| Filming | Feb/March 2007 |
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| Location | Mono Music, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Broadcast | 16 March 2007, TROS, Netherlands |
| Released | This show has not been included on any officially released video or DVD |
| Notes |
To celebrate Dutch theatre impresario Joop van den Ende's 65th birthday,
there was a huge TV programme which many celebrities wishing him a happy
birthday. Benny was amongst them with a pre-recorded message, along with others like Phil Collins and Liza Minelli. Joop is a big name in the theatre world in Netherlands and across Europe and is responsible for the staging of "Mamma Mia!" in more than just Netherlands. After Benny's message, the Dutch Donna (Simone Kleinsma) came on stage and sang Mamma Mia with a new lyric and then was suddenly backed up with six other Donnas from various other productions of "Mamma Mia!" (Essen, Madrid, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Moscow and Antwerp). Then they all sang "Waterloo" together.
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| Duration | About 15 seconds (of Benny) |
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| Transcript | "Hi Joop, Happy 65th birthday from us. We want to thank you for taking so good care of "Mamma Mia!" for us in the European continent and let's hope that we can work together in the future with new projects. Happy Birthday." |
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| Credits | Thanks to Paul Carter, Henk en Remko, Anita Notenboom and Monique Hoevens c/o ABBAMAIL |