Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon

Toen was geluk heel gewoon (When Happiness Was Very Common) was a popular Dutch television sitcom. It was broadcast on KRO from January 2, 1994, through June 3, 2009. The series, a Dutch adaptation of the American sitcom The Honeymooners, stars Gerard Cox and Sjoerd Pleijsier [nl] as friends and neighbors. Cox and his real-life spouse Joke Bruijs play spouses on the show. The show is the longest-running sitcom in the Netherlands.

Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon
The main cast members
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Frank Janssen
Based on	The Honeymooners by Jackie Gleason
Written by	Gerard Cox Sjoerd Pleijsier [nl]
Directed by	Zdeněk Kraus Frans Boelen (2 episodes)
Starring	Gerard Cox Joke Bruijs Sjoerd Pleijsier Mouna Goeman Borgesius
Country of origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
No. of seasons	16
No. of episodes	227
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Katholieke Radio Omroep John de Mol Produkties (seasons 1–3)
Original release
Network	KRO
Release	2 January 1994 (1994-01-02) – 3 June 2009 (2009-06-03)

The show's title is taken from a song, "Het dorp" by Wim Sonneveld.

Cast

• Gerard Cox as Jaap Kooiman, a bus driver
• Joke Bruijs as Nel Kooijman, Jaap's wife
• Sjoerd Pleijsier [nl] as Simon "Siem" Stokvis, a journalist
• Mouna Goeman Borgesius [nl] as Zus Stokvis-Mollema, Siem's wife
• Koos van der Knaap [nl] as Karel van Dam
• Huib Rooymans [nl] as Mijnheer Harmsen, Jaap's boss
• Paul van Soest [nl]
• Elisabeth Versluys [nl]
• Ton van der Velden [nl]
• Walter Crommelin [nl]

Running gags

• Jaap easily takes offence to Simon's remarks; he responds by wagging his finger back and forth towards the door, indicating Simon should leave, as Jaap raises his voice.

External links

• Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon at IMDb