Haas Das se Nuuskas
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Haas Das se Nuuskas was a weekly short television show in South Africa
about a rabbit and a mouse running a news broadcast in Diere Land (Animal-land). Created by Louise Smit
in 1976, at the time of television's introduction in South Africa, it was the first children's television programme in that country. The "news" typically revolved around all the animals' complaints, achievements, and scandals. The voice of Haas Das was performed by a real South African news anchorman, Riaan Cruywagen
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). The new puppets were designed and made by Althea Oelofse. Riaan Cruywagen
returned as voice talent.
Gert Van Tonder makes a guest appearance.
Piet Muis: Jan Wolmarans (speaking), Annaretha Naude (singing)
Koning Leeu: Rouel Beukes
Grootoom Flapoor Olifant: Nic De Jager
Bettina Bobbejaan: Annaretha Naude
BoeBoe Bobbejaan: Dulinda Pieters
Bakkies Bobbejaan: Dulinda Pieters
Kleinstinkie Muishond: Verna Vels
Moeder Raaf: Nic De Jager (speaking), Riana van Vollenhoven (singing)
After that he also performed shows at arts festivals, with puppets made by Hansie Visagie, in his own unique style.
Haas Das also recently appeared in an ad-campaign for ATKV/Pendoring to promote Afrikaans. He is pictured as a fat bum in an living room, on a couch with cans all around him (with the name "Das bier/Das beer" on the cans), but here he is not a puppet, he is a full body costume/puppet resembling the original puppet. The campaign shows what happens to the characters when if the language is unused or extinct. This is the usual message of the ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuur Vereeniging/Afrikaans Language and Culture Organisation).
on DVD
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South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
about a rabbit and a mouse running a news broadcast in Diere Land (Animal-land). Created by Louise Smit
Louise Smit
Louise Smit is a South African writer of children's books and of children's television programmes.-Biography:Shet studied Drama at Teachers College in Paarl, and the University of Stellenbosch. She then did charitable work in Malawi. She performed indigenous folktales with the participation of the...
in 1976, at the time of television's introduction in South Africa, it was the first children's television programme in that country. The "news" typically revolved around all the animals' complaints, achievements, and scandals. The voice of Haas Das was performed by a real South African news anchorman, Riaan Cruywagen
Riaan Cruywagen
Riaan Cruywagen born on October 5, 1945 is a South African television news reader and voice artist who has been associated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation since its first television broadcasts in 1975....
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Puppets
- Haas Das (news reader/anchorman) ("Haas Das" is AfrikaansAfrikaansAfrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
for "HareHareHares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares less than one year old are called leverets. Four species commonly known as types of hare are classified outside of Lepus: the hispid hare , and three species known as red rock hares .Hares are very fast-moving...
TieTieTie may refer to:* Necktie, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders* Tie , a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports...
". The character is a hare wearing a tie.) - Piet Muis (assistant and weather forecaster) ("Pete Mouse" -"Muis" is AfrikaansAfrikaansAfrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
for "mouseMouseA mouse is a small mammal belonging to the order of rodents. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse . It is also a popular pet. In some places, certain kinds of field mice are also common. This rodent is eaten by large birds such as hawks and eagles...
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Animated/Drawn characters
- Koning Leeu (King LionLionThe lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...
) - Skriba Sekretarisvoel (Skriba Secretarybird)
- Skillie Skilpad (Skillie TortoiseTortoiseTortoises are a family of land-dwelling reptiles of the order of turtles . Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge. The tortoise...
) - Grootoom Flapoor Olifant (Great-uncle Flap-ear ElephantElephantElephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
) - Moeder Raaf (Mother RavenRavenRaven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...
) - Oupa Dassie (Grandpa Dassie)
- Krokkie Krokodil (Krokkie CrocodileCrocodileA crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae . The term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia: i.e...
) - Bettina Bobbejaan (Bettina BaboonBaboonBaboons are African and Arabian Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. There are five species, which are some of the largest non-hominoid members of the primate order; only the mandrill and the drill are larger...
) - Bakkies Bobbejaan (Bakkies Baboon)
- Bulletjie Wildebees (Bulletjie WildebeestWildebeestThe wildebeest , also called the gnu is an antelope of the genus Connochaetes. It is a hooved mammal...
) - Sersant-Inspekteur Tienie Ratel (Sergeant-Inspector Tienie BadgerBadgerBadgers are short-legged omnivores in the weasel family, Mustelidae. There are nine species of badger, in three subfamilies : Melinae , Mellivorinae , and Taxideinae...
) - Bella Bokooi (Bella GoatGoatThe domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
) - Droster Renoster (Droster RhinocerosRhinocerosRhinoceros , also known as rhino, is a group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia....
) - Floris Volstruis (Floris OstrichOstrichThe Ostrich is one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member of the genus Struthio. Some analyses indicate that the Somali Ostrich may be better considered a full species apart from the Common Ostrich, but most taxonomists consider it to be a...
) - Spiekeries Springbok (Spiekeries Springbuck)
- Dr.Karoolus Krap (Dr.Karoolus CrabCrabTrue crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
) - Martin Miskruier( Martin the Dung-Beetle)
- Vlossie Mossie (Vlossie SparrowSparrowThe sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...
