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Animated children s TV show about a man with a long and multifunctional penis debuts in Denmark
Causing inevitable controversy, the John Dillermand series on public service station DR (the Danish BBC) is also a massive hit.
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Jacob Ley apparently came up with John Dillermand, the eponymous character of his animated children s TV series, when making up bedtime stories to tell his own kids. Dillermand, which roughly translates as penis-man , is “a middle-aged man with a prehensile penis that can extend to the length of several metres,” says the IMDB blurb. That unusual trait, as you can imagine, opens the floodgates to plenty of antics and challenges; as one of the episode’s description reads: “It often gets him in trouble and it can get really embarrassing, but when he stands by the fact that he is different, he can save children, babies and cars and even hoist the flag – with the diller. In fact, he can save the whole world if only he were allowed to.”
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Titled John Dillermand , the show is about a man who performs a number of tasks and rescues with the help of his giant penis - which is also the world s longest.Â
Denmark has launched a new TV show for children which revolves around a man with a giant penis. Titled John Dillermand , the show is about a man who performs a number of tasks and rescues with the help of his giant penis - which is also the world s longest.
The show s target audience is children aged between four and eight years. The show launched on the Danish national broadcasting service, DR, over the weekend, and has garnered criticism.
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It is not the first time Danish TV has come under close scrutiny – previously an award-winning programme “Ultra Strips Down” that featured adults undressing in front of 11-13 year-old participants was heavily targeted by critics despite its “body positivity” message.
A new children’s programme about a man with “the longest penis in the world” launched by major Danish broadcaster DR last week has risen many eyebrows in the last couple of days.
Psychologists and general viewers have been debating whether the animated film about John Dillermand (literally “penis-man” as derived from Danish slang) is something appropriate for children to watch.