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Yeah...
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Yeah...
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I'm running for office,
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at the top of the ticket
for the Best Party in Reykjavik.
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I was born in Reykjavik
and I've lived here all my life
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but that's not the reason
I'm running for office.
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The reason is that the
powers-that-be have failed.
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I think that I have an excellent
background to be mayor.
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For a number of years I worked
in a psych ward.
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And I almost completed my maritime
certificate
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which would have allowed me
to captain a small vessel.
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I almost passed it, so I have
the experience,
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and I hold a commercial driver's
license,
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so I can drive a truck.
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Yeah...
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Some people came up with
the idea to import squirrels,
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import them from London.
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Somebody put this on my table.
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"GERMICIDE"
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I'm not sure if I should
take the hint and use it.
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Use it for the enormous
cleaning that awaits me.
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Yeah... Today I've made
the rounds in the city
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and met with people who
have been wonderful,
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and I've met with so many
and I'm deeply touched
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by all the kindness I sensed
among the people.
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This campaign
was begun solely so that
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I can get a good salary and use
the city's summerhouse by the water.
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And it's such fun to visit workplaces
and to experience the kinds of things
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that the proles do
all day long, all kinds of proles.
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And I will strive to get
as high a salary as possible
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for doing as little as possible.
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We have a hailstorm...
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The Best Party is a transparent
and democratic party
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which has the welfare of human
beings as its guiding light.
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You're not even allowed to vote.
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Everybody who can vote matters.
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We intend to listen more to broads.
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We have a number of broads
on our ticket. -Broads?
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Yes, and girls too.
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Do you have any minorities?
-Yes, we have one handicapped person.
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That's good.
-And then we'll have one old broad.
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We'll offer more free
things to people.
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The swimming pools will be
free, and towels too.
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The buses will be free
for students...
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No, for everybody.
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It's fun
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to be a part of a living struggle.
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Not a struggle really but an activity.
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To participate in a dynamic
activity and
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get the chance to meet
so many people.
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At the beginning of the 2006 term
everything was prospering
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and unemployment was only 2.4%.
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It was the first time that a mayor
was unseated in Reykjavik.
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My name will be on everybody's lips:
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Master Arnheim.
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I could easily be in an institution.
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The representatives of the F Party
and the Independent Party
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will form a new majority
until the end of the term.
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But the change in mayors
didn't go without a hitch.
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"You're no fucking mayor!
Get out, man!"
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The new alliance only lasted
for seven months.
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Four years later
the unemployment rate was at 9.5%.
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I come in peace.
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I'm only a comedian from the past.
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The ash from the volcano continues
to disrupt air traffic in Europe.
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Millions of travelers are left stranded.
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The ash has disrupted air traffic
more than the 9/11 attacks.
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The Icelandic banks were
robbed from the inside.
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The liquidity crisis felled Glitnir bank
and the state came to the rescue.
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How are you?
-Not very well. I feel bad.
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Good...
That's good to hear.
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The other banks,
to the best of my knowledge,
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are not in the same
predicament as Glitnir.
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More and more people can't
afford food
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and have to turn to charitable organizations
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There's a real danger,
my dear countrymen,
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that the Icelandic economy,
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in the worst-case scenario,
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could be swallowed
along with the banks into the maelstrom
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and the nation
could become bankrupt.
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This is a problem that has been caused by
the Icelandic government
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I have talked to the prime minister about it,
It is totally unexeptable behaviour.
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With strikes, with demonstrations
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and by carrying you out
of the government buildings
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in which you hide...
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We will ask for formal talks
with the IMF...
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I will only say that it's a great
mistake
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for people to think they'll get anywhere
with illegal actions...
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Down with the gasoline...
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You can't stop minding the diet
even though you're dead.
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We are really shocked
and we don't know what's going on.
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Holy fucking fuck!
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Major projects that were
started at the beginning of the term
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have been stalled, and
new buildings stand empty...
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It's a joke...
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People have had it
with corruption...
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They promise everything
and do nothing...
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The entertainer Jon Gnarr
made it official
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that he has founded a political
party called the Best Party.
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I felt it was about time
that I received a good salary.
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You thought that I was stupid
but it's you who are the stupid ones.
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You are idiots.
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This is the first joke campaign
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that has received more than zero
point something of the vote
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and this is the first poll, so I feel
that this is a major victory.
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3%, we're almost equal
to the Progressives,
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who have been killing
off this nation for centuries.
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So I consider this a major victory.
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I have been a comedian
in Iceland for twenty years,
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more than twenty years.
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Now I might be leaving that scene.
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My only wish is to make people happy.
That's my main goal.
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And it's not been a bed of roses,
trying to make this nation happy.
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I've been charged more
often than the average criminal.
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I've been charged twenty or thirty times
but never sentenced for anything,
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only charged.
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And there is nowhere in Icelandic law
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where it says somebody can be judged
for not being funny.
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I have researched it.
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About this Gallup poll:
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the Progressives have slightly
more of a following than we do,
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and we intend to lure
support from them.
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We'll offer farmers and people
in rural areas "two for one deals"
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or "a night on the town".
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Farmers can take
animals with them
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into their hotel rooms,
sheep for instance,
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in a "two for one" deal,
no extra charge.
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I aim for a clear majority.
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One hundred percent.
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I was always tired and didn't
have enough energy for anything,
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but after I became acquainted
with amphetamine-steroids
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my life has completely turned around.
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Today I have all the energy I need.
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And I don't have to sleep a wink.
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"AMPHETAMINE-STEROIDS
Increase alertness and endurance."
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I googled "Can you make fun of
everything?"
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and, lo and behold,
someone's looked into it.
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So my answer to "Jon, can you
make fun of everything?"
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is yes, according to the research...
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Yes, it's possible, but it matters
how it's done, when and who does it.
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But it's allowed.
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Little has been heard of
him in decades
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but he lives in our memory
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and has now returned,
and he has forgotten nothing.
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"Adolf Hitler: No Regrets"
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A brand new CD with twenty songs
from this great singer.
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Get your copy now.
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"No Regrets", the new CD
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from the heartthrob Adolf Hitler,
will not disappoint.
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Yes, sometimes
we have crossed the line and...
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We promise to never do it again.
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It's happened a few times
but it won't happen again.
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I can't stand this snow,
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and it's so strange that most people
see it as romantic or charming.
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"Oh, it's started to snow..."
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Jon, will you take a look
at the lyrics?
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We have two versions.
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Shouldn't Jon sing first?
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You sing the lines in the box...
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The lines in the box...
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Those are small lines...
-It's just a ten-point font
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that everybody can read.
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I'm used to twelve point...
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Can you read it?
-Yeah...
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We want a city...
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Just sing it.
It's not complicated.
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You're a powerful singer.
-Yeah, of course.
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I'm a great singer... Miss my bitch and...
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We want a city that's
cuddly, warm and clean.
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Cool, just a little bit more power.
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Once again, once again...
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Sing like the wind.
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It's nice to hear yourself with reverb...
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Don't you want to be in the studio
together?
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More people can sing
than just him.
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More Berlusconi...
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We want a city...
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Was that the right place?
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-No.
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We want a... No, no.
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We want a city... No.
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I've done hundreds like this...
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We want a city that is clean... No
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Radio Saga has done a poll
of its listeners
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and we have 85% support,
neither more nor less.
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They said that 85%
support the Best Party.
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In a new poll?
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I haven't heard about that.
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They said so.
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No, no more of that.
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Give the idiots a pass...
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I need one take.
-Yeah, I know...
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I'm one take.
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You are number one...
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I'll give you one chance...
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You've been around a lot
and now you're in politics.
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I'm not in politics.
I'm with the Best Party.
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You are in the Best Party.
Is that different from politics?
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Yes, totally different.
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But there are
elections and...
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Yes, we're going
to clean house.
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We are against kleptocracy,
as we've already said.
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We want the riffraff out
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and we want more rock
in Reykjavik.
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We will not destroy Reykjavik.
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We will revive Reykjavik.
This is a boring city
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and we intend to have fun here.
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We want fountains, wild animals
and electric trains.
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Musicians...
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No more concrete and steel
messing up our brains.
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To help us fix the economic system
and to learn how to make a profit,
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we intend to import Jews,
or try to.
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And Elsa is Jewish
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and she's going to the States
later this month
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where she'll try to make some contacts.
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Yes, I can trace my family
to New Jersey in the States.
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How did it come about
that you got involved in this?
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Was it Jon who got you into it?
-Yes, a calling, really.
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A calling from Jon.
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There's no other way to describe it.
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Yes, and we needed a woman
with a foreign last name.
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So is this campaign in any way serious?
-Serious?
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Yes. -Comedy is deadly serious.
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But is this the best way...
-You said it. This is the best way.
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To blow it all up.
-It needs to be blown up.
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It blew up in 2008 and since
then we've had a bad hangover,
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and the four parties have been
trying to patch a system
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that they themselves couldn't protect,
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and enough with them.
