These multi-talented and super bright brothers from Norway never cease to amaze.
Remember "What Does the Fox Say?" Some people didn't like that song. I loved it. Somehow, I discovered WDTFS on YouTube when the video viewing count was still under 100,000. I think, at present, views are at something like 945 million.
Hearing the angelic voices of the the Ylvis brothers, and watching them prance around in their silly costumes, I was mesmerized by their charisma and wit. I just had to have more. I watched every single one of their videos. Then I watched their talk show: " I kveld med YLVIS."
In 2014, Ylvis played at the Oslo Spektrum. I flew from CA to Oslo, just to see them in concert. By that time, WDTFS had lost a bit of its shine for me, but the rest of their music was just as I had hoped. It was a fantastic concert.
In L.A., about a year or so later, I attended a book signing (Ylvis had written a children's book) and got to meet Bard and Vegard. The brothers were wonderfully kind and patient with their fans. Such happy and gracious men.
Naturally, after the enormous success with WDTFS, the brothers hit a bit of a slump. It was a hard act to follow. They pretty much fell off the radar for those outside of Norway.
I am glad to see the Ylvisaker brothers come back to us with such brilliant material. These 7 episodes of "Stories from Norway" are all excellent. What makes them especially fun is not just the terrific humor, but also the fact that each episode is a history lesson. It's pretty impressive: the writing, the singing, the dancing, the acting. In each episode, the brothers play multiple parts. It's amazing how they adapt themselves to their characters.
The storylines, though: I cannot *believe* a lot of these things happened in real life. Who knew that Norway nearly started World War III? Not me.
If you don't laugh and laugh at the idiocy and hypocrisy and human failings that the brothers blow the lid off of and relentlessly take to task in Stories from Norway, then there's something wrong with you. I laughed so hard at "such and such," it brought tears to my eyes. Thank gawd for Yeltsin. I never knew he was such a hero.
Remember "What Does the Fox Say?" Some people didn't like that song. I loved it. Somehow, I discovered WDTFS on YouTube when the video viewing count was still under 100,000. I think, at present, views are at something like 945 million.
Hearing the angelic voices of the the Ylvis brothers, and watching them prance around in their silly costumes, I was mesmerized by their charisma and wit. I just had to have more. I watched every single one of their videos. Then I watched their talk show: " I kveld med YLVIS."
In 2014, Ylvis played at the Oslo Spektrum. I flew from CA to Oslo, just to see them in concert. By that time, WDTFS had lost a bit of its shine for me, but the rest of their music was just as I had hoped. It was a fantastic concert.
In L.A., about a year or so later, I attended a book signing (Ylvis had written a children's book) and got to meet Bard and Vegard. The brothers were wonderfully kind and patient with their fans. Such happy and gracious men.
Naturally, after the enormous success with WDTFS, the brothers hit a bit of a slump. It was a hard act to follow. They pretty much fell off the radar for those outside of Norway.
I am glad to see the Ylvisaker brothers come back to us with such brilliant material. These 7 episodes of "Stories from Norway" are all excellent. What makes them especially fun is not just the terrific humor, but also the fact that each episode is a history lesson. It's pretty impressive: the writing, the singing, the dancing, the acting. In each episode, the brothers play multiple parts. It's amazing how they adapt themselves to their characters.
The storylines, though: I cannot *believe* a lot of these things happened in real life. Who knew that Norway nearly started World War III? Not me.
If you don't laugh and laugh at the idiocy and hypocrisy and human failings that the brothers blow the lid off of and relentlessly take to task in Stories from Norway, then there's something wrong with you. I laughed so hard at "such and such," it brought tears to my eyes. Thank gawd for Yeltsin. I never knew he was such a hero.
