De Club van Sinterklaas
Encyclopedia
De Club van Sinterklaas (English title: The Club of Sinterklaas) is a Dutch kids' soap opera
loosely based on the legend of Sinterklaas
and Zwarte Piet
. The series follows a group of Pieten on their misadventures on their yearly way to the Netherlands
. The series has a different subtitle every year in relation to the plot of the year. The show is incredibly popular in the Netherlands and has been the most successful show on the Dutch Jetix
channel for several years and seems to be gaining in popularity with every season that comes by. Enormous merchandising has also appeared around the show over the years, ranging from CDs and DVDs to board games and collectible figures.
Chefpiet (actor: Don van Dijke) - The chef of Pedro's Paella Palacio, owned by his best friend Wegwijspiet. He used to work for Sinterklaas as his personal cook before joining Wegwijs in his Paella venture. He's usually the correcting one of the duo, always stopping Wegwijs from doing something wrong. At the end of season 3 he made his last regular appearance and mysteriously disappeared from the series, but had a brief mentioning in season 5. He temporarily returned at the end of season 6 to help Wegwijs with his retirement fear.
Testpiet (actress: Beryl van Praag)
Hoge Hoogte Piet (actor: Tim de Zwart)
Profpiet (actor: Piet van der Pas)
Kleurpiet (actor: Martijn Oversteegen)
Muziekpiet (actor: Wim Schlüter)
Coole Piet (actor: Harold Verwoert)
Pietje van Alles (actor: Tim Kerbosch)
Stille Piet (actor: Dominic Vos)
Sinterklaas (actor: Bram van der Vlugt)
Jacob (actor: Peter de Gelder)
Tante Toets (actress: Maja van den Broecke)
'Chef' Stans H. Snipper (actor: Hidde Maas)
Map (actor: Elmar Düren)
Mo (actor: Horace Cohen)
Felix (actor: Michel Sluysmans)
Professor Kluts (actor: Freerk Bos)
Sjef (actor: Edo Brunner
)
Vrekking (actor: Laus Steenbeke)
Tante Soesa & Sassefras (actress and voice actor: Daphny Muriloff and Ralf Grevelink) - Tante Soesa, a lady in a big pink dress, and Sassefras, a talking puppet with part 'fries' hair, live on a flying bed called Bob. They're the ones who helped Wegwijs and Chefpiet in season 1 when the city maps were erased from Computerpiet's computer. They flew over the cities and made new maps. These two characters are originally from a different TV show called Tante Soesa & Sassefras.
Kledder (actor: Joep Sertons)
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
loosely based on the legend of Sinterklaas
Sinterklaas
Sinterklaas is a traditional Winter holiday figure still celebrated today in the Low Countries, including the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as French Flanders and Artois...
and Zwarte Piet
Zwarte Piet
In the folklore and legends of the Netherlands and Belgium, Zwarte Piet is a companion of Saint Nicholas whose yearly feast in the Netherlands is usually celebrated on the evening of 5 December In the folklore and legends of the Netherlands and Belgium, Zwarte Piet (meaning Black Pete) is a...
. The series follows a group of Pieten on their misadventures on their yearly way to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The series has a different subtitle every year in relation to the plot of the year. The show is incredibly popular in the Netherlands and has been the most successful show on the Dutch Jetix
Jetix
Jetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
channel for several years and seems to be gaining in popularity with every season that comes by. Enormous merchandising has also appeared around the show over the years, ranging from CDs and DVDs to board games and collectible figures.
Seasons
- Season 1: The Club of Sinterklaas - 1999/2000
- We meet Wegwijspiet and Chefpiet who have just started their own PaellaPaellaPaella is a Valencian rice dish that originated in its modern form in the mid-19th century near lake Albufera, a lagoon in Valencia, on the east coast of Spain. Many non-Spaniards view paella as Spain's national dish, but most Spaniards consider it to be a regional Valencian dish...
restaurant on the side of a little beach in SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. We also meet Rosita, Wegwijs' girlfriend, who helps out from time to time at Pedro's. After experiencing the misadventures of the duo in their restaurant, Wegwijs comes to a difficult point. He has to tell Rosita he's leaving with Sinterklaas, Chefpiet and the other Pieten to the Netherlands in a week. Wegwijs is terrified and sorrows of into the puebloPuebloPueblo is a term used to describe modern communities of Native Americans in the Southwestern United States of America. The first Spanish explorers of the Southwest used this term to describe the communities housed in apartment-like structures built of stone, adobe mud, and other local material...