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Now there's talk
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that politicians ought
to shoulder responsibility.
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If you get into a jam
or somebody on your ticket
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receives payments from
a contractor...
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If something like that happens,
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do you think politicians should
be held accountable and resign?
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First and foremost, you apologize
to your party.
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And then you should try
to talk your way out of it.
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When I was in middle school
I would get beat up, almost daily
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but I was usually able
to talk my way out of it
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or use empty promises,
like offering booze.
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I owe almost everybody there
a pint of booze
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for not beating me up.
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I'm very good at that,
and I would try that.
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But if everything else fails
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then of course you shoulder
responsibility.
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A polar bear for the zoo!
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And we will protect
all kinds of things,
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and do all kinds of stuff for unfortunates.
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A Disney World in Reykjavik.
-Yes.
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A drug-free parliament...
251
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Write off all debt...
252
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We would like to have a
Disneyland in Reykjavik
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so that we have the same access
as the Americans and the Europeans.
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And also,
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we would like to invite our citizens,
free of charge, to Disneyland
256
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and unemployed people can have
their pictures taken with Mickey Mouse,
257
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free of charge.
258
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The Best Party will get two
representatives into the city council
259
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according to a new newspaper poll.
260
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The Best Party is now at nearly 13% in
the polls.
261
00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,880
We can't just follow this mess
on the news all the time.
262
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,520
We need to be able to relax,
go to the zoo and look at a polar bear.
263
00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,840
Now that we're getting a polar bear,
264
00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,240
what did the penguin
say to the polar bear?
265
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Nothing.
266
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Penguins can't speak.
267
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So it's surreal to even ask
such a question.
268
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Penguins have never
been able to speak.
269
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They don't even have vocal cords.
270
00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,880
Besides, penguins
live in Antarctica
271
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and there are no polar bears there.
They are at the North Pole.
272
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So a polar bear and a penguin
would never meet,
273
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unless it were in a zoo,
274
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and then only under the supervision
of a specialized staff
275
00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,960
who would be so specialized
that they would never think
276
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to let a penguin
and a polar bear meet.
277
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When do we get a decision?
278
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The electoral committee
meets on Saturday
279
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and they take twenty-four hours
to review the materials
280
00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,320
and then they'll let us know...
281
00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,400
if anything is missing...
282
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Everything accepted and in the clear.
283
00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,240
A done deal.
284
00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:44,600
Congratulations.
285
00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,280
This is great.
-Brilliant.
286
00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,240
You have a legal campaign.
287
00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:53,760
I was awake until
half past three last night.
288
00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:58,200
We attend to things like child services
our kindergartens, our schools,
289
00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:02,040
services for the elderly, urban
planning, transportation and traffic,
290
00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,560
environmental issues, all these
difficult and complex tasks.
291
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,680
There you can see Hanna Birna's,
the mayor, trendsetter.
292
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,240
She dresses exactly like Skuli the Sheriff.
293
00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:19,320
With that lace like Skuli's...
294
00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,040
And those sleeves.
-Right.
295
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,560
And that eighties jacket like
the one Skuli always wore.
296
00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,080
No, it's nasty to say that.
297
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,960
She's stunning.
-Yes, stunning.
298
00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:33,160
It's Mother's Day today.
-Yes, exactly.
299
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,200
Did you all forget?
-I went out this morning, my dear,
300
00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,560
with my son, and we
picked flowers for his mom.
301
00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:48,600
I posted Mama with the Spice Girls
on Facebook, for myself.
302
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,000
A single mom...
303
00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:59,080
The city of Reykjavik gives
single moms a gift on Mother's Day.
304
00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:02,280
This is brilliant.
Where is the pad?
305
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,800
This is the best idea you've ever had.
306
00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:10,440
It could be difficult to control
since they could be living with someone.
307
00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,120
We could check
their Facebook status;
308
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:17,000
those who say they're single
on Facebook, are single.
309
00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,280
They are, okay.
310
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:24,360
I thought it would be boring, like
buying an apartment.
311
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,360
That you would have
to sit through something like,
312
00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,000
"Now Mr. Thorbjorn, the bore,
will read through the regulations."
313
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,320
"My name is Sigfinn
and I'm running for office."
314
00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,440
They didn't even show...
315
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,920
They didn't even react when you fell
down.
316
00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:45,440
I fell down.
317
00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,120
She fell backwards.
318
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,840
And I jumped up and they...
319
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,200
I think they're still sitting there.
320
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,360
I was glad when she said
that it was over.
321
00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,200
I am this city and the city is me.
322
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,040
My career started right up there,
323
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,960
to tell you the truth.
-At Adalstodin Radio?
324
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,160
Behind that balcony was X-ID Radio,
325
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,840
and I would go to that balcony to
smoke.
326
00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:18,280
All these buildings... The Salvation Army,
I lived there. -You did?
327
00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,280
Yeah, I had a room on the second floor.
328
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,080
I've been inside there
with a hidden microphone,
329
00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:26,640
the old Mail and Telegraph building.
330
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:31,160
I put on a fake mustache, walked
past the guard: "Good day", I said.
331
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,080
"Good day", he replied,
and opened the door for me.
332
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:35,880
And I just walked through.
333
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,240
And there I found...
334
00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,360
We were doing a live broadcast
and I was walking around in there
335
00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,560
and a whole army of people
were looking for me...
336
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,520
I found a ballroom in there,
and this was many years ago.
337
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:50,120
And I said live on air:
Sigurjon, there is a ballroom in here.
338
00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,720
And it was what's now the club NASA,
and nobody knew about it.
339
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,400
So many things are hidden
inside large government institutions.
340
00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,400
I found it, and Pall Oskar
was listening,
341
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,320
and he said: "We have
to organize this, this club."
342
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,520
And he called the Prime Minister,
David Oddsson, and said:
343
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,320
"I want you to sell the Mail and
Telegraph building."
344
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:13,560
And that was the beginning
of privatization. -Yeah, that was when it all started.
345
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,800
Look how nicely
they have done all this,
346
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,800
all the details and everything,
so beautiful.
347
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:24,120
And then they put this
blue and yellow crap, that IKEA stuff,
348
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,840
on the front of the building
just to ruin it,
349
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,920
just so that it's not perfect.
350
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,600
"Let's put something really ugly..."
351
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,320
Nineties something...
352
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:34,880
"a nineties IKEA sign
on the front of the house,
353
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,880
so that nobody can say
that it's perfect."
354
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,880
The yellow and blue IKEA sign,
take that down. -Yes, enough of that.
355
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,760
About a year ago I saw
an interview on the news
356
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:50,760
with the CEO for IKEA, for that
new IKEA in the town of Gardabær.
357
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:55,520
It's very strange;
it just suddenly appeared.
358
00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,040
Very strange, you didn't
see it going up over time...
359
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:02,160
It just...
360
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,200
kind of landed there.
361
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:10,160
And the commercial: don't you
remember the commercial
362
00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,680
they showed on TV after it opened?
363
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,080
There was a couple,
a guy and a girl,
364
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,280
in some kind
of hollow making out,
365
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:23,880
and suddenly the girl looks up...
366
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,120
And there is IKEA!
367
00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:31,200
And this was
at the exact same time
368
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,160
that everybody was protesting the
enlargement of the aluminum smelter.
369
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,560
Everybody was protesting
against the smelter,
370
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,560
but they all had their backs
turned to the IKEA.
371
00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:51,320
It's so easy to throw up an IKEA
since the whole thing comes in boxes and...
372
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,320
And while everybody was
protesting,
373
00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:58,760
"No big smelter!"
374
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,040
the Swedes showed up and...
375
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,440
and screwed together this big building.
376
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,520
So there was this interview
with the CEO
377
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:16,200
and he said that IKEA had
a certain policy,
378
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,040
that when they opened up
a store somewhere
379
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,400
they calculated the area of the store
in proportion to the local population.
380
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,000
And this is the normal
procedure for IKEA:
381
00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,920
we're going to open
a store here
382
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,600
so how many people live
in the area?
383
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,320
And then the store becomes
that many square meters of IKEA.
384
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,120
They always do it like that,
385
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,440
until they opened the IKEA in Iceland.
386
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,840
IKEAs as big as the one
in Gardabaer
387
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,440
don't exist anywhere where
there are fewer than one million people.
388
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:53,800
It's crazy.
389
00:25:54,240 --> 00:26:00,320
And this tells you that one Icelander
in his daily coming and goings
390
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,000
is equal to four or five foreigners.
391
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,240
I will be like this
in four years time.
392
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:13,960
After a year.
393
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,360
Graying hair...
394
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,320
And reading glasses.
395
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,480
Right, it began as a joke
396
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:26,080
and then I had to deal with
the great problems facing the city
397
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,520
and the very difficult
tasks that await us
398
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,160
in these trying financial
circumstances...
399
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,280
with reading glasses.
400
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:39,880
It could happen
401
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,680
that I would suddenly wake up one day...
402
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:50,760
It felt uncomfortable...
