Bassie & Adriaan was a television programme series focusing on the
adventures and lives of a circus duo consisting of clown Bassie and
acrobat Adriaan, played by real-life circus duo Bas and Aad van
Toor.Written by Aad van Toor and originally produced by Joop van den
Ende, the first series became a television hit in the Netherlands in
the spring season of 1978. At its peak, the show attracted over three
million viewers, which was noted to be "a lot" for a children's
programme. The show ran for nine series, with the last original
episode airing in 1996. Between 1980 and 1982, the Van Toor brothers
ran their own independent circus, which was named Circus Bassie &
Adriaan, which later became a subsidiary of Circus Renz.Bas van Toor
(born 1935) left school at an early age to pursue a number of
odd-jobs. At 19 he joined the circus and spent a year on the road.
After this, he decided to form an acrobat duo with his brother Aad
(born 1942). In 1959, The Melton Brothers/The Crocksons were born.In
1965, they embarked on what was planned to be a two-year stint abroad;
they stayed abroad ten years instead. During this period they
befriended Siegfried & Roy, incorporated the wives into their act (The
Four Crocksons) and staged children's matinees in Dutch, German and
English while residing in Spain for nightclub-shows. The seeds for
Bassie & Adriaan were sown in 1964 when the brothers did a clown act
as part of Rudi Carrell's travelling circus.In the 1970s, the brothers
wrote a clown act for Pipo de Clown, and incorporated themselves into
it as well. It was so successful that the brothers were invited to
make their own series under the scrutiny of Joop van den Ende. Bassie & Adriaan Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter