Jensen!

Over the years I say that the taste of people have changed. Of course that also depends on where you live. What I'm trying to say is that you probably will agree that entertainment got cheaper, more violent and more sexual.

Jensen is an example of that change in taste.

If I could describe it I would call the show: cheap and annoying.

Why do I still watch it sometimes? Well that's because people nowadays just like to watch things that are made for the simple minded. Even though I find it cheap and annoying it secretly is a bit funny.

Jensen the host, he keeps making fun of other people. His lame jokes are brought to you in a funny way. It doesn't require your mind to do any thinking at all.

It's good we have shows like those. The simple-minded people want to get entertained. Watching CSI all the time makes you stressed. Oprah is getting a bit old fashioned. So try Jensen.

"Jensen!" is a Dutch late night talkshow modeled after American shows like "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" or "Late Show with David Letterman". It starts with an opening monologue, some comedy bits and then one or two guests. While the American talkshows can be entertaining and glamorous, Jensen is just cheap and lame.

The first problem with Jensen is the host, Robert Jensen. In American talkshows the host is usually a stand-up comedian, like Conan O'Brien or David Letterman, who know how to entertain and really put on a show. Robert Jensen is nothing like that, he became famous by harassing dutch celebrities and making prank phone calls on his radioshow. He's uncharismatic, laughs at his own jokes, makes inappropriately lewd comments and takes cheap shots at his guests.

The second problem is the guests. Occasionally there will be an interesting or famous person, but most of the time the guest's name sounds only vaguely familiar. Some people who appear very frequently are Herman (Dutch Idols reject), Kelly (transvestite from the third Dutch Big Brother series), Kim Holland (Dutch Porn star), all not very classy to say the least. The Netherlands is a small country and there simply aren't enough celebrities to fill five shows a week. Sometimes a guest has clearly got nothing interesting to say at all, for example some Britney-Spears-fan who shaved her head just like Britney, Jensen spent about 10 minutes on her..

Another problem is the comedy. The quality isn't very good to put it mildly. For example, they show bloopers from live gameshows (belspelletjes) and pictures or movie clips copied from the internet (you know, those e-mails you sometimes get from friends or colleagues), which I think is really cheap. Whenever they do create something original, it's usually footage from a news item with added sound effects or stretched faces or something like that.

In short, this is an awful talkshow, how anyone can find this garbage entertaining is beyond me.

First, let me say something about the popular myth that only people with a low IQ watch this show. A poll by our university, concerning humor, pointed out that about 30% of my fellow students of EE (Eindhoven) loves this show's humor. One's sense of humor is affected by their environment and people around them, not with how well educated they are. I think this show, though, is an example of what humor has become these days (in the Netherlands). I therefore also think that adults (25+) will less likely like this show compared to adolescents (15+). In case you think this is rubbish, I suggest you check out the audience (and yes, adults ARE allowed to come to the show too, I can tell because I've been there once). This show is meant for a relative young viewer like myself (17). I'm one of the 'Hans Teeuwen'/'Ab Normaal' kind of people.

But yes, I agree that his humor can be classed as a combination of cheap/sexual jokes. But I do not get what's wrong with that. If people find it funny and enjoy it, what's the problem? If it really was annoying and no one would watch it, it would be cancelled due to low ratings.

The problem I do have with his humor is that it repeats itself a lot. This might sometimes be funny but most of the time.. it isn't. For example when the guests uses a sophisticated word, Jensen will most likely respond with 'Is that some kind of STD?', or he will answer with "Ohh man I just got an orgasm" after a long applause. His book of humor is limited to 10 pages.

I think the decision of going daily was the worst decision ever made, since it used to be once a week. Going daily did result, as expected, in a loss of the show's quality, special guests and ratings. I watch it about 2 or 3 times a week now. In the past though, I wouldn't want to miss a single episode (and also listened radio before that).

7/10, for the fact it is still funny, although the show is slowly but surely losing its magic.

I can't believe there are people that rate this show higher than a 4.

It's the worst thing on Dutch television ever. Mr. Jensen has to be the most obnoxious person in the Netherlands, an he's the host. So the program isn't watchable. There are a lot of mediocre shows on TV here, I can live with that, but "Jensen!" has to be the lowest in what is already a pretty low standard. It's a lame attempt to copy the late night shows that are so popular in other countries. However they failed to put in humor and forgot about the fact that people don't like throwing up after watching two minutes of horrible television like this.

Unfortunately Dutch television has a history of selecting awful hosts for shows like this, but Mr. Jensen sets another low, and that's why this show deserves the lowest of ratings.

I was pleased to hear there was going to be a Talkshow with Robert and Jan back in 2002. Before that they were radio DJ's in the mornings for the same company that brings us the Talkshow Jensen.

Most of the time before going to school the radio was my friend and Jensen in the morning was I think the only radio program I wanted to listen and have a laugh. Prank calls to famous Dutch people, top class jokes, games, music, interviews, you name it, it had it all and gave the listeners a great morning before they start the day.

They combine being on the radio and doing their Talkshow. But I enjoy the Talkshow slightly more. I love the expressions on their faces when they make jokes, fun of people or the guests that appear on their fantastic Talkshow. They start the show with "the Breaking News" mostly hilarious news that are real but slightly changed to make it funny and they end their show with a nice song from a band or singer. The guests that appear on Jensen are mostly terrified knowing Jensen and his jokes towards famous people and always talk about topics the guests usually don't want to talk about. But at the end we all can enjoy it, it's fun, fresh, addicted and they are not planning to stop anytime soon.

Some memorable shows from the last 2 years are those with Herman Berghuis(Dutch Idols 2 and 3) Kelly van der Veer(Dutch Big Brother 3) and Bassie(Bassie and Adriaan, kids show)

*Robert Jensen is comparable with Howard Stern and David Letterman along with his *prank calling* hypocritical but funny friend Jan.