Musical artist
Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau
(born 12 August 1970) is a
Norwegian
musician, TV host, comedian, author, and songwriter. He was born in
Oslo
.
Radio and television shows
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Schau is known from several radio shows (most of them also with his brother Alexander Schau) including
XL
,
Karate
, and
Et Norge I Krig
. On TV he has been involved in the shows
XLTV
,
Team Antonsen
(2004), and
De 7 dødssyndene
(2007). He has also been part of several bands, among them Gartnerlosjen,
Hurra Torpedo
, Kaper Gjete, Sinsen, Reidar Roses Orkester, Datsun,
The Cumshots
,
Mongo Ninja
, White Urine and The Dogs. He is also the writer of the
Norwegian
underground
comic
Margarin
which is now discontinued. He has created the television shows
Dag
and
One Night
with his friend
Øystein Karlsen
.
De 7 dødssyndene
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In 2007, Schau launched his television show,
De 7 dødssyndene
, focusing on the
seven deadly sins
. In the show, Schau attempted to commit all the deadly sins, combined with Schau and his co-hosts,
Øystein Karlsen
and
Morten Stale Nilsen
, presenting information on the history of sin and related subjects. Many Norwegian conservative Christians protested against the program. They organized a petition and a boycott against the show's corporate sponsors, leading to several companies dropping their advertisements.
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This did not decrease the show's popularity.
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"Forfall"
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One of his projects had him living in a brown
Opel Rekord
automobile for a whole week. This event was also televised in daily segments. Another one of his projects was
"Forfall"
(
en
.
decline
), where Schau devoted an entire week to living as unhealthily as possible. Originally the idea was to deteriorate both physically and mentally, but despite the initial intentions in the mental area (reading books by Norwegian pulp fiction authors), the project mainly focused on eating unhealthy foods and smoking. He spent the entire week on display in an
Oslo
shop window. The project was also shown on TV and streamed on the internet for the entire week. He gained about 10 kg (22 lbs) and his
cholesterol
level skyrocketed during the project. He also nearly suffered a
heatstroke
when the temperature in the shop window display was significantly increased. The heat experiment was then aborted.
Court case
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During the 2004
Quartfestival
, a couple, who were both members of
Fuck for Forest
, had sex on stage during a concert with
The Cumshots
, a band fronted by Schau. This led to a
lawsuit
against Schau, the other band members and the couple who performed the sex stunt. Schau and his bandmate
Ole Petter Andreassen
were both fined 10 000
NOK
for their roles in the stunt.
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