1974, Belgian Comics: "De avonturen van Nero en Co", "De Sluikslapers"

In 1974 the new "De avonturen van Nero en Co" ("The adventures of Nero and Co") album, "De Sluikslapers" ("The Stealthy Sleepers") is published by "De Standaard". The comic was pre-published in the Belgian newspapers "De Standaard" and "Het Nieuwsblad" between 5 June 1974 and 13 August 1974. The story was drawn and written by the Belgian cartoonist Marc Sleen (Marcel Neels, 1922-2016). The main characters are Nero, Petoetje, Petatje, Madam Pheip, Madam Nero, Meneer Pheip, Adhemar, Jan Spier, Sultan Sir Hassanal Limbang Sukang Melilas Van den Bollenwinkel aka Spinola, Johannes De Duiker, Zwarte Fons, Danny Van de Pothoek, Scheve Juul aka Juul de Sluiper and Silvio.

"De avonturen van Nero en Co" "De Sluikslapers"

The series "De avonturen van Nero en Co" ran between 1947 and 2002. Marc Sleen drew and wrote all stories until 1992, that year he hired Dirk Stallaert as a drawing assistant. Sleen holds the world record of issues of a comic book series title drawn by the same author. In 2002 Stallaert was hired by “Studio Vandersteen” and Marc Sleen decided to end the series.

Nero and Jan Spier

Nero and Adhemar

Madam Nero and Nero

The comic was first published in the newspaper "De Nieuwe Gids" in 1947 as "De avonturen van detective Van Zwam" ("The adventures of detective Van Zwam"). After eight stories Nero (real name "Schoonpaard", in reprints "Heiremans") became the central character. In 1950 Marc Sleen left "De Nieuwe Gids" and joined the newspaper "Het Volk". At first the comics (3 issues) appeared as "De avonturen van Nero en zijn hoed" ("The Adventures of Nero and his Hat"), from 1951 they were titled as "De avonturen van Nero en Co" ("The adventures of Nero and Co"). In 1965 the series was transfered to the newspaper group "De Standaard/Het Nieuwsblad".

Nero and Scheve Juul aka Juul de Sluiper

Nero and Sultan Sir Hassanal Limbang Sukang Melilas Van den Bollenwinkel aka Spinola

Johannes De Duiker, Adhemar and Nero

Synopsis
On a bench in the park, Nero receives the key and title deed to the castle of Kobbeghem. When he arrives at the castle it seems to be inhabited by several weird characters…

Petoetje, Petatje and Meneer Pheip

Nero and Zwarte Fons

Petoetje and Petatje

Johannes De Duiker, Nero and Sivio

Nero and Madam Pheip

Trivia

• Sultan Sir Hassanal Limbang Sukang Melilas Van den Bollenwinkel aka Spinola is a reference to António de Spínola.
• Danny Van de Pothoek is caricature of Comic critic Danny De Laet.
• Reference to the explosion in a Londonderry supermarket on July 24, 1974.

Reference to António de Spínola and Danny De Laet

Reference to the explosion in a Londonderry supermarket on July 24, 1974

Cars
Unidentified Car probably based on the Peugeot 504.

Probably Peugeot 504

1973, Car Spotting: Bergh, Gelderland, Netherlands, Border with West Germany

Left to right

First Row, front to back
Volkswagen 1600 Fastback (Type 3), Peugeot 504, Peugeot 404, unidentified car.

Second Row, front to back
Simca 1100, Ford Taunus 17 M (P5), Citroën Dyane, Citroën DS, Ford Transit Mark I, three unidentified cars, Austin/Morris Mini, two unidentified cars, Citroën DS, unidentified car.

