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Now, before you read on or close the screen, could you pleeaaaase read their name out loud?

Done? Thanks! I'll explain in a bit, but first: character introduction!

When I was a child there were only two major shows to watch that were not animated. One was with a clown and an acrobat , the other was this one. Back in 1989, Gert Verhulst (the human) was a TV announcer and he had the idea to add a pet-like companion to his announcements to appeal more to kids. This grew into the, eventually over 700 episodes counting, television series I grew up with, starting in 1992. Samson & Gert was a Flemish/Dutch TV-show and it featured Gert, his talking dog Samson (a puppet bearded collie, voiced by Danny Verbiest at the time), and their friends as they got themselves in all kinds of wacky situations.

Aside from the show on TV, they also performed live on stage all over Belgium and the Netherlands and released numerous CD's (even some cassette tapes in the beginning!) with songs they wrote and sang themselves. These CD's would always come with me on holiday and I still know most of their songs by heart. They are what sparked my love for singing in the first place, so..

Now to quickly explain why I asked you to read their names out loud.. One of their songs is about how they want to be famous. From America to Africa, people will say and know their names. And now that you have read their names out loud, that song has come true! Ain't I clever?

After 30 years, Gert Verhulst has decided to finally end his career as the titular character though, so the time was right for me to make pixel art dedicated to my beloved childhood duo. Gert, lounging on the signature sofa from the series (here cut short, for logical reasons) and Samson in his dog bed, on a small plateau. I think they came out rather well ^ u^

Thank you for taking your time to read all this. If you ever decide to pay them a visit (no, sorry, you can't, but I need a way to justify my thank-you message), you'll have to remember to knock. Their doorbell has been out of commission for 20-something years.

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Now, before you read on or close the screen, could you pleeaaaase read their name out loud?

Done? Thanks! I'll explain in a bit, but first: character introduction!

When I was a child there were only two major shows to watch that were not animated. One was with a clown and an acrobat , the other was this one. Back in 1989, Gert Verhulst (the human) was a TV announcer and he had the idea to add a pet-like companion to his announcements to appeal more to kids. This grew into the, eventually over 700 episodes counting, television series I grew up with, starting in 1992. Samson & Gert was a Flemish/Dutch TV-show and it featured Gert, his talking dog Samson (a puppet bearded collie, voiced by Danny Verbiest at the time), and their friends as they got themselves in all kinds of wacky situations.

Aside from the show on TV, they also performed live on stage all over Belgium and the Netherlands and released numerous CD's (even some cassette tapes in the beginning!) with songs they wrote and sang themselves. These CD's would always come with me on holiday and I still know most of their songs by heart. They are what sparked my love for singing in the first place, so..

Now to quickly explain why I asked you to read their names out loud.. One of their songs is about how they want to be famous. From America to Africa, people will say and know their names. And now that you have read their names out loud, that song has come true! Ain't I clever?

After 30 years, Gert Verhulst has decided to finally end his career as the titular character though, so the time was right for me to make pixel art dedicated to my beloved childhood duo. Gert, lounging on the signature sofa from the series (here cut short, for logical reasons) and Samson in his dog bed, on a small plateau. I think they came out rather well ^ u^

Thank you for taking your time to read all this. If you ever decide to pay them a visit (no, sorry, you can't, but I need a way to justify my thank-you message), you'll have to remember to knock. Their doorbell has been out of commission for 20-something years.