Pyjama Party

Pyjama Party
Also known as 'Siskonpeti'
Genre comedy
Created by Anna Dahlman, Pirjo Heikkilä, Niina Lahtinen, Julia Jokinen, Katja Lappi
Written by Anna Dahlman, Pirjo Heikkilä, Niina Lahtinen, Krisse Salminen, Sanna Stellan, Joonas Nordman
Starring Pirjo Heikkilä, Niina Lahtinen, Krisse Salminen, Sanna Stellan, Jarkko Niemi, Joonas Nordman
Composer(s) Katja Lappi
Country of origin Finland
Original language(s) Finnish
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 24
Production
Executive producer(s) Olli Haikka, Milla Bruneau, Petja Peltomaa
Producer(s) Julia Jokinen, Jenni Säntti, Tuula Länsisalmi (Yle)
Cinematography Teppo Högman
Editor(s) Jesse Jokela
Running time 23 minutes
Production company(s) Yellow Film & TV
Release
Original network Yle
Original release January 2, 2014 (2014-01-02) – January 7, 2016 (2016-01-07)

Pyjama Party (Finnish: Siskonpeti) is a Finnish sketch comedy starring Niina Lahtinen, Pirjo Heikkilä, Sanna Stellan, Krisse Salminen, Joonas Nordman and Jarkko Niemi. Pyjama Party is scripted by the director Anna Dahlman with the actresses and composed by Katja Lappi.

The first season aired in Finland in 2014 and the second season in 2015. TV-series is produced by Yellow Film & TV and aired by Yle.[1]

Pyjama Party is an unruly and sassy sketch comedy show with full of music, entertainment, personal accounts of the comedians’ private lives and weird performances such as awkward wedding speeches and clumsy lap dances. Every episode deals with a different type of theme e.g. Relationship (season 1 episode 2), Home (season 1 episode 3), Work (season 1 episode 4) or Sex (season 1 episode 5). Pyjama Party's sketch Booze day which shows parents behaving like little children in a liquor store became an international YouTube hit in 2015.[2] It also received the annual award for promoting temperance in 2015.[3]

Awards

Pyjama Party won Kultainen Venla Award for the best comedy and sketch program in 2014 and 2015.[4][5] Pyjama Party was also selected for a nominee of The Best Comedy Show in Rose d'Or Awards 2016.[6]

References

  1. Yellow Film & TV. "Pyjama Party". Yellow Film & TV. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. Reddit (15 November 2015). "Finnish Booze Day for the parents". Reddit. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. Me Naiset (16 October 2015). "Popular TV-show received surprising recognition". Me Naiset. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. IMDb (January 2016). "Winners 2016". IMDb. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. IMDb (15 January 2015). "Winners 2015". IMDb. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. Rose d'Or (11 July 2016). "Nominations announced for the Rose d'Or Awards 2016". Rose d'Or. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.