Jack of All Trades Gets the Boot

By SKillBot May 18, 2001 9:02 AM

With only one season, the show had a good shot at competing with all of the other shows out there. Although it made an excellent attempt (was there ever a bad episode?), it just wasn't enough to cut it.

Look for Bruce's cameo appearence as a ring announcer during a fight sequence involving Spider-Man.

A list of shows being cancelled this season can be found at Pazsaz's site

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who wrote this stupid article?   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 18, 2001 10:16 AM

Whoever wrote this article has obviously never seen the show.  "Was there ever a bad episode"?!

Yes!  They all sucked!  Anyone who has ever been forced to sit through this garbage will be glad it's gone.  I believe I will take revenge on all the actors of this show by boycotting any future work they do (ya right!), mocking them constantly, and systematically running them all down with my car.

Allow me to explain   reply

Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on May 18, 2001 1:53 PM

Bruce Campbell vs. snooty french guys in every episode. Thus, never a bad episode

RE: Allow me to explain   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 18, 2001 6:48 PM

I thought they were snooty English guys he was fighting!  Obviously I missed the more subtle intricacies of the show.

Jack Booted for Cleopatra   reply

Posted by SciFiGuy (vbprgrmr@yahoo.com) on May 20, 2001 10:26 AM

You got to be kidding. Jack was perhaps one of the worse shows ever made.  In our market, it was moved out for hour-long versions of Cleoparta 2525.  Perhaps not the best science fiction ever done, but at least its sexy and entertaining.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 30, 2001 12:04 PM

I thought it was a great show and I'm quite show.In my opinion there were no bad episodes!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 7, 2001 9:48 AM

Jack of All Trades was an original show.  It was probably too original for the networks. Since the networks are obssessed with sex,drugs, and violence this humurous TV-PG show threatened their whole way of life.  To reply to anyone who didn't like the show,  I just have to say,  you have a remote use it.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 7, 2001 11:57 PM

Well being a big Bruce Campbell fan and a fan of all that is Napolionic and being British i will be looking forward to it. there is so much rubish on british tele that anything is welcome!

RE: who wrote this stupid article?   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 10, 2001 9:04 AM

BULL sh*t!!..there was a couple of good episodes,..the one with napolean when he comes back to england and the Dragoon and him play poker,...jack gets all four jacks and there are many comical lines..i do however believe bruce was better as the King of  Theives in Hercules The Legendary Journeys.. i always hoped he would be in that episode in herc,..often he was, but sometimes he wasnt..BUT THERE WERE SOME GOOD EPISODES OF JACK OF ALL TRADES!!..dont think they were all sh*tty! your just full of crap! i think i should run you over with MY car..!!!!

RE: Allow me to explain   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 10, 2001 9:09 AM

least there are SOME people who enjoy the show,..i replyed to the ass who threatend to run the actors down with the car as well,..i have met bruce before through a friend of mine who works with that company of universal,..wahaha i was stoked,..my friend steve schoval*dont know how to spell his last name*..works as a sound guy in movies,..he has done such things as Bring It On, and umm...Herc and Xena,..ect ect..anyways JACK OF ALL TRADES KICKED ASS!!!! it was origional, funneh, weird,..

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 12, 2001 10:19 AM

..jack was a funneh show,..i wish they would have shown more episodes,.. i started watching it a little later then most,after finding out more then half way through the series that bruce was the main actor, i decided to give it a shot...IT WAS WAY PAST COOL!..i was mad when cleopatra took over the time slot..that show wasnt the greatest...bah,...i love the Daring Dragoon!

you are an idiot.   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 26, 2001 1:51 PM

People who can't enjoy jack of all trades obviously can't hold an electrical impulse from one neuron to another.  you people suffer from synaptic failure.  ALL the episodes were good, ALL were remarkably witty, and ALL made tremendous use of puns in an intentionally obvious way.

The show had everything.  humor, acting, intentional and obvious riduculosity, decent fighting sequences, plot twists, and the ever necessary sexual tension.  I also highly appreciated that they made the genius a woman.  I'd like to see more smart girls on tv who aren't so uppity about their intelligence that they make it seem undesireable to have a brain.


btw, anyone know where I can d/l the episodes?  I'd like to show them to my friends.

CleoPOS   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 26, 2001 1:56 PM

cleopatra was neither entertaining nor sexy.  It was a bunch of stupid girls running around trying to pretend to be strong characters, while all they really wanted to focus on was the dumb blond, cleopatra.  The show would have been better if they spared us all the lame-ass, hackneyed sci-fi twist & just had the girls do a damn striptease.  Anyone can run around with a gun and be stupid.  Truly strong women are smart, like eM.

Jack of all trades rocked!   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 13, 2003 2:43 PM

I can't believe anyone wouldn't like this show!  It was hilarious, dealt with American history, which is original, making it a unique show.  Anyone who didn't like it probably just has something against watching historical fiction..