Name: Ulf og Claus Show
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980-09-27
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Claus Ryskjær, Ulf Pilgaard, Kirsten Norholt

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Comedy show in four parts. Pilgaard and Ryskjær deals with the issues from everyday life.. as they see it.

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Ulf Pilgaard, Claus Ryskjær, and Claus Strandberg in Ulf og Claus Show (1980)

Kirsten Norholt and Claus Strandberg in Ulf og Claus Show (1980)

Claus Ryskjær in Ulf og Claus Show (1980)

Ulf Pilgaard and Claus Ryskjær in Ulf og Claus Show (1980)

Kirsten Norholt, Ulf Pilgaard, and Claus Ryskjær in Ulf og Claus Show (1980)

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