(Spanish for town). How will he be able to beat his fear in time with only a week to go...?
- Season 2: The New Club of Sinterklaas - 2001
- Season 3: The Club of Sinterklaas & the Disappearance of Van 27 - 2002
- Season 4: The Club of Sinterklaas & the Barking Powder - 2003
- Season 5: The Club of Sinterklaas & the Letters of Jacob - 2004
- Season 6: The Club of Sinterklaas & the Misschiev of Aunt Toets - 2005
- Season 7: The Club of Sinterklaas & Panic in the Confetti Factory - 2006
- Season 8: The Club of Sinterklaas & the toy thief - 2007
- Season 9: The Club of Sinterklaas & the large stranger - 2008
- Season 10: The Club of Sinterklaas & the hunt on the castle - 2009
Pieten and Sint
Wegwijspiet (actor: Michiel Kerbosch) - The Piet responsible for making sure Sinterklaas find his way through the Netherlands. Quite the bossy type, tries to take control of any situation he's not in charge of. He's the owner of the Paella restaurant Pedro's Paella Palacio, which he runs with his best friend Chefpiet. Obvious is that he's been losing it over the years, with his most memorable quality his forgetfulness, as well as his life motto "Recht zo die gaat" (Roughly translated: Right this way it goes). Earlier mentioned went over the limit over the years which basically forced him into retirement in 2005.Chefpiet (actor: Don van Dijke) - The chef of Pedro's Paella Palacio, owned by his best friend Wegwijspiet. He used to work for Sinterklaas as his personal cook before joining Wegwijs in his Paella venture. He's usually the correcting one of the duo, always stopping Wegwijs from doing something wrong. At the end of season 3 he made his last regular appearance and mysteriously disappeared from the series, but had a brief mentioning in season 5. He temporarily returned at the end of season 6 to help Wegwijs with his retirement fear.
Testpiet (actress: Beryl van Praag)
Hoge Hoogte Piet (actor: Tim de Zwart)
Profpiet (actor: Piet van der Pas)
Kleurpiet (actor: Martijn Oversteegen)
Muziekpiet (actor: Wim Schlüter)
Coole Piet (actor: Harold Verwoert)
Pietje van Alles (actor: Tim Kerbosch)
Stille Piet (actor: Dominic Vos)
Sinterklaas (actor: Bram van der Vlugt)
Villains
Meneer de Directeur (actor: Tim de Zwart)Jacob (actor: Peter de Gelder)
Tante Toets (actress: Maja van den Broecke)
'Chef' Stans H. Snipper (actor: Hidde Maas)
Map (actor: Elmar Düren)
Mo (actor: Horace Cohen)
Felix (actor: Michel Sluysmans)
Professor Kluts (actor: Freerk Bos)
Sjef (actor: Edo Brunner
Edo Brunner
Edo Brunner , Dubbeldam is a Dutch actor and presenter.-Filmography:* De Baby en de bakfiets - Willem Slootkant* Benidorm - Sammy* Enigma * De Zwarte Meteoor...
)
Vrekking (actor: Laus Steenbeke)
Side characters / allies
Rosita (actress: Trudy Kerbosch)Tante Soesa & Sassefras (actress and voice actor: Daphny Muriloff and Ralf Grevelink) - Tante Soesa, a lady in a big pink dress, and Sassefras, a talking puppet with part 'fries' hair, live on a flying bed called Bob. They're the ones who helped Wegwijs and Chefpiet in season 1 when the city maps were erased from Computerpiet's computer. They flew over the cities and made new maps. These two characters are originally from a different TV show called Tante Soesa & Sassefras.
Kledder (actor: Joep Sertons)