Barend is weer bezig

A chaotic, silly, and crude comedy that mixes the banal with the controversial, demanding attention for its absurdist humor.

Created by

Gied Jaspars, Ruud van Hemert

Genres

Comedy

Starring

IJf Blokker, Dolf Brouwers, Harry Touw

Overview

The television program was built around the character Barend Servet, played by IJf Blokker, who had first appeared in De Fred Haché Show in 1971. Other characters returning from the Haché Show were Sjef van Oekel (played by Dolf Brouwers) and Fred Haché (played by Harry Touw). In typical Schippers fashion, the program, like its predecessor, derived its comedic effects from crude humor, silly costumes or nudity, chaos, and absurdism; it combined the trivial and banal with controversial content. There were four episodes and a Christmas special, "Waar heb dat nou voor nodig?". For the Christmas special, two songs were written by Wim T. Schippers and Clous van Mechelen for Dolf Brouwers: "Vette jus" and "Juliana onze vorstin".

How it feels

Absurd, satirical, campy and light. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Media, celebrity, class, identity

Content

Strong sexual content. Mild language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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