New Kids

New Kids is a Dutch comedy sketch show about a group of anti-social youths from Maaskantje, a village in the southern province of North Brabant. It was created by Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil.[1]

For other uses, see New Kids (disambiguation).
New Kids
The cast, from left to right: Rikkert, Robbie, Gerrie, Barrie and Richard
GenreComedy
Black comedy
Sketch comedy
Created bySteffen Haars
Flip van der Kuil
Written bySteffen Haars
Flip van der Kuil
Directed bySteffen Haars
Flip van der Kuil
Starring
  • Huub Smit
  • Tim Haars
  • Wesley van Gaalen
  • Steffen Haars
  • Flip van der Kuil
  • Nicole van Nierop
Country of originNetherlands
Original languageDutch
No. of series3
No. of episodes35
Production
ProducerGijs Kerbosch
Production locationsMaaskantje, North Brabant, Netherlands
Den Dungen, North Brabant, Netherlands
CinematographyJoris Kerbosch
EditorFlip van der Kuil
Camera setupSingle
Running time3-4 minutes
Production company100% Halal
Release
Original networkFlabber
NPO 3 Extra
BNN
Comedy Central
Original releaseDecember 2007 (2007-12) –
2009 (2009)
Related
New Kids Turbo
De Pulpshow

The show was first shown on Flabber.nl, a Dutch blog, as a succession to De Pulpshow, which aired in 2001. Later, it was picked up by 101 TV and Comedy Central. It was named New Kids on the Block for the first two seasons.

The show became highly popular in both the Netherlands and Germany and spawned two full-length movies, New Kids Turbo[1] and New Kids Nitro.[2]

Most of the locations shot in New Kids are filmed in the nearby village of Den Dungen.

The main characters habitually use the word 'kut' (Dutch slang for vagina), usually at the end of a sentence.

Overview
Cafetaria 't Pleintje in Den Dungen, often featured location in comedy sketches by the New Kids

The series follows the misadventures of a group of young men, who live in the small village of Maaskantje in North Brabant. Maaskantje's distinctly rustic and pleasant appearance as a traditional village is juxtaposed by the actions of the group, who are antisocial and indulge in the 'Gabber' culture. They drink excessively, eat junkfood and ride noisily around the village in a garish Opel Manta. Just about every sentence they speak is mindlessly punctuated by the expletive 'kut' ('cunt', in Dutch this word doesn't carry the same severity as it does in English, although it is nevertheless considered rude). Although most of the characters work, none of them appear particularly adept in their jobs.

Visually, the group displays a terrible understanding of fashion-sense and have dated hairstyles.

Despite their antisocial and immature mentality, the group rarely exhibits any serious malicious intent in their actions; much of the humor in the series is derived from the absurdity of the characters' lack of intelligence or even common sense.

A particularly distinct feature of the main characters is the presence of a heavy, somewhat exaggerated Brabantian dialect, which is especially noticeable in the characters' pronunciation of 'jongen' (dude, guy). In the German dubbing the actors voice themselves with a heavy Dutch accent.

Main characters
Role Actor Season Description
Richard Batsbak Huub Smit 2007–2012 Richard (27) is the leader of the group and he's also the smartest. He has a black belt in taekwondo and works in park maintenance, along with Robbie. He owns an old bulldog named Gratje.
Gerrie van Boven Tim Haars 2007–2012 Gerrie (23) regularly tries to prove himself to his friends, but this rarely comes to much good. He works as a forklift-truck driver in a product warehouse, although it is apparent that he doesn't take much care towards his job, as demonstrated in New Kids Turbo when he drives the forks of his forklift truck directly into a boxed plasma television.
Rikkert Biemans Wesley van Gaalen 2007–2012 Rikkert (26) works as a mechanic and owns an Opel Manta, which is clearly his most treasured item. He has a distinctive voice, affected by a speech impediment.
Robbie Schuurmans Steffen Haars 2007–2012 Robbie (26) works with Richard and is always hungry, frequently eating fried fast food such as frikandels and viandels.
Barrie Butsers Flip van der Kuil 2007–2012 Barrie (27) is the strongest in the group and rarely says much. He rides a pink Gilera Citta and is usually wearing the odd combination of bath slippers and a sports jacket. He always wears an oversized gaudy gold chain.
Manuela van Grunsven Nicole van Nierop 2007–2010 Manuela is the single mother of two children and is seemingly always heavily pregnant. She works as a cashier at the local supermarket.

References
  1. Beekman, Bor (December 9, 2010). "New Kids Turbo: Aanstekelijk anarchisme". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  2. "Rappe gouden status voor New Kids Nitro". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). December 10, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2011.


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