 When American immigration discovered that Mesdag was in the U.S. on a student visa and was working, Mesdag returned to Amsterdam.Mesdag then sung in "De Nelson Revue" (1982/1983), with Gerrie van der Klei, Jacques Klöters, Erik Breij, Haye van der Heyden, and others, and played the title role in "De Zoon van Louis Davids" (1983/1984).His colleagues in these works included Johan Ooms, Lex Goudsmit, Jenny Arean, Gerrie van der Klei, Joost Prinsen and then-budding artist Karin Bloemen, now one of the Netherlands' most prominent cabaretieres.