Original title
Vetkoekpaleis
Released
6/5/1996
Origin country
ZA
Genre
Comedy, Family
Production companies
Westel Films
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
65
Frikkadel Delport starts a take-away business when he is retrenched. In the process of finding his feet in his new venture, he appoints two staff members without really meaning to.
Frikkadel starts his own business after losing his job. Before he realizes, he hires two unplanned staff members who change his own ideas about his business.
The Vetkoekpaleis opens and Frik experiences some problems. He is visited by a "health inspector" and is so nervous that he gives away 22 fatcakes for free before Worsie and Boeboe convince him that business according to the rules is the best.
While Boeboe will be writing exams at the Polly-Anne School of Beauty, her niece, Sue-Ellen, works in her place. Sue-Ellen convinced for Frik and Worsie that Spiros Takanakis wants to steal their fat cake recipe.
Business is quiet at the Vetkoekpaleis. Spiros hired a belly dancer to lure customers to his store. Frik also decides to arrange a show. Great is his surprise as the dancer, Lolita Queen of Love, an old girl of his arrives.
Frik encounters problems when he has his bakkie serviced. After great drama he gets a new bakkie. Boeboe writes an exam and gets cheated.
Frik arranges with the Sun City bus driver to stop at Eugene's shop for souvenirs, at the Vetkoekpaleis for food and at Tiger's garage for fuel. However, things go awry when they eat at Eugene's shop, go to the bathroom at the Vetkoekpaleis and wave at Tiger as they drive by. Worsie comes to the rescue.
Frik realises that business is not that easy at all, and consults a consultant. The consultant is hopelessly too expensive but things change when Boeboe discovers his little black book. Worsie attracts business through a radio station in Benoni where one of his friends works.
There's chaos when Worsie discovers women. Frik and Boeboe can't talk to him at all and his mother is upset. Frik gets Worsie an apartment and his mother is initially opposed to it but concedes when she realizes that she can't stop him.
Boeboes injured and should lie in traction for a week. Frik has to get someone to help out because otherwise he's going to miss an important rugby game. Tiger gives him a place's name where he can get waitresses, but to his shock it's an "escort agency".
Frik has to walk catfoot to stay in Poppie's good books. When Poppie feels sick and goes home early, Boeboe is convinced poppie is pregnant. Worsie tells his mother, who in turn lets the whole family know. Poppie is furious and things get aggravated when Frik pursues her and her boss.
Worsie is convinced that Boeboe leads a double life when he sees her picture in a magazine. Boeboe denies this and after a big mess she finds out that she has a double-goer in Benoni.
There's great drama in Nigel when Tiger didn't get tickets for the Springboks against the All Blacks Test. There is only one ticket available and everyone wants it. Worsie wins a second prize in a competition and the prize is two test tickets.
Poppie's work sends her for a course in Durban. Frik isn't very happy when he finds out that she'll be the only woman on the bus and buys her a plane ticket. A girl who was at school with Worsie makes her appearance in town.
Worsie and Boeboe get into an argument about how many "tjorts" there are in "olke bolke". Frikkadel wants to buy a ski boat and call it "Poplap". Poppie is very moody. A visit to the doctor explains the moodiness and Frikkadel's boat shopping is a thing of the past.
Frikkadel desperately wants to attend the Blue Bulls' rugby match, but Poppie wants to go away for the weekend instead. When the bank is robbed while Poppie and Worsie are in the bank, Frikkadel's priorities change.
Spiros also starts making fat cakes and Frikkadel realizes that he will have to do something to make the Vetkoekpaleis more popular. Worsie desperately wants to win the competition prize, but he is not allowed to enter.
Ella and Apie have marital problems and she moves in with Frikkadel and Poppie. Boeboe also gets into trouble when Spiros's daughter finds out about her fiance's dalliances with Boeboe.
Sherridon is promoted to Zero Six. Poppie drags Frikkadel to an educational film screening. There's trouble when Poppie finds "Randy Mandy's" business card in Frikkadel's jacket pocket. Worsie gets the blame for this.
Sue-Ellen upsets Worsie. Worsie decides not to bet Frik's money on the horses but instead to use it for a better purpose. A cute blonde saves Worsie when two burglars make their appearance.
Things are going well with Worsie and his girlfriend until he gets a letter from a lawyer. The Vetkoekpaleis expects a visit from a journalist. Vetkoekpaleis does appear in the newspaper, but someone else in the Vetkoekpaleis gets much more attention on the back page.
