Urbain
Season 1
This short-lived Flemish comedy is really just a vehicle for stand-up comedian Urbanus Van Anus, who plays Urbain (his nickname in real life, simply the French for Urbanus, as he's generally abbreviated) as his eternal persona, sort of a self-confident version of Frank Spencer (from Some Mothers 'Ave Em): nobody is safe for his inverse Midas-touch and crazy ideas, and he's guaranteed to attract more bad luck then Murphy's Law predicts, but he's unrepentant.
Where to Watch Season 1
7 Episodes
- CombinerenE1
Episode 1CombinerenHouse father Urbain volunteers to do his wife Nicole's domestic work for a day, apparently naively, but in fact hoping to stop her nagging about being stuck at home, now she has a shot at a paid job. Or can it get too bad, even by those rules, for Urbain's family and manager Didier? - In de Ban van Ringo
E2Episode 2In de Ban van RingoUrbain has forgotten his wife Nicole's birthday again, as the whole family expected, but she's livid and mean when he turns up with a lame last minute present. He promises to cook her a dinner but that has to wait. Having bumped into Mr. Poelkapelle's car, Urbain is forced to give a humiliating private performance for him and his pet monkey Ringo, later even a drinking gang, to avoid the police and the press ruining his career, and the terms keep worsening. - Oorlog
E3Episode 3OorlogHaving spotted his wife Nicole in a restaurant with her boss Wesley, Urbain turns desperately and aggressively jealous. Treats and an attempted make-over fail to impress her. So he ends up pressing manager Didier, who claims his mistresses adultery is the logical result of too little marital sex, like in Urbain's case, to help him spy and deliver a bomb, just now Wesley's firm is to sign a major contract. - Modelhuwelijk in de Verf
E4Episode 4Modelhuwelijk in de VerfUrbain is too lazy to get up early enough to drive son Maurice to soccer. So he gets babysitter Kiki to do it and pretends that was her idea, but wife Nicole sees trough his lies. Just then manager Didier has arranged for a TV crew to film Urbanus's 'model-harmonious showbiz family', but only Urbain is willing to cooperate to boost his career. - 't Spuwerke
E6Episode 6't SpuwerkeUrbanus enjoys his wife's uncharacteristically frisky mod in mood, until his back gives way. Utter embarrassment follows as the press shows him bare-butt on top of her on an ambulance stretcher. Alas, the gardening firm Didier arranged attracts even more publicity, having installed a hideous tableau complete with live garden gnome as grandma insists to enter the village's striking outdoors feature competition.
