Neveneffecten (cabaret)
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Neveneffecten is a Flemish
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 cabaret quartet formed by Jonas Geirnaert
Jonas Geirnaert
Jonas Geirnaert studied animation at the KASK in Ghent. In May 2004 he won the Short Film Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival with his animated short Flatlife . Of the copy he sent in for selection only the first minute had sound...

, Lieven Scheire
Lieven Scheire
Lieven Scheire is a Belgian comedian, mainly known for being a member of Neveneffecten.-Career:He followed secondary education at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in Lokeren. After this, he took part in a year long AFS cultural exchange to Iceland...

, Koen De Poorter and Jelle De Beule.

History

Their first tv appearance (in Man Bijt Hond) consisted of cousins Jonas Geirnaert and Lieven Scheire beating up a big teddybear dressed as giant bunnies and was badly received by the audience. This controversial sketch caused Koen De Poorter to contact the duo, and he soon became a member of Neveneffecten.

In 2003 they won the jury prize at the Groninger Studenten Cabaret Festival and a year later they adopted Jelle De Beule as their fourth member. He had until then been their, allegedly extremely incompetent, stage technician.

By 2004 Neveneffecten were touring Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 and The Netherlands with their first full theatre show Zinloos Geweldig. However the initial aim was to write sketches for television. They made a first series of the sketch show Neveneffecten
Neveneffecten
Neveneffecten is a TV-program on Flemish public television, written and performed by the cabaret quartet of the same name. It's a comedy-show that contains a lot of absurd humor, based on the National Geographic documentaries...

for Canvas
Canvas TV Station
Canvas is a Belgian television channel, which forms part of the Flemish public broadcasting organisation Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep . Specialising in both original and adaptations from western Europe and North America, the channel offers: in-depth news and current affairs, non-mainstream...

 in 2005. A year later, in 2006, they worked together with comedian Bart De Pauw in Willy's en Marjetten
Willy's en Marjetten
Willy's en Marjetten is a Flemish comedy TV series created by Neveneffecten and Bart De Pauw. The first season aired on Één in 2006. The program was produced by Woestijnvis....

on één
EEN
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, which was their first prime time slot. In 2007 they wrote another 5 episodes for the second season of Neveneffecten
Neveneffecten
Neveneffecten is a TV-program on Flemish public television, written and performed by the cabaret quartet of the same name. It's a comedy-show that contains a lot of absurd humor, based on the National Geographic documentaries...

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Currently their new show Basta is on air and has caused a lot of controverse. In the first episode, they had fooled the Flemish press for one year with a fake research center Data Driven

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In the second episode, the Neveneffecten showed how fraudulent the quiz channels were. In less than 24 hours after the episode, the Flemish television stations ceased the broadcasting of quiz channels because the big controversy that was created by the Neveneffecten
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Shows

  • Rechtstreeks en Integraal (15 min) - 2002
  • Coherentie voor Beginners (30 min) - 2003
  • Zinloos Geweldig (90 min) - 2004 and resumed in 2007
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