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Roy and Roger's Mack is introduced for the first time. A cautious beige man and an angry Opel owner appear for the first time. However, the Opel owner calms down when a man with a terry cloth blanket comforts him. Some men from the Swedish Road Administration want to demolish the pub. Songs in part 1: Macken (performed by Björn Skifs) The terry blanket - the embarrassed customer: Knut Agnred Privat - the freestyle singers: Knut Agnred and Per Fritzell My car repairman - the chorus singer: Kerstin Granlund "Call me later!" exclaims the car repairman Roy and the Mad Men and After Shave makes its definitive breakthrough. The TV series Macken premiered in August 1986 and quickly became immensely popular. The last program is watched by almost half of Sweden's population. The car repair shop that brothers Roy and Roger run is exactly the kind that used to be on every road. Among others, a beige customer, a family with a caravan and a confirmand who wants a synth come to the grocery store. Something that is not visible, however, is a white Opel that has been handed in for repairs... Dark clouds of worry hover over the idyll in the form of the municipality's plans to build a new highway right where the grocery store is located. Each episode contains several musical numbers and many songs become hits. Caravan, Confirmation gift, It's the water pump, Gerd and the leitmotif Macken end up on the Svensktoppen. TV broadcast: 23 August–27 September 1986 TV viewers: 3,672,000 (last episode, 27 September 1986, viewership for other episodes was not measured) Program length: 30 min Number of episodes: 6 Cast: Galenskaparna, After Shave and Bengt Grive Manus : Claes Eriksson Director: Claes Eriksson and PA Norell Original music: Claes Eriksson and Knut Agnred Musicians: Charles Falk (arr), Lars Lim Moberg, Jan Gunér, Kjell Johansson, Måns Abrahamsson, Lennart Grahn, Sven Fridolfsson, Bengt Jönsson, Arne Österlindh, Stefan Wågsjö, Bertil Lindh, Tord Svedlund, Bo Olsson and Urban Ward Photo: Michael Kinmanson and Curt Cronwall Scenography: Rolf Allan Props: Elisabeth von Koch Sound: Gunnar Askegren and Erik Forslund Costume: Monica Larsson Mask: Ylva Hällqvist and Yvonne Persson Editing: Göran Arremo Producer: PA Norell Recorded: November 1985–January 1986 in Stockholm Reruns: August 24–September 28, 1991 (1,948,000 viewers/episode on average) January 20–March 2, 1996 (1,705,000 viewers/episode on average) 8 June–July 27, 2012 (906,000 viewers/episode average) Awards: Gold disc (25,000 copies) for Macken and Konfirmationspresenten (single) 1986 Platinum disc (100,000 copies) for Macken (LP) 1986