Extreme Duudsonit
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The Dudesons are a four-man stunt group from Finland
. The Dudesons are best known from their TV shows and live performances. Their TV shows are combination of stunts, comedy and reality.
": Jukka Hilden
(b. 1980), Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä
(b. 1979), Jarno Laasala
(b. 1979) and Hannu-Pekka "HP" Parviainen
(b. 1981). All were born in the town of Seinäjoki
, Finland, where Hilden, Leppälä, and Laasala became close friends while attending elementary school
together, where they later met Parviainen.
As teenagers, the four became quite interested in snowboarding
, skateboarding
and downhill mountain biking. In the early 1990s, when Laasala got his first video camera, the group began filming their activities which eventually led to further pranks and extreme stunts. They created and sold VHS
tapes which were filmed and edited by Laasala and subsequently their reputation began to grow in Seinäjoki.
obtained a job as an editor for a small Finnish cable TV-channel called MoonTV
. He saw a possibility to make his own show out of all the stunts the Dudesons had filmed. After finishing high school
, the Dudesons set up their own production company called Rabbit Films. The group immediately began shooting a self-financed pilot episode of 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 began airing in January 2001, and the series became the most popular show on MoonTV. In September, 2001, The Dudesons moved from MoonTV to a nationwide TV-channel Nelonen
.
The 2nd season, called "Extreme Duudsonit, Maailmankiertue 2", was first screened in 2002, and the same year The Dudesons 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 seasons (Duudsoni Elämää) of Extreme Duudsonit ran respectively in 2003 and 2004.
Recurring stunts and segments on the English spoken version of the Dudesons includes: the "Human Dartboard," playing pranks on "Mr. Hitler" and a vast array of other stunts with "absolute disregard for [their] own safety."
in February 2006. The American debut was on SpikeTV on July 6, 2006.
By September 2007, The Dudesons Season 1 had been shown in 22 countries around the world, making it the most wide spread Finnish TV-series of all time.
The second season began in Australia on May 20, 2008 on Channel V.
By the year 2010, different Dudesons seasons have been seen in over 150 countries.
The Dudesons are also featured in hit movie Jackass 3D
, alongside Johnny Knoxville. All four Dudesons were seen on the red carpet in Jackass 3D premiere.
, a new show called The Dudesons in America was green lit. With a budget of six million dollars, it would consist of the same line-up of all four Dudesons, and is set to be produced by both Johnny Knoxville
and Jeff Tremaine
. The Dudesons own production company, Rabbit Films, is doing the show with the co-operation of Dickhouse. "The Dudesons have balls where there should be brains and I am honored to be doing a show with them," Knoxville says on the Dudesons's official website. however after the episode Cowboys & Findians, MTV changed the time the episode would air due to unknown reasons. The Dudesons have stated on their official Facebook page that the show will continue on July 16.
The first episode was shown on MTV
May 6, 2010.
The Dudesons in America was first aired on August 1, 2010 in the UK, on MTV Bang.
Season 2 of The Dudesons in America coming soon according to the Dudesons website
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. The Dudesons are best known from their TV shows and live performances. Their TV shows are combination of stunts, comedy and reality.
History
The Dudesons consists of "four dudes from the Arctic CircleArctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For Epoch 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs north of the Equator....
": Jukka Hilden
Jukka Hilden
Jukka Hildén is a Finnish media personality and member of The Dudesons stuntgroup. On the Music Television USA website Jukka is introduced as "the rockstar, the showman, the never-stopping energizer bunny of the Dudesons crew"....
(b. 1980), Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä
Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä
Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä is a Finnish media personality and member of The Dudesons stuntgroup. In Finland, he also goes by the nickname "Jarno2", but is mostly known as Jarppi .- Biography:...
(b. 1979), Jarno Laasala
Jarno Laasala
Jarno Laasala is a Finnish media personality and creator of The Dudesons stuntgroupand CEO of the Rabbit Films production company.As a child Laasala was a Super Mario Bros champion in Finland....
(b. 1979) and Hannu-Pekka "HP" Parviainen
Hannu-Pekka "HP" Parviainen
Hannu-Pekka "HP" Parviainen is a snowboarder, Finnish media personality, and member of The Dudesons stuntgroup.Parviainen was born in Seinäjoki. According to an official fan page, HP is no longer qualified for health insurance from any companies in Finland.HP is the only Dudeson who graduated from...
