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Sesamstraat
() is a Dutch television series in the Netherlands, and a localized version of the U.S. children's program ''Sesame Street''. In its early days, the show was broadcast in Flanders (Belgium) as well. It is the second longest-running foreign adaptation of ''Sesame Street'' without interruptions, behind only . It targets children between 3–7 years old. History After a pilot episode entitled ''Sesamplein'' ("Sesame Square") which was released in 1974, began broadcasting in 1976. It started as a Dutch/Belgian co-production, with only one thirty-minute episode a week. These episodes had only 12 minutes allotted for the Dutch cast. At the time, there were only two Muppets and three live actors (Piet Hendriks, Sien Diels, and Annet van Heusden). Piet owned a hobby and crafts workshop and a camper which he would drive around The Netherlands and Belgium for live trips. Sien owned a grocery store, where the exchange of knowledge and happenings were as important as the selling of produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerda Havertong
Gerda Alexandra Havertong (Paramaribo, Surinam - 23 October 1946) is a Dutch-Surinamese actress, television presenter, actress and singer. She is well known for being a recurring character in ''Sesamstraat'', the Dutch version of Sesame Street, since 1984. Biography Early life Havertong was born in 1946 in Paramaribo, Surinam when it was still a Dutch colony. In 1966 Havertong moved to The Hague, the Netherlands. She studied to become a schoolteacher at the University of Amsterdam and graduated 1974. After her studies she worked as a preschool teacher in Amsterdam. During her time in Amsterdam she played in amateur theatre groups. In 1975 Havertong returned to Surinam with her husband. In 1977 she sang a song in the Sranan Tongo language in the television series ''Kon hesi baka - Kom gauw terug''. She also joined the Doe-theater troupe in Paramaribo. Professional career In 1979 Havertong returned to the Netherlands and started her professional career as an actress. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aart Staartjes
Aart Staartjes (1 March 1938 – 12 January 2020) was a Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker from Amsterdam. He portrayed Meneer Aart ("Mister Aart") on ''Sesamstraat'', the Dutch co-production of ''Sesame Street''. The character was used in the title of his 2002 biography ("Mister Aart: Life and work of the man who does not want to be named a friend to children"). Staartjes presented the annual arrival of Sinterklaas in the Netherlands. Early life Staartjes was born in Nieuwendam, a neighbourhood of Amsterdam-Noord. He had an older brother, and a younger sister. They lived in a house on the Nieuwendammerdijk. His father, his grandfather, and an uncle of his worked in a carpentry shop located behind the house. Staartjes started his primary education at the age of eight. After that, he went to the mulo in Amsterdam, followed by the Kweekschool, a teachers' college. He dropped out of the Kweekschool in 1958, and went to the theatre school. He g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Goudsmit
Alexandre Joseph "Lex" Goudsmit (; 15 March 1913 – 10 December 1999) was a Dutch-Belgian actor. Goudsmit's father, a diamond worker, was Jewish and his mother Roman Catholic. He became famous in 1966 for playing Tevye in ''Fiddler on the Roof'', which role he performed some 1100 times in the Netherlands and in London. He played many characters on Dutch television, among others in the popular youth series ''Q en Q'' (1974) and ''Thomas en Senior'' (1985–88). From 1984 to 1999 he played Grandpa Lex on '' Sesamstraat'', the Dutch version of Sesame Street. Goudsmit was one of the artists who recorded the song ''Shalom from Holland'' (written by Simon Hammelburg and Ron Klipstein) as a token of solidarity to the Israeli people, threatened by missiles from Iraq, during the first Gulf War in 1991. When Goudsmit died as the consequences of a stroke, instead of doing an episode dealing with his death, along the lines of Mr. Hooper's death, the producers addressed the issue on the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvan Akyıldız
Elvan Akyıldız (born 31 January 1977 in İzmir) is a Dutch actress, presenter and cabaret performer of Turkish origin.http://www.echo.nl/ww-hd/uitgaan/redactie/779289/goed.nieuws.hassan.s.angels/ She is best known for her role as Elvan on ''Sesamstraat'', the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh .... Elvan Akyıldız plays in theatre group ''Hassan's Angels''. Filmography Television References External links * 1977 births Living people Dutch people of Turkish descent Dutch television actresses Turkish emigrants to the Netherlands Actresses from İzmir {{netherlands-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omroep NTR
NTR is a Dutch public-service broadcaster, supplying television and radio programming of an informational, educational, and cultural nature to the national public broadcasting system, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO). NTR was created in 2010, following the merger of the Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS) and two educational broadcasters, Televisie Academie (Teleac) and the Radio Volksuniversiteit (RVU). For details of these predecessor organizations, see further below. Public broadcasting organizations in the Netherlands (that is to say, in the Dutch context, listener and viewer associations) do not have their own stations but are allotted airtime on the three public television and eight public radio networks broadly in relation to the size of their respective memberships. NTR, however, as an independently established statutory body, is not a membership-based organization. History RVU (1931–2010) RVU, the Radio Volksuniversiteit (People's University Radio), was the long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinterklaas
