Sunday, January 6, 2008

pompel & pilt

The Norwegian TV-show "Pompel & Pilt" was both loved and hated in its home country due to the surreal, amoral personalities of its characters. After the series was broadcast in 1969, 1973, 1976, 1979 and 1985, the show was banned by NRK (Norwegian National Broadcasting) as it was deemed too dangerous for children. After this a huge cult-following grew, demanding to get "Pompel og Pilt" back on television and today the characters are considered one of the greatest pop-cultural icons in Norwegian television-history.

basically they are repairmen. and then there's a guy named gorgon. who has an obsessive compulsive disorder, constantly saying words that rhyme with "reparere". which means repair. and then there's some weird animal called a moffedille that eats keys and communicates through speech bubbles and howling noises.

episode one:


episode two:


episode three:

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