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Ome Henk is a Dutch comedy singer and song parodist. His best-known song is Opblaaskrokodil ("Inflatable crocodile"), which was the base for the animutation French Erotic Film. Among his best-known parodies are Lekker, Lekker, ("Nicely, nicely" in Dutch), a parody of the Romanian pop song Dragostea din Tei, Mambo Nr. 6, a parody of Lou Bega's version of Mambo No. 5, Op De Camping, a parody of In The Navy by the Village People, and Neem een ander in de maling (a somewhat idiomatic Dutch expression loosely meaning "Go off and trick somebody else"), a parody of the Aqua song Barbie Girl. Interestingly, the latter is frequently mistaken by anglophones for a German song, and in most of these cases mis-attributed to German Industrial metal band Rammstein. This is widely believed to be the fault of a mis-labeling on a file-sharing network.

The name "Ome Henk" translates roughly as "Uncle Henk", a nickname for Henk Stubbe, but Henk Stubbe remains a character created by Amsterdam entertainer Frank van der Plas. His character is portrayed as a grumpy, short-tempered, sometimes sociopathic and perverted old man. His songs are mostly humorous complaints about small nuisances of daily life, grumpy social criticism, and other such topics of interest to a grouchy old man, often peppered with long spoken rants and bickering with a cast of quirky friends and neighbors, all denizens of the fictitious town of Biggeveen. While his music forms the most important part of his body of work, Ome Henk and his neighbors also appear in cartoons drawn by popular cartoonist Eric Schreurs (still and occasionally animated) and, more recently, live-action comedic sketches. Some non-musical comedic sketches have been included in his albums, including several involving the cast of Sesame Street.

Regular Characters

Henk Stubbe (Ome Henk)
Jantje (nephew of Ome Henk)
Pietje (nephew of Ome Henk)
Ed van Hooydonck
Tet Tetterdetet (resident who tends to make "tetetetet" sounds instead of talking)
Koos Korswagen (the manager)
Floris-Jan van Fleppensteyn (elitist neighbour)
Harry Witkamp (Sinterklaas's antisocial assistant)
Arie de Beuker (loud, obnoxious resident)
Tjabbe Tjibsma (shy computer specialist)

Discography

1991 - De spannende verhalen van Ome Henk
1992 - De nieuwe avonturen van Ome Henk
1993 - Ome Henk is weer bezig!
1994 - Ome Henk slaat wild om zich heen
1995 - Ome Henk is niet meer te houwe!
1995 - Ome Henk, Gouwe Suuksesse!
1996 - Ome Henk Rost er op los!
1997 - Ome Henk laat zich niet kisten!
1997 - Ome Henk en de tovenaar van Salsa Borenco
1998 - Ome Henk gooit de beuk erin!
1999 - Ome Henk staat op springen!
2000 - Ome Henk maakt er een eind aan!
2001 - Ome Henk gaat door het lint
2003 - Kerstfeest met Ome Henk
2004 - Op Zomervakantie Met Ome Henk
2004 - Ome Henk gaat nooit verloren!

Singles

1990 - Snip - Ik ben verkouwe
1991 - Olee olee, Sinterklaas is here to stay
1992 - Sneeuwwitje waar zit je?
1992 - Holadiejee! Holadiejoo!
1992 - Oranje!! (We worden kampioen!)
1993 - Stelletje halleve zole!
1993 - Ome Henk viert feest
1994 - Moeve
1995 - Op de camping
1995 - Heftig!
1996 - Dombo TV
1996 - Ja dat is a-sociaal
1996 - Olleke Bolleke
1996 - Die is dom ja!
1997 - Neem een ander in de maling
1997 - Ik zing dit lied voor Ome Henk
1997 - Carnaval is niks voor mij
1998 - Samba la Bamba
1999 - Ploem ploem jenka
1999 - Mambo nr. 6
2000 - Aaai oehoe aai
2001 - Opblaaskrokodil
2001 - Sieb van der Kast - 't Leven gaat niet over rozen!
2002 - Opblaaskrokodil (Heppie Summer Miks Live versie)
2004 - Lekker, Lekker

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