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Very little in the way of subject matter is off limits to Swedish comedian Jesper Odelberg. In fact, even life with cerebral palsy—something Odelberg knows about first hand—is fodder for laughs. Odelberg hit the comedy circuit about 15 years ago after being inspired by a friend’s success in the field. Today, he’s a regular on a Norwegian comedy show Rikets Rost.

On the show, Odelberg takes part in a variety of hidden camera skits in which he’s placed in roles someone with cerebral palsy isn’t normally seen in. For example, Odelberg has played a tattoo artist as well as a doctor who administers acupuncture. He’s also been cast as a mock dentist, a role he comments on by saying, “If I was a patient coming to the dentist and I saw a cerebral palsy dentist there, I’d go nuts myself.” 

Taking his sense of humor out on a limb is nothing new to Odelberg, so it wasn’t a huge surprise when in 1996, along with two friends, he found a new way to entertain the masses—he formed the band, Boys on Wheels. Like Odelberg, the other two members of the band also use wheelchairs. The group has adapted the lyrics of popular rock songs so that they’re more in line with the sense of humor behind Odelberg’s stand-up routine.