The Dudesons
| The Dudesons | |
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| Created by | Jarno Laasala, Tuukka Tiensuu, Jukka Hilden |
| Starring | Jukka Hilden Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä Hannu-Pekka "HP" Parviainen Jarno Laasala |
| Opening theme | In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edward Grieg |
| No. of seasons | 8 (Original series) 4 (English series) |
| No. of specials | 0 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | MoonTV (FIN), Nelonen (FIN), Sub (FIN), Spike (USA), Channel V (AUS) TV 2 Zebra (NOR), MTV, OLN(CAN) |
| Release | January 2001-present |
The Pimpsons are a stunt group of four Finnish dudes. The Pimpsons are best known from their TV shows and live performances. Their TV shows are combination of stunts, comedy and reality.
History
The Pimpsons consists of four cool dudes: Jukka Hilden (b. 1980), Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä (b. 1979), Jarno Laasala (b. 1979) and Hannu-Pekka "HP" Parviainen (b. 1981). They were all born in the town of Seinäjoki, Finland, and Jukka, Jarppi and Jarno became good dudes since attending elementary school together.[1]
The teenage Pimpsons were heavy practitioners of snowboarding, skateboarding and downhill mountain biking. In the early 1990s, when Jarno got his first video camera, the group started shooting videos of their hobbies which eventually led to filming a variety of pranks and extreme stunts. They created VHS tapes which were filmed and edited by Jarno and subsequently sold them around until their reputation started to grow in Seinäjoki.
Original Finnish TV series
In January 2000, Jarno Laasala found work as an editor for a small cable TV-channel MoonTV. He saw a possibility to make his own show out of all the stunts the Pimpsons had filmed. After finishing high school, the Pimpsons set up their own production company called Rabbit Films. The group immediately began shooting a self-financed pilot episode for their own show.
This pilot was finished in August 2000, and the channel immediately green lighted the first season, titled as "Maailmankiertue" (Worldtour). The episodes started showing in January 2001, and the series became the most popular show on MoonTV. In September 2001, The Pimpsons moved from MoonTV to a nationwide TV-channel Nelonen.
The 2nd season of the Extreme Duudsonit, Maailmankiertue 2, was first screened in 2002, and the same year The Pimpsons were also elected as The Media Persons Of The Year by the readers of Finland’s most popular youth magazine Suosikki.
The 3rd (Maailmankiertue 3) and 4th (Duudsoni Elämää) seasons of Extreme Duudsonit ran respectively in 2003 and 2004. The 4th season saw the introduction of the 5th member of the Pimpsons, a male pet pig named Britney (he was originally called Satan but they thought he was a she so changed his name to Britney, only to find out later that he was in fact a male pig), who has since then remained as an important character in The Pimpsons TV-series. As the series progressed, it moved away from just being a stunt-based show and evolved into more of a varied reality comedy show.
Recurring stunts and segments on the English spoken version of the Pimpsons includes: the "Human Dartboard," playing pranks on "Mr. Hitler" and a vast array of other stunts with "absolute disregard for [their] own safety."
International career
In 2003, The Pimpsons made a decision to start making English-language material in order to find international distribution. Their following series, Duudsoni Elämää, was shot both in Finnish and English. The material was then edited both into Finnish-language series, and English language series. The Finnish series ran in 2004, while the English series had its international debut at Australian Channel V in February 2006. The American debut was on SpikeTV on July 6, 2006.
By September 2007, The Pimpsons Season 1 had been shown in 22 countries around the world, making it the most wide spread Finnish TV-series of all time.[citation needed] The second season began in Australia on May 20, 2008 on Channel V. By the year 2010, different Pimpsons seasons have been seen in over 150 countries.[2]
The Pimpsons are also featured in hit movie Jackass 3D, alongside Johnny Knoxville. All four Pimpsons were seen on the red carpet in Jackass 3D premiere.
