 From the late 1950s on, "Pipo de Clown" was one of the earliest and most popular children's television shows in the Netherlands.The show finally ended in 1980.In the late 1990s, the return of Pipo was touched upon when television talk show host Ivo Niehe interviewed Belinda Meuldijk, the daughter of Pipo's creator (Wim Meuldijk), and her husband, singer Rob de Nijs.