The Dudesons In America stars Jukka Hilden, Hannu-Pekka "Hp" Parviainen, Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä and Jarno Laasala, and premiered last Thursday, May 6th on MTV. MTV.s new show .The Dudesons in America,. airs Thursdays at 10pm Et/Pt on MTV. Tune in Thursday, May 13. Americans do not have the market cornered on jackass-dude allegedly inebriated behavior. The Finnish are right there representing for Scandinavia and Europe. This wincing reality show is a Johnny Knoxville-produced series in which four of his pals from Finland take stupid and "not advised" to a whole new level of triple butter cream saturation (The Finns have the highest dairy consumption in the world). Watching these guys makes Wee Man, Steve-o and Knoxville look like...
- 5/13/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
MTV has ordered a pair of post-"Jackass" extreme-stunt reality series, each with a format that's been previously tested.
In "Dudesons in America," four Finnish stuntmen and pranksters whose exploits are well known in Europe will attempt to do "even stupider stunts and pranks" than they performed back home. "Jackass" star Johnny Knoxville is on the executive producing team.
"The Dudesons have balls where there should be brains, and I am honored to be doing a show with them," Knoxville said.
The second series is "MTV's Parkour Challenge," which aired as a one-hour special in October. Parkour is a foot race through a cluttered urban environment where racers scale obstacles.
"There is so much competition for the eyes and attention of young guys these days that we really have to over-deliver and create can't miss, event television for them," said Tony Disanto, president of programming for MTV. "These two shows...
In "Dudesons in America," four Finnish stuntmen and pranksters whose exploits are well known in Europe will attempt to do "even stupider stunts and pranks" than they performed back home. "Jackass" star Johnny Knoxville is on the executive producing team.
"The Dudesons have balls where there should be brains, and I am honored to be doing a show with them," Knoxville said.
The second series is "MTV's Parkour Challenge," which aired as a one-hour special in October. Parkour is a foot race through a cluttered urban environment where racers scale obstacles.
"There is so much competition for the eyes and attention of young guys these days that we really have to over-deliver and create can't miss, event television for them," said Tony Disanto, president of programming for MTV. "These two shows...
- 2/9/2010
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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