The Dudesons
10:30 tonight
Spike TV
Four Finns who've been buds since childhood made snow and skate videos in the '90s before “graduating” to filming stupid, dangerous stunts. Faster than you can say Jackass, they've become a European sensation—and they may become an American one if this deal catches on here. One thing Jukka, Jarppi, Jarno and HP have going for them is the uniqueness of their iced-over locale, something they are willing to exploit for shits and giggles. Jarppi lost a thumb after wrestling a wild arctic bear. Forced inside by the chill factor, they burned down their house when an “indoor bonfire” went awry. Weeks of round-the-clock darkness produce more mayhem—as does the eventual arrival of summer, which allows these wild boys to release months of pent-up prankery. Like MTV's Jackass, a feature-film version of The Dudesons is apparently on the way. Can a Battle of the Paid-Cable Network Knuckleheads be far off?
OC Weekly Editor-in-Chief Matt Coker has been engaging, enraging and entertaining readers of newspapers, magazines and websites for decades. He spent the first 13 years of his career in journalism at daily newspapers before “graduating” to OC Weekly in 1995 as the alternative newsweekly’s first calendar editor.