 жыл бұрын
Finland , Finland , Finland The country where I quite want to be.
@johcafra2 жыл бұрын
Hindsight being what it is I very much hope this was made with love. Nora's departure(s) in the Ibsen Doll's House sequence made me laugh out loud. But lest I laugh too loudly the sequence at 17:23 very nearly happened to me...in Pittsburgh.
@JaneXemylixa9 жыл бұрын
0:28 I'm giggling already :) The Russian guy named the wrong side of the Atlantic, and the sub makers got the wrong side of the equator!
@sj69867 ай бұрын
There should be a reality TV show that goes to each country and essentially roasts them - not necessarily the same way in each country but just enough to let the people of that country know that they are being mocked but not to get the cast/crew in trouble.
@wiedep11 жыл бұрын
Veldig morsom !
@georgeofthejungle36327 жыл бұрын
I knew a lot about my ancestors but had no idea that they were so funny, or that they all wear backpacks.
@TheMontyPythonMuseumOnline7 жыл бұрын
Everyday we learn, don't we? :)
@martinmansson50674 жыл бұрын
Hahaha i love the humor!!!!!
@winspyblabz21169 жыл бұрын
Wat d hell! Makes me laugh in the middle of the night :-) :-) goodnyt..
@gamerman7276 Жыл бұрын
Norway: Home of the New York Giants
@teltri9 жыл бұрын
John, .. Please. :-)
@SuperTastyone9 жыл бұрын
I've heard it said, Norway has the highest absenteeism from work than any other European country. . .when it's a nice day, many people go to their log cabins in the woods and mountains. If this is true. . . .I'm coming!. . . .
@TheMontyPythonMuseumOnline9 жыл бұрын
+Jack Mann Yes but also, high suicide rate.
@abettum54419 жыл бұрын
+The Monty Python Museum that's Finland...
@TheMontyPythonMuseumOnline9 жыл бұрын
+A Bettum Scandinavia in general, I thought?
@abettum54419 жыл бұрын
The Monty Python Museum Finland is "famous" for having one the highest suicide rates in the world. Don't think Norways has a particularly high suicide rate. And Finland is not one of the scandinavian countries;)
@TheMontyPythonMuseumOnline9 жыл бұрын
A Bettum Depends which website you check, and for which year, but all of Scandinavia scores pretty high. Which often includes Finland and Iceland or even sometimes Greenland.
@honzasindler85499 жыл бұрын
Hello, is there not any other of this serie? I liked this very much and I would like to check the others
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods8 жыл бұрын
Who put that tab of acid in my tea?
@kabalder10 жыл бұрын
:D ..in keeping with the theme of the program -- I've seen parts of this before(bits of this has been recycled), and genuinely believed up until now that it was actually made by a Norwegian comedy trio in the 80's, in isolation from everything else around the world up here in the cold north. I'm sorry. I truly am. Also, angry. A little bit. Not too much.
@waynemarvin56612 жыл бұрын
You evidently missed the credits.
@quantickjumps Жыл бұрын
Small details are really cool. Every Norwegian has a backpack 😅
@andreasmerkesdal62409 жыл бұрын
Were did they get "scollbumping" from?
@iceandale43919 жыл бұрын
Telemark, I've seen it at the farmers show there ha ha
@falcychead81983 жыл бұрын
8:32 Is that Jennifer Saunders?
@silnetofsn8 жыл бұрын
wish I could live in Norway..
@neo_varna8 жыл бұрын
Who is the nobel prise winner i didnt hear it ? 25:00
@theRealRindberg10 жыл бұрын
I especially loved the ski part :D ...but you shouldn't drink and drive! even if you'r a great skier. /love from your neighbor.
@nimvin10 жыл бұрын
Oh STFU!! No one needs a prissy-preachy reminder not to drink and drive. Jeez!! Can't ya just enjoy the humor and leave people alone??!!
@theRealRindberg10 жыл бұрын
nimvin It was a joke... not drinking and driving have absolutely nothing to do if you're a skier or not. That's the joke, mixing two things together that has nothing to do with each other just so that one can "prissy-preachy" about it.
@nimvin10 жыл бұрын
I don't quite understand your response here, but if you were just joking, then I'm sorry I responded so harshly. Seems like every time we turn around, we're being given "good advice" these days, so I guess I was a little over-sensitive. Didn't mean to misunderstand your point. Sorry about that.
@theRealRindberg10 жыл бұрын
nimvin I totally agree about the "good advice" thing! The joke is also about Petter Northug, the worlds best cross country skier from Norway, who was caught for drunk driving and because of this will miss the cross country ski world cup that is taking place in Sweden (where I'm from). So it may not be such a fun joke if you're from Norway ;)
@nimvin10 жыл бұрын
Duly noted, RealRinderberg. Maybe I should have gotten more info before I chimed in and cranked at that commenter. Sorry. And thanks for explaining this further.
@ZuNk10 жыл бұрын
I would say america is the home of the giants, if you catch my drift!
@Relikvien10 жыл бұрын
Haaha!
@Philla15409 жыл бұрын
+NorseWarriorFromNorway No... We norwegians don`t catch your drift.