Sam Hagens gets a big slap on his fingers because he invited Splinter Chabot to his Talk Show Good evening Netherlands. “How do you get it in your head?” Victor Vlam shouts.
So far it is a bit of a disappointment: Good evening the Netherlands, the summer replacement of Bar late with the young duo Welmoed Sijtsma and Sam Hagens. You would expect some more VI-like controversies, a somewhat spicier program, but the program leads to few headlines, because very little happens.
Unauthorized
TV critic Victor Vlam does not see that the viewing figures are disappointing. “It’s not distinctive enough,” he says in the podcast The Communicado’s. “That is really the big problem with this program. It is a thirteen in a dozen NPO talk show. The innovation they have tried to implement is especially in terms of form.”
He refers to the benches that have been put down in the studio. “Instead of a table with chairs. But yes, guys, that doesn’t mean that much. There is no one who thinks: Oh, I want to see that program with those banks, so you have to distinguish your program from other talk shows.”
“In your head!”
It just looks ‘way too much’ at bar, says Victor. “It’s just a standard talk show. This week I was watching and Splinter Chabot is in the broadcast. Then I think: how do you get it in your head to invite Splinter Chabot?”
That’s a huge miss, he thinks. “If there is someone who is associated with the typical NPO talk show, then it is Splinter Chabot. He was a regular guest in DWDD, he is now a regular guest at Eva. This is someone who can already be seen there.”
Own guest circle
Sam has to tap his own guest circle, says Victor. “You want to create your own guest circle. You want to cultivate and put your own people there, so that you get your own program. By grabbing back on those people who are already everywhere, it will be a thirteen in a dozen program, so that is not smart.”
He concludes: “No, I really didn’t think it was wise that they had put Splinter there.”