Worsie orders him a bride by post but in Frik's name. Poppie is furious when the agency calls to confirm the order.
Worsie wants to establish an ice cream corner in the Vetkoekpaleis but Frik doesn't want to know anything about it.
Worsie and Frikkadel become partners in an ice cream corner in the Vetkoekpaleis. Everything goes smoothly until a name for the corner has to be decided.
Frikkadel becomes the victim of a syndicate that sells original World Cup rugby balls to innocent rugby fans for thousands of rands.
Worsie takes leave and flies to Margate for his holiday, or so everyone thinks. On his return, he can testify that the Chinese police are very strict.
Ella is accused of theft and Worsie is so ashamed that he doesn't know where to put his head. Ella maintains that she is innocent and that she is the victim of an overzealous security guard and a pharmacist who harbors a grudge.
Worsie and Sheridon decide to go into show business at a friend of Boeboe's tea party.
Frikkadel and Tiger get into trouble after a visit to the Carousel Casino
Worsie considers resigning but Frik finds out and dismisses him. However, the whole family is firmly behind Worsie, especially when Frik appoints an aggressive girl in Worsie's place.
Frikkadel asks Worsie to "temporarily" take command of the Vetkoekpaleis when Fogele and Sheridon get into a fight over Bobby Lee at Hyper Hair.
Worsie sees a ballet performance at the State Theater and Poppie expects Frikkadel to take her too. However, the tickets are sold out and the only person with tickets is Frik's cousin Cedric.
Worsie's long-lost love, Koekie, unexpectedly arrives at the Vetkoekpaleis.
Frikkadel's dream of coaching a rugby team comes true if he can coach the primary school's first team. Boeboe's dream to sing and make a CD is also coming true.
Worsie gets a job offer from Spiros. The offer promises to provide both business and pleasure as Worsie is also to marry Spira, Spiros's daughter. Worsie is still fine with that, but on top of that, being a father to her unborn baby is too much for him. Frik doesn't want to hear anything about it either and intervenes to save the situation.
Boeboe meets her dream man. She tells him that she is the owner of the Vetkoekpaleis and Frik is not at all happy about this. However, he is too late to stop the rumors and is faced with personnel problems when Worsie wants to know where his share of the Vetkoekpaleis is. Ella comes to show off her renewed love life, her husband, Apie, is on wonderful new blue medication.
Sheridon gets into trouble when his girlfriend's father sees him dancing with Barbie. However, that's nothing compared to Frikkadel's trouble when Poppie discovers a certain Monica's business card in his wallet. Monica is a manhunter who works at the jewelry store and Frik has to get his facts straight to win Poppie's favor again.
Worsie shows up late at work after a wild pajama party in his apartment. Ella is upset when the caretaker tells her about the party and she also finds Vaatjie in his Tellytubby and Thabo in his Spider-Man pajamas where they are sleeping. The police summon Worsie to explain what happened to the three nurses who were at his party.
Frikkadel goes to rugby and Worsie is in charge of the shop. When Poppie tries to call Frikkadel, a certain Jill answers and it's clear that Frikkadel and his pals are not at Loftus. Worsie and his friends enroll at the Martha Kelly School of Fancy Dancing but are kicked out on the first night. Sheridon comes to seek shelter at the Vetkoekpaleis when his girlfriend Kimberley's sister and twin cousins become pregnant and he is suspected.
Ella and Poppie join the local gym. Not only do they take private lessons from the instructor, the man is also a trained masseuse from Zimbabwe. However, Frik is convinced he is an illegal immigrant. Worsie says he is more than belly and wants to have a boep-job done like Boeboe. Even though he can't afford it, Worsie believes that's how he's going to get a girl. Worsie and the doctor do not understand each other very well and instead of the boep-job, Worsie gets a bar mitzvah. Frik assures him that it is much healthier, especially in our climate.
Frikkadel sends Worsie to Nigel's post office to buy four scratch cards. However, Worsie ends up in Johannesburg where the bakkie is stolen. Frikkadel is also in the soup because he gambled away the bakkie's insurance premium. However, the police get the bakkie back and it ends well, at least...
Poppie wants some checque's for household expenses. Mr Louw, the headmaster, comes to introduce his "friend" Fanny to Frikkadel. Fanny is a singer and wants to present a concert in the interest of rugby. Fanny does not go down well with Poppie, but Worsie is very pleased with her. Boeboe flashes Worsie to change his view of her.
