En het bleef nog lang onrustig in mijn hoofd

by Youp van 't Hek

'Wat is er met Van Deudekom gebeurd? Niemand weet het. Alleen ik. Ik weet dat hij voor lul door Ommen heeft gelopen. Met zijn hand op de schouder van het hoofd bibliotheekzaken van de gemeente Velsen. En in Velsen bloeit de bieb als nooit tevoren.' Zo eindigt Youp van 't Hek zijn stukje 'Zentijd' (geen zetfout!) in deze verzameling van 41 briesende columns uit NRC Handelsblad, in die krant verschenen in de periode augustus 1995 tot juli 1996. In dat jaar hebben zich weer veel zaken voorgedaan die door Van 't Hek eerst met stijgende verbijstering zijn gadegeslagen en hem vervolgens naar de tekstverwerker deden snellen om lucht te geven aan zijn opgekropt gemoed.

133 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1996

About the author

Youp van 't Hek is a Dutch comedian and a columnist for NRC Handelsblad. He was born and raised in the Gooi, a upper class region to the southeast of Amsterdam. His youth there served as an inspiration for his ironic attitude toward the rich, the successful and all those who are pretending to be either. After being kicked out of several high schools, he finally completed the one where he also led the school theater, and moved to Amsterdam. There he was one of the founding members of Cabaret NAR (Cabaret Jester). Throughout all the changes in Cabaret NAR, Youp was the only constant factor in it and because of him focusing more and more on their shows, he gradually became Cabaret NAR. In the beginning he (or Cabaret NAR) was not very successful, often not even successful enough to pay for their own shows. During all this he worked in some of those boring, mind-numbing, riskless, black-and-white, have-to-wear-a-suit, 9-to-5 kind of office jobs, which later inspired many of his jokes and imitations.

In the early 1980s Cabaret NAR success declined and Youp moved on as a solo artist. From then on he has had great popularity. Though his shows and statements may be considered controversial, he has developed himself, not only as a comedian, but also as an idealist. His humor is always mixed with a sense of irony towards modern life, culture, and national and international politics. Other themes often found in his shows and humor are death, hypocrisy, the innocence of children, the sincerity of the elderly, the gap between what society expects from you and what you, deep in your heart, want the most, and the question: "When would you call someone crazy and when would you call him/her normal or healthy?".

His big break came in 1983 on KRO's "De alles is anders-show". His energetic performance made him a household name overnight.

He is known as "the Buckler of Dutch comedians" because he ridiculed Buckler, a low-alcohol beer brewed by Heineken in his 1989 end-of-year show so effectively, sales plummeted and the brand was eventually withdrawn from the market.[1] Youp has often cited this as the best joke in his career and has subsequently referred to it in all his retrospective shows.

Reviews

[Bart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gewoon even lekker voor tussendoor Youp lezen.