Sun, Sep 14, 1997
After Octaaf saw circus artists in the city, he's determined to do a similar act with Alberto (paid in chocolate), Gert and Samson, but can't pull off eve the simplest stunt. As the mayor already committed the town-hall as venue and Marleneke is expected to attend, Gert thinks up some tricks. Of course, after a single hasty rehearsal things must be expected to go wrong.
Sun, Sep 21, 1997
Octaaf thinks he found and caught a mouse and calls it Chico. Gert notices it's a hamster, but females still freak out on sight, so it's banned from the shop. The mayor gives away that it's actually hidden so the mean shopkeeper comes look for it, but Gert manages to get them out just in time. Next dirty trick is impersonating a ministerial delegate.
1999
The ladies hobby club president is so badly organized that she missed her own club trip. thus she's home to consider the national organization's haughty president's notice of an impending visit, the only way to get mentioned, with picture, in the national magazine. All other members however are on the bus trip, and the mayor's maid is visiting her mother. So the mayor and Gert's even more reluctant gang are commandeered to cross-dress as 'lady members' and learn the club's silly crafts in a jiffy. None of it makes a less then miserable impression on the president, the countess of Asseldelft, except the home-baked waffles.
Sun, Nov 23, 1997
The gang is shocked by the news snack-bar owner Fred Kroket is about to retire to Spain, which would leave the town without a French fries stand. The mayor convinces Gert, who was baking some at home anyway, to host one at his home. The gang promises to help, but after bringing round supplies they all try excuses to avoid actually helping. Gert ends up with glutton Alberto, whom the mayor promised all he can eat after peeling 100 potatoes.
Sun, Feb 8, 1998
Gert and Samson plan to raise money for the orphanage, so the children can attend the circus. They have to postpone that because Octaaf bugs them he's bored till they accept to play for an hour with him using walkie-talkies. His 'exciting messages' are dead boring or poor lies, so Gert doesn't believe the one true discovery: an escaped camel from the circus. The beast's gluttony ends up satisfying all parties in a weird way.
Sun, Apr 19, 1998
Gert bough Samson an inflatable crocodile, but accidentally ruins it beyond repair with a hot iron while phoning. Samson is inconsolable and the job out of crocodiles, but the mayor promises to send one. As a crazy prank, he gets his mate Theofiel to deliver a live reptile. Scared stiff, Gert hides in the cellar with Samson and desperately tries to warn his visitors, including Alberto, who also gets trapped.