He is Norway's jazz champion, known in rock history as the record producer who created "Bergen Beat," Norway's version of "Mersey Beat." But it was when he took to television in the mid-1960s that he conquered the country with his sometimes cheeky and exuberant humor. Together with Harald Heide-Steen Jr., he became known as Wesensteen, with holiday bishop Fjertnes, the Root Vegetable Council, double fustasjopphengsforkoblinger, and many other crazy ideas. On his own, he became Fleksnes in eterna...