Jesper gets artistic

Jesper asks for a piece of paper and a pencil, so that he and the children can draw while they talk.

He says that he feels like he should ask a trivia question, and then asks the children who Denmark’s oldest known king was.

One of the children correctly replies that it was Gorm the Old.

Jesper follows up by exclaiming that surely learning things is cool.

Having finished his drawing of a robot, he says that he wants to hang the children’s drawings on his refrigerator.

When the children uncomfortably (and quietly) decline, Jesper tells them that they should always stand up for themselves against “stupid things”, such as his request.

He then asks one of the children (Karl) who he thinks is cool, and Karl replies that he thinks that Mette Frederiksen (Prime Minister since 2019) and Queen Margrethe II are cool [note: Mette Frederiksen is nicknamed ‘The Children’s Prime Minister’ for her multiple attempts to pass social reforms which primarily benefit children].

Jesper then decides to try to get Mette Frederiksen to hang the children’s drawings up on her own refrigerator, and so calls the Prime Minister’s office.

He speaks to one of the Prime Minister’s staff, who informs him that he can mail the pictures to the office.

Jesper takes a picture of all three children’s drawings and emails it to the Prime Minister’s office.

He then awkwardly begins to ‘floss’ as he leaves, before declaring that it probably isn’t a cool dance move anymore.

In the studio, Lasse comments that Jesper’s approach was particularly risky.

Jesper counters that he needed to be “all or nothing”, as he had already made the task much more difficult for himself, thanks to the shirt he was wearing that day (which featured pictures of ravioli and condoms).

Jesper also admits that soon after the email was sent, he’d received a response from the Prime Minister’s secretary, in which the Prime Minster declined his request, and wished him a good summer.

The children award Jesper third place, acknowledging that he would have won if the Prime Minster had actually displayed their drawings.

(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)