403
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,360
I've done this
in a threefold manner:
404
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,160
by being sincere, with charisma
and by being myself,
405
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,120
with comedy but also seriousness,
406
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,040
with reason.
407
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:10,440
And I started out the interview
as the simpleton
408
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,560
but it was the wrong disguise,
and I wasn't able to change it.
409
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,320
And that was amateurish
and it felt uncomfortable.
410
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,600
The party has on its agenda to merge
Reykjavik with the town of Kopavogur,
411
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,440
to put a polar bear in the zoo
and to encourage those interested
412
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,520
to adopt drunks who live on the
streets.
413
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,480
Jon Gnarr is in the studio.
414
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,680
Welcome to the show.
-Thank you.
415
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,680
You want to be the mayor
and have the perks that come with it:
416
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,040
a private chauffeur,
a telephone and all that...
417
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:45,640
You'll be the highest-ranking
city official and vast sums of money
418
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:51,160
will be directed your way...
-You're stressing me out with this.
419
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,600
But this is the reality.
-Yes...
420
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,120
What experience do you have
running anything?
421
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,360
Do you have experience as a CEO,
and how successful were you?
422
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,160
We had talked about this.
423
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:07,320
That thing with...
them digging up something.
424
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,760
But I had completely forgotten
about it and I was just...
425
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:19,000
I'll be direct:
Didn't you run a company that failed?
426
00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:23,920
And not that many years ago?
-Well...
427
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,480
It was a misunderstanding.
428
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,560
I hadn't looked into it myself
and I didn't remember it
429
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,040
so I was taken by surprise.
430
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,880
But we talked about placing
the blame on Sigurjon.
431
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,680
Yeah, I remembered that.
432
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:46,120
Yes, it was a complete misunderstanding,
and Sigurjon, who ran the company with me,
433
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,720
is the one who's to blame for it.
434
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,240
Wasn't he a spokesman for
your party here on TV the other day?
435
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,480
Yes, but he's not any longer.
-But are you...?
436
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,480
About the company, we paid
off all our debts
437
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,320
so I can't understand how
it was bankrupt.
438
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,040
I just don't understand that.
439
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:03,760
And...and...
440
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,040
Sorry, what was the question?
-We're out of time.
441
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,400
Thanks for coming on the show.
442
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,880
Thank you, and now we turn
to music.
443
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,640
A farmer from Skagafjordur,
Johann Mar Johannsson,
444
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,880
recently released his CD "My View".
445
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,000
Johann comes
from a family of music lovers
446
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:29,400
and he's going to sing
an old American ballad for us:
447
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,880
"I Wonder Who Is Kissing Her Now".
448
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,160
And we'll end the show
on that note.
449
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,320
"I can't understand how
it was bankrupt as we paid off all our depts".
450
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,640
There was something else too...
451
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,640
So the rise of the party has been phenomenal,
did you expect this at the beginning?
452
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,760
Yes, I did.
453
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:55,680
I was at the kindergarten
this morning with my son Bensi
454
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,480
and there was some kind of birthday
where everyone was supposed to wear blue,
455
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,880
and I had completely forgotten...
456
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:05,040
He has a knack for
looking on the bright side
457
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:09,640
and he said: "There's a
blue stripe on my socks, Mom."
458
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,600
"Yeah, my dear, you're right.
I didn't forget."
459
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:19,800
It was all planned.
460
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:24,000
The other parties that where present before,
before you started the party,
461
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:30,160
seem to be responding very hostile
to your success
462
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:35,160
How have you been experiencing
there reaction?
463
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:40,360
Yes they have been very hostile and...
464
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,160
Get rid of that airport.
465
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,920
People in this city
can't enjoy peace
466
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,600
and quiet because of the airplanes...
467
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,960
There are kids' pictures on the wall
in the kindergarten
468
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,400
and underneath them are captions
469
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,240
that say what the picture is
supposed to be about...
470
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,600
A picture of...
471
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:10,840
A human caricature...
472
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,520
and somebody had written underneath:
473
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,160
"My dad who is a mayor and a king."
474
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:20,560
Here comes another one.
475
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:28,920
so your main thing is that people
have seen the HBO series The Wire
476
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,600
Is there anything particular that
people should take to heart?
477
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:41,200
No just watch it and
have a discussion about it
478
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:49,240
I am not going to work with
people that did not like it.
479
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,520
who is your favorite character
in The Wire?
480
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,080
Omar
481
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:57,200
Did you know that Barack Obama
said the same thing? No.
482
00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,720
what else do you have in common with
Barack Obama?
483
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,320
I am white.
484
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,160
Did he really say that?
-Yeah, that Omar...
485
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,440
Omar is so great.
486
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:13,440
He is so amazing.
487
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,760
Strange that he should
die just randomly in a...
488
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,080
Yeah, but have you read
about the actor? -Yes.
489
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,360
The scar and everything,
490
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,280
it's all for real...
491
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,680
He's my friend on Facebook.
492
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,120
Now, a month before
the municipal elections,
493
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,280
the Best Party
has jumped up in the polls,
494
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,600
almost doubling
its support since the last poll.
495
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:50,000
...has 23.4% and would
get four out of fifteen city council members
496
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,880
and is the second-largest
party in the city...
497
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:05,400
Yesterday I got an e-mail
from the service agent at the bank
498
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:06,920
and we had 64,000 kronur in our account,
499
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,320
and we had collected 15,000 kronur in
one day,
500
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,200
and then after the poll results
my mother called
501
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,080
and said that she would
transfer some money into our account...
502
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,160
My mom will vote for us;
she's ninety-something...
503
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:22,760
Or almost ninety.
504
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,280
And she was so happy.
I spoke to her just now and she said,
505
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,480
"You've wiped out the Progressives."
506
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,920
She's in a retirement home. "And this
would have made your father happy."
507
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,680
My dad forbade mentioning
the Progressives on Sundays.
508
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:41,320
He was a Stalinist, he subscribed
to "News from the Soviet Union",
509
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,920
and Mom on the other hand was
from old conservative stock,
510
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,880
and the Progressives
were not to be mentioned.
511
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,240
My grandmother,
my mom's mom, cried
512
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,320
when my parents started dating,
513
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,680
and the leftist newspaper
started showing up, and she shouted,
514
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,600
"I can't stand the sight
of this in my home."
515
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:05,440
And Dad asked the paperboy
to put the paper into the garbage shed,
516
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:09,320
and he had to smuggle
the paper into the house.
517
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,920
My grandmother would tear it up
and throw it away.
518
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,160
I'm often asked if we plan
to run for parliament too.
519
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:16,840
What should I say?
-Say yes.
520
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:18,840
Yeah, right, a complete takeover.
521
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,600
I want to see a 100%
increase in the next poll.
522
00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:24,840
We should shoot for ten representatives.
523
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,120
I want to waste this totally.
524
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,960
Our clients are the people of this city.
525
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:37,880
We can't ever belittle
the people or make fun of them
526
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:42,120
but this doesn't apply to politicians.
527
00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:45,720
We can make fun of them
since we're representing the nation,
528
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,000
and we are making fun of them.
529
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,320
Like when I walked out
while that woman
530
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,280
was giving a speech.
531
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:52,640
Soley, yeah...
532
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:58,640
The present majority
still emphasizes worldly things...
533
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,120
I consider these elections to be...
534
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,160
I still say that care, honesty and justice...
535
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,120
or like they say in Thailand...
536
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,640
Don't you find this boring?
-What?
537
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,400
This panel.
-No.
538
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,400
This is politics...
539
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,600
I find it extremely boring.
540
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,360
I've never attended anything
like this before.
541
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,360
I've been in the working group
since I began this work
542
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:36,280
in the committee
at the beginning of 2008
543
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:43,040
and I've found it difficult
to express myself
544
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,040
about immigrant
issues in Icelandic.
545
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:51,720
We had more projects going on, such as
meetings with immigrants and...
546
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:57,040
And then I became anxious that
they wouldn't stop talking,
547
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,320
that they would just talk and talk and talk...
548
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:03,000
And you had
to pay an entrance fee.
549
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,400
That was a shock...
550
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,080
Everything good here in Iceland
has come from abroad
551
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:17,840
but we have never appreciated
that nor been grateful.
552
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,520
The man who first
imported a WC to Iceland
553
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,880
was persecuted
and made fun of.
554
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,000
We are the people
who invented pink mayonnaise
555
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:31,200
and nobody can teach us anything;
everybody should learn from us.
556
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,000
They should just drink Icelandic
water, eat mutton and be happy.
557
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,920
No journalist could tolerate
coming there for even ten minutes,
558
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,720
because, "Yeah, okay, the most
boring people in the world.
559
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,440
No, I think I'll go down to the city pond instead
to take pictures of the ducks."
560
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,800
Everybody is welcome
in Moominvalley.
561
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:55,240
Moominpapa, Moominmama
and Moomintroll are all Moomins,
562
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,080
but not the Snork Maiden,
as many people think.
