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Drengen de kaldte Kylling (1997)

Drengen de kaldte Kylling poster
Directed by
Natasha Arthy
Genre
children's television series
Country
Denmark
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy named Little Willy, who is called Chicken, lives with his father. The father tells tall tales of his youth in America where he was a lifeguard, cowboy, ghost hunter, agent, and super kisser. Chicken tries to overcome his fear of water and girls by acting out these fantasies, but his attempts often go wrong.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulgentleimaginativewarmcomedicnostalgic

What happens

Drengen de kaldte Kylling er en tv serie på 5 afsnit fra 1997, der blev sendt i børnetime på DR i 1998 og siden Ramasjang. Serien handler om drengen lille Willy som bliver kaldet Kylling og hans far. Faren fortæller han har oplevet meget i sin ungdom i Amerika hvor han bl.a. var livredder, cowboy, spøgelsesjæger, agent og superkysseren, men endelig er det noget der er opstår i farens fantasi, og som også Kyllingen lever sig ind i. Han forsøger at komme sin vand og pigeskræk til livs, ved at bl.a. at leve som en cowboy, men trods råd og vejledning fra hans far kommer han i stedet til at punkteret cykelslangen, og som ender ud i at både pigen og hendes mor bliver rasende. Men det ender til sidst med at Kylling bliver inviteret med over til saftevand og kage af hendes mor, mens faren må blive tilbage og se på. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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