Het Manneke

Het Manneken
Genre Sketch show
Created by Jef Cassiers
Directed by Herman Wuyts
Country of origin Belgium
Original language(s) Dutch
Production
Running time 3 minutes
Release
Original network BRT (nowadays the VRT)
Original release 1961 – 1963

Het Manneke (The Little Man) was a Flemish TV sketch show broadcast on the BRT (nowadays VRT) between 1961 and 1963.

Concept

Het Manneke was a series of slapstick sketches starring Flemish comedian Jef Cassiers as the titular character. Cassiers always wore a long coat, a black hat, a long scarf and frequently carried a ladder around. [1] Most sketches centered only around him, though his brother Cois Cassiers and Doris Van Caneghem sometimes had supporting roles. All episodes were directed by Herman Wuyts. [2]

On the BRT the episodes were used as a bumper before their news reports started. [3]

In 2012 the old episodes were rebroadcast on New Year's Eve, after the BRT organized a viewer's poll to find out which of their old shows ought to be rebroadcast during that special time of the year. "Het Manneken" surprisingly ended first place. [4]

Comic strip adaptation

In 1962 the character was adapted into a gag-a-day comic strip. Cassiers wrote the gags, while artist Pil (Joe Meuleplas) provided the drawings. [5] [6] Later Mark Payot and Paul Ausloos [7] [8] took over. The gags were published in Kwik and Het Laatste Nieuws and later collected in about 20 albums by publishing company Zuid-Nederlandse. [9]

Sources

  1. ↑ http://www.vrt.be/tijdslijn/het-manneke
  2. ↑ ADRIAENS, Manu, Blijven kijken! 50 jaar televisie in Vlaanderen, Uitgeverij Lannoo, Tielt, 2003
  3. ↑ ADRIAENS, Manu, Blijven kijken! 50 jaar televisie in Vlaanderen, Uitgeverij Lannoo, Tielt, 2003
  4. ↑ http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20121217_00405683
  5. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pil.htm
  6. ↑ KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 121.
  7. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/ausloos_paul.htm
  8. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/payot_mark.htm
  9. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/ausloos_paul.htm

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