De Club van Sinterklaas (English literal title: The Club of Sinterklaas, international title: St. Nicholas & Friends[1]) was a Dutch seasonal children's telenovella between 1999 and 2009 based on the legend of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet.[2] Since 2010, De club van Sinterklaas continues as a YouTube channel and a film series.
| De Club van Sinterklaas | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Created by | Michiel Kerbosch and others |
| Starring | Bram van der Vlugt Don van Dijke Wim Schluter Beryl van Praag Tim de Zwart Piet van der Pas Harold Verwoert Michiel Kerbosch Peter de Gelder and others |
| Country of origin | Netherlands |
| No. of episodes | +/- 236 total |
| Production | |
| Running time | Television: 10 minutes per episode Movies: 75 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox Kids (1999–2004) Jetix (2005–2008) RTL 4 (2009) |
| Release | 1 November 1999 – 4 December 2009 |
The series attracted mass popularity in the Netherlands during its television running time. Several of the series theme songs charted in the Dutch Single Top 100 and its 2005 and 2006 theme songs even topped the charts.[3] It became the only Sinterklaas-related children's programme to be ever nominated for a Gouden Stuiver, where it lost out to Het Huis Anubis.[4]
In the wake of the zwartepietendiscussie, the original series was disregarded by its right holders RTL Nederland due to the use of black face paint on white actors and the traditional depiction of Zwarte Piet.[5][6]
Premise
editThe series follows a group of Zwarte Pieten on their misadventures on their yearly journey to the Netherlands. The series has a different subtitle every year in relation to the plot of the year.
Controversy
editThe practice of face painting white actors with black face paint was well-accepted in Dutch society until the late 2000s. However, in the early 2010s, in the wake of the zwartepietendiscussie, De club van Sinterklaas became one of the first Dutch television series to stop this practice and introduced the 'soot' version of the character in 2017.[7] As the debate continued, RTL decided to remove the older series from its streaming platform Videoland as well as removing all the content prior to 2017 from De club van Sinterklaas YouTube channel.[8][9] Earlier on, VEVO had removed all the music videos from the SinterklaasVEVO channel.[10]
Cast
editMain
edit- Sinterklaas - Bram van der Vlugt (1999-2009)
- Wegwijspiet - Michiel Kerbosch (1999-2005)
- Chefpiet - Don van Dijke (1999-2002, 2005)
- Muziekpiet - Win Schluter (1999-present)
- Hooge Hoogtepiet- Tim de Zwart (2001, 2003-2020)
- Testpiet - Beryl van Praag (2001-present)
- Coole Piet - Harold Verwoert (2001-2007, 2009-2011)
- Profpiet- Piet van der Pas (2003-present)
- Hulppiet- Titus Boonstra (2004-2011)
Supporting
edit- Meneer de Directeur - Tim de Zwart (2002-2004)
- Jacob - Peter de Gelder (2003-2005)
- Tante Toets - Maja van den Broecke (2005)
Television series
edit- Season 1 (1999): De club van Sinterklaas
- Season 2 (2001): De nieuwe club of Sinterklaas
- Season 3 (2002): De club van Sinterklaas & De verdwijning van Wagen 27
- Season 4 (2003): De club van Sinterklaas & Het blafpoeder
- Season 5 (2004): De club van Sinterklaas & De brieven van Jacob
- Season 6 (2005): De club van Sinterklaas & De streken van Tante Toets
- Season 7 (2006): De club van Sinterklaas & Paniek in de confettifabriek
- Season 8 (2007): De club van Sinterklaas & De speelgoeddief
- Season 9 (2008): De club van Sinterklaas & De grote onbekende
- Season 10 (2009): De club van Sinterklaas & De jacht op het kasteel
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "The series title as prepared for sale outside of the Benelux". Zodiak Nederland (PalmPlus). 1 January 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2006.
- ^ "All seasons and movies streaming on the official YouTube channel". All Media Play / YouTube. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "COOLE PIET - DE STREKEN VAN TANTE TOETS!". Dutch Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Televizierring - 2007". Radio.nl. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Heerkens, Robin. "RTL weigert horrorfilm Sint omdat er Zwarte Pieten in voorkomen". Superguide. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Redactie (24 October 2016). "RTL stopt met Zwarte Piet, vanaf nu alleen piet met roetvegen". AD.nl. Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Doolaard, Christiaan (28 September 2017). "Ook De Club van Sinterklaas is om: Zwarte Pieten krijgen roetvegen". AD.nl. Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "De Club van Sinterklaas". Videoland.nl. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Heerkens, Robin. "RTL weigert horrorfilm Sint omdat er Zwarte Pieten in voorkomen". Superguide. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "SinterklaasVEVO". YouTube. Retrieved 14 November 2020.