563
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:03,880
You might think that the Snork Maiden
is a Moomin, but she isn't.
564
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,600
She has just adapted
to the Moomin society.
565
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,200
She's a actually a snork.
566
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:17,600
The only one not welcome
in Moominvalley is the Groke,
567
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,640
and that's only
because he's boring.
568
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:25,240
Thank you.
569
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,960
That was pointless,
totally pointless.
570
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,400
So that's the conclusion
if we think about it.
571
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:32,720
Like life.
572
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,160
Isn't it totally pointless?
573
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:49,560
Hi, everybody. I started
the Best Party as a joke
574
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,400
and I have always tried
to make people happy
575
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:57,040
and improve their lives
if possible...
576
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,080
and I said right from the start
that if this became boring
577
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:04,880
I would stop doing it.
578
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:09,640
And as things have gone on
I've started having doubts;
579
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,600
it was all becoming more
serious and annoying,
580
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:18,360
and the last few days
have been very difficult.
581
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:23,280
So after thinking
things through carefully
582
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:30,280
I have decided to withdraw the Best
Party from the city elections.
583
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,240
Just kidding.
584
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,360
Now it's finally getting exciting
585
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,880
and I have risen from the ashes
586
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,640
like the bird Felix.
587
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:55,040
Thank you.
588
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:57,520
Go Reykjavik!
589
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,720
"HOORAY FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS!"
590
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:00,800
There are two kinds of
people in this country:
591
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:06,400
Those who know the difference
between hail and sleet
592
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:11,200
because they have the experience
and have been cold,
593
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:15,160
and they know
how it feels to be cold...
594
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:24,880
and to try to start their wreck
of a car with a dead battery,
595
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,240
and somebody starts
honking behind you...
596
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,040
There are the people
who have experienced this.
597
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,000
And then there are
those people in this country
598
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:32,720
who have never been there,
599
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,720
have never come out for...
600
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:38,480
If the battery is dead
in their car they have another car.
601
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,360
Yeah, they fetch it from the garage.
602
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:45,120
And they have never been cold,
have never had any worries,
603
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,520
have never had back pain,
604
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,560
and they have
convinced everyone else
605
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:55,560
that it's best that they
themselves run everything
606
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,760
because they're never cold
and have plenty of time.
607
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:04,040
Politicians and the rich,
those who have been in power here,
608
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:12,040
have always treated artists very badly
and shown them incredible disrespect,
609
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,240
like when Halldor Laxness won the Nobel Prize
610
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:21,720
the government ministers didn't even show
up to greet him, but the people did.
611
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:24,240
The people of Reykjavik
showed up to celebrate
612
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,640
because they were proud of him.
613
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,320
But it was political...
614
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,720
It didn't suit the politicians.
615
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,640
Twenty minutes past.
616
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,320
Aren't you just going to try on some clothes?
617
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,000
The first episode of "The Wire"
is a bit difficult.
618
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:43,280
I watched it and I thought,
This is boring.
619
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,240
But then it's brilliant.
620
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,480
You look a bit nerdy.
621
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:51,680
How is this?
622
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:56,960
Yeah, you look like a policeman
623
00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:00,800
who's going to bust some bootleggers.
624
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,400
Yeah, I come from the past.
625
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:07,200
So shall we drive him there like this?
626
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:08,800
All done.
627
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:12,960
What's it about, then?
-It's about...
628
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,960
And then the car does this,
turns itself off, often.
629
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:19,760
Yeah.
630
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,240
This is what I was talking about.
631
00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:32,640
And then somebody's going to honk.
632
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,280
It'll start. We just have to wait.
633
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:42,080
Hey, can you help us
push the car? -Sure.
634
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,760
It's so wonderful...
635
00:42:55,560 --> 00:43:00,080
And because it's so guided,
what we're doing,
636
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:06,280
just like we were talking about,
to have experienced this situation.
637
00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:09,520
This should make it clear
638
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,160
that we know
what it's like to sit in the rain,
639
00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:18,200
with the car not starting -
although nobody honked -
640
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:20,520
but we can add that later.
-Yeah.
641
00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:25,080
But on the road
at four o'clock, or half past four
642
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,880
on Tuesday...
-And it just started raining.
643
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:34,560
The only thing missing
is a baby crying in the backseat.
644
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,400
That would make
this all perfectly Icelandic.
645
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,840
I once appeared on
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
646
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,480
for a good cause,
along with Sigurjon,
647
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,560
and the second or third question
648
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:52,040
was which German emperor
was called "the Iron Chancellor",
649
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:56,240
and there were three choices,
and I knew right away
650
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:57,640
that it was Otto von Bismarck,
651
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:00,760
and I said so and Sigurjon
didn't trust me;
652
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:05,120
he always thinks he knows
and then he's wrong.
653
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:10,120
"It's Hitler or someone like that", he said.
"No, it's Bismarck", I said.
654
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:13,000
"We'll guess Hitler", he said.
Wrong answer,
655
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:15,800
and we won just a hundred
thousand or something.
656
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:27,960
I fell like I am going to vomit blood.
657
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,440
With this one you will win.
658
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,760
I say here: "I grew up in a family
659
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,600
and my father was a Stalinist
and a revolutionary Communist.
660
00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:40,640
I joined the revolutionary Communists
when I was sixteen
661
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,760
and I read everything
on dialectical materialism,
662
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,680
which I frankly didn't understand..."
663
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,160
I was in a reading group
and we read books by Lenin,
664
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:54,280
With the Communist with the beard
who is always angry.
665
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,200
"Later, with the punks, I became
an anarchist
666
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,520
but as I got to know people better
this developed into individualism.
667
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,840
You should just do what you want
without bothering others.
668
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,480
I actually adhere to realistic
rationalism..."
669
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,040
I don't even remember
giving this interview.
670
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:14,720
My opponents need
to get a hold of this.
671
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,200
We are of the opinion
672
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:23,160
that the political powers here
in Iceland milk the city of capital,
673
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:28,560
that those who run the city
use the city's money for themselves.
674
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:33,760
The only recourse for those
who don't like us
675
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:39,880
is to use scare tactics, which
are well known in politics.
676
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,920
The power of nightmares...
677
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:47,240
Scare us... Things will fall apart...
What about the children?
678
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,240
And the underprivileged?
679
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:53,400
And the city will not
be run on jokes and so on...
680
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:58,760
But we counter them by saying that
the city can be run on comedy
681
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:02,280
since comedy is both a creative
and a productive way of thinking
682
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:03,840
which makes people happy.
683
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:05,280
But the way these people have behaved,
684
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,360
there is nothing
creative or joyful about that.
685
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:09,920
They always show
the same sour faces
686
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:13,240
as they shovel money
under their own asses.
687
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:18,280
We've made a fabulous video
688
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:24,160
and now we've opened this
great campaign office
689
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:28,240
which we will try to keep open
as much as possible.
690
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,200
Now we will launch the video
691
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,760
and this song, which will take
the world by storm.
692
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:36,680
And we were given special
permission from Tina Turner.
693
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:42,400
We want a city that is
cuddly, warm and clean.
694
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:51,000
And topnotch stuff as a general rule.
695
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:57,440
Stop the usual bluffs.
696
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:02,480
Doing better isn't all that tough.
697
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:10,040
Fountains, wild animals and
electric trains.
698
00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:18,880
No more concrete and
steel messing up our brains.
699
00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:24,600
Send it all back.
700
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:29,080
I wrote to Tina, asking
whether I could set the song
701
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:31,200
to Icelandic lyrics,
and she said yes...
702
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,400
We are the best
703
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:41,400
I wrote to iketurner@gmail.com
and received a reply,
704
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:46,360
not from him, though,
but from a guy who handles his mail.
705
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:48,640
Yeah, his estate.
-Yeah.
706
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:53,480
Gimme a B gimme an
E gimme an S gimme a T.
707
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,240
Best...Best...Best...Best...
708
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:03,160
Tell the squatters in charge
that it's time to leave.
709
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:08,160
The blathering loons...
710
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,000
And he gave me Tina Turner's
mail and I wrote to her,
711
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:13,040
just on the offhand chance,
712
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,800
asking whether we could
set the song to Icelandic lyrics.
713
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:19,880
All by yourself on election day
714
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:24,000
The ballot looking lifeless
and a little gray.
715
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,080
You have to choose,
it's all such a mess...
716
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:31,880
And it came about that
she is very interested in Iceland
717
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,200
and that her friend owns
an Icelandic pony...
718
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:36,720
Fellow citizens,
719
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:41,600
the time has come for everyone in
Reykjavik to look inside their hearts,
720
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:45,760
to discuss with their
families and friends,
721
00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:50,000
Do I want a bright future
with the Best Party
722
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,600
or do I want Reykjavik destroyed?
723
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:58,680
And she is a fan of Icelandic design,
as long as it's made from fish scales.
724
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:01,600
Yeah, red fish scales.
-Yeah, right.
725
00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:06,080
All kinds of things for the unfortunates!
726
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,640
Disneyland in the Vatnsmyri area!
