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De scherpste en populairste columnist van Nederland

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Published October 7, 2021

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Youp van 't Hek

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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beer brewed by Heineken in his 1989 end-of-year show so effectively, sales plummeted and the brand was eventually withdrawn from the market.[1] Youp has often cited this as the best joke in his career and has subsequently referred to it in all his retrospective shows.

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19 reviews
September 12, 2023
Dit boek bestaat uit Youps eerder verschenen columns uit 2020/2021. Korte hoofdstukken, geschreven in zijn herkenbare stijl: geestig, gevat en eerlijk. De actualiteit uit die jaren komt aan bod: corona (en alles daaromheen), de politiek en het koningshuis zijn onderwerpen die herhaaldelijk besproken worden - hierdoor is het soms een tikje eentonig. Omdat het zo specifiek op actualiteit gericht is, zijn sommige hoofdstukken ook gedateerd. En sommige stukken juist pijnlijk actueel.

Al met al leest het lekker door. Een deel heb ik gelezen toen het boek vrij nieuw was, maar het grootste deel in augustus 2023 en dan voelt het geheel toch wat minder relevant/herkenbaar.
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29 reviews10 followers
February 19, 2024
Dit boek bestaat uit eerder geschreven columns. Zoals vaak met een column, deze past en pakt je op dat moment, vanwege die situatie en actualiteit van het nieuws dan. Wat ik met name met Youp heb is dat het veel van hetzelfde is en vaak vanuit één hoek geschreven en soms ook onnodig kwetsend. Vond het niet meer leuk om te lezen.
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11 reviews
December 8, 2025
Een boek dat over het algemeen het best to zijn recht komt in de tijd waarin het is geschreven. Echter blijven sommige onderwerpen tijdloos en scheppen de columns vaak genoeg context om het geheel te begrijpen, ondanks dat ze enkele jaren geleden zijn geschreven op het nieuws van dat moment.
Ik moest regelmatig hardop gniffelen om de grappen en de toon van Youp. Kritiek met humor, ik houd ervan.
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153 reviews
May 12, 2022
Gewoon lekker voor tussendoor.
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