1972, Music: Belgian Single Charts 05/02/1972

N° 30
Redbone – The Witch Queen Of New Orleans

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 15
- Video clip

N° 29
Roy Black & Anita – Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: Werner Twardy, Lilibert
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 19
- Video clip


 

N° 28
Tom Jones – Till

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Carl Sigman, Charles Danvers, Pierre Buisson, Carla Gaiano
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 12
- Video clip

N° 27
Sylviane – Ik bewonder jou

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Ralph Bernet, Guy Mardel, Pi Veriss
- Highest Position: N° 23
- Weeks in the charts: 9
- Video clip

N° 26
George Baker Selection – Mama Oh Mama

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Hans Bouwens
- Highest Position: N° 21
- Weeks in the charts: 6
- Video clip
 

N° 25
Jonathan King – Hooked On A Feeling

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Mark James
- Highest Position: N° 8
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip

N° 24
Tee Set – A Sunny Day In Greece

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Peter Tetteroo, Hans van Eijck
- Highest Position: N° 19
- Weeks in the charts: 3
- Video clip

N° 23
Mike & Michael – Let's Stop

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Roek Williams, S. Gee
- Highest Position: N° 20
- Weeks in the charts: 3
- Video clip

N° 22
Rod Stewart – (I Know) I'm Losing You

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Norman Whitfield, Cornelius Grant, Edward Holland Jr.
- Highest Position: N° 17
- Weeks in the charts: 6
- Video clip

N° 21
Paul Severs – 'k Hou zo van jou

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Paul Severs, Johan De Graeve
- Highest Position: N° 8
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

N° 20
The Pebbles – Beggar

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Fred Bekky
- Highest Position: N° 20
- Weeks in the charts: 5
- Video clip

N° 19
T. Rex – Jeepster

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Marc Bolan
- Highest Position: N° 19
- Weeks in the charts: 2
- Video clip

N° 18
Stone & Eric Charden – L'avventura

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Franck Thomas, Eric Charden, Jean-Michel Rivat
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 13
- Video clip

N° 17
Paul Severs – Ieder mens

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Paul Severs, Johan De Graeve
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 18
- Video clip

N° 16
Tony Marshall – Schöne Maid

- Country: West Germany
- Music/Lyrics: Jack White
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

N° 15
Two Man Sound – Copacabana

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Lou Deprijck, Sylvain Vanholme, Penny Els, Alfonso Alpin
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

N° 14
Shocking Blue – Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Robbie van Leeuwen
- Highest Position: N° 13
- Weeks in the charts: 7
- Video clip

N° 13
Isaac Hayes – Theme From "Shaft"

- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Isaac Hayes
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip

N° 12
Springwater – I Will Return

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Phil Cordell
- Highest Position: N° 12
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip

N° 11
Mireille Mathieu – Acropolis adieu

- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Christian Bruhn, Catherine Desage
- Highest Position: N° 6
- Weeks in the charts: 18
- Video clip

N° 10
Will Tura – Alle wegen leiden naar Rome

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Will Tura, Nelly Byl
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 15
- Video clip

N° 9
Peter en zijn Rockets – Kom van dat dak af

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Peter Koelewijn
- Highest Position: N° 9
- Weeks in the charts: 11
- Video clip

N° 8
Slade – Coz I Luv You

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Noddy Holder, Jimmy Lea
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 10
- Video clip

N° 7
Herman van Keeken – Pappie loop toch niet zo snel

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Peter Callander, Peter Koelewijn, Geoff Stephens
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 14
- Video clip

N° 6
Rocco Granata – Jessica

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Rocco Granata, Marius Johannes McPhail
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 25
- Video clip

N° 5
Willy Sommers – Sympathie is geen liefde

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Armath
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 17
- Video clip

N° 4
Samantha – Eviva España

- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Leo Caerts, Leo Rozenstraten
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 20
- Video clip

N° 3
Tony Christie – (Is This The Way To) Amarillo

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 16
- Video clip

N° 2
Middle Of The Road – Sacramento

- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Rubirosa, Mario Capuano, Giosy Capuano, Lally Stott
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 18
- Video clip

N° 1
Mouth & MacNeal – How Do You Do

- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Harry van Hoof, Hans van Hemert
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 17
- Video clip

1971, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best Film
Winner: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• "Kes" (Kenneth Loach, Barry Hines, Tony Garnett, UK, 1969)  
• "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)
• "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970) 