727
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:14,240
A drug-free parliament by 2020!
728
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:18,680
Sustainable transparency!
729
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:23,280
Out with Bj**i Ben and
in with Einar Ben!
730
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:28,280
Tollbooths on the border
with Seltjarnarnes!
731
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:31,640
Do away with all debt!
732
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:33,880
Free access to Hljómskálagarðurinn!
733
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:36,920
Economize, we only need one Santa!
734
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,120
And...and...we will not
accept mediocrity
735
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:43,720
because we want the Best!
736
00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:46,720
You get ahead by being sincere.
-Yeah.
737
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:52,320
And I can't imagine being
angry with you. -Yes, exactly.
738
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:56,200
I don't know...
-Joga, my wife can't.
739
00:49:56,720 --> 00:49:59,560
She starts to cry if she tries
to be angry with me.
740
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:05,560
And I think if the people
are angry at somebody
741
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:07,400
it's not us.
-No.
742
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:11,280
If they're angry it's towards
those others who will be there.
743
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:16,000
So we can...
That will play into our hands.
744
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:20,240
She was very angry when
I bought the kangaroo steak.
745
00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:22,800
She threw a tantrum.
-Joga?
746
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:24,720
Is it still in the freezer?
747
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:29,000
Am I going to get kangaroo steak
on Friday? -No, that was a joke.
748
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:31,960
No, she said...
749
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:37,200
Did you buy kangaroo steak
at six thousand per kilo?
750
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:43,240
No, it was on a deal,
sixteen hundred for half a kilo.
751
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:47,840
And I bought four portions
and they told me
752
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,560
it would go well with baked potatoes
since it was similar to beef.
753
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:57,280
And she had asked me
to get something easy and quick to cook,
754
00:50:58,720 --> 00:51:00,800
something she could cook...
755
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:02,280
No, I was supposed to cook
756
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:05,080
and when she came home
757
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:10,000
there was frozen kangaroo steak
and baked potatoes on the table.
758
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:16,600
Now I'm supposed
to speak to some old people.
759
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,400
The old folks
are always on the phone...
760
00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:24,840
Senior citizens, Jon.
761
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:27,800
...and have no time for us younger people.
762
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:33,160
The goal of the party is to fight
stagnation and boredom
763
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:37,760
with joyfulness
and creative thinking.
764
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:41,120
Our slogan for the issues
of the elderly is:
765
00:51:41,240 --> 00:51:43,880
Let's not bore the old people to death.
766
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:50,000
Kindergarten fees? Are we lowering
them or keeping them the same?
767
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:52,440
We're keeping them as they are.
768
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:57,200
I want to ax all kindergartens
and privatize them. -Really?
769
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:58,280
No, I'm joking.
770
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:08,560
Once I had to act the part of a guy
who was a loverboy in old folks' home
771
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:16,360
and he had to French kiss an old woman
with false teeth and so on.
772
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:19,840
I was so miserable doing it.
773
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:26,560
I find it uncomfortable to French kiss
someone I don't know.
774
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:28,840
I've never done that.
775
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:33,120
I need to know people
before I start French kissing them.
776
00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:35,600
So you've never
done it while clubbing?
777
00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:36,960
No, never.
778
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,760
I've never gone to a club
779
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:45,680
and met a woman or a man
780
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:47,960
and gone home afterwards
and French kissed them.
781
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:51,440
I haven't even been drunk
enough to even think about it.
782
00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:57,240
Then I wanted, for the first time
in my life, to take heroin.
783
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:06,640
All feelings would die,
all inhibitions too.
784
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:11,840
And moral conscience would
be like it had never existed.
785
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:17,960
I felt a bit like that a moment ago,
but not anymore. -A moment ago?
786
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:19,400
Because of that meeting?
-Yeah.
787
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:20,800
Is that right?
-Yeah.
788
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,720
Suddenly something just got to me.
789
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:27,560
What were you afraid they were
going to ask you about?
790
00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:30,560
I fear that the monster divisions
have been meeting
791
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:36,880
and planning questions
to unsettle me.
792
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:41,360
And I have to weather that,
793
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:46,360
but I'll come on as Laura Ingalls
and if somebody upsets me
794
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:50,080
I'm going to be Charles, her father.
795
00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:54,400
The latest theory is
796
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:58,760
that the only reason for the campaign
is the movie being made about it.
797
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:01,280
And the music video cost
into the millions
798
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:05,280
so there must be somebody with money
financing the movie.
799
00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:08,240
What am I doing?
800
00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:10,760
Is the mike on me all right?
-Yes.
801
00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:12,880
I'm so professional.
802
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,440
You can't even see the clip.
803
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:22,760
I'm about to go to a meeting
with the city employees,
804
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:24,880
a deadly panel discussion.
805
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:29,680
Now I'm going to get killed.
806
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:33,640
Jon Kristinsson Gnarr is more
corrupt in politics
807
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:37,440
before he even begins
than I am after twenty years.
808
00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:40,400
You shall hear about that
and you can make fun of us...
809
00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:43,120
It's maybe not boring
but it gets boring.
810
00:54:43,240 --> 00:54:46,920
They're all acting nice before the meeting,
811
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:50,840
saying, "Are you gonna keep to light topics?"
And then they begin.
812
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,040
"Transportation..."
813
00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:55,360
And then they go on for 20 minutes
814
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:59,480
and not one word of what they say
is interesting.
815
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:03,880
Our guiding light in this
campaign is cooperation
816
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:07,720
but Soley is for raising taxes
and we figure that it
817
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:11,480
comes to about 540 million which we
would get from your pockets...
818
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:14,040
700.
-400...540...
819
00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:18,920
In my opinion the Independents
don't want to talk about their politics
820
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:21,520
or their ideology...
-I didn't say that.
821
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:26,440
...but I am, and they have toned
down their policies in the campaign
822
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:30,640
and talk now about cooperation
and so on...
823
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:32,480
And lowering taxes.
824
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:39,120
I see this campaign as a choice
between a bright and fun future
825
00:55:39,240 --> 00:55:44,120
with the Best Party or whether
people want to destroy Reykjavik.
826
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,840
Another idea about the valley...
827
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:51,560
We want to build
a dinosaur theme park there
828
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:55,520
with the dinosaurs
that acted in Jurassic Park.
829
00:55:56,120 --> 00:55:58,760
No one knows where
those dinosaurs are today
830
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:02,680
but we want to import them and adapt
them to the Icelandic climate.
831
00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:07,280
There could be a theme park
for the family there in the valley.
832
00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:15,000
I was in a children's and juvenile
psychiatric clinic
833
00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:19,560
and there was the question of whether
I had enough intelligence
834
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:21,120
to attend school.
835
00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:26,280
And they weren't sure whether
I was mentally retarded
836
00:56:26,720 --> 00:56:29,280
or brain-damaged.
837
00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:33,000
I have the documentation for all of it.
838
00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:37,520
It's very interesting,
but it was all a misunderstanding.
839
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:43,760
"All kinds of things for the underprivileged"
What do you mean by that?
840
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:45,560
Just what it says.
841
00:56:46,360 --> 00:56:51,920
If a city or a society can't take care
of those who are down and out,
842
00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:54,640
what can such a society then do?
843
00:56:55,360 --> 00:56:56,720
We were going to conquer the world
844
00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:02,640
but we couldn't even build decent housing
for our criminals, for instance.
845
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:09,440
But we were going to build
convention centers, thinking big.
846
00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:13,320
It's there at the end.
847
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:17,520
Who are you going to vote for?
848
00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:19,800
I don't know.
849
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:24,360
I was going to vote blank
if you guys weren't running.
850
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:26,560
What I'm interested in
851
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:34,840
is if you guys would like
to be consultants for the Best Party
852
00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:38,680
on the issues for the handicapped.
853
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:43,480
It would be great
if these guys would join us.
854
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:48,040
They're just great guys.
-Yeah, and we need them.
855
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:22,720
He said it was clearly visible,
"ÍNN" opposite Kronan.
856
00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:33,840
Where is Dagur?
-He called and said he couldn't make it
857
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:37,120
and that Hjalmar Sveinsson
would come in his place.
858
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:39,720
Is Hjalmar on his way?
-Apparently.
859
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:40,160
Is Hjalmar on his way?
-Apparently.
860
00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:47,400
Will you, just to make it clear,
start by introducing Einar?
861
00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:49,920
Just tell me when you start recording.
862
00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:51,680
Okay, we're ready.
863
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:54,360
Less space on the top, just 2 cm.
864
00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:59,040
Yeah, I was thinking of the frame.
-No, less space.
865
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:01,640
Like this?
-Yeah, okay.
866
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:06,600
Okay, let's start then. Three, two...
-What did you say?
867
00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:09,480
Start, please.
868
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:14,400
On my right is Jon Gnarr
for the Best Party,
869
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:21,600
and next to him is Einar Árn Skulason,
who leads... -Einar Skulason.
870
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:26,960
Is your name not Einar
Árn Skulason? -No.