Poppie feels that Ruben should get a little brother or sister. Frik, who could not go to Loftus for a year, strongly objects to the proposal. He just doesn't see chance for everything that a new baby brings. Worsie unwittingly helps Poppie to convince Frikkadel when he explains life's priorities to Boeboe in the kitchen.
Worsie receives a chain letter threatening that the accident will happen to him if he does not obey it. Koekie invites Worsie to her wedding. Boeboe suggests he takes a sexy cherry with him to entertain Koekie. Worsie's kitchen almost explodes and he is thrown out of the church at the wedding. However, Worsie's luck turns and so does Poppie and Frikkadel's.
Sheridon tells Worsie that he saw Koekie in the Mall and Worsie rushes over there. Koekie initially refuses to talk to Worsie but then comes to visit him. In front of Sheridon, Worsie exaggerates terribly. Koekie hears him and leaves him. Worsie promises never to do it again and they make up.
Sheridon and Fogile came to hold his farewell dinner at the Vetkoekpaleis. They get drunk and Frik drinks together just to be sociable. Ella slaps Worsie and Frik throws her out of the shop. Koekie shows up just as everyone is leaving and Worsie asks her to be his girlfriend, she says yes. Ella insists that Worsie should come and introduce his new girlfriend to her and Apie. Koekie and Worsie are getting ready to go. She looks beautiful and he is madly in love. On the spur of the moment, he asks her to marry him.
Sheridon comes to tell Frik that there are rumors that someone is getting married in the Vetkoekpaleis. Without properly confirming the story, Ella runs away with wedding and reception arrangements. The big day arrives and everything is ready, except Worsie. He just disappeared without a trace.
Worsie returns from honeymoon. When Koekie find Worsie and Boeboe in a very suggestive position on the floor of the Vetkoekpaleis, the devil is loose. Sheridon also gives Poppie a traffic ticket and she is not very happy about it.
Ella interferes and cleans Worsie and Koekie's apartment. Worsie gets a call about a break-in at their apartment and Frik tries to deal with it. Ella ends up in prison and Worsie in the Dog Box.. but at least only for a while.
Worsie is angry at Koekie and wants to take revenge by means of a Trompoppie competition. They later make peace in the storage room, where Frik and Poppie have also broken a shelf talking...
Frik and Worsie attend a Small Business Administration Conference in Durban and the women have to hold down the fort at work. The women are very angry and when Sheridon tells them that he saw the two men on TV at a rugby match, they are properly angered.
Poppie would like to get pregnant again. Worsie gets jealous when Sheridon brings up a story about Koekie and an innocent man gets coffee over his head. Worsie also finds out that he doesn't fit through the bathroom's burglar bars. Boeboe tries to prove a point to Frik and Worsie, but it doesn't work as planned.
Koekie would like to undergo an operation, or two, to make her feel more like a woman. Worsie disagrees. Boeboe storms out of the store. Koekie comes to help out as a waiter and when Boeboe returns it's war and Poppie has to come and resolve the situation.
It is wrongly suspected that Worsie has been kidnapped and the Police, Koekie, Ella and Sheridon team up to search for him. Fogele, who is temporarily helping out in the Vetkoekpaleis, mistransmits messages and this worsens the situation even further.
When Boeboe can't work for two weeks, Beryl comes to help out as a waitress. In the process, Frik and Worsie learn that only their own women may step on them. One of Ella's dark secrets is revealed.
Poppie enters her and Ruben for the pharmacy's Mother and Child Baby Competition. However, the photo is too daring for Frik's liking. Ella gambles away all her and Apie's grocery money and moves in with Worsie and Koekie.
Ella's car ends up in the pastor's swimming pool and Frik and Worsie go to help. In their absence, Boeboe, Beryl and Koekie get involved in a fight that almost ends in a court case.
Sheridon and Barbie's relationship gets serious. However, Worsie is in big trouble when Koekie finds out he went to Meryl and Beryl to fix a tap. Boeboe is looking for a matchmaker and devises a plan to get the new vet's attention.
Boeboe gets a marriage proposal and immediately resigns as a waitress at the Vetkoekpaleis. Frik and Worsie want to appoint Beryl in Boeboe's place, but Ella, Poppie and Koekie do not approve of this at all. Sheridon gives himself a traffic ticket.
Worsie attaches sentimental value to the work van and would like to buy it from Frik. An old boyfriend of Ella dies of a heart attack and Worsie is requested to see the lawyers urgently. A dramatic disclosure drastically changes the lives of Worsie and everyone close to him.
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