'Dumt & Farligt': Danish TV Show Is Stupid, Dangerous And A Lot Of Fun (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post  |  Posted: 04/19/2012 2:04 pm Updated: 04/20/2012 1:59 pm

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Hey! Do you like to watch stuff blow up in slow motion? Then, this video is for you.

The title of the Danish TV program "Dumt & Farligt" translates to "stupid and dangerous." We can't gather too much information from the show's website, but the basic point seems to be that a pair of guys (comedian Jan Elhøj and stuntman Lasse Spang Olsen) with destructive tendencies film stunts in which they shoot, crush, explode or otherwise destroy a variety of household goods. It's unclear whether the show has an underlying premise apart from wanton destruction.

Update:
TV 2 Zulu spokesperson Maia Schwartz got back to The Huffington Post and confirmed that "The show is intended to be absolutely just for fun, as the title 'Stupid and Dangerous' insinuates. It’s an entertainment show from beginning to end."

This highlight reel captures some the Danish duo's best mayhem in super-slow motion, at 2500 frames per second on a Phantom Flex camera.

"Dumt & Farligt" is like "Jackass" with a set premise -- a house that the hosts are free to destroy as they please -- or "MythBusters" without any of the pesky science. Or at least we think that's what it is. The Huffington Post reached out to Denmark's TV 2 Zulu, which airs the program, for comment, but no response was received as of press time. TV 2 Zulu appears to be geared towards a twentysomething demographic, airing other shows devoted to dating and cultural satire.

You could say that the images speak for themselves. But with regards to the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words, these images boil down to a single interjection: "Whoa!"

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Hey! Do you like to watch stuff blow up in slow motion? Then, this video is for you. The title of the Danish TV program "Dumt & Farligt" translates to "stupid and dangerous." We can't gather too m...
Hey! Do you like to watch stuff blow up in slow motion? Then, this video is for you. The title of the Danish TV program "Dumt & Farligt" translates to "stupid and dangerous." We can't gather too m...
 
 
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03:05 PM on 04/26/2012
Hi from Norwegian Broadcasting; This is the Danish remake of the Norwegian pubcaster NRK format "Ikke gjør dette hjemme", internationally known as "Never ever do this at home", soon to be aired in several countries. Look for NRK clips under the norwegian title on You Tube!
03:00 PM on 04/26/2012
Hey! I absolutely love that you love our show. Just remember that what you are watching is the Danish remake of our Norwegian format Never ever do this at home, developed and produced by pubcaster NRK! Norwegian title is "Ikke gjør dette hjemme", find clips from season 2 on http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ikke+gj%C3%B8r+dette+hjemme+sesong+2&oq=ikke+gj%C3%B8r+dette&aq=1&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=youtube.1.1.0l10.1969.3610.0.5579.15.11.0.6.6.0.469.703.2j1j4-1.4.0.
03:24 PM on 04/20/2012
Reminds me of that demolition show where two brother bodybuilders demolished "old buildings" using "science"
Human Wrecking Balls,thats what it was
09:25 AM on 04/20/2012
Being a native Dane and having watched (with joy) the first 2 two episodes aired so far, I'd like to add some info. The show itself contains some introductory talk between the hosts on how to address more or less daily tasks like express-drying your close using fireworks or heating canned food, as shown on the video. Beyond the complete silly destruction (which is fun in itself) the show also clarifies visually, why you should not do as you've been told from childhood not to do, like putting the canned food directly on the stove. And frankly I didn't know flour was that explosive, there is much more flour in the show itself
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03:20 AM on 04/20/2012
I'm going to have to look for this show.
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01:16 AM on 04/20/2012
"Yes, but is it Art, Eddie?"

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11:53 PM on 04/19/2012
Looks like great fun
11:19 PM on 04/19/2012
I wonder if this is the Danish solution to not having stupid and dangerous sports like American Football or boxing. Danes are usually pretty sensible folks, but every culture needs to have a vicarious outlet for risk-takers and risk-taker wannabes.
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Against stupidity the Gods contend in vain.
09:40 PM on 04/19/2012
Effing awesome. If you're a guy, nothing is more fun than blowing things up, or smashing them, or clobbering them, or.....well, you get the ides.
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Crisdean Wulver
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09:21 PM on 04/19/2012
Stupid human tricks.

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09:13 PM on 04/19/2012
#EPIC
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08:58 PM on 04/19/2012
All of these, and the flying babies in Mitchelin commercials and The World According to Garp and a bunch of others all harken back to the early films of Yoko Ono and her Fairchild missile tracking camera, long long, before John Lennon,
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08:32 PM on 04/19/2012
Slo mo!!! Well, there you go. Now Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, Gingrich Palin, and Hannity know the secret of how to look interesting.
06:35 PM on 04/19/2012
Doesn't even need subtitles. Perfect just as it is.
06:35 PM on 04/19/2012
I love it. Can't wait till this gets syndicated to US cable. You know it will.