Ome Henk

Henk Stubbe, better known as 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-k

Henk Stubbe, better known as 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, ("Nice, nice", or perhaps, "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.

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 fictitions 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.