Life is smiling for stand-up comedian Henrik Fladseth, with both book publishing and work at the Nationaltheatret. He wants to be taken seriously, but everything unravels when he causes a scandal with a "blackface" blunder.

It's just before Christmas, and Stine (9) arrives in Cobbler street all by herself. There she seeks shelter at Shoemaker Andersen's place, a grumpy old man who just wants to be left alone. Their meeting changes everything for the both of them.

The taskmaster has invited five of Norway's best comedians to solve a number of tasks.