A Danish children’s show could prove must-see viewing for some of our leadersA man whose penis is always getting him into trouble! If it’s not the most original theme, a new animated interpretation by a Danish production company is probably unusual in aiming its version, John Dillermand, at an audience aged between four and eight.
As reported in the Guardian, John Dillermand (to date, suggested translations include “John Penisman” and “John Willy”) is a picaresque series featuring the adventures of a faintly creepy, blubbery cartoon man whose serpentine “diller”, being prehensile, retractable and (although sensitive) heroically extensible, is really the star of the show. Picture something red-striped, to signal clownish harmlessness, with qualities of both the Noo Noo and Mr Tickle; in fact, you could see John Penisman as the missing Mr Man story, the ur-text the late Roger Hargreaves tastefully chose to suppress.