An Orkney Snork Nie throwback with Anrich Herbst (a.k.a. Wimpie)

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Anrich Herbst played Wimpie in one of South Africa’s most loved sitcoms – Orkney Snork Nie. He’s all grown up and still going strong in the entertainment industry. He heard the Ryan O’Connor Breakfast Show quoting the much love sitcom and decided to pop in for a visit.

 

Orkney Snork Nie was one of South Africa’s first ever Afrikaans sitcoms and is fondly remembered by audiences across the country. Anrich has captured that nostalgia and prints t-shirts with the show’s catchphrases on that you can check out here.  Just look how nice we look in ours:

 

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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