According to TV connoisseur Rob Goossens, Herman van der Zandt does not seem entirely happy With the choice for Paulien Cornelisse as a jury member in De Slimste Mens. “Does he throw her in front of the bus after one season?”
It has been established for some time that Herman van der Zandt would become the successor of Philip Freriks in De Slimste Mens, but the successor of jury member Maarten van Rossem was recently chosen: Paulien Cornelisse. The reactions to this are mild, partly because a day before that announcement went the gossip that the Margriet van der Linden would be. Brrr.
Not very happy
Anyway: Herman gave an interview on NPO Radio 1 and he did not sound enthusiastic there, says RTL Boulevard star Eddy Zoëy. “Herman van der Zandt has also said something, but he doesn’t sound super happy or does I draw a strange conclusion?” He says in the show section on RTL 4.
Show connoisseur Rob Goossens then: “No, you hear him just say some things and he did not respond to Paulien Cornelisse. He makes it all Meta by saying:” What is striking that it is such a big news. ” All things not to have to respond to the appointment of Paulien Cornelisse. “
Open door
And that is strange, because in such cases you can pull all the clichés out of the closet, says Rob. “The open doors present themselves. You can just say:” I also had her on my list, “or:” The screen test was very fun and I am looking forward to doing this. “
He continues: “She herself said that the screen test was very nice. We will assume that, but if Herman van der Zandt does not mean when he is asked about it,” what a nice jury chairman! “
For the bus
You can easily indicate something like that, says Rob. Eddy: “That he is happy, yes.”
Rob: “Yes, so he keeps his options open to push her for the bus after one season.”
Pastor Maarten is enthusiastic: “She seems to me a modest and intelligent woman who does not come from the television world thank goodness. In recent months there were all names of complete halvegars. I am very happy that they have not become.”
Elderly TV
Incidentally, Rob is one of the few who cracks Pauliens’s appointment. “I don’t understand anything about this choice. The NPO believes that they have a problem with programs that attract elderly viewers, and if you cook the smartest person with Herman van der Zandt and Paulien Cornelisse, then you are making elderly television?”
“Paulien Cornelisse is someone who was born as an 80-year-old and slowly pulls to her actual age. Yes, my parents find her very interesting. Not necessarily funny, but they do enjoy what she does, but yes, my parents are 70 and 71. That is not the target group you want to tap at the NPO.”