IJf Blokker (born 2 September 1930) is a Dutch musician and television
actor and presenter. After a professional career as a drummer, he
became a well-known television actor in the 1970s playing the
character Barend Servet in the Wim T. Schippers-directed shows on VPRO
television.Blokker was born in Den Helder and studied drums at the
Amsterdamse Muziekschool, and worked in a number of orchestras in the
Netherlands and Germany, including the Snip en Snap Revue. He was drum
teacher as well; one of his students was Jan Keizer, who gained fame
with BZN. Blokker became widely known in the 1970s playing the
character of Barend Servet in a series of television shows: De Fred
Hachéshow (1971), Barend is weer bezig (1972-1973), and Van Oekel's
Discohoek (1974). These shows, conceived, written, and directed by Wim
van der Linden, Wim T. Schippers, Gied Jaspars, and Ruud van Hemert
and aired on VPRO, caused consternation by having naked dancers and
extras, cursing actors, and absurdist humor. After the controversial
scene in which Barend Servet interviewed Juliana of the Netherlands,
Blokker received angry letters and phone calls, even a bomb threat.
The Barend Servet character had a hit song in 1973 with the song "Waar
moet dat heen, hoe zal dat gaan?" and made public appearances as late
as 1981.Blokker had minor roles in the television shows Zeg 'ns Aaa,
SamSam, Pompy de Robodoll, Seth & Fiona, and Filmpje!, and in the 1990
television production of the Herman Heijermans play Eva Bonheur. In
the 1980s he presented the VPRO nature program Puur natuur (with
Adeline van Lier) and was a commentator for an AVRO program, Prijs je
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