Jack of All Trades - The Complete Series
by Eric Gruendemann
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Actor: Bruce CampbellDirector: Eric Gruendemann
Brand: NBC Universal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 487 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Jack of All Trades - The Complete Series
Movie Review: Unknown and unseen originally, but now much loved
Summary: 5 Stars
When this show originally aired, I never saw it because I had never heard of it. I found this show through Amazon's recommendations, and when I read the description I decided to give it a buy and a try.
Bruce Campbell starring in a post-Revolutionary, Colonial-era spy series - who wouldn't want to see that! Then when I watched the first episode I knew this was worth the purchase. The first scene has the French soldiers holding the President's niece prisoner, and then Bruce (Jack) bursts in through the window and delivers what has proven to be the first of many great and hilarious lines of dialogue. "I would have knocked, but my fists had other plans." And then he procedes to knock-out the baddies and rescue the girl. Then Jefferson sends him off on his new mission and things get better from there.
When he is about to get captured by the Governor, Jack grabs a curtain and a bit of Emilia's underwear to become The Daring Dragoon. The Governor has the family portrait of him and his brother Napoleon, who is standing on top of a step-ladder. They continue the running gag about how short Napoleon was a couple episodes later when he is played by Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer, who makes his entrance by rolling out of the red carpet. If you check the credits they even named the big guy who carries Napoleon around "Maxi Me" - I split my side the first time I saw that! Plus there are the inventions created by Emilia and usually tested first on Jack. The French parrot who delivers their orders. Jack's horse named Nutcracker - for a fairly obvious reason. The anachronism of Blackbeard appearing in this 1801 time period, but then he drinks kerosene and belches fire - so he's got that going for him. And there's the funny theme song sung by the boys in the tavern. And all of the other great bits of comedy spread throughout the show. I haven't finished all of the episodes yet, but I'm looking forward to all of them.
Summary of Jack of All Trades - The Complete Series
American spy Jack Stiles is sent by Thomas Jefferson to the tiny East Indies island of Palau Palau, where he teams up with British agent and inventor Emilia Rothschild to thwart the efforts of Napoleon and France in that region of the world. While acting as Emilia's man servant, Jack dons the mask garb of the legendary Daring Dragoon and fights the local French governor as well as thwarting various other schemes against America. Starring: Bruce Campbell, Verne TroyerJack of All Trades, starring Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) as Jack Stiles, and Angela Dotchin as his supervisor, Emilia Rothschild, is a campy, post-Revolutionary War-era comedy series that's fun because it's so bizarre. In each of the twenty-two episodes, Jack and Emilia, hired by Thomas Jefferson as undercover spies, fight French Imperialism while encountering history's greatest political celebrities. In a dynamic reminiscent of Moonlighting, Emilia's feminist savvy for espionage is repeatedly undermined by Jack's dumb-but-sweet naïvete. Their brains and brawn combo is unbeatable, as they continuously foil conquest plans hatched by French Governor Croque (Stuart Devenie) and his cousin, Napolean Bonaparte (Verne Troyer, a.k.a Mini Me). No one is sacred in this series: French plans for takeover are always obviously revealed in one idiotic swoop, as if the Governor and Napolean are The Joker and The Penguin in vintage Batman episodes. Jack, master of one-liners like, "Beat it turkey, I?m having Thanksgiving," pokes fun at America's love of corny jokes. Plots, too, are ridiculous. In "X Marquis the Spot," Jack and Emilia visit Marquis de Sade's "Agony Island" in search of King George's crown. De Sade, clad in absurd red and black leathers, forces everyone to wear leashes and engage in S&M master/slave tactics. In "Shark Bait," Jack and Emilia enjoy a submarine ride in a machine that looks like a giant, Victorian fish, when their sub is swallowed by Leonardo da Vinci's great, great, great, great grandson, Captain Nardo's bigger sub. Scripted fantasy elements commingle with slapstick humor, satire, and physical comedy in this odd show destined for cult classic status. With Sam Raimi as executive producer and Eric Gruendemann and Josh Becker, of Hercules and Xena fame, as directors, Jack of All Trades got that extra dose of twisted, off-color humor needed to make it a truly original show. --Trinie Dalton
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