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
GenreSketch show
Created byJef Cassiers
Directed byHerman Wuyts
Country of originBelgium
Original languageDutch
Production
Running time3 minutes
Release
Original networkBRT (nowadays the VRT)
Original release1961 (1961) –
1963 (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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