Dutch Cuties: John & Ramon & Humberto

My first post about Dutch cuties was a success ! I decided to introduce here some more - but no fair skin this time. And... three of them !

Cutie #1 is John Williams (Paramaribo, Suriname, 1969), a presenter and actor. John has worked in several shows on TV. I specially love seeing him on house make-up programmes, such as "Help, my man is a DIY'er" and "Help, my man has a hobby". The formula is basically the following: John and his crew come to give some help to desperate women whose husbands made a mess during the renovations. You know how everything ends: women that had completely lost their hopes in having a decent renovated home find after John's help a dream home/palace/castle. Then they cry and squeeze hug (maybe a bit too much) John Williams on the end of the show. I bet everyone knows this kind of stuff I am talking about.
Below, John plays with the fantasies of a woman in a commercial for MONA. The product is a chocolate mousse and the title of the commercial is ChocoDreams. You don't have to understand any Dutch to understand the commercial.


John Williams became the second best during the finale of show Let's Dance, with the number Single Ladies. Yes, he played Beyoncé, with beard and all (and no, he is not gay - just an irreverent actor).

Cutie #2 on this blog post is Ramon Beuk (Paramaribo, Suriname, 1972). Ramon Beuk concluded in  1992, after working in several restaurants, his cooking studies. He also took a diploma in Pedagogics. After extra marketing studies, he started working at department store HEMA as responsible for the present culinary department image of this company. After that, he started working for Unilever where he gave several workshops to large groups about the usage of new products developed by the company. His qualities as an enthousiastic presentater reached the TV companies in Hilversum. He started to have small participations in some programmes on TV and later on started his own program: Born2Cook.  Ramon owns his own Events company CuliPro, cooking school Kooktempel and a party salon De Glazen, in de city of Maarsen.
So far, Ramon Beuk has written four books: "Thais", "Finger Food", “Ramon Beuk Born2Cook” and “De Echte Beuk”. John is married and thas two daughters.
Below, in a commercial for supermaket LIDL, Ramon prepares a grilled potato, topped by entrecote accompanied by a beet sauce. Mini pieces of an apple give the final touch. So easy, I cannot imagine something Dutchier than that. Ramon's tip: when frying a piece of entrecote, use oil AND butter. Oil gets very hot - ideal for frying meat. The butter gives a nice taste and colour. Enjoy !

And last but not least: Humberto Tan (Suriname, 1965). Tan is a Dutch radio and TV anchor man, writer, DJ and fashion designer. He is married and has three kids.  He is also a lawyer - but never worked as such. You can recognize him as one of the presentators of RTL-Boulevard on RTL-4 channel.
On the film below, Humberto Tan plays himself in a comercial for Unox. Coming from work, at first his own dog doesn't recognize him. Humberto wonders why.  "Unox: at home you can be yourself".


John Williams, Ramon Beuk and Humberto Tan. All the three guys are super nice, super enthousiastic and very talented - and of course super succesful. I wish there were more, many more succesful anchor men and actors in Brazil. More visibility of the blacks in the show bizz - and not only as soccer players or singers. I have heard that lately a black actor was the main character in a Brazilian soap opera. Well, there is hope.

Famous Dutch Artists in the Film Industry

Rebecca Romijn

Femke Jansen

Rutger Hauer

Paul Verhoeven

Jeroen Krabbé

And last but not least... Remember Lurch (left) from Adams Family ?  It was played by giant Carel Struycken. The Dutch people are, indeed, among the tallest of the world, hahahah !

To be continued...

Crazy Creepy Angry Ugly Silent Young Men

After these news in Rio that made me cry for two days now I hear about what happened in Alphen aan de Rijn today. A blond young (24y. old)  man called Tristan van der Vlies killed 6 people and hurt 15 in a supermarket inside a shopping mall. He shot more than 100 times with an automatic gun. And then he killed himself. There are many parallels between these two stories - similar also to previous ones in the US.
Rio, Alphen aan de Rijn, Columbine...
Why so many young men hold such enormous anger, up to one day when they shoot at people and then kill themselves ?

Only in the Netherlands

Reading the Dutch papers on line today, I learned about a man who called the police because his wife has during years and years sexually assaulted him in the middle of the night. He was exhausted and "needed some sleep". He made a formal complaint about it and "two police agents were sent to talk to her". The couple has been married for 18 years and has two kids. The paper gave emphasis to the importance of talking about sexual violence against men at own homes - even if the victims were men in the hands of own spouses ("the last taboo").

The note was followed by hillarious comments from the readers:  "A bit strange story. Why talk to police agents ? She should go to a doctor due to hormonal inbalance, too much testosterone... Send me a photo of her: if she doesn't have a mustache I will treat her from being oversexed"/ "I have always dreamed about a cougar like that" / "The world is so unfair. I have to beg it to my wife every night" / "I know this sort of problem, my wife is also like that. But she has gotten two lovers now, who can take this heavy obligation out of my hands. Unfortunately, they are sometimes not enough." /  "Why only during the evenings ? Is she a kind of wolf or something like that ? It is okay when my wife wants to have it during the day. When she wants only during the evenings, I tell her: Hey ! A man has also to sleep..." / "Ah, she should just become a member of the local rugby or football club" / "This is a proof that headaches are just excuses."
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**** Dutch men can be so light and cynical like no other ****

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