Het Manneke
Het Manneke (The Little Man) was a Flemish TV sketch show broadcast on the BRT (nowadays VRT) between 1961 and 1963.
| 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 |
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
- http://www.vrt.be/tijdslijn/het-manneke
- ADRIAENS, Manu, Blijven kijken! 50 jaar televisie in Vlaanderen, Uitgeverij Lannoo, Tielt, 2003
- ADRIAENS, Manu, Blijven kijken! 50 jaar televisie in Vlaanderen, Uitgeverij Lannoo, Tielt, 2003
- http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20121217_00405683
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pil.htm
- KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 121.
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/ausloos_paul.htm
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/payot_mark.htm
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/ausloos_paul.htm