VIEW REPORT. ‘Jacques and Urbain on world tour’: “The contrast between the godfathers of Flemish comedy is great” | THE VIEW REPORT

TVJacques Vermeire (72) and Urbanus (74) have earned their stripes in Flanders, but does their humor also survive in, say, America or South Africa? To test this, the comedy duo goes on a world tour. First stop: The Big Apple, with its abundance of skyscrapers, theater shows and bruised egos. Are New Yorkers also swooning for the godfathers of Flemish comedy? And the viewer? “The metropolis is a few sizes too big for Urbanus.”