(b. 1981). All were born in the town of Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...
, Finland, where Hilden, Leppälä, and Laasala became close friends while attending elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
together, where they later met Parviainen.
As teenagers, the four became quite interested in snowboarding
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
, skateboarding
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...
and downhill mountain biking. In the early 1990s, when Laasala got his first video camera, the group began filming their activities which eventually led to further pranks and extreme stunts. They created and sold VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
tapes which were filmed and edited by Laasala and subsequently their reputation began to grow in Seinäjoki.
Original Finnish TV series
In January 2000, Jarno LaasalaJarno Laasala
Jarno Laasala is a Finnish media personality and creator of The Dudesons stuntgroupand CEO of the Rabbit Films production company.As a child Laasala was a Super Mario Bros champion in Finland....
obtained a job as an editor for a small Finnish cable TV-channel called MoonTV
MoonTV
MoonTV was a free Finnish cable network channel. It started off as a channel for programmes about computer and video games but later grew into a channel covering several areas of youth culture. In its prime it was the first interactive TV channel in the world. At its best MoonTV could reach 1.3...
. He saw a possibility to make his own show out of all the stunts the Dudesons had filmed. After finishing high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, the Dudesons set up their own production company called Rabbit Films. The group immediately began shooting a self-financed pilot episode of 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 began airing in January 2001, and the series became the most popular show on MoonTV. In September, 2001, The Dudesons moved from MoonTV to a nationwide TV-channel Nelonen
Nelonen
Nelonen is a Finnish commercial TV channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1989 on the HTV cable network, which name was changed first to PTV4 and then to Nelonen. It started on June 1, 1997. Nelonen, in Finnish, means the glyph of the number four. The channel is...
.
The 2nd season, called "Extreme Duudsonit, Maailmankiertue 2", was first screened in 2002, and the same year The Dudesons 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 seasons (Duudsoni Elämää) of Extreme Duudsonit ran respectively in 2003 and 2004.
Recurring stunts and segments on the English spoken version of the Dudesons 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 Dudesons 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 VChannel V
Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...
in February 2006. The American debut was on SpikeTV on July 6, 2006.
By September 2007, The Dudesons Season 1 had been shown in 22 countries around the world, making it the most wide spread Finnish TV-series of all time.
The second season began in Australia on May 20, 2008 on Channel V.
By the year 2010, different Dudesons seasons have been seen in over 150 countries.
The Dudesons are also featured in hit movie Jackass 3D
Jackass 3D
Jackass 3D is a 2010 American 3D comedy film and the fourth film in the Jackass series. It was released on October 15, 2010 by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films to American theaters and marked the 10th anniversary of the franchise, which started in 2000...
, alongside Johnny Knoxville. All four Dudesons were seen on the red carpet in Jackass 3D premiere.
Season 1: 2006
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Season 4: 2010
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The Dudesons in America: 2010
After a multi-million dollar deal with MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, a new show called The Dudesons in America was green lit. With a budget of six million dollars, it would consist of the same line-up of all four Dudesons, and is set to be produced by both Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville
Philip John Clapp , better known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, stunt performer, best known for being the co-creator and principal star of the MTV reality series Jackass, with the catchphrase "I'm Johnny Knoxville, and welcome to Jackass."-Early...
and Jeff Tremaine
Jeff Tremaine
Jeffery James "Jeff" Tremaine is an American film and television producer/director, and, along with Johnny Knoxville and Spike Jonze, one of the creators of MTV's Jackass. He directed Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 3D, and Jackass spinoff Wildboyz...
. The Dudesons own production company, Rabbit Films, is doing the show with the co-operation of Dickhouse. "The Dudesons have balls where there should be brains and I am honored to be doing a show with them," Knoxville says on the Dudesons's official website. however after the episode Cowboys & Findians, MTV changed the time the episode would air due to unknown reasons. The Dudesons have stated on their official Facebook page that the show will continue on July 16.
The first episode was shown on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
May 6, 2010.
The Dudesons in America was first aired on August 1, 2010 in the UK, on MTV Bang.
Season 2 of The Dudesons in America coming soon according to the Dudesons website
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