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Lasse Rimmer Nielsen is a
Danish
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stand-up comedian
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and television and radio host.
He made his first appearance as a stand-up comedian in 1993 at Café Din's in
Copenhagen
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and participated in ''
DM i Stand-Up (Danish Championship in Stand-up)'' in the same place in October 1993.
He wrote and took part in
DR2
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's
Casper & Mandrilaftalen
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in 1999 and later hosted the
quiz program ''
Jeopardy!
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'' for almost four years, from January 2000 to November 2003.
From 18 November 2003 he was co-host of
Radio 100FM Radio 100 (former "Radio 100FM") is a Danish radio channel. The name refers to the fact that the station used to broadcast on 100.0 MHz on the FM spectrum in the Greater Copenhagen Area.
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's morning show ''
Morgenhyrderne
Morgenhyrderne was a morning show on the Danish radio channel Radio 100FM. The show featured Lasse Rimmer, Lars Hjortshøj and Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph and broadcast every weekday morning.
The hosts discussed news stories - typically politics ...
'', first along with
Lars Hjortshøj
Lars Hjortshøj (born 3 June 1967 in Hinnerup) is a Danish stand-up comedian and television and radio host.
He has taken part in many Danish shows, including '' Casper & Mandrilaftalen'' and in the sit-com '' Langt fra Las Vegas''.
As of Februa ...
(since replaced by
Simon Jul) and
Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph
Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph (born 1 July 1976 in Vejen) is a Danish TV and radio host. She was previously a co-host in the morning show ''Morgenhyrderne'' on Radio 100FM along with Lasse Rimmer and Lars Hjortshøj. She resigned in March 2006.
In 200 ...
(since replaced by
Signe Muusmann), and still is.
Lasse has been a presenter for events such as the Danish stand-up charity show
Talegaver til børn and
Studenterlaugets
Commerciel Awards 2004.
External links
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Living people
Danish male comedians
Danish stand-up comedians
Danish radio presenters
People from Aarhus
Year of birth missing (living people)