871
00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:28,560
Just Einar Skulason.
872
00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:30,800
I'll do it again. Give me a minute.
873
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:34,720
So it's only Einar Skulason?
-Yeah.
874
00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:36,160
Let's get on with it.
875
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:38,520
Okay, start again.
876
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:42,000
Okay. Three, two...
877
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:45,600
Good evening.
878
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:48,760
How long did it take,
two hours?
879
00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:53,200
He made us watch his whole movie.
880
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:55,280
Okay, start the movie.
881
00:59:56,440 --> 00:59:58,080
It was in the year 874
882
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:02,240
that the high seat pillars
of the first fugitive
883
01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:05,960
who settled here drifted ashore...
884
01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:08,840
The high-rises you show there...
885
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:13,400
The fact is that until we are
all dead, those of us here on the set...
886
01:00:14,120 --> 01:00:16,960
How far away that is I don't dare
guess.
887
01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:20,840
But the next fifty years...
-Don't be so negative.
888
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:24,840
Therefore I ask you now,
since the municipal elections are coming up
889
01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:27,880
and hopefully we're heading
toward different times,
890
01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:32,080
Don't we need, above all,
a mayor for Reykjavik
891
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:35,360
who is confident that he can direct
the movie?
892
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:38,800
It was once fashionable in the theater
that everybody should direct the play,
893
01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:41,920
and that was the worst theater
that has ever existed.
894
01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:45,960
Every movie needs a director,
and every city a mayor.
895
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:50,800
I think we need a mayor
who can lead
896
01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:54,000
and is accepted by all,
897
01:00:54,120 --> 01:00:57,960
and who can unite
different factions,
898
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:03,840
and can be a bit funny
899
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:11,720
so that we can get an ending like
Constable Bastian created
900
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:16,120
for Cardamom Town.
901
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:19,560
We need a Bastian.
902
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:24,280
We need to ask about Hanna Birna.
She's the mayor of Reykjavik
903
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:26,040
and we never see her.
904
01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:28,800
Where is Hanna Birna?
Where is the mayor?
905
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:32,360
I'm on my way to do an interview on TV.
906
01:01:34,920 --> 01:01:39,600
The Best Party is now the largest party
in the city, with a clear majority.
907
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:42,520
The party is stealing support
from the larger parties
908
01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:47,280
and is now larger than the Alliance
and the Independents combined.
909
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:51,000
This means that the present majority
of the Independents and the Progressives
910
01:01:51,120 --> 01:01:55,760
is out and that the Social Democratic
Alliance has a long way to go,
911
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:58,960
with the elections due
about a week from now.
912
01:01:59,080 --> 01:02:01,480
The Independents with three,
the Alliance with three,
913
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:02,880
the Left Greens with one,
914
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:04,680
and the Best Party with eight.
915
01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:12,200
Everybody wants to vote
for the Best Party.
916
01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:14,760
Doesn't everybody just want what's
best?
917
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:18,880
People are bored with inferior stuff.
They want what's best.
918
01:02:19,360 --> 01:02:21,320
If this is the result a week from now
919
01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:24,680
it's a clarion call from the citizens
for a change in emphasis.
920
01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:26,640
It means that the Best Party
921
01:02:26,760 --> 01:02:30,000
is entrusted with running
the city for the next four years,
922
01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:34,360
and it will not be Dagur and I
who will be called to answer
923
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:36,000
but the representatives
of the Best Party
924
01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:37,480
who will perform that great task.
925
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:41,760
We are still waiting for the Best
Party to tell us and others
926
01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:43,640
what they have in mind.
927
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:46,120
Do you think this is
a message from people
928
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:49,120
that they have become tired
of the current political parties
929
01:02:49,240 --> 01:02:52,280
or do you think people
trust you to be the next mayor?
930
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:55,320
Yes, I think that's more
the case, that people trust me
931
01:02:55,440 --> 01:03:01,360
and see in me an unknown force,
up until now, for unity,
932
01:03:01,480 --> 01:03:05,600
that can unify the different
factions in the city
933
01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:08,200
and lead them toward agreement.
934
01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:10,840
I think it's primarily that,
935
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:15,000
and then it's also all these
great ideas we have.
936
01:03:16,680 --> 01:03:18,360
Great, thank you.
937
01:03:39,360 --> 01:03:40,840
How is it going?
938
01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:45,240
This is like a great adventure.
939
01:03:47,600 --> 01:03:50,800
Like Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
940
01:03:56,880 --> 01:03:58,840
What the elections are about,
941
01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:03,240
I'm hoping that towards the end
they will be more about Reykjavik.
942
01:04:14,640 --> 01:04:17,200
When I was called to this meeting
943
01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:20,680
I was told the topic
would be students' issues.
944
01:04:21,400 --> 01:04:26,320
These are important issues.
Education is wonderful,
945
01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:31,520
bigotry and stupidity
are abysmal and in no way the best.
946
01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:35,760
You are a new force, and I was talking
to the Progressives
947
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:38,560
and they pointed out that they
are the oldest political party,
948
01:04:38,680 --> 01:04:41,400
but you have ten times the support they
have.
949
01:04:41,520 --> 01:04:47,720
Are people so fed up with politics
or is your agenda so superior?
950
01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:54,840
We have a great agenda
and we're doing things
951
01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:58,520
that are unusual for Icelandic politics,
and that is being original.
952
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:00,600
I think people tend to forget
in this whole discussion
953
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:03,480
that we take care of extremely
important tasks.
954
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:06,640
I, like so many,
955
01:05:06,760 --> 01:05:13,120
have surprised myself
by being a news addict.
956
01:05:14,520 --> 01:05:16,520
It began two years ago,
957
01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:22,040
and I started going to websites,
reading the papers
958
01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:25,360
and trying to somehow
understand it all.
959
01:05:26,520 --> 01:05:28,120
I started to follow this
960
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:33,120
and it began to dawn on me
what I have always known,
961
01:05:33,400 --> 01:05:40,840
that politics is such a big joke,
and great theater.
962
01:05:41,840 --> 01:05:43,240
No woman should have to wonder
963
01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:45,440
whether she can put
her child into kindergarten.
964
01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:45,640
whether she can put
her child into kindergarten.
965
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:47,560
And I really wanted to do something,
966
01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:52,720
to have an influence
and maybe change the mind-set
967
01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:56,960
so that people would become more
normal
968
01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:00,960
and start speaking a language
you can understand.
969
01:06:02,360 --> 01:06:05,400
And I wanted more sincerity
970
01:06:05,720 --> 01:06:11,680
and to make fun of all that
I considered to be wrong in all of this.
971
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:14,240
We in the Best Party
got into politics
972
01:06:14,360 --> 01:06:17,840
because we really
were against politics.
973
01:06:17,960 --> 01:06:20,400
We found politics extremely boring
974
01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:26,520
and we never knew of politics
unless there was trouble,
975
01:06:27,080 --> 01:06:29,960
some scandal or some other mess,
976
01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:33,120
and it had become a
bit like the drunk uncle
977
01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:35,240
who dominates the party.
978
01:06:35,640 --> 01:06:39,360
So I say that Reykjavik
has done well in recent months,
979
01:06:39,480 --> 01:06:43,040
done as well as could be
expected under these circumstances.
980
01:06:43,160 --> 01:06:45,200
I'm lucky that my name is
late in the alphabet
981
01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:47,840
so I have listened
to my colleagues here
982
01:06:47,960 --> 01:06:53,160
and much is spoken of politics
and much about the others.
983
01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:59,640
This reminds me of the heyday
of the punk era.
984
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:05,280
People started talking about
what was real punk,
985
01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:07,600
and that so and so was not a punk
986
01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:10,760
and that the other guy
was playing disco and so on.
987
01:07:10,880 --> 01:07:12,840
From that point on punk died
988
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:16,240
and everything since
became boring misery,
989
01:07:16,560 --> 01:07:19,480
so I'll leave you with the thought of
990
01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:23,680
whether it's maybe time for
more punk and less hell?
991
01:07:23,800 --> 01:07:24,840
Thank you.
992
01:07:26,920 --> 01:07:29,280
Fuck the system!
993
01:07:29,680 --> 01:07:32,360
Fuck the system!
994
01:07:34,760 --> 01:07:36,920
Fuck the system!
995
01:07:38,120 --> 01:07:42,400
They all talk the same bullshit.
996
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:46,360
The system is way out of date.
997
01:07:48,840 --> 01:07:51,000
Now everyone together say,
998
01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:53,360
Fuck the system.
999
01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:56,720
The future of hope is...
1000
01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:58,840
Fuck the system.
1001
01:08:07,360 --> 01:08:09,480
Hello again, you're
listening to Radio Saga
1002
01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:15,320
and with us are some guests
you should be thinking of
1003
01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:18,960
at this moment and in the coming days
1004
01:08:19,080 --> 01:08:21,560
since we don't know who'll
be the next mayor;
1005
01:08:21,680 --> 01:08:25,920
they are Hanna Birna, the current mayor,
and Jon Gnarr.
