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Van Kooten (Koos Koets) en De Bie were a Dutch comedy duo formed by Kees van Kooten and Wim de Bie.Van Kooten en De Bie were a Dutch comedy duo formed by Kees van Kooten and Wim de Bie.
The two cooperated for years, before they started to work for the public broadcasting organization VPRO, where they first performed for radio broadcasting, and later took to making shows for television. Their first television appearance was in 1972 with the program Het Simplisties Verbond (The Simplistik [sic] League), with a carpet-beater as their symbol. The show mainly featured sketches whose returning intricate characters and running gags quickly became very well known in The Netherlands.
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