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'''[[Langt fra Las Vegas']]'' (''Far Away from Las Vegas'') is a Danish sitcom series running from 2001 to 2003, lasting 53 episodes. The series is about Casper Christensen, [[As Himself|played by the real Danish comedian Casper Christensen]] who works at the fictional TV station Jump Start with his close friend, the [[Butt Monkey]] and sports journalist Kenny Nickelmann; their boss, the [[Anything That Moves|super perverted]] Niels Buckingham; the slightly retarded and [[Adult Child|childish]] cameraman Robert Dølhus; the impulsive and somewhat weird culture journalist Kim Dorowski; the [[Only Sane Woman]] secretary Lisa Bremer Harris, and later in the series, Casper's [[Tsundere]] girlfriend Liva Eberhart, who works as chief communications officer.
 
The series initially follows the quirky everyday life at Jump Start with Casper's attempts to score women when he is single or get along with his two girlfriends Anne (in season 1) and Liva (seasons 2-5) as a subplot. From season 2 onward, Casper's female relations are made the focal point, while the work at Jump Start mostly loses its importance to the plot and only provides the majority of the funny moments of the series.
 
''Langt fra Las Vegas'' is noted for being the only successful traditional sitcom on Danish television. It also at times spoofs the genre with the quirky characters typical for the genre turned [[Up to Eleven]] and the name "far away from Las Vegas", implying that this is not your American sitcom.
 
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=== The series includes examples of: ===
* [[Absurdly Bright Light]]: When Buckingham wants to make his colleagues more healthy, he buys a lamp with Absurdly Bright Light as a substitute for sunlight.
* [[Accidental Art]]: At some point [[Terrible Artist|Robert]] draws [[It Makes Sense in Context|Lisa's vagina]]. A gallery owner then passes by and declares it to be an exceptional artwork that he wants to exhibit in his art gallery.
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* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Played with. When Casper finds a picture of a beautiful woman at Kenny's desk, he instantly falls in love. Then Kenny tells him it's actually a guy. Casper gets shocked, but later he gets to know that the guy is due for a gender change and the picture was a computer simulation on how he'd look after the change. Casper falls in love again.
* [[Drunk with Power]]: The boss Niels Buckingham constantly tries to fire his employees for the weirdest reasons and he prohibits even more weird thing.
* [[Easy Come, Easy Go]]: Robert's "magical" football shirt in the third episode.
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Kenny "Bøs Bøs" Nikkelmann, "bøs bøs" meaning "gay gay". Not quite a preferrable nickname for an extreme homophobe.
* [[Embarrassing Old Photo]]: Casper and Liva try to outdo in each other in these in one of the first episodes after their breakup. Liva insists that Casper's official Jump Start photo will be a photo where he is 17 years old, fat and nerdy-looking. Casper shows a topless photo of Liva from the year before on national television.
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* [[Initiation Ceremony]]: In season 1, the guys at Jump Start discuss which male celebrity they would like to give a blowjob. They insist that Robert also participates in this discussion if he wants to hang out with them.
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: After Casper's breakup with Liva:
{{quote| '''Kenny:''' It's good that you got rid of that "so"... ("so" being a Danish derogatory term for a woman, like "bitch", literally meaning "sow")<br />
'''Casper:''' Listen Kenny, I've decided that we are to part ways as friends.<br />
'''Kenny:''' Oh, of course I meant "that solid and nice woman". }}
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Robert's "does the bear crap in the forest" reply when someone asks him a rhetorical question. Probably should be seen by someone understanding Danish to get the joke.
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* [[Naughty by Night]]: Kim likes to believe she is this, especially in season 1, where she is the boss and dresses more formally.
* [[Nonverbal Miscommunication]]: Robert at times. For example, when Buckingham says to Kenny "if you do not pull yourself together..." and makes a throat slash gesture at him. Robert then exclaims: "Does Kenny get a scarf if he doesn't pull himself together? That's unfair!"
* [[Noodle Incident]]: All of Buckingham's anecdotes that he doesn't go in [[Squick|Squicky]]y details with, can be said to be [[Noodle Incident|noodle incidents]].
* [[No Sense of Humor]]: Liva's parents.
* [[Not So Above It All]]: Lisa in the episode where she and Kim make up tons of weird slang words for "penis".
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[[Category:Comedy Series]]
[[Category:Langt Frafra Las Vegas]]
[[Category:TV Series]]
[[Category:Danish Media]]
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