Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History

by Moskos, Andrew; Rosenfeld, Pep; Diehl, Matt; Maas, Saskia

• ISBN13: 9781636141046
• ISBN10: 1636141048
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-07-04
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Thirty Years of Boom ChicagoForeword by Seth MeyersFore-and-a-half-word by Ruben van der MeerMeet the Cast by Rob AndristPlourde and Greg ShapiroCHAPTER 1: 1993. Flevolollapalooza: The Year the Modern Music Festival—and Boom Chicago—Are BornCHAPTER 2: 1994. Royale with Cheese? Yes, Please! Pulp Fiction Goes Boom in AmsterdamCHAPTER 3: 1995. Ajax Wins the Champions League: Actors Get Soccer FeverCHAPTER 4: 1996. Villa Volta: The Ride Opens at the Best Theme Park on Earth (with Expat Comedians Shocked to Discover Holland Has Superior Theme Parks to America)CHAPTER 5: 1997. The Fifteenth (and Last?) Elfstedentocht Skating Race: Rapping, Clubbing, and EuroPerveCHAPTER 6: 1998. Gold Medal in Handbag Throwing? Amsterdam, the World’s Gayest City, Hosts Europe’s First-Ever Gay GamesCHAPTER 7: 1999. So Ruud: the Year the Dutch Invented Reality TV (Plus Funny Stories about Ike Barinholtz)CHAPTER 8: 2000. Amsterdam’s Taxi War: Cabbies, Cops, and Criminal Cyclists CollideCHAPTER 9: 2001. It’s Not Funny Having “Boom” in Your Name During 9/11CHAPTER 10: 2002. The Royal Wedding—No, Not That One: The Netherlands Has Kings and Queens Too . . .CHAPTER 11: 2003. The Polderbaan Runway Opens at Schiphol Airport: Don’t Bring Weed to the US EmbassyCHAPTER 12: 2004. Day of De Lama’s: Dutch Proven to Be Actually Funny, Boom Chicago Takes the CreditCHAPTER 13: 2005. Bite the Bullet: Boom Gets Political, Holland Gets the Euro, We All Get FuckedCHAPTER 14: 2006. For Years, the Dutch Had Racist Candy Names. We Can’t Make This Shit Up, People . . .CHAPTER 15: 2007. Everything Is Love: Motherfucking Burt Reynolds Takes the Boom Stage, and Other True TalesCHAPTER 16: 2008–2009. Crisis? What Crisis? Boom Goes Corporate as World Economy TanksCHAPTER 17: 2010. Facebook, Myspace, and, um, Hyves? Dutch Fail Early in Social Media Arms RaceCHAPTER 18: 2011. The Dutch Team Wins the Baseball World Cup. Wait, There’s a Baseball World Cup?CHAPTER 19: 2012. “Gangnam Style” Brings K-pop to the Masses; Boom Chicago Brings Yesterday’s News to Comedy CentralCHAPTER 20: 2013. Keep It Classy, Boom Chicago: Movin’ On Up to Amsterdam’s Legendary RozentheaterCHAPTER 21: 2014. Beloved Dutch Icon Says Goodbye as Boom Goes CommercialCHAPTER 22: 2015. Nothing Interesting Happened This Year, But . . .CHAPTER 23: 2016. Boom Chicago Hired to Teach Dutch Prime Minister How to Be FunnyCHAPTER 24: 2017.Trump Up the Volume: America Embraces Fascism, Netherlands Rejects It (Sort of)CHAPTER 25: 2018–2023. Boom Turns Twenty-Five—and Then Ted Lasso Takes Over the WorldBackword by Jordan PeeleAcknowledgmentsBoom Chicago Alumni, 1993–2023About the Authors