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Het Manneke

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Het Manneke
GenreSketch show
Created byJef Cassiers
Directed byHerman Wuyts
Country of originBelgium
Original languageDutch
Production
Running time3 minutes
Original release
NetworkBRT (nowadays the VRT)
Release1961 (1961) –
1963 (1963)

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

Concept

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Het Manneke | VRT". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  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. ^ "Kijker wil 'Het Manneke' terug op Canvas". 18 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Pil".
  6. ^ KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 121.
  7. ^ "Paul Ausloos".
  8. ^ "Marc Payot".
  9. ^ "Paul Ausloos".
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