Reviews

Romeo Clive (Alf Prøysen) is a vagabond and street artist how meets up with a funny female character called Kanutten (Anne Cath. Vestly). Most of their time is spent in the streets of Oslo trying to earn some money for food, fleeing from police and other authority, or trying to make Kanutten understand "modern city life". Kanutten has a small toy/device/what-ever called a "Mette-pipp" (no, the word makes no sense in Norwegian either) and by waving it she can make "long food" (hotdogs) and "round food" (buns). In all episodes there will be at least one song performed by Romeo Clive, either written or re-written to fit the context of the episode. Alf Prøysen was one of the best loved authors and singer/songwriter of his time.

Kanutten and Romeo Clive were important characters for children in Norway as late as the mid eighties, but there hasn't been any re-runs for at least twenty years. I miss them, but I believe time has taken its toll on the stories. The story telling is slow, deliberate and quite detailed, and I don't know if modern children would have the patience to sit out a full episode of twenty minutes.