Neveneffecten is a

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cabaret quartet formed by

Jonas Geirnaert Jonas Geirnaert (born July 28, 1982) studied animation at the KASK in Ghent. In May 2004 he won the Short Film Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival with his animated short ''Flatlife'' (11 min). Of the copy he sent in for selection only the fir ...

Lieven Scheire Lieven Scheire (born 3 May 1981) is a Belgian comedian, mainly known for being a member of Neveneffecten. Career Scheire attended secondary school at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in Lokeren; he then began a physics degree at Ghent University, but ...

, Koen De Poorter and Jelle De Beule.

History

Their first TV appearance (in

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) consisted of cousins Jonas Geirnaert and Lieven Scheire beating up a big teddybear dressed as giant bunnies and was badly received by the audience. This controversial sketch caused Koen De Poorter to contact the duo, and he soon became a member of Neveneffecten. In 2003 they won the jury prize at the Groninger Studenten Cabaret Festival and a year later they adopted Jelle De Beule as their fourth member. He had until then been their, allegedly extremely incompetent, stage technician. By 2004 Neveneffecten were touring

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with their first full theatre show ''Zinloos Geweldig''. However the initial aim was to write sketches for television. They made a first series of the sketch show ''

Neveneffecten ''Neveneffecten'' is a TV-program on Flemish public television, written and performed by the cabaret quartet of the same name. It is a comedy show that contains a lot of absurd humor, based on the National Geographic documentaries. Famous directo ...

'' for

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in 2005. A year later, in 2006, they worked together with comedian

Bart De Pauw Bart De Pauw (28 May 1968) is a Flemish TV host, comedian, actor and TV and film scriptwriter, known for humorous television series and shows on Belgian public television, like '' Buiten De Zone'', '' Schalkse Ruiters'', ''Het Geslacht De Pauw'' ...

in '' Willy's en Marjetten'' on één, which was their first prime time slot. In 2007 they wrote another 5 episodes for the second season of ''

''. In 2011 their TV-show '' Basta'' caused a lot of controversy. In the first episode, they had fooled the Flemish press for one year with a fake research center ''Data Driven''. In the second episode, the ''Neveneffecten'' showed how fraudulent the quiz channels were. In less than 24 hours after the episode, the Flemish television stations ceased the broadcasting of quiz channels because the big controversy that was created by the ''Neveneffecten''.

Shows

* ''Rechtstreeks en Integraal'' (15 min) - 2002 * ''Coherentie voor Beginners'' (30 min) - 2003 * ''Zinloos Geweldig'' (90 min) - 2004 and resumed in 2007

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neveneffecten (Cabaret) Belgian comedy troupes Belgian stand-up comedians Flemish cabaret Surreal comedy Belgian satirists Belgian surrealist artists Surrealist groups