''Koefnoen'' (say: ''koof noon'') was a popular Dutch

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, aired by the

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between 2004 and 2016. The first episode aired on 17 September 2004. The sketches on this show were taking a look at the past week. Most characters in ''Koefnoen'' were done by Dutch

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s Owen Schumacher and Paul Groot. A few other comedians supported them in the show. A lot of these comedians previously worked for '' Kopspijkers'', another Dutch television show. 'Koefnoen' is a Dutch-

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word and means "for free". The word comes from 'kuf' and 'nun', the names of two

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letters, equal to 'K' and 'N' which are the first letters of the words "Kost Niks", Dutch for "costs nothing".

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