Bridget Maasland gives Peter Pannekoek a big sneer at the desk of RTL Boulevard. She indicates that she did not laugh once during his New Year’s Eve conference. “Not out loud.”
If we can believe the viewers of Peter Pannekoek’s New Year’s Eve conference, it was very disappointing this year. Every celebrity has an expiration date and according to critics, this time the best before date of the pancake mix has been reached. The comedian turns forty this year and according to TV critic Victor Vlam, he now suddenly wants to be committed.
Pauper gnome
Bridget Maasland also watched and agrees with the criticism. “I’m a big fan of Peter Pannekoek, I always go to his performance and he always makes me laugh so much. I thought it was very well put together, but I didn’t think he was that Peter Pannekoek in terms of the laugh,” she sneers at the desk of RTL Boulevard.
TV expert Rob Goossens: “No, and he owes that to himself, because he also did the New Year’s Eve conference four years ago and we owe the term ‘pauper gnome’ for Lil Kleine to that, among other things. There were no moments like that this time.”
One-liners
What does that mean, according to Rob? “There have been four years in between and a huge development on his part as a comedian. He has always been very good at the one-liners that stick around and that you literally still talk about years later. I think you also thought DNA was a very good performance.”
“He had become much better at building a story. He has now taken that with him, but if you see what he has made of it… It was all a bit safe, so the opinions he had… ‘Elon Musk is stupid’… Yes, 99 percent of the Netherlands thinks he is a stupid guy. That is not where you really excite.”
Zero laughs
Bridget thinks that Peter should ultimately just make good jokes. “At the same time, he also had very good stories about women’s safety and how to deal with it, so again: I thought it was very good, but I didn’t laugh out loud.”
Her fellow colleague Show newsBart Ettekoven, agrees: “I expected more from it. I had to laugh harder at Peter at times. It was a wonderful show, it had a good message and the ending was beautiful, so there is nothing to complain about, but it did make me laugh harder.”
Laughing and screeching
Presenter Eva Vloon agrees. “It wasn’t laughing and screaming.”
TV authority Tina Nijkamp is milder. She registers The Telegraph: “Did I roll off the couch laughing? No. But that’s not always necessary. What I did see is a comedian who has found his place.”
The audience in Peter’s room certainly enjoyed it. His manager denies the rumor that a laugh track was used.