Denmark launches children's TV show about man with giant penis

[Beau Vine 54987]

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John Dillermand has an extraordinary penis. So extraordinary, in fact, that it can perform rescue operations, etch murals, hoist a flag and even steal ice-cream from children.

The Danish equivalent of the BBC, DR, has a new animated series aimed at four- to eight-year-olds about John Dillermand, the man with the world’s longest penis who overcomes hardships and challenges with his record-breaking genitals.

Unsurprisingly, the series has provoked debate about what good children’s television should – and should not – contain.

Since premiering on Saturday, opponents have condemned the idea of a man who cannot control his penis. “Is this really the message we want to send to children while we are in the middle of a huge #MeToo wave?” wrote the Danish author Anne Lise Marstrand-Jørgensen.

The show comes just months after the TV presenter Sofie Linde kickstarted Denmark’s #MeToo movement.

Christian Groes, an associate professor and gender researcher at Roskilde University, said he believed the programme’s celebration of the power of male genitalia could only set equality back. “It’s perpetuating the standard idea of a patriarchal society and normalising ‘locker room culture’ … that’s been used to excuse a lot of bad behaviour from men. It’s meant to be funny – so it’s seen as harmless. But it’s not. And we’re teaching this to our kids.”

Erla Heinesen Højsted, a clinical psychologist who works with families and children, said she believed the show’s opponents may be overthinking things. “John Dillermand talks to children and shares their way of thinking – and kids do find genitals funny,” she said.

“The show depicts a man who is impulsive and not always in control, who makes mistakes – like kids do, but crucially, Dillermand always makes it right. He takes responsibility for his actions. When a woman in the show tells him that he should keep his penis in his pants, for instance, he listens. Which is nice. He is accountable.”

Højsted conceded the timing was poor and that a show about bodies might have considered depicting “difference and diversity” beyond an oversized diller (Danish slang for penis; dillermand literally means “penis-man”). “But this is categorically not a show about sex,” she said. “To pretend it is projects adult ideas on it.”

DR, the Danish public service broadcaster, has a reputation for pushing boundaries – especially for children. Another stalwart of children’s scheduling is Onkel Reje, a popular figure who curses, smokes a pipe and eschews baths – think Mr Tumble meets Father Jack. A character in Gepetto News made conservatives bristle in 2012 when he revealed a love of cross-dressing. And Ultra Smider Tøjet (Ultra Strips Down) caused outrage in 2020 for presenting children aged 11-13 with a panel of nude adults, but, argues Højsted, such criticism was unjustified.

“What kind of culture are we creating for our children if it’s OK for them to see ‘perfect’ bodies on Instagram – enhanced, digitally or cosmetically – but not ‘real bodies’?” she said.

DR responded to the latest criticism by saying it could just as easily have made a programme “about a woman with no control over her vagina” and that the most important thing was that children enjoyed John Dillermand.

https://www.dr.dk/drtv/se/john-dillermand_-john-dillermand_227290

[Jerry Callo 8848]

Hans Christian Anderson has met his match.

[Upgrayedd 5827]

To be honest, the only hang up in the negotiations for royalties was the conversion rate.  

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

I was proud to assist as the model.

[Guest Lobo]

Is the name "Danish Anus" already taken?  If not, I call dibs for a spin-off series aimed an older demographic. 

Edited January 7, 2021 by Lobo

[crash_davis 23168]

Gotdamned. Even Denmark is whitewashing cartoon characters! Won't someone think of the black actors!!!!!

[OrangEngr 1035]

2 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

DR responded to the latest criticism by saying it could just as easily have made a programme “about a woman with no control over her vagina”

PM South Austin’s mom

[Prepuce of Doom 21130]

2 hours ago, Lobo said:

Is the name "Danish Anus" already taken?  If not, I call dibs for a spin-off series aimed an older demographic. 

And I call dibs on "Anus Danish" for my breakfast café for perverted cannibals. 

[tfoolry 8255]

Isn’t that a band over there?

[Mitch Cumsteen 18676]

@THUJONE was way ahead of his time.

[smuggs 9358]

3 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

https://www.dr.dk/drtv/se/john-dillermand_-john-dillermand_227290

Why is he using his giant Waldo cock to spray lighter fluid all over his salmon? The Danes have some strange dietary preferences.

[nnm 37036]

“Mr. Dillermand, a Mr. Bob Stoops is holding on line 1....”

[HornsOverIthaca 2339]

When I saw this story I knew there would already be a thread about it.

[StruggleBus 3922]

[Longhornstampede 3193]

7 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Hans Christian Anderson has met his match.

Glans Christian Anderson?

[ztejas 43777]

Lol. I overheard guys on the driving range today (loudly) talking about this. They sounded pretty for it. 

[Sandman 3420]

I never signed those release papers. They'll be hearing from my attorney, pronto.

[Guest Lobo]

On 1/7/2021 at 11:54 AM, Prepuce of Doom said:

And I call dibs on "Anus Danish" for my breakfast café for perverted cannibals. 

Fine, but we're splitting the royalties with "Famous Amos Danish Anus" breakfast cookies.  

"Famous Amos Danish Anus:  Breakfast Cookies with Chocolate Copenhagen Chips that Surprise."  

[Brisketexan 105678]

Well, now we know why that tramp the little l mermaid keeps hanging around the harbor and won’t leave.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22050]

Where is the pussy on a mermaid?

[Prepuce of Doom 21130]

Cloaca. 

[Stinkpalm 694]

On 1/7/2021 at 8:44 AM, Beau Vine said:

“ The Danish equivalent of the BBC”

Intentional, or nah?