Arjen Lubach’s late show doesn’t last long, but yesterday he disappeared from view for a full minute to supposedly get cucumbers from the refrigerator. “Excuse me.”
It is very unusual on television: a full minute of inactivity. Yet it happened last night in the 25-minute Evening Show with Arjen Lubach. This time it included an item about the campaign that the Nutrition Center has started against food waste. “People don’t yet know where to store fresh produce,” they believe.
‘No, f*ck off!’
Ridiculous, Arjen thinks. “It’s apparently very difficult for people. Jesus, How hard can it be? Let me help: keep things that need to stay cold in the refrigerator. Milk in the fridge, rice cakes outside the fridge. Cucumbers? In the fridge! Everyone knows that.”
Then Arjen starts a video in which it is not recommended to keep cucumbers in the refrigerator. “What? No, f*ck off, guard. Cucumber outside the refrigerator? I want a second opinion. The Nutrition Center? Do we have that too?”
Out of the picture for a minute
When the Nutrition Center also appears to recommend storing cucumbers at room temperature, Arjen says: “Shit! Just hold on.”
Arjen then appears out of the picture for no less than sixty seconds. All the while they look at their empty office chair. Then he comes back: “Sorry. I was just able to save them. Cucumbers outside the refrigerator. Okay, check.”
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