Ik ben Joep Meloen

Bassie and Adriaan take a well-earned holiday but find themselves chased by two diamond thieves, referred to as B1 and B2. The crooks mistake Bassie for the go-between who came to collect the key to the vault of the stolen diamonds.

Hotel de Botel is a comedic Dutch television series consisting of seven episodes that aired from October 8, 1976, to December 31, 1976, on TROS. The series is set in the Ruimzicht hotel, which is run by two brothers, Bob and Koos Overwater, played by Allard van der Scheer and André van Duin, respectively. The series is based on the British series Fawlty Towers.

Bassie & Adriaan is a Dutch circus and TV duo who take children of all ages on adventures into their world of jokes, excitement, and adventure. Fun jokes, excitement with crooks, and educational adventures and trips through the Netherlands, Europe, and America provide timeless viewing pleasure for young and old alike.

Bassie and Adriaan find themselves abandoned by their own circus because they overslept, and with no tour-schedule in sight or any money they're forced to take other jobs -- losing each one. A malicious 'poltergeist' turns out responsible for their misery.

Professor Archibald Chagrijn exposes the world to his blubbering gas, which makes people sad and causes them to cry. Bassie proves immune to the blubbering gas -- as he has had an overdose of laughing gas. The professor is hiding on the Canary Islands, but Bassie and Adriaan manage to track him down.

After being released from prison a career criminal wants to start a new life. To finance this new life he decides to rob a small-town bank during a funfair. Meanwhile, he's trying to get rid of a women who can tie him to a previous crime.

VARA exists 80 years! We celebrate this with the DVD you have in your hands. About 5 hours top entertainment from VARA's entertainment cabinet. Fragments that will take you from 1958 to now. You still remember Dorus with his mouse trap? Or the "Kopspijkers" cabaret with the song "One Day Fly", Theo Maassen with his farewell speech of Henk van den Tillaart or Harry Vermegen and Henk Spaan with Popie Jopie? That's all on this DVD, and more!