Hey Baberiba was a comedy show on TV4 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, where three comedians made impersonations of different Swedish celebrities. The show was a success for TV4 and ran for four seasons.

It received a lot of publicity and many fans for its portrayal of the Swedish Royal Family

Swedish Royal Family

The Swedish Royal Family since 1818 consists of a number of persons in the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte, closely related to the King of Sweden. They are entitled to royal titles and style , and some perform official engagements and ceremonial duties of state...

. No new season is planned by TV4.

The three hosts all continued to the show Fredag Hela Veckan

Fredag Hela Veckan

Fredag Hela Veckan is a Swedish TV show in TV4. It is a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live.Among the famous Swedish comedians in the show, there were David Hellenius, Peter Magnusson and Christine Meltzer, stars from the prior Friday entertainment Hey Baberiba...

, a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

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The name comes from Hey Baberiba, a Swedish cover of Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

"Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" is a 1946 song by Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra. The song's lead vocals were performed by Lionel Hampton himself and featured Herbie Fields on alto sax. The song went to number one on the R&B Juke Box charts for sixteen non-consecutive weeks and reached number nine on the...

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