Kurt Olssons Television & Sommartelevision
Season 1
In his own hand-made television program, Kurt Olsson offers tips, competitions, reports and a live women's orchestra.
Where to Watch Season 1
11 Episodes
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E1Avsnitt 1Kurt Olsson and his cameraman Arne start broadcasting Kurt Olsson's Television from a small cottage beside the switch yard at the Gothenburg railway station. Kurt hasn't got any permission from his sister-in-law to use her cottage. In the middle of the show she turns up, is very upset, but cannot stop the program. The show contains a series of recurring pieces. In "This Is My Life" Kurt shows the razed stones of his childhood home. In "Sweden in Real Life" Kurt reports from a platform at the railway station. In enthusiastic words he describes the electrified atmosphere in the crowd waiting for the train. When the train arrives, he interviews passengers and the engineer about the fantastic trip. In "Pottering" Kurt shows how to make a bonnet that can protect the hair from getting greasy, when you are frying bacon. The musical parts of the show are performed by Kurt Olsson's Lady Orchestra. He treats the female musicians in a condescending way, except his favorite Gudrun. Accompanied by the orchestra Kurt sings two of Siw Malmkvist's old hits. - Avsnitt 2
E2Avsnitt 2Kurt and Arne return to the small cottage to broadcast a new episode of Kurt Olsson's Television. Gudrun is going with them in the car, but the rest of the Lady Orchestra has to walk, carrying all their musical instruments. In the series "This Is My Life" Kurt returns to his childhood schoolyard. He shows how his classmates used to let out the air of the headmaster's bike, and he being unjustly accused of it. In the tour around the big TV-house, Kurt this time shows the painters' workshop and the joinery in an inadequate way. In the series "Sweden in Real Life" Kurt reports from the yard of the big car industry in Gothenburg. Kurt says that the air smells fresh, although a fir tree and a bear die in the background. In today's "Pottery" Kurt shows how to turn an inner tube of a bike into a fitness tool. Accompanied by the Lady Orchestra Kurt sings two old hits, originally performed by Nona Brockstedt and Siw Malmkvist. - Avsnitt 3
E3Avsnitt 3Kurt has got a cold and should have been at home in his bed, but is going to make today's program nevertheless, as he doesn't want to make his viewers disappointed. In the series "This Is My Life" Kurt shows his old workplace at the storage in the Eriksberg dockyard, where he doesn't give the workers the tools they ask for. In the series "How to make television" he shows a control room at the big TV studio. A red light signals that a live broadcast is going on, but Kurt ignores this and enters the studio. Siwert Öholm is interviewing the prime minister, while others try to get Kurt out of the studio. But Kurt goes straight up to the prime minister, and starts interviewing him for Kurt Olsson's Television. In the series "Sweden in Real Life" Kurt visits the bridge in a ferry at Gothenburg harbor. When he tries to start the machinery, the ferry capsizes and sinks to the bottom. In today's "Pottery" Kurt shows how to transform an empty plastic vessel into a flower vase. . Accompanied by the Lady Orchestra Kurt sings two old hits, originally performed by Sven-Gösta Jonsson and Siw Malmkvist. - Avsnitt 4
E4Avsnitt 4Waiting outside the cottage, Kurt Olsson's stepsister's foot is run over by his car when Kurt and Arne arrive by car. In his own inimitable fashion, Kurt show the viewers how to make their own unsinkable soap dish, visits the television building to interview a director, visit a restaurant to review their pea soup and sing two songs with the ladies' orchestra. - Avsnitt 5
E5Avsnitt 5After reading letters from the viewers and giving advice on how to prepare your car for the winter, Kurt Olsson take the viewers on an exciting tram ride through Gothenburg. After singing a song made famous by Anna-Lena Löfgren Kurt show the viewers how to make a table decoration for Christmas. Kurt's stepsister show up to try to interrupt the broadcast before Kurt sing the season's final song, It's My Party.
