New Kids

For other uses, see New Kids (disambiguation).

New Kids is a Dutch comedy sketch series about a group of anti-social youths from Maaskantje, a village in the southern province of North Brabant. It was created by Steffen Haars [nl] and Flip van der Kuil [nl].^[1]

New Kids
The cast, from left to right: Rikkert, Robbie, Gerrie, Barrie and Richard
Genre	Comedy Black comedy Sketch comedy
Created by	Steffen Haars Flip van der Kuil
Written by	Steffen Haars Flip van der Kuil
Directed by	Steffen Haars Flip van der Kuil
Starring	Huub Smit Tim Haars Wesley van Gaalen Steffen Haars Flip van der Kuil Nicole van Nierop
Country of origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	35
Production
Producer	Gijs Kerbosch
Production locations	Maaskantje, North Brabant, Netherlands Den Dungen, North Brabant, Netherlands
Cinematography	Joris Kerbosch
Editor	Flip van der Kuil
Camera setup	Single
Running time	3-4 minutes
Production company	100% Halal
Original release
Network	Flabber NPO 3 Extra BNN Comedy Central
Release	December 2007 (2007-12) – 2009 (2009)
Related
New Kids Turbo De Pulpshow

The show was first shown on Flabber.nl, a Dutch blog, as a succession to De Pulpshow [nl], which aired in 2001. Later, it was picked up by 101 TV and Comedy Central. It was named New Kids on the Block for the first two seasons.

The show became highly popular in both the Netherlands and Germany and spawned two full-length movies, New Kids Turbo^[1] and New Kids Nitro.^[2]

Most of the locations shot in New Kids are filmed in the nearby village of Den Dungen.

The main characters habitually use the word 'kut' (Dutch slang for vagina), usually at the end of a sentence.

Overview

Cafetaria 't Pleintje in Den Dungen, often featured location in comedy sketches by the New Kids

The series follows the misadventures of a group of young men, who live in the small village of Maaskantje in North Brabant. Maaskantje's distinctly rustic and pleasant appearance as a traditional village is juxtaposed by the actions of the group, who are antisocial and indulge in the 'Gabber' culture. They drink excessively, eat junkfood and ride noisily around the village in a garish Opel Manta. Just about every sentence they speak is mindlessly punctuated by the expletive 'kut' ('cunt', in Dutch this word doesn't carry the same severity as it does in English, although it is nevertheless considered rude). Although most of the characters work, none of them appear particularly adept in their jobs.

Visually, the group displays a terrible understanding of fashion-sense and have dated hairstyles.

Despite their antisocial and immature mentality, the group rarely exhibits any serious malicious intent in their actions; much of the humor in the series is derived from the absurdity of the characters' lack of intelligence or even common sense.

A particularly distinct feature of the main characters is the presence of a heavy, somewhat exaggerated Brabantian dialect, which is especially noticeable in the characters' pronunciation of 'jongen' (dude, guy). In the German dubbing the actors voice themselves with a heavy Dutch accent.

Main characters

Role	Actor	Season	Description
Richard Batsbak	Huub Smit	2007–2012	Richard (27) is the leader of the group and he's also the smartest. He has a black belt in taekwondo and works in park maintenance, along with Robbie. He owns an old bulldog named Gratje.
Gerrie van Boven	Tim Haars	2007–2012	Gerrie (23) regularly tries to prove himself to his friends, but this rarely comes to much good. He works as a forklift-truck driver in a product warehouse, although it is apparent that he doesn't take much care towards his job, as demonstrated in New Kids Turbo when he drives the forks of his forklift truck directly into a boxed plasma television.
Rikkert Biemans	Wesley van Gaalen	2007–2012	Rikkert (26) works as a mechanic and owns an Opel Manta, which is clearly his most treasured item. He has a distinctive voice, affected by a speech impediment.
Robbie Schuurmans	Steffen Haars	2007–2012	Robbie (26) works with Richard and is always hungry, frequently eating fried fast food such as frikandels and viandels.
Barrie Butsers	Flip van der Kuil	2007–2012	Barrie (27) is the strongest in the group and rarely says much. He rides a pink Gilera Citta and is usually wearing the odd combination of bath slippers and a sports jacket. He always wears an oversized gaudy gold chain.
Manuela van Grunsven	Nicole van Nierop	2007–2010	Manuela is the single mother of two children and is seemingly always heavily pregnant. She works as a cashier at the local supermarket.