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bert gabriëls -lrb- born 1973 -rrb- is a belgian stand-up comedian with his own award-winning television show .
though he started his career with an atypical background -lrb- master in law and anthropology and philosophy -rrb- , he quickly discovered his passion for the performing arts , and enrolled at the academy of dramatic arts of maastricht , where he learned to be a director .
he was co-founder of a theatre company -lrb- 101punt -rrb- and wrote , played and directed prize-winning theatre shows -lrb- in the netherlands and belgium -rrb- and played parts in several short films .
he began stand-up comedy in february 2004 on a free podium in amsterdam .
two months later , he won second place at the amsterdam akf stand up competition .
he won the 123comedy award for starting talent in june 2004 , he won the radio2 humor price , he made it to the finals of the culture comedy award .
in 2005 he was a finalist at the deltion cabaret festival , and in 2006 he won the knock out comedy award in amsterdam .
after a successful first stand-up comedy show -lrb- gestorven onzin , 2007 -- 2008 -rrb- , he has just launched his second show -lrb- pech , 2009 -rrb- .
the dvd of his first show is available online .
his work did not go unnoticed and soon he was asked to participate in radio and television programmes as a comedian -lrb- radioshow : memo , tv : in de ban van urbanus -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , comedy casino -lrb- 2006 -- 2009 -rrb- , spam -lrb- 2008 -rrb- and in tv talkshows -lrb- villa vanthilt , 2009 -rrb- .
the next step was to create and host his own tv programme , together with henk rijckaert on canvas , zonde van de zendtijd -lrb- 2009 , 2010 -rrb- .
` waste of the broadcasting time ' is a satiric programme about all media in belgium which was rewarded in 2010 with the flemish tv-star award -lrb- flemish emmies -rrb- for ` best humor and comedy program ' .