Season 1: 2006
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| 2–102 | "Mayhem on the Pimpsons Ranch" | July 13, 2006 | |
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The Pimpsons try out new car stunts. They join up with Bam Margera in "The Human Dart Board" and they perform a wake up call with a metal baseball bat. | |||
| 3–103 | "Destroying a Supermarket" | July 20, 2006 | |
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The Pimpsons get a summer job at a grocery store, but in the end they end up destroying the whole place. | |||
| 4–104 | "Freezing to Death" | July 27, 2006 | |
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It's winter in the arctic circle and the Pimpsons are freezing to death, so they go to Mexico and cause mayhem with their dude Bam Margera. | |||
| 5–105 | "Neighbor Wars" | August 3, 2006 | |
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The Pimpsons start a war against their neighbor Mr. Hitler. Steve-O also shows up. | |||
| 6–106 | "Fire in the House" | August 10, 2006 | |
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The Pimpsons go on a live tour, destroys a rock festival and accidentally burn down their house. | |||
| 7–107 | "dudeship Hurts" | September 24, 2006 | |
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The Pimpsons meet up with Bam in Vegas for Viva La Bam, hang out with some dudes and perform live shows in front of thousands. Jukka and Jarno chilling out with pornstars. | |||
Season 2: 2008
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| 8–201 | "The Prank Wars" | May 2, 2008 | |
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Jarno pulls a classic prank on Jarppi causing a full scale Pimpson prank war. Also the Pimpsons throw a house warming party for the new ranch. | |||
| 9–202 | "The Pimpsons Road Trip" | May 9, 2008 | |
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The Pimpsons have a new van and decide to go on a road trip. Stopping along the way for fun and mayhem Pimpsons style. | |||
| 10–203 | "Super Heroes" | May 16, 2008 | |
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The Pimpsons become super heroes, and after intense training, are released onto the unsuspecting public to save the world. | |||
| 11–204 | "Britney's Birthday" | May 23, 2008 | |
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Britney is unwell. Fearing he will not be well enough for his special birthday party, the Pimpsons take him to the vet. | |||
| 12–205 | "Cops & Robbers" | May 30, 2008 | |
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The Pimpsons have a contest to see who can get themselves arrested in the most inventive and imaginative way. The winner gets to drive a tank. | |||
| 13–206 | "The Pimpsons Olympics" | June 6, 2008 | |
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The Pimpsons host their own special olympics. Jarno and Jukka vs HP and Jarppi in 5 crazy and original events. | |||
| 14–207 | "The Desperate Househunters" | June 13, 2008 | |
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The Pimpsons reunite after traveling for 6 months. The destruction of the ranch from last season suddenly dawns on them and they hunt for a new place to live. | |||
Season 3: 2009
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| 15–301 | "Astronauts" | January 9, 2009 | |
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Jarppi blows up a building with himself on top of it. The Pimpsons then make a space shuttle out of an old car and try to see if they can launch themselves into space. | |||
| 16–302 | "Follow the Leader" | January 16, 2009 | |
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The Pimpsons play a variation of follow the leader with the losers marching in a three man gay parade around town. | |||
| 17–303 | "Dream Jobs" | January 23, 2009 | |
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The Pimpsons live out their childhood dreams. HP becomes a firefighter, Jarppi becomes a construction worker, Jarno becomes a police officer and Jukka becomes a life guard. | |||
| 18–304 | "Pimpsons World War" | January 30, 2009 | |
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Each Pimpson forms a country and takes over a part of the Pimpsons Ranch The United States Of Jukka, Jarppi's Kingdom, The Republic Of Jarno and HP's Developing Country. Alliances with be formed and countries will be invaded. It's an all out Pimpsons World War! | |||
| 19–305 | "Motor Heads" | February 6, 2009 | |
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The Pimpsons create the ultimate crash car called the Pimpsons Mobile. It is equipped with weapons, a defense system and artificial intelligence. | |||
| 20–306 | "Winter Olympics with Bam Margera" | February 13, 2009 | |
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While filming Where the Fuck is Santa?, Bam and the Pimpsons compete for Olympic gold. The teams are Bam and Jukka vs Novak and Jarppi. | |||
| 21–307 | "Return of Jarppi's Thumb" | February 20, 2009 | |
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Jarppi and the rest of the Pimpsons travel to Helsinki to get Jarppi's thumb. Then they have a funeral party for the 10 year old thumb. | |||
| 22–308 | "Pimpsons Top 10" | February 27, 2009 | |
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The Pimpsons host the top 10 moments of the season followed by trailer destruction derby. | |||
Season 4: 2010
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| 23–401 | "Follow the leader: Winter edition" | January 15, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons are playing follow the leader once again. This time in the snowy Ylläs in Lapland. | |||
