John Dillermand

A Danish series of shorts about a man with a ridiculously long penis and the many uses he puts it to. For kids. Yes, it's real.

https://cphpost.dk/?p=121593

You can watch some episodes here, if you're morbidly curious.

What the...?

Not for kids or Adults

It feels like a Robot Chicken sketch... which somehow got turned into a series.

This series' premise is rather strange, especially since it's supposed to be a kids' show, so I decided to look into it out of curiosity.

Danish is far from my native tongue, but I was able to find some decent local articles on the series from the show's network, DR Ramasjang.

The idea comes from director Jacob Ley (Finding Santa) and his bedtime stories to his kids, which primarily uses the young-minded John Dillermand and his wacky mishaps with his member to "to stand by oneself and one's mistakes, and about wanting to do good - even though it is often the pleasure-driven, naughty and forbidden that is much more tempting."

Furthermore, the creative staff claims that they're aware of their target audience (ages 4-8) and their curiosity about the growing body, which is supported by the series' unusual quirk. Surprisingly they managed to get a child psychologist, Margrethe Bruun Hansen, and a local sex education group "Sex and Society" to review scripts, citing:

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Jan 5th 2021 at 7:05:29 AM

Thanks, I hate it.

This sounds so weird.

A kids' cartoon about a man whipping out his prehensile penis? Is this something more than just Danish Values Dissonance that we Americans don't understand?

Edited by AHI-3000 on Jan 7th 2021 at 10:29:48 AM

My initial post should help clarify some things. According to VICE, DR Ramasjang is a public broadcast edutainment kids network that's similar to PBS Kids in the States.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Jan 8th 2021 at 12:20:29 PM

Well nordic countries do have different nudity taboos, but I do think this sounds absurd and surprising as well, but maybe finnish are just bit shyer despite saunas and all

In this case, even Danish people are protesting because it's so outlandishly not for kids.

Sorry, get Danish and Dutch mixed.

Edited by firewriter on Jan 8th 2021 at 11:22:45 AM

Wait, what Dutch have anything to do with Denmark?

I've noticed a small push in the children's entertainment world about the need, given how much emphasis is put upon it in terms of male sexual self-confidence, to address the penis. There was, for instance, a children's book that came out a number of years ago about a little boy who was afraid girls would never like him because he had a small penis; the author pointed out that there was lots of material about girls' changing bodies and helping them maintain self-image and confidence in themselves, but, as far as he could tell, absolutely nothing for boys.

I'm sure you could make a series for kids about a guy with a giant prehensile penis that kids would find amusing and might even be, broadly considered, age-appropriate so long as you didn't dive into prurience (I've seen kid's cartoons with Marshmallow Hell jokes, after all). Still, I agree. It's really, really weird.

Edited by Robbery on Jan 8th 2021 at 9:55:44 AM

Congratulations Denmark, you've just dethroned Japan.

No. Just... No!

I mean, we all have genitals; it's pointless to pretend we don't and act as if children are supposed to believe people don't have them.

That being said, this, as a cartoon, isn't really a good idea for a series—- I mean, the premise is basically the Marsupilami but instead of a tail it's the man's wang... I just don't see it.

Sorry, but this is not people acting like prudes but people would legit have problems with stuff like private parts being the premise of a children's cartoon, especially a grown man's.

Read what I wrote again.

Edit: To spell it out, I don't think this is a good idea for a children's cartoon either, but then, I don't think outright pretending body parts don't exist is a good thing either. I guess the example I'd be looking for is the very early Dragon Ball, which could show Kid Goku's wee parts in a casual plot fitting way to a whole generation of Japanese children without turning them all into deviants.

Because that, on itself, wasn't the point then, while this is the point now.

Edited by AmazingSpiderHam on Jan 8th 2021 at 1:21:04 AM

I think they're hoping to sell the cartoon through the controversy to be honest,like get people talking about it so when it begins airing they get a large amount of viewers

The show, comprised of 5 minute 13 episodes so far, is currently airing since January 2nd. The earliest known promotional content for the show was on December 28th.

Apparently the non-region locked episodes have been watched over 140k times online. (Which, to be honest, I'm not sure if that's good or bad regarding normal Denmerk viewership.)

OK,it's airing now then,and people are talking about it

so mission accomplished

I just watched all the episodes that are out right now and I was smiling the entire time. Bizarre premise aside, the animation style is very cozy and cute. As for the visual humor (which is all I can really take in as I don't speak the language), it's pretty alright. Let me just say there are scenes where the dick wields a shotgun, a chainsaw, and a knife.

Oh yeah, and that's another thing. The penis seems to have a mind of its own and causes trouble on its own free will. John always ends up cleaning its mess by the end, of course, but I feel like that's a pretty weird choice. (Not to say the show itself as a whole could be described as a weird choice.) I say that because a lot of people have pointed out that John's seeming "lack of control" can have Unfortunate Implications if you think about it. But my response is bah, it's a children's show, I doubt kids will have any takeaway from it besides laughing.