- De Club van Sinterklaas
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De Club van Sinterklaas 
Format Drama/Adventure Created by Michiel Kerbosch ea. Starring Bram van der Vlugt
Michiel Kerbosch
Don van Dijke
Wim Schlüter
Tim de Zwart
Beryl van Praag
Piet van der Pas
Harold Verwoert
Peter de Gelder e.a.Country of origin Netherlands No. of episodes +/- 25 per season Production Running time 10 minutes Broadcast Original channel Fox Kids (1999-2004)
Jetix (2005-2008)
RTL4 (2009-present)Original run November 8, 1999 – present De Club van Sinterklaas (English title: The Club of Sinterklaas) is a Dutch kids' soap opera loosely based on the legend of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet. The series follows a group of Pieten on their misadventures on their yearly way to the Netherlands. The series has a different subtitle every year in relation to the plot of the year. The show is incredibly popular in the Netherlands and has been the most successful show on the Dutch Jetix channel for several years and seems to be gaining in popularity with every season that comes by. Enormous merchandising has also appeared around the show over the years, ranging from CDs and DVDs to board games and collectible figures.
Contents
Seasons
- Season 1: The Club of Sinterklaas - 1999/2000
- We meet Wegwijspiet and Chefpiet who have just started their own Paella restaurant on the side of a little beach in Spain. We also meet Rosita, Wegwijs' girlfriend, who helps out from time to time at Pedro's. After experiencing the misadventures of the duo in their restaurant, Wegwijs comes to a difficult point. He has to tell Rosita he's leaving with Sinterklaas, Chefpiet and the other Pieten to the Netherlands in a week. Wegwijs is terrified and sorrows of into the pueblo (Spanish for town). How will he be able to beat his fear in time with only a week to go...?
- Season 2: The New Club of Sinterklaas - 2001
- Season 3: The Club of Sinterklaas & the Disappearance of Van 27 - 2002
- Season 4: The Club of Sinterklaas & the Barking Powder - 2003
- Season 5: The Club of Sinterklaas & the Letters of Jacob - 2004
- Season 6: The Club of Sinterklaas & the Misschiev of Aunt Toets - 2005
- Season 7: The Club of Sinterklaas & Panic in the Confetti Factory - 2006
- Season 8: The Club of Sinterklaas & the toy thief - 2007
- Season 9: The Club of Sinterklaas & the large stranger - 2008
- Season 10: The Club of Sinterklaas & the hunt on the castle - 2009
Important characters
Pieten and Sint
Wegwijspiet (actor: Michiel Kerbosch) - The Piet responsible for making sure Sinterklaas find his way through the Netherlands. Quite the bossy type, tries to take control of any situation he's not in charge of. He's the owner of the Paella restaurant Pedro's Paella Palacio, which he runs with his best friend Chefpiet. Obvious is that he's been losing it over the years, with his most memorable quality his forgetfulness, as well as his life motto "Recht zo die gaat" (Roughly translated: Right this way it goes). Earlier mentioned went over the limit over the years which basically forced him into retirement in 2005.
Chefpiet (actor: Don van Dijke) - The chef of Pedro's Paella Palacio, owned by his best friend Wegwijspiet. He used to work for Sinterklaas as his personal cook before joining Wegwijs in his Paella venture. He's usually the correcting one of the duo, always stopping Wegwijs from doing something wrong. At the end of season 3 he made his last regular appearance and mysteriously disappeared from the series, but had a brief mentioning in season 5. He temporarily returned at the end of season 6 to help Wegwijs with his retirement fear.
Testpiet (actress: Beryl van Praag)
Hoge Hoogte Piet (actor: Tim de Zwart)
Profpiet (actor: Piet van der Pas)
Kleurpiet (actor: Martijn Oversteegen)
Muziekpiet (actor: Wim Schlüter)
Coole Piet (actor: Harold Verwoert)
Pietje van Alles (actor: Tim Kerbosch)
Stille Piet (actor: Dominic Vos)
Sinterklaas (actor: Bram van der Vlugt)
Villains
Meneer de Directeur (actor: Tim de Zwart)
Jacob (actor: Peter de Gelder)
Tante Toets (actress: Maja van den Broecke)
'Chef' Stans H. Snipper (actor: Hidde Maas)
Map (actor: Elmar Düren)
Mo (actor: Horace Cohen)
Felix (actor: Michel Sluysmans)
Professor Kluts (actor: Freerk Bos)
Sjef (actor: Edo Brunner)
Vrekking (actor: Laus Steenbeke)
Side characters / allies
Rosita (actress: Trudy Kerbosch)
Tante Soesa & Sassefras (actress and voice actor: Daphny Muriloff and Ralf Grevelink) - Tante Soesa, a lady in a big pink dress, and Sassefras, a talking puppet with part 'fries' hair, live on a flying bed called Bob. They're the ones who helped Wegwijs and Chefpiet in season 1 when the city maps were erased from Computerpiet's computer. They flew over the cities and made new maps. These two characters are originally from a different TV show called Tante Soesa & Sassefras.
Kledder (actor: Joep Sertons)
External links
Categories:- Dutch children's television series
- 1999 television series debuts
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