Boy Jansen ‘sometimes floated above the barrel’, now he stops as TonProater

Boy was early on like Tonproater. It started with a performance in high school. As a 12-year-old he was already on stage. The rest is history. After he soon became a popular and well -known appearance in his hometown of Budel, numerous successes followed. Boy therefore has mixed feelings about his decision to stop. But with 180 performances per year, it can no longer be combined with his work as a funeral director. “You are also on day and night for that,” he says.

Although many people do not associate the profession of funeral director with humor, according to Boy, that is not so bad: “In both professions, I ensure a smile and a tear. Of course I am not going to tap a jokes at a ceremony, but a smile is conjuring up on a face Also very beautiful. ” He was once asked to act as one of his most successful characters in a funeral; As stewardess Truus from above. “The deceased wife was a big fan of mine, but I didn’t do that at the time. Because that goes too far for me.”

The profession of tons According to Boy, it is much more than standing in a barrel and joking. In this way he finds the interaction with the room very important. And also dropping silences at the right moment is important. “At the Keiebijters Klet Tournament, newcomers don’t have it easy. It takes a while before you get the room there. And if people don’t laugh, a performance takes a very long time.” But luckily he got the laughers on his hand. “If I got the room flat with laughter, I floated above the barrel,” he looks back.

He also had strange performances. “I once had to perform for a construction company. I came up with it, it turned out that of the two hundred people in the room there were hundred and eighty Polish. Then you are just looking and you have a small audience with twenty people.” Looking back on his career as Tonproaterhe sees that he was getting better and better. “If I see old images back, I think for a moment, oh I was that”.

Boy also saw the humor change. “Many jokes from the past can no longer be possible. Although I have always been someone who likes to look up the sharp edges. I do see a big difference between city and countryside. In small villages, much more can be done than in the city. And also between Brabant And the Randstad is the difference in Brabant. “

About the future of it tons he is a bit worried. “You see with young people that they are on Tiktok, where a funny video lasts at most thirty seconds. Then a performance of almost twenty minutes is a very long time.” That is why there is little new talent. While there too barrel treasers Are they stopping it because they are already well in seventy.

In his living room at home in Budel, only the Silver Narrenkap will remind you tons-performances. For Boy, that prize was the absolute highlight, at the Keiebijters in 2019. “I felt that things went very well and if it didn’t work now, then it will never work again.” He is still very proud of the price, which has been given a permanent place in a cupboard in his living room.

Whether we will ever see him again in the barrel, he – very politically – leaves in the middle: “Never say never, but certainly not for the first five years.” He will occasionally continue to perform in theaters. And he will also be together with fellowbarrel treasers Keep going to performances. Because in between barrel treasers Is there no hatred and envy, but especially friendship, says Boy, who focuses entirely on funeral work after carnival.