Last week, we learned that the real reason "The Dudesons" came to America wasn't to indulge in dangerous high-action stunts but to become the first astronauts to land on Uranus. These guys are ambitious!

Check out this sneak peek of Thursday's all-new episode, where the Finnish foursome join "Nitro Circus" legend Andy Bell for a little Harley/bungee/fire action (there's really no other way to explain it). Watch as HP gets strapped to the back of a motorcycle and launches high into the air.

Who do you think is having a harder time recovering from last week's episode of "The Dudesons": Jarrpi, who broke his back, or you guys?! Let's call it even, shall we?

Just because the Finnish foursome is temporarily operating in a man-down manner, did you really think they'd take a break from thrill-seeking stunts? Check out this sneak peek below, where HP runs through a raging battlefield wearing what appears to be an aluminum foil suit of armor, then tune in this Thursday at 10/9c to see whether or not he survives the fiery scene.

Last week we introduced you to The Dudesons, the wacky and wild Finnish foursome who thrive on performing twisted stunts. During the premiere of their new MTV show, we watched Jukka, Jarppi, HP and Jarno endure a ball-busting game of "Follow The Leader," which resulted in an em-bare-assing moment at the end of the episode. So what's in store for week two?

Check out the sneak peek below, where it looks like Jarppi gets into a dangerous head-on collision with a semitruck, then tune in Thursday at 10/9c to find out if he survives with all his limbs in tact.

The Finnish are coming! The Finnish are coming! Tonight, four epic jackasses from Finland who call themselves The Dudesons (that's Finnish for bonkers) will arrive on our fair shores with their show "The Dudesons in America" (airs 10/9c). In preparation, we took a walk down memory lane with six of the guys' best stunts. Try not to barf.

Crashing one car is fun. Crashing two cars attached to one another at the roof? That's just plain stupid. It's also what HP and Jarppi do in this clip:

We're not sure, but we'd be willing to bet that this is the first time a building was destroyed with a man standing on top of it. Who would have the enormous balls required to do such a thing? You guessed it ...

Building a ramp and launching yourself off of it is the oldest stunt in the book. The Dudesons take it to its illogical extreme by building a ramp that points out into a lake and sends HP off of it at 500 mph (according to Jarppi).

Ever wonder how squirrels feel around Christmas time when humans saunter off into the forest to chop down the trees they call home? Jarno found out the hard way:
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On the day The Dudesons first landed on Finnish TV in 2001, they joined a long line of insane people who do insane things to entertain others. It's a tradition that goes back to Harry Houdini in the early 1900s, Evel Knievel in the 1970s and those jackasses on "Jackass" in the 1990s. But all the badass tricks in the 20th century were just a warm-up for the 21st. The past 10 years have seen some of the most rip-snorting, death-defying, sphincter-clenching stunts in the history of man. Here are our 10 favorites:

10. Bodybuilder Tom Owen claims to have the world's strongest abs. After watching this video of seven trucks drive over them, we won't argue with that. In fact, given the size of those biceps, we won't argue with him about anything.

7 Trucks Drive Over Man's Abs

9. Danny Way has done some mind-boggling stuff on a skateboard. He dropped in off of the giant guitar in front of Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel. With the help of Rob Dyrdek, he broke the land speed record on a skateboard. But never has he done anything as unforgettable as jumping the Great Wall of China. Zang!

8. Two days after the opening of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, Omar Al Hegelan and Nasser Al Neyadi did what any logical person would do: They jumped off of it. Al Hegelan and Al Neyadi started 2,204 feet in the air, and 90 seconds later they were standing in the desert. Guess no one told them about the elevators.

Jumping off of the world's tallest building

7. Steve Hudis makes his living as a Hollywood stunt coordinator, but the worlds of film and TV don't always satisfy his need to defy death. That's why in January 2000 he decided to jump over 15 motorcycles in a flaming 14-ton school bus. On a related note, we're pretty sure this is how Satan's kids get to school.

6. If most of the stunts on this list go right, the performer doesn't get hurt. It's when they go wrong that pain is involved. But for Darren "Professor Splash" Taylor, pain is part of the game. In this video, he sets the world shallow water dive record by jumping from 35' 9" into 12 inches of water. His prize? A red spot on his stomach that won't go away for weeks.

Professor Splash belly flops

5. Skater Bob Burnquist has enormous balls -- and his BASE jump into the Grand Canyon is definitive proof. He scores extra points for trying to incorporate a ramp and a rail, even after almost splattering his brains on the side of the Canyon in the first attempt.

Bob Burnquist launches himself into the Grand Canyon

4. Intentionally crashing a car makes for a solid stunt. It's not too impressive, but it gets the adrenaline flowing. Intentionally crashing a car while an upside-down car is strapped to the top? That's special. And it's the kind of inventiveness The Dudesons bring to their absurdly dangerous stunts, which one of these days will probably kill them all.

Dudesons double car crash

3. Screw jumping down things, Alain Robert likes to go up them. Robert is known around the world for his unauthorized building ascents. He's climbed buildings in more than a dozen countries and gotten arrested at almost every one. But his climbs aren't always illegal. Like this one in Abu Dhabi, where Robert climbed a 656-foot building with thousands of spectators watching. Let this serve as inspiration to all of you who never thought you could make a living using your Spidey-senses.

Human Spider-Man

2. Forget Times Square. The best way to celebrate New Year's Eve is in Las Vegas with Red Bull and motorcycles. Last year, as 2009 was about to turn into 2010, Robbie Maddison launched himself onto the top of a 96-foot replica of the Arc de Triomphe. Then he jumped off, free-falling nearly 50 feet before landing on another ramp. Sounds a lot better than watching the ball drop, doesn't it?

Robbie Maddison and Arc de Triomphe

1. Before Travis Pastrana came along, a double backflip on a motorcycle was thought of like a Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster. Pastrana changed that at the 2006 X Games, where he landed the first-ever double backflip in competition. To this day, it is the only double backflip performed in competition ... and officially the most badass stunt performed in the past decade.

The Dudesons don't necessarily have the British sophistication that James Bond brings to the table, but they sure put on a happy face before blowing all sorts of stuff up. When MTV News visited the Los Angeles set of "The Dudesons in America" last weekend, HP was just about to enter a car bound for the graveyard, and he wasn't too concerned about ending up there himself. Check it out:

Did HP survive wearing his usual stupid smile? You'll have to tune in to the premiere this Thursday at 10/9c to find out!

If you're gonna engage in stupid-ass stunts like the ones in this trailer, you best be prepared to suffer the consequences. And that might be the most effed-up thing about The Dudesons -- no matter how much blood, blistering, bone-breaking or ball-busting (that last one we mean in quite the literal sense), these Finnish freaks always seem to have a dopey grin on their face. Check out our Gore Gallery to see just what we mean, plus don't forget to tune in to "The Dudesons in America" premiere on May 6 at 10/9c.

What better way for a new show's cast to introduce themselves to America's MTV-viewing population than by branding our beloved country's acronym on their butts? Um, we can think of plenty, but this is just the first of many painful decisions The Dudesons will make for the purpose of shock, awe, and according to them, fun! Check out our flipbook for more pix of HP (in red) and Jukka (in blue) getting asinine in Times Square, plus stay tuned for the series premiere May 6.