Sinterklaas () or Sint-Nicolaas () is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children. Other Dutch names for the figure include ''De Sint'' ("The Saint"), ''De Goede Sint'' ("The Good Saint") and ''De Goedheiligman'' (derived from ''goed hylickman'' meaning "good marriage man", alluding to his historical reputation as a Saint who can help you find a good life partner). Many descendants and cognates of "Sinterklaas" or "Saint Nicholas" in other languages are also used in the Low Countries, nearby regions, and former Dutch colonies. The feast of Sinterklaas celebrates the Saint Nicholas Day, name day of Saint Nicholas on 6 December. The Sinterklaas feast is celebrated annually with the giving of gifts on St. Nicholas' Eve (5 December) in the Netherlands and on the morning of Saint Nicholas Day (6 December) in Belgium, Luxembourg, western Germany, and northern France (French Flanders, Lorraine, Alsace and Artois). The tradition is also celebrated in some territ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also follows a structured approach but occurs outside the formal schooling system, while informal education involves unstructured learning through daily experiences. Formal and non-formal education are categorized into levels, including early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, and tertiary education. Other classifications focus on teaching methods, such as teacher-centered and Student-centered learning, student-centered education, and on subjects, such as science education, language education, and physical education. Additionally, the term "education" can denote the mental states and qualities of educated individuals and the academic field studying educational phenomena. The precise definition of education is disputed, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouse
A mouse (: mice) is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (''Mus musculus''). Mice are also popular as pets. In some places, certain kinds of Apodemus, field mice are locally common. They are known to invade homes for food and shelter. Mice are typically distinguished from rats by their size. Generally, when a muroid rodent is discovered, its common name includes the term ''mouse'' if it is smaller, or ''rat'' if it is larger. The common terms ''rat'' and ''mouse'' are not Taxonomy (biology), taxonomically specific. Typical mice are classified in the genus ''Mus (genus), Mus'', but the term ''mouse'' is not confined to members of ''Mus'' and can also apply to species from other genera such as the deer mouse, deer mouse (''Peromyscus''). Fancy mouse, Domestic mice sold as pets often differ substantially in size f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surinamese People
Surinamese people are people who identify with the country of Suriname. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Surinamese, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Surinamese''. Suriname is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, the Surinamese do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Suriname. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Surinamese or their ancestors arrived since the Age of Discovery and establishment of the colony of Surinam, primarily from Africa, Europe and Asia. Ethnic groups The population of Suriname is made up of various distinguishable ethnic groups: * Indigenous Surinamese, the original inhabitants of Suriname, form 3.8% of the popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar The Grouch
Oscar the Grouch is a List of Sesame Street Muppets, Muppet character created by Jim Henson and Jon Stone for the PBS/HBO children's television program ''Sesame Street''. He has a green body, no visible nose, and lives in a Sesame Street (fictional location)#Oscar's trash can, trash can. Oscar's favorite thing is Municipal solid waste, trash, as evidenced by the song "I Love Trash", with a running theme being his collection of seemingly useless items. Although the term "grouch" aptly describes Oscar's misanthropy, misanthropic interaction with the other characters, it also refers to his species. The character was originally performed by Caroll Spinney, from the show's first episode until his retirement. Eric Jacobson became understudy for the character in 2015, and in 2018 officially became the primary performer of the role following Spinney's retirement. Origins Initially, the puppet characters on ''Sesame Street'' did not appear on the actual Sesame Street set, but were releg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollie Krewson
Rollie Krewson (sometimes credited as "Rollin Krewson") is a puppet designer and builder known for her work on various Muppet productions. She interned with Jim Henson's company in the mid-1970s. Although she now works primarily as a designer/builder, she began as a performer, doing small bits on ''The Muppet Show'' and other projects. She has contributed to almost every Henson production since her arrival, and to this day carries her skills through on ''Sesame Street''. Krewson was the designer for Julia, ''Sesame's'' autistic Muppet character. Krewson has received seven Daytime Emmy Awards for her contributions on ''Sesame Street'' and has been nominated many times for her work on other Henson productions. Design credits *'' Sesame Beginnings'' - built Baby Elmo, Elmo's Dad *''Sesame English'' - built Tingo *'' Plaza Sesamo'' - built Lola and Pancho *''The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland'' (1999) - (Muppet builder/designer) *''Muppets from Space'' (1999) - (project superviso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
