Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

On January 2, 1994 the Dutch KRO television started an comic TV-show, based on the American sitcom 'The Honeymooners'. The scripts of these series were translated and edited by Gerard Cox and Sjoerd Pleijsier, two of the main actors. From the start of the fourth season they started to write their own episodes. The series are taking place in the south of Rotterdam, late fifties. The last season of the series took place in 1976.

Series details

• Title: Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Dutch
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1994-01-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-06-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NPO 1
• Network country: Netherlands
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11763
• IMDb ID: tt0108964
• TVDB ID: 82617

Cast and credited roles

• Huib Rooymans — Meneer Harmsen
• Koos van der Knaap — Karel van Dam
• Paul van Soest — Henk van de Berg
• Gerard Cox — Jaap Kooiman
• Joke Bruijs — Nel Kooiman
• Sjoerd Pleijsier — Simon Stokvis
• Mouna Goeman Borgesius — Zus Stokvis

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-01-02; final listed air date 1994-03-20; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 1994-10-09; final listed air date 1995-01-12; episode order: 9.
• Season 3: premiered 1995-09-10; final listed air date 1996-02-04; episode order: 20.
• Season 4: premiered 1996-09-29; final listed air date 1997-01-17; episode order: 15.
• Season 5: premiered 1997-09-07; final listed air date 1998-02-01; episode order: 22.
• Season 6: premiered 1998-09-27; final listed air date 1999-05-03; episode order: 32.
• Season 7: premiered 2000-01-03; final listed air date 2000-04-22; episode order: 17.
• Season 8: premiered 2001-01-01; final listed air date 2001-05-27; episode order: 22.
• Season 9: premiered 2002-01-06; final listed air date 2002-03-31; episode order: 13.
• Season 10: premiered 2003-01-05; final listed air date 2003-03-30; episode order: 13.
• Season 11: premiered 2004-01-04; final listed air date 2004-03-07; episode order: 10.
• Season 13: premiered 2006-01-06; final listed air date 2006-03-12; episode order: 10.
• Season 14: premiered 2007-05-21; final listed air date 2007-07-09; episode order: 8.
• Season 15: premiered 2008-04-07; final listed air date 2008-05-26; episode order: 8.
• Season 16: premiered 2009-04-07; final listed air date 2009-06-03; episode order: 10.

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