The Real Swedish Chef

Postad September 19, 2007 under Information, Rörlig bild

Kommer ni ihåg det abnormt roliga figuren “Swedish Chef” i Mupparna? Jag fick för mig att göra lite research i ämnet eftersom jag har hört att karaktären ska vara baserad på en riktig cock, som höll i ett matlagsningsprogram i Staterna. Jag letade lite och kom snart in på Wikipedia:

“Nearly all Swedish Chef sketches begin with him in a kitchen, waving some utensils while singing his signature song in a trademark mock Swedish — a semi-comprehensible gibberish which parodies the characteristic vowel sounds of Swedish. The opening song usually sounds possibly something like: “Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue / Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn børk! børk! børk!”, but in fact changes subtly in every episode.”

“It is sometimes said that the Swedish Chef character was based on real life Swedish chef Lars “Kuprik” Bäckman. He claims that his rather unsuccessful appearance on an early edition of Good Morning America caught the attention of Jim Henson, who later bought the rights to the recording and created Lars Bäckman’s Muppet alter ego. Bäckman’s Dalecarlian accent would explain the chef’s strange pronunciation. This story is however denied by Muppet writer Jerry Juhl.”

Turns out att han är riktigt jävla aktiv fortfarande. Och det har IKEA i England sett till.