Jan 22nd, 2021
There’s no doubt that children’s television shows are strange. There’s a show about a sponge who wears pants with a high pitched voice who lives in a pineapple. There’s also a show about insects who go on adventures to the music of the Beatles. Another show about a tiger and his friends who live in the magical world from Mister Rogers Neighborhood. But all of these strange premises pale in comparison to a new children’s show out of Denmark called
John Dillermand.
While there’s nothing strange about the name of the show, the titular John Dillermand has a very strange ability that doesn’t seem kid-friendly. The show, which airs on public television network DR, one of the biggest channels in Denmark, is an animated series that follows the exploits of Dillermand. If it doesn’t seem alarming yet, that’s because we haven’t yet revealed why his adventures are so jarring.
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John Dillermand is a generally normal man who generally just likes to go about his everyday life minding his own business. But in John’s case, his “business” has a mind of its own “business” in this case referring to his prehensile penis, something that never fails to get John into trouble as he adventures through this strange animated show that’s aimed at children for some reason. No word yet on a U.S. release.
This Morning viewers have insisted they would not let their children watch a Danish cartoon which tells the story of a man with the world s largest penis .
John Dillermand - which literally translates to penis man in Danish slang - follows the adventures of its eponymous character who performs impressive feats with his member.
The animation made its debut on children s channel DR Ramasjang in January, with Danish presenter Ulla Essendrop and Stine Liv Johansen, a professor in children s use of media, defending the cartoon.
Ulla argued the main message of the show is to be who you are , and that the programme, aimed at children aged four to eight, explores topics children are beginning to become curious about at that age.