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comedy groups, Galenskaparna and After Shave, from

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'' 5 December 2011, retrieved 11 April 2013 Since the early 1980s, Galenskaparna och After Shave have produced nearly 28 revues, restaurant shows, and tours, as well as 8 movies, 5 television series and 30 studio albums. Galenskaparna och After Shave has made some of the biggest movie, TV, song and revue successes in Swedish history, including TV series '' Macken'' (The Petrol Station), the movie ''Hajen som visste för mycket'' (The Shark that Knew Too Much) and the revue ''Stinsen brinner'' (The Station Master is on Fire).

Members

Galenskaparna is a comedy troupe which was formed in 1978. Members of the group are Anders Eriksson, his older brother Claes Eriksson and Kerstin Granlund. Granlund and Claes Eriksson had previously appeared together in a popular student comedy group called Utan Lots, 1972–77, at university. After Shave formed in 1979 as a barbershop quartet at

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in Gothenburg. Its members are Jan Rippe (''bass''), Knut Agnred (''solo''/''tenor'') and Per Fritzell (''tenor''). Peter Rangmar (''baritone'') was the fourth member, but died in 1997 at 41 years old. Most of the original members of the two groups are still members of Galenskaparna & After Shave; the exceptions are Rangmar, who was a member until his death, and Granlund, who left the group in the early 2000s. The motor and key person of the group is often said to be Claes Eriksson, as he generally is the writer and director of the group's various productions, and also the person writing the songs for the productions. The group is influenced a lot by the humour of both

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and Hasseåtage, as well as

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(in terms of his musical humour and playfulness with texts and lyrics), and also the physical comedy of

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and

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. Claes Eriksson is also a sharp political critic, and uses humour to comment on Swedish society and politics.

Productions

Revues, musical theatre

*1982 ''Skruven är lös'' ("The Screw is Loose") *1983 ''Träsmak'' ("Taste of Wood") *1985 ''Cyklar'' ("Bikes") *1987 ''Stinsen brinner'' ("The Station Master is on Fire") *1991 ''Grisen i säcken'' ("The Pig in the Bag") *1992 ''Skruven är lös'' *1994 ''Lyckad nedfrysning av herr Moro'' ("Successful Freezing of Mr. Moro") *1996 ''Kanske Rödluvan'' ("Maybe

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") *1997 ''Alla ska bada'' ("Everyone Will Bathe") *2000 ''Allt Möjligt'' ("Everything Possible") *2000 ''Jul Jul Jul'' ("Christmas Christmas Christmas") *2002 ''Kasinofeber'' ("Casino Fever")

Innshows and shows

*1987 ''Kabaré Kumlin'' *1996 ''Kajskjul 8'' *1996 ''Åke från Åstol'' *1999 ''En himla helkul kväll'' *2004 ''Falkes Fondue'' *2007 ''Familjen Falke'' *2007 ''Cabaret Cartwright''

Tours

*1987 ''Norrlandsturné'' - a tour in

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. *1987 ''Slottsturné'' - a tour in different château ruins in

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. *1993 ''Nå't nytt?'' ("Something new?") *1994 ''Resan som blev av'' ("The Journey that Happened") *2000 ''Gladpack'' ( Glad wrap) *2001 ''Den gode, den onde, den fule och Rippe'' - a parody/satire on

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. *2004 ''Det ska va gôtt å leva'' ("It Should Be Good to Live")

Television program

*1983 ''Jonssons onsdag'' ("Jonssons Wednesday") - the group's first television program. *1986 '' Macken'' ("The Petrol Station") - one of the most popular television comedies in Swedish history. *1989 ''En himla många program'' ("A Whole Lot of Programs") *1993 ''Tornado'' - the group's second most popular television series. *2000 ''Gladpack''

Movies

*1986 ''The Castle Tour'' - a shortmovie recording in Tjolöholms slott outside of Gothenburg. *1987 '' Leif'' *1989 '' Hajen som visste för mycket'' ("The Shark That Knew too Much") *1990 ''Macken - Roy & Rogers Bilservice'' ("The Petrol Station - Roy's and Roger's car service") *1991 ''Stinsen brinner... filmen alltså'' ("The Station Master is on Fire... The film, that is") *1996 ''Monopol'' ("Monopoly") *1998 ''Åke från Åstol'' - the second shortmovie recording on the island Åstol in

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. *2006 ''Den enskilde medborgaren'' ("The Individual Citizen")

References

External links

GAS-klubben
- Galenskaparna och After Shave's fanclub
Lorensbergsteatern
- Galenskaparna och After Shave's theatre
Kulturtuben
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