Urbanus

Urbain Servranckx born 7 June 1949 better known as Urbanus is a Belgian comedian actor singer and comic book writer Although he is most famous as comedian some of his songs became hits such as Bakske vol met stro 1979 Madammen met een bontjas 1980 and Hittentit 1982 In Flanders and the Netherlands Urbanus is one of the most popular and famous entertainers of all time Urbanus artists name of Urbain Joseph Servranckx Dilbeek 7 June 1949 is a Belgian comedian singer guitarist author of comic books and actor Originally he used the artist name Urbanus van Anus Anus was the name of his former backing group In 1973 he began performing cabaret and comedy He became popular in Flanders and managed to duplicate his success in the Netherlands building a steady career since He has appeared in TV shows some which he wrote himself Urbanus released several musical singles some of which entered the hit parade His Christmas song Bakske Vol Met Stro 1979 was controversial for lampooning the biblical story of the birth of Jesus but also became his signature song and bestselling record for the very same reasons Urbanus considers himself an atheist although he wed in the Roman Catholic Church and had his children baptized In 2008 he was awarded the Prize for Liberty by the Flemish think tank Nova Civitas Urbanus starred in three films Hector 1987 Koko Flanel 1990 and Seventh Heaven 1993 The two first films were the leaders in the Flemish box offices for many years His first movie Hector directed by Stijn Coninx won the 1988 international comedy film festival in Chamrousse France He also was named best actor by Radio France and Dauphiné Libéré Seventh Heaven was a box office bomb In Flanders and the Netherlands Urbanus is wellknown and very popular since 1974 Although he is most famous as a comedian some of his songs became hits such as Bakske vol met stro 1979 Madammen met een bontjas 1980 and Hittentit 1982Urbanus lend his voice to the Flemish versions of the Pixar movies Cars and Cars 2 where he was the voice of the character Mater Urbanus is script writer of a comics series about a childlike version of himself Urbanus which debuted in 1982 The series is drawn by Willy Linthout and from the third story on Urbanus started providing the scenariosThe comic strip managed to become the longestrunning series in the celebrityinspired genre and new albums are still published to this dayThe comics also sell well in the Netherlands Urbanus also writes the gags for the satirical comic De Geverniste Vernepelingskes 1998 which pokes fun at several Flemish celebrities It was first drawn by Jan Bosschaert then Dirk Stallaert and finally Steven Dupré Urbanus also writes gags for the childrens comics Plankgas en Plastronneke 20042008 and Mieleke Melleke Mol since 2003 both drawn by Dirk Stallaert Urbanus has also drawn some gag comics himself He also illustrated many of his own album covers Source Article Urbanus from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30