Herman Finkers

Herman Finkers in Na de pauze

Hermenegildus Felix Victor Maria (Herman) Finkers (born December 9, 1954 in Almelo ) is one of the most famous Dutch cabaret artists of the 1980s and 1990s, who is still on stage today. He comes from the east of the country, the Twente region , and presents a timeless, dry sense of humor in shows with imaginative stage elements.

Life and art

Finkers attended high school in Almelo and studied in Groningen, where his brother Wilfried had founded a student humor association. There Herman Finkers played his first program.

The former altar boy has remained loyal to his church and region. He composed a traditional mass for his wedding. He looks after a small chapel, which he has been campaigning for since 2006 in an initiative he co-founded.

In 2000 Finkers stopped working as a cabaret artist because he lacked inspiration. Shortly afterwards, he found out about his leukemia. In 2007 he appeared again with a new program, Na de pauze (German: "After the break").

Finkers, who likes puns, usually plays a modest, somewhat awkward, calm and cheerful bachelor. He doesn't speak a dialect, but still has a distinct regional coloring. His brother is often involved in his programs, both behind and on stage. Finkers has worked with Brigitte Kaandorp a number of times ; a comical singing duo of the two with the title Duet hit the Dutch charts in 1990. In 2003 Finkers was made Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion .

The writer Finkers also deals with the dialect of his homeland, the Twents , and translated the dialogues for the soap opera Van Jonge Leu en Oale Groond .

Quotes

• The course "Dealing with disappointments" does not take place again.
• Psychologists are not only crazy, they are trained in it. I can know that because I studied psychology myself. I dropped out after I discovered that the psychologist in particular often sits on the wrong side of the table.
• No, I'm not married. My in-laws couldn't have children.
• Suicide is really the very last thing I would do.
• We're stuck in traffic, luckily we're not the only ones.
• Here I have an exercise book with multiplication tables for elementary school. However, there is a problem: nothing from this work may be reproduced without the express consent of the author.
• (After the cancer diagnosis) I come home; my wife asks me: “Where did you get that from? You've never had cancer. ”“ Well, it's a combination of factors, ”I replied. "But that won't be the only cause," "she says.
• The traffic lights are red and then green again (* groen), in Almelo there is always something to do (* doen). *) would rhyme in Dutch.

Web links

• Dutch Wikiquote
• official homepage