) - Hasie Kwassie (BunnyBunnyBunny is a colloquial name for rabbits.Bunny may also refer to:-People:* Allu Arjun , Telugu film star, nicknamed Bunny* Andrew "bunnie" Huang , American hacker* Bunny Ahearne , British ice hockey promoter...
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Creative team
- Creator: Louise SmitLouise SmitLouise Smit is a South African writer of children's books and of children's television programmes.-Biography:Shet studied Drama at Teachers College in Paarl, and the University of Stellenbosch. She then did charitable work in Malawi. She performed indigenous folktales with the participation of the...
- Writer: Louise SmitLouise SmitLouise Smit is a South African writer of children's books and of children's television programmes.-Biography:Shet studied Drama at Teachers College in Paarl, and the University of Stellenbosch. She then did charitable work in Malawi. She performed indigenous folktales with the participation of the...
- Graphic Artist and Animator: Butch Stoltz
- Channel: Sauk/SABC
- Voice Talents:- Riaan CruywagenRiaan CruywagenRiaan Cruywagen born on October 5, 1945 is a South African television news reader and voice artist who has been associated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation since its first television broadcasts in 1975....
- Original Puppet Builder: Alida von Maltitz/van Deventer
- Theme Song: Gert Van Tonder
Revival
The show was redone as a movie in 2007 and released by Sony BMG. Just like Wielie Walie, it was the first of Louise Smit's original creations to be redone. Haas Das hou konsert (Haas Das holds a concert), a movie, was all about Koning Leeu (King Lion) having a terrible headache from all the animals' complaints, and Haas Das organising a concert in his honour to make him feel better. All of the original animated characters were recreated as puppets for this production, and even a few new characters were added, like Boeboe Bobbejaan (Boeboe Babboon) and Stinkie Muishond (Stinky SkunkSkunk
Skunks are mammals best known for their ability to secrete a liquid with a strong, foul odor. General appearance varies from species to species, from black-and-white to brown or cream colored. Skunks belong to the family Mephitidae and to the order Carnivora...
). The new puppets were designed and made by Althea Oelofse. Riaan Cruywagen
Riaan Cruywagen
Riaan Cruywagen born on October 5, 1945 is a South African television news reader and voice artist who has been associated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation since its first television broadcasts in 1975....
returned as voice talent.
Gert Van Tonder makes a guest appearance.
New voice cast
Haas Das: Riaan CruywagenPiet Muis: Jan Wolmarans (speaking), Annaretha Naude (singing)
Koning Leeu: Rouel Beukes
Grootoom Flapoor Olifant: Nic De Jager
Bettina Bobbejaan: Annaretha Naude
BoeBoe Bobbejaan: Dulinda Pieters
Bakkies Bobbejaan: Dulinda Pieters
Kleinstinkie Muishond: Verna Vels
Moeder Raaf: Nic De Jager (speaking), Riana van Vollenhoven (singing)
Other appearances
Haas Das and Piet Muis (the show's original puppets) appeared in the ads for the KKNK (Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees/Klein Karoo National Arts Festival) in 2002, where he announced the festival. The ads included TV ads and posters. On the TV ads he was a news reader at DNN (Diere Nuus Netwerk/Animal News Network), but on the posters he was seen as a DJ sitting at a spinning table, instead of his well known news desk.After that he also performed shows at arts festivals, with puppets made by Hansie Visagie, in his own unique style.
Haas Das also recently appeared in an ad-campaign for ATKV/Pendoring to promote Afrikaans. He is pictured as a fat bum in an living room, on a couch with cans all around him (with the name "Das bier/Das beer" on the cans), but here he is not a puppet, he is a full body costume/puppet resembling the original puppet. The campaign shows what happens to the characters when if the language is unused or extinct. This is the usual message of the ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuur Vereeniging/Afrikaans Language and Culture Organisation).
Books
Louise Smit has written two Haas Das books: Haas Das se Nuuskas (2006), illustrated by Fred Mouton, and Haas Das raak weg (2008), illustrated by Tanja Joubert. Both are published by Human & Rousseau.DVDs
The original Haas Das Nuuskas-series and Haas Das hou konsert-movie are available in South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
on DVD
DVD
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See also
- Louise smitLouise SmitLouise Smit is a South African writer of children's books and of children's television programmes.-Biography:Shet studied Drama at Teachers College in Paarl, and the University of Stellenbosch. She then did charitable work in Malawi. She performed indigenous folktales with the participation of the...
- Wielie WalieWielie WalieWielie Walie was an Afrikaans children's variety programme created by Louise Smit featuring puppets, which was broadcast from the launch of television in South Africa in 1976. With Karel and Sarel, two best friends but always fighting. Bennie always ready to read a story, and the duck and the...
- Liewe HeksieLiewe HeksieLiewe Heksie is a fictional character created in 1961 by Afrikaans children’s books author Verna Vels. The Liewe Heksie series consisted of a number of books...
- Verna VelsVerna VelsVerna Vels is the creator of the beloved South African book, film and radio character Liewe Heksie.-Biography:Verna Barbara Robertson was born in 1933 in Reitz of the Orange Free State South Africa. She completed her schooling, and in 1952 graduated the University of Pretoria. In 1954 obtained her...
- Riaan CruywagenRiaan CruywagenRiaan Cruywagen born on October 5, 1945 is a South African television news reader and voice artist who has been associated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation since its first television broadcasts in 1975....