In episode one, for example, the Dillermand mustache uses his giant, striped organ as a thread for his dog – but is quickly inundated with requests from neighbors to take their animals for a walk. At another point in the show, he is trapped floating in the air after the balloons are tied to his groin.
In another episode, he breaks the vase of a friend with his penis and has to raise money to repay them, and in a third, he uses it to steal an ice cream at the zoo. The show’s opening montage also shows him using his genitals to keep a lion away from a group of children.
The show was generally hailed in Denmark and on the internet, with many praising it as an appropriate and easy way to teach children about human anatomy.
A DR spokesman told CNN that most of those who criticized the program did so “without even (seeing) the show, because it has not yet been released.”
“Now the vast majority here in Denmark … are making fun of a few critics instead,” added Sarah Cecilie. “Hundreds of thousands now support John Dillermand.”
“In Denmark, he is now a huge success, and children are watching him in large numbers,” she told CNN that 200,000 people watched the first episode.
In the network’s online description of the show, they say that although Dillermand’s genitals lead him to embarrassing situations, he can be used permanently when he accepts that he is different.
DR is the oldest and best known broadcaster in Denmark and was a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union. The network is funded by the taxpayer, which makes it the Danish equivalent of the BBC or PBS.