# Free Willy, or Denmark's Newest Children's Show

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 9, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-willy-or-denmarks-newest-childrens-show/930097 "2021-01-09T06:10:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-willy-or-denmarks-newest-childrens-show/930097/1 "2021-01-09T06:10:52Z")

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Denmark’s main broadcaster has launched a children’s show called _John Dillermand_, “an animation starring a man with a penis so massive and flexible it can save children from danger, fetch objects from a river and operate as a pogo stick.”

I’m not sure why anyone thought this would be a good idea, but the jokes are pretty much writing themselves.

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**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-willy-or-denmarks-newest-childrens-show/930097/2 "2021-01-09T06:12:53Z")

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> [@Danish TV debuts new children's cartoon - about a man with a giant, uncontrollable penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danish-tv-debuts-new-childrens-cartoon-about-a-man-with-a-giant-uncontrollable-penis/929875):
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> If it was a tail, that I could understand, but a PENIS? And it’s aimed at young children! What I saw of the episodes on You Tube were even too risque for Adult Swim MHO. If Danes think this is child-friendly, they must be total perverts. (I’ll admit, it was funny, but I’m an adult, mmmkay?) (Maybe this decision was made by the same people who thought “Ren & Stimpy” was appropriate for Nickelodeon almost 30 years ago? I heard that its creator is in some big trouble for consorting with und…

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-willy-or-denmarks-newest-childrens-show/930097/3 "2021-01-09T06:14:11Z")

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Dammit! I can’t do a proper Search on Discourse. Should have known there’d be a thread somewhere already.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-willy-or-denmarks-newest-childrens-show/930097/4 "2021-01-09T14:58:54Z")

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Closed on January 9, 2021, 2:58pm UTC