1006
01:08:26,600 --> 01:08:30,920
At the beginning of your campaign you
said that this was something of a joke,
1007
01:08:31,040 --> 01:08:32,440
that you were making fun of politics
1008
01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:36,920
and you did some sketches making
good-natured fun of the system.
1009
01:08:37,360 --> 01:08:39,880
And maybe people are a bit confused.
1010
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:43,680
If you say it's not a joke, you have
to be serious all the way through
1011
01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:47,040
and explain how you're going to deal
with the issues and the finances.
1012
01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:49,840
These are important matters.
1013
01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:56,160
We run 98 schools...98 kindergartens
and 46 primary schools
1014
01:08:56,280 --> 01:09:01,000
and dozens of recreational centers
and services for the elderly.
1015
01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:06,000
We provide extensive services
and the city has an important role...
1016
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:11,720
The attitude I sense towards
me among politicians
1017
01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:17,800
is that since I'm a comedian,
they think everything is a joke,
1018
01:09:18,440 --> 01:09:20,520
that my life
is some kind of a joke
1019
01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:23,160
and that I live in a comedy bubble,
1020
01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:26,080
but that's far from the truth.
1021
01:09:26,200 --> 01:09:29,960
I'm the father of five,
I have a child in kindergarten,
1022
01:09:30,440 --> 01:09:33,800
I buried my father, and I had
a child with a long-term illness...
1023
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:36,640
I was not a comedian then.
1024
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:39,400
I'm not a comedian
when I pay my bills
1025
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:42,440
or when I'm raising my children.
1026
01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:45,640
Have you ever been poor, Jon?
-Yes, I've been poor,
1027
01:09:46,080 --> 01:09:49,720
and unemployed and working
and then lost my job.
1028
01:09:50,040 --> 01:09:53,720
But what we want to bet
on and emphasize
1029
01:09:54,120 --> 01:09:57,840
is to support creativity
among young people,
1030
01:09:57,960 --> 01:10:02,120
and this is something that politicians...
1031
01:10:02,680 --> 01:10:06,760
I've become aware of it in the
criticism towards me and the party,
1032
01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:08,480
that we are just a bunch of artists,
1033
01:10:08,600 --> 01:10:10,360
as if this is something negative.
1034
01:10:10,480 --> 01:10:14,640
And they completely ignore
that Icelandic artists
1035
01:10:14,760 --> 01:10:18,520
have won accolades
for this nation all over the world,
1036
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:22,520
and we should give them
the respect that's due to them
1037
01:10:22,640 --> 01:10:27,360
and not speak to them like
second-class citizens.
1038
01:10:56,320 --> 01:11:00,560
And then a quiz show,
asking me about Reykjavik.
1039
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:03,440
Me, who never remembers anything.
1040
01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:08,880
Mail from you?
-Yes, mail from me.
1041
01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:14,640
Is this a joke
or are you being serious?
1042
01:11:14,760 --> 01:11:16,880
It's totally serious,
1043
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:22,560
but we've certainly resorted
to jokes to attract attention.
1044
01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:27,120
We've been told that some things
are so serious and boring
1045
01:11:27,240 --> 01:11:28,840
that you can't touch them
1046
01:11:28,960 --> 01:11:31,800
and that other things
are so crazy and irresponsible...
1047
01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:33,400
I think it's a misunderstanding.
1048
01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:37,880
Everything should be enjoyable
if addressed with the right attitude
1049
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:41,160
and with your heart
in the right place.
1050
01:12:20,160 --> 01:12:25,480
It came about tonight
when everything was quiet
1051
01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:33,600
that the summer tiptoed into town;
it was not here...
1052
01:12:36,160 --> 01:12:39,160
For a while I was feeling
like I was
1053
01:12:39,280 --> 01:12:45,480
swimming in the ocean
and suddenly in very deep waters,
1054
01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:50,480
and the octopuses and the sharks
were getting closer.
1055
01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:53,760
Will Reykjavik be more joyful
1056
01:12:53,880 --> 01:12:56,440
over the next four years
than before?
1057
01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:58,520
Yes, absolutely.
1058
01:12:58,840 --> 01:13:03,560
Triangle jingle,
what will happen next?
1059
01:13:05,800 --> 01:13:07,280
Doggies wag their tail
1060
01:13:07,400 --> 01:13:09,440
The frogs croak with the snail
1061
01:13:09,560 --> 01:13:10,880
While the birds sing
1062
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:12,440
and the bells ring.
1063
01:13:12,560 --> 01:13:15,960
And now the cuckoos coo,
the flowers bloom.
1064
01:13:16,080 --> 01:13:19,080
I'm happy with my friends.
1065
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:22,840
The sun is shining in my eyes.
1066
01:13:22,960 --> 01:13:26,920
Hello, summer, please
come closer,
1067
01:13:28,280 --> 01:13:34,640
Everywhere is fun and frenzy,
everybody brimming with joy.
1068
01:13:35,720 --> 01:13:37,880
It's no longer cold.
1069
01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:42,320
Let's have a soda...
1070
01:13:43,120 --> 01:13:48,920
Dogs are jumping, frogs are jumping.
Summer has arrived.
1071
01:13:54,640 --> 01:13:57,160
The first results in
these historical city elections
1072
01:13:57,280 --> 01:14:00,120
will be known in three
and a half hours.
1073
01:14:00,480 --> 01:14:01,720
The results will indicate
1074
01:14:01,840 --> 01:14:05,640
whether the Best Party
gets a clear majority in Reykjavik.
1075
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:09,160
Good evening,
here are the first counted votes in Reykjavik.
1076
01:14:09,320 --> 01:14:12,400
Overall numbers of voters are 85.779.
1077
01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:16,600
The Independents...
1078
01:14:17,080 --> 01:14:21,280
This is extremely interesting;
6,800 votes have been counted...
1079
01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:24,400
A great event is under way...
1080
01:14:24,520 --> 01:14:27,440
This is totally unbelievable...
1081
01:14:28,080 --> 01:14:31,080
We're not far away now...
1082
01:14:39,720 --> 01:14:41,960
I've never been such a star.
1083
01:14:42,080 --> 01:14:45,120
I've been a star
here for years and years
1084
01:14:45,960 --> 01:14:49,360
but have never climbed
to such heights before.
1085
01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:56,240
We love you, Jon.
-Thanks.
1086
01:14:57,760 --> 01:15:00,720
The paranoia
started about ten days ago
1087
01:15:01,160 --> 01:15:08,440
when I sensed that people
really started the mudslinging in earnest.
1088
01:15:09,440 --> 01:15:10,800
I sensed that...
1089
01:15:11,840 --> 01:15:14,080
I sensed that and...
1090
01:15:14,480 --> 01:15:16,520
And around the same time
1091
01:15:16,640 --> 01:15:19,920
I realized that politics
1092
01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:26,000
has little to do with ideals
but much more about vested interests.
1093
01:15:26,920 --> 01:15:30,200
I'm calling my wife and she's
surely not going to answer,
1094
01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:33,560
having accidentally
put the phone on silent.
1095
01:15:34,360 --> 01:15:35,920
This is so much fun...
1096
01:15:36,560 --> 01:15:39,000
If a name is struck out
on the ballot
1097
01:15:39,120 --> 01:15:41,280
it's put aside and not counted.
1098
01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:42,600
I see.
1099
01:15:42,720 --> 01:15:46,560
So those votes still remain
to be counted. -Yes, exactly.
1100
01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:51,120
So the Progressives,
they got 13 votes on this first count.
1101
01:15:54,320 --> 01:15:58,160
It's a reporter from the Morning paper.
Do you want to speak to him?
1102
01:15:58,600 --> 01:16:02,720
Yeah, everything is very good.
1103
01:16:03,960 --> 01:16:06,560
I'm very happy.
1104
01:16:07,040 --> 01:16:10,120
I haven't done anything
like this before
1105
01:16:10,240 --> 01:16:16,160
so I don't really know
how it goes,
1106
01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:22,240
and I've never watched
the elections on TV.
1107
01:16:25,400 --> 01:16:28,000
Yes, it's been great fun.
1108
01:16:28,760 --> 01:16:33,640
It's exciting and interesting
to experience something new,
1109
01:16:34,440 --> 01:16:38,080
something that is completely
different
1110
01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:39,720
from what one has done before.
1111
01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:44,720
I think this event must be
on a global scale.
1112
01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:48,400
Maybe we have a new
product for export here.
1113
01:16:48,520 --> 01:16:50,160
Other nations can possibly
learn from us
1114
01:16:50,280 --> 01:16:54,440
how to create a Best Party
to govern themselves.
1115
01:16:54,560 --> 01:16:56,480
The simpleton never fails.
1116
01:16:58,680 --> 01:17:03,480
But it's true, Gaukur.
I'm slow to realize things,
1117
01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:09,000
but when I catch fire
I'm unstoppable
1118
01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:12,280
and nobody can control me.