Best Actor
Winner: Robert Redford

• As Sundance Kid in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)
• As David Chappellet in "Downhill Racer" (Michael Ritchie, James Salter, Oakley Hall, USA, 1969)  
• As  Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper in "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" (Abraham Polonsky, Harry Lawton, USA, 1970)

Nominees:

• Elliott Gould as Ted Henderson in "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker, USA, 1970)  
• Elliott Gould as John Francis Xavier Mclntyre in "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)
• George C. Scott as Major General George S. Patton in "Patton" (Franklin J. Schaffner, Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North, Ladislas Farago, Omar N. Bradley, USA, 1970)  
• Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Best Actress
Winner: Katharine Ross

• As Etta Place in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)
• As Lola in "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" (Abraham Polonsky, Harry Lawton, USA, 1970)

Nominees:

• Goldie Hawn as Toni Simmons in "Cactus Flower" (Gene Saks, Abe Burrows, Pierre Barillet, Jean-Pierre Grédy, I.A.L. Diamond, USA, 1969)
• Goldie Hawn as Marion in "There's a Girl in My Soup" (Roy Boulting, Terence Frisby, Peter Kortner, UK, 1970)  
• Jane Fonda as Gloria Beatty in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)    
• Sarah Miles as Rosy Ryan in "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Colin Welland as Mr. Farthing in "Kes"
(Kenneth Loach, Barry Hines, Tony Garnett, UK, 1969)

Nominees:

• Bernard Cribbins as Albert Perks in "The Railway Children" (Lionel Jeffries, E. Nesbit, UK, 1970)  
• Gig Young as Rocky in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)
• John Mills as Michael in "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Susannah York as Alice LeBlanc in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
(Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)

Nominees:

• Estelle Parsons as Althea Gerber in "Watermelon Man" (Melvin Van Peebles, Herman Raucher, USA, 1970)  
• Maureen Stapleton as Inez Guerrero in "Airport" (George Seaton, Arthur Hailey, USA, 1970)  
• Evin Crowley as Moureen Cassidy in "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)

Best Direction
Winner: George Roy Hill with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• David Lean with "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)
• Ken Loach with "Kes" (Kenneth Loach, Barry Hines, Tony Garnett, UK, 1969)
• Robert Altman with "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)

Best Screenplay
Winner: William Goldman for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker for "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker, USA, 1970)
• Barry Hines , Ken Loach and Tony Garnett for "Kes" (Kenneth Loach, Barry Hines, Tony Garnett, UK, 1969)
• James Poe and Robert E. Thompson for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)

Best Cinematography
Winner Conrad Hall for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• David Watkin for "Catch-22" (Mike Nichols, Joseph Heller, Buck Henry, USA, 1970)  
• Freddie Young for "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)
• Armando Nannuzzi for "Waterloo" (Sergei Bondarchuk, H.A.L. Craig, Vittorio Bonicelli, Mario Soldati, Italy / USSR, 1970)

Best Costume Design
Winner: Maria De Matteis for "Waterloo"
(Sergei Bondarchuk, H.A.L. Craig, Vittorio Bonicelli, Mario Soldati, Italy / USSR, 1970)

Nominees:

• Margaret Furse for "Anne of the Thousand Days" (Charles Jarrott, Bridget Boland, John Hale, Richard Sokolove, Maxwell Anderson, UK, 1969)  
• Vittorio Nino Novarese for "Cromwell" (Ken Hughes, UK / USA, 1970)
• Jocelyn Rickards for "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)

Best Film Editing
Winner: John C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• Danford B. Greene for "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)
• Norman Savage for "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)
• Fredric Steinkamp for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (Sydney Pollack, Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, USA, 1970)

Best Sound Track
Winner: Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
(George Roy Hill , William Goldman, USA / Mexico, 1969)

Nominees:

• Don Hall, David Dockendorf and Bernard Freericks for "M*A*S*H" (Robert Altman, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., USA, 1970)
• Don Hall, Douglas Williams and Don Bassman for "Patton" (Franklin J. Schaffner, Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North, Ladislas Farago, Omar N. Bradley, USA, 1970)
• Winston Ryder and Gordon McCallum for "Ryan's Daughter" (David Lean, Robert Bolt, UK, 1970)