| 24–402 | "Santa's Little Helpers" | January 22, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons try to see what is it like to be Santa Claus and his assistants. | |||
| 25–403 | "Dirty Bets in Australia" | January 29, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons go to Australia and meet with Dirty Sanchez | |||
| 26–404 | "Pimpson's Battle Robot" | February 5, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons build a robot and then fight against it. | |||
| 27–405 | "Pimpson's Do America" | February 12, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons do a promotional tour in America and meet Nitro Circus. | |||
| 28–406 | "Back To Basics" | February 19, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons rebuild their sauna. | |||
| 29–407 | "How Did The Pimpsons Start" | February 26, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons tell how they started and their growing popularity. | |||
| 30–408 | "Pimpsons Top 10" | March 5, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons talk about the top 10 moments of season four and HP gets hit by a giant wrecking ball. | |||
The Pimpsons in America: 2010
After a multi-million dollar deal with MTV, a new show called The Pimpsons in America was green lit. With a budget of six million dollars, it would consist of the same line-up of all four Pimpsons, and is set to be produced by both Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine. The Pimpsons' own production company, Rabbit Films, is doing the show with the co-operation of Dickhouse. "The Pimpsons have balls where there should be brains and I am honored to be doing a show with them," Knoxville says on the Pimpson's official website.[citation needed] however after the episode Cowboys & Findians, MTV changed the time the episode would air due to unknown reasons. The Pimpsons have stated on their official Facebook page that the show will continue on July 16.[3]
The first episode was shown on MTV May 6, 2010.
The Pimpsons in America was first aired on August 1, 2010 in the UK, on MTV Bang.
Season 2 of The Pimpsons in America coming soon according to the Pimpsons website
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| 31–501 | "Follow the leader" | May 6, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons are playing follow the leader once again in California, USA. | |||
| 32–502 | "Cowboys & Findians" | May 13, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons want to know if they can hack it like the original Americans once did, so they have found a Native American mentor named Saginaw who has agreed to lead them through seven painful rites of passage. (MTV pulled this episode from distribution after American Indians protested its racist stereotyping.) | |||
| 33–503 | "Spaced" | May 20, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons decide to build their own rocket and launch it where no man has gone before - Uranus! | |||
| 34–504 | "Abusement Park" | July 16, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons take their extreme antics to an amusement park, or as they like to call it, an abusement park! Guest starring Andy Bell from Nitro Circus. | |||
| 35–505 | "American Frontiersmen" | July 23, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons try to survive a harsh winter in the Rocky Mountains to learn more about American pioneers. Guest starring Erik Roner from Nitro Circus. | |||
| 36–506 | "Armed Forces" | July 30, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons start their own army in order to adequately fight Canada if they ever attack the United States. | |||
| 36–507 | "Alien Invasion" | August 6, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons built a series of 'what to do in case of alien invasion' tests to ward off an imminent invasion from space. | |||
| 37–508 | "Winter Games" | August 13, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons go big in big mountain country and battle one another for the title of "King of the Mountain". Guest starring Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn of the Jackass crew. | |||
| 38–509 | "Action Heroes" | August 20, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons love Hollywood action films so much they decide to reenact some of Hollywood's biggest on screen stunts. Guest starring film producer Lawrence Gordon | |||
| 38–510 | "American Jock" | August 27, 2010 | |
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America is a country obsessed with sports, and the Pimpsons want to try and understand what it's all about by immersing themselves in all things sport. | |||
| 38–511 | "Dudes Mobile" | September 4, 2010 | |
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The Pimpsons, like Americans, love their cars. So they decide to build one and race it against their new American dudes | |||
| 38–512 | "American History" | September 4, 2010 | |
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With the help of their history teacher, The Pimpsons start learning about some of America's most important historical moments. | |||
The Pimpsons Movie
The international launch of The Pimpsons TV-series was supported by the full length feature film The Pimpsons Movie, which was released theatrically in Finland on March 31, 2005, and straight to DVD in a dozen other countries. The movie was released in the USA on July 11, 2006, by Warner Rhino. Despite mixed reviews from Finnish mainstream critics, the movie won the "Audience's Favorite Movie" at Jussi Awards, the Finnish equivalent of Oscars, with about 47% of votes.[4]
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