1119
01:17:13,040 --> 01:17:16,480
I think I can certainly say
that if this result holds,
1120
01:17:16,600 --> 01:17:17,920
or something similar to it,
1121
01:17:18,040 --> 01:17:21,560
then these are the most
extraordinary city elections
1122
01:17:21,680 --> 01:17:23,560
of all time here in Iceland.
1123
01:17:23,800 --> 01:17:25,440
I want to shout later,
1124
01:17:25,560 --> 01:17:27,000
"Viva la revolution!"
1125
01:17:27,560 --> 01:17:29,600
holding a Cohiba cigar.
1126
01:17:30,680 --> 01:17:31,800
But I have to say that
1127
01:17:31,920 --> 01:17:35,640
I would be surprised if Jon Gnarr
becomes mayor in the end.
1128
01:17:39,480 --> 01:17:42,520
This is fun, Gaukur.
-Yes, this is fun.
1129
01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:44,320
You don't do something
like this often.
1130
01:17:44,440 --> 01:17:47,640
No, you don't do
something like this often.
1131
01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:50,840
This is a trip I haven't
taken before.
1132
01:17:51,800 --> 01:17:54,480
We should remember
this day, guys.
1133
01:17:57,760 --> 01:18:01,560
And I've done a striptease
in the largest gay club in New York.
1134
01:18:02,520 --> 01:18:04,720
And you've smoked crack.
-Yes.
1135
01:18:10,360 --> 01:18:13,920
This is surreal, and I'm
no expert in surrealism
1136
01:18:14,600 --> 01:18:18,520
so I can't offer an opinion
at the moment
1137
01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:21,400
about these numbers.
1138
01:18:21,800 --> 01:18:27,120
I'm ready to meet with everybody
and to discuss everything,
1139
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:30,160
but then I don't know
yet who has watched "The Wire".
1140
01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:32,280
We're not there yet.
1141
01:18:35,880 --> 01:18:39,920
We'll just keep on messing
with them throughout the night.
1142
01:18:45,160 --> 01:18:47,720
We've reached the point
of no turning back.
1143
01:18:48,240 --> 01:18:49,880
I like Hanna Birna, the mayor,
1144
01:18:50,560 --> 01:18:52,920
but I can't stand
the party she belongs to.
1145
01:18:53,040 --> 01:18:56,760
I don't like that Dagur Eggerts,
1146
01:18:57,600 --> 01:19:01,240
but I think the party he
belongs to is okay.
1147
01:19:01,560 --> 01:19:02,640
It's very strange.
1148
01:19:02,760 --> 01:19:05,040
I can't say that
to these people.
1149
01:19:05,680 --> 01:19:07,480
Did you watch me on TV?
1150
01:19:08,480 --> 01:19:12,240
Yeah, and I'm not
an expert on surrealism.
1151
01:19:12,360 --> 01:19:17,680
Who were we talking about?
-Bogi the soundman?
1152
01:19:18,120 --> 01:19:19,920
No, we where not talking about him.
1153
01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:25,280
No, when you were outside
and we wanted to fire you
1154
01:19:25,480 --> 01:19:28,600
and hire somebody else.
-We were talking about Bogi.
1155
01:19:31,920 --> 01:19:33,960
Yes, we're two minutes away.
1156
01:19:34,320 --> 01:19:36,240
Tell them to relax.
We will be there in time.
1157
01:19:46,960 --> 01:19:50,320
We did, after all, make a revolution.
-You don't say.
1158
01:20:33,200 --> 01:20:35,640
Hooray for all kinds of things!
1159
01:20:43,160 --> 01:20:44,800
It's such a pleasure
1160
01:20:44,920 --> 01:20:47,600
to see so many happy
and beautiful people
1161
01:20:47,720 --> 01:20:48,680
gathered together.
1162
01:20:48,800 --> 01:20:53,400
I want very much
to thank everybody
1163
01:20:54,480 --> 01:20:57,920
who has made this possible.
1164
01:20:58,680 --> 01:21:01,960
I have tried, all my life,
1165
01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:07,320
to do things that are
good and constructive
1166
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:10,240
but I've never been as happy
1167
01:21:10,360 --> 01:21:14,120
with anything I've done
as I am with the Best Party.
1168
01:21:25,600 --> 01:21:27,520
And finally I'd like to say,
1169
01:21:27,720 --> 01:21:31,320
Welcome to the revolution
1170
01:21:34,720 --> 01:21:36,480
Hooray for all kinds of things!
1171
01:21:36,960 --> 01:21:38,800
We are the best
1172
01:21:40,520 --> 01:21:42,800
The most best party
1173
01:21:45,200 --> 01:21:47,520
The best in Reykjavik
1174
01:21:49,760 --> 01:21:52,400
The city without compare.
1175
01:21:54,680 --> 01:21:56,640
The system is sour
1176
01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:01,400
It's time to clean house.
1177
01:22:03,520 --> 01:22:08,360
So let us now start,
a new chapter begins.
1178
01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:10,960
Good evening.
1179
01:22:11,400 --> 01:22:13,480
All votes in Reykjavik
have now been counted:
1180
01:22:13,600 --> 01:22:16,920
The Progressives,
1,629 votes.
1181
01:22:18,360 --> 01:22:21,520
The Independents,
20,006 votes.
1182
01:22:22,160 --> 01:22:25,200
The Reykjavik Campaign,
681 votes.
1183
01:22:25,960 --> 01:22:29,440
The Liberals,
274 votes.
1184
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:35,400
The Campaign for Honesty
and Public Good, 668 votes.
1185
01:22:36,280 --> 01:22:40,280
The Social Alliance,
11,344 votes.
1186
01:22:41,120 --> 01:22:45,800
The Left Greens,
4,255 votes.
1187
01:22:47,280 --> 01:22:51,240
The Best Party,
20,666 votes.
1188
01:23:00,520 --> 01:23:03,680
The new mayor of Reykjavik,
Jon Gnarr.
1189
01:23:17,080 --> 01:23:18,320
Everybody is happy.
1190
01:23:21,560 --> 01:23:22,880
Don't do it.
1191
01:23:24,080 --> 01:23:25,040
Please.
1192
01:23:25,320 --> 01:23:26,800
Here is the key for your office.
1193
01:23:26,920 --> 01:23:28,840
I had a very pleasant
time while I was here.
1194
01:23:29,280 --> 01:23:30,200
Are you excited?
1195
01:23:34,520 --> 01:23:36,480
Here are the papers.
1196
01:23:36,600 --> 01:23:37,960
Shall I sign these?
1197
01:23:38,080 --> 01:23:41,920
Yeah, that loan agreement
for the Reykjavik Power Plant...
1198
01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:44,160
Sign that.
1199
01:23:44,720 --> 01:23:45,880
No problem.
1200
01:23:47,880 --> 01:23:50,520
And then this promissory note.
1201
01:23:50,640 --> 01:23:52,800
Sign here.
-Right.
1202
01:23:52,920 --> 01:23:55,400
So this is for Magma Energy Corp.
-Magma, yes.
1203
01:23:56,960 --> 01:24:00,240
Regina is on her way,
the mayor's office manager.
1204
01:24:00,360 --> 01:24:03,040
Everyone wants to meet
you in your office.
1205
01:24:03,320 --> 01:24:06,800
I don't know if I want to,
or if I have the time right now.
1206
01:24:13,280 --> 01:24:15,320
This computer is for you.
1207
01:24:16,080 --> 01:24:17,560
It's the city's.
1208
01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:23,000
Reykjavik citizens own it.
Can't I connect to the wireless?
1209
01:24:26,440 --> 01:24:31,720
Dear co-workers,
it has been decided
1210
01:24:33,720 --> 01:24:39,760
that the tomorrow will
be celebrated in a special way
1211
01:24:42,040 --> 01:24:46,200
and be named Good Day Day.
1212
01:24:48,800 --> 01:24:50,360
On Good Day Day
1213
01:24:51,480 --> 01:24:55,920
one should be especially
kind to one's fellows;
1214
01:24:56,800 --> 01:25:00,440
greet them with a "Good day".
1215
01:25:03,560 --> 01:25:07,480
This is done
to increase brotherly love.
1216
01:25:08,120 --> 01:25:11,680
If it's possible
in Cardamom Town
1217
01:25:12,520 --> 01:25:15,840
then I think it's also
possible in Reykjavik.
1218
01:25:15,960 --> 01:25:17,160
Good day!
1219
01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:20,320
Good day!
1220
01:25:21,600 --> 01:25:22,640
Good day!
1221
01:25:24,160 --> 01:25:25,880
Good day!
1222
01:25:29,960 --> 01:25:36,200
I hope, my dear co-workers,
that you will take to this kindly
1223
01:25:37,160 --> 01:25:40,240
and help us to make
Good Day Day
1224
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an unforgettable day in our city.
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I wish you
a happy good day
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and I hope that this will become
a yearly event in Reykjavik
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and maybe even a daily occurrence.
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Thanks.
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