De Club van Sinterklaas

De Club van Sinterklaas.
Created by Michiel Kerbosch
and others
Starring Bram van der Vlugt
Don van Dijke
Wim Schluter
Beryl van Praag
Tim de Zwart
Piet van der Pas
Harold Verwoert
Michiel Kerbosch
Peter de Gelder
and others
Country of origin Netherlands
No. of episodes +/- 236 total
Production
Running time 10 minutes per episode
Release
Original network Fox Kids (1999–2004)
Jetix (2005–2008)
RTL 4 (2009)
Original release November 1, 1999 – December 4, 2009

De Club van Sinterklaas (English literal title: The Club of Sinterklaas, international title: St. Nicholas & Friends) 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.

Seasons

We meet Wegwijspiet and Chefpiet who have just started their own Paella restaurant on the side of a little beach in Spain. 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 and his Pieten to the Netherlands in a week. Wegwijs is terrified and sorrows of into the pueblo. Will he be able to beat his fear in time with only a week to go...?
An evil scoundrell abducts Saint Nicolas and the Club has no idea where he is.
For the first time one child can earn a visit to the Piet School in Spain.
Out of the blue Amerigo can speak the human language.

Important characters

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. Returned to the kitchen of the Saint in 2005 when Wegwijspiet turned to do his own cooking at Pedro's.

Testpiet (actress: Beryl van Praag)

Hoge Hoogte Piet (actor: Tim de Zwart)

Profpiet (actor: Piet van der Pas)

Muziekpiet (actor: Wim Schluter)

Coole Piet "Diego" (actor: Harold Verwoert)

Hoofdpiet (actor: Erik van Muiswinkel)

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)

Side characters / allies

Rosita (actress: Trudy Kerbosch)

Tante Soesa (actress: Daphny Muriloff)

External links

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