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Jack of All Trades is a half-hour long syndicated action-comedy television series which ran for two seasons in 2000. With Cleopatra 2525, it formed the Back2Back Action Hour and both shows were notable for being the first American non-animated action series to be produced in the half-hour format since the 1970s. The show was canceled in the middle of its second season.

The program is set at the turn of the 19th century on the fictional French-controlled island of Pulau-Pulau in the East Indies. Jack Stiles is an American secret agent sent there by President Jefferson. While there, he meets his British contact and love interest, English spy Emilia Rothschild. Together, the two work to stop Napoleon and various other threats to the United States. To the public, Jack is seen as Emilia's attaché (she sometimes serves as his), but when the need arises, he transforms into a masked hero: The Daring Dragoon.


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-Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]
 
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31 comments:

  1. Great spotlight on a little known series - one quibble - there was a half hour action series in the 80's - Sidekicks - with Gil Gerard and Ernie Reyes. I think it was on ABC.

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  2. Great show and I have the entire series on DVD. I remember it being a part of the "Action Pack" (or something like that) with Cleopatra 2525.

    A very imaginative series.

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  3. Oh my goodness, I forgot about that show. Figured you would have done The Jeffersons.

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  4. Bruce Campbell rocks any show he's in. He makes Burn Notice awesome. And Brisco County Jr. was great as well.

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  5. ooh, a dragoon! Never heard of it.... wonder why, Zombie Master?

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  6. Jack of all Trades was a great show. Very fun with 'mini-me' Verne Troyer as Napoleon. Laugh out loud funny at times and I still remember all the words to the theme song. Now that should have posted.

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  7. I thought I was the only one who watched this.

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  8. I never heard of the series. I'm going to have to look this up.

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  9. Didn't hear of that series but the music is excellent for this morning!

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  10. Love Jack Of All Trades - Bruce Campbell rocks!

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  11. I remember those shows!
    Dani @ Entertaining Interests
    #warriorminion

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  12. Oh, man, I remember that show - it was no Brisco County Jr, but it was still nice to see Bruce Campbell back on TV.

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  13. Hi Retro-Zombie Jeremy --
    You visited my site, so here I am visiting yours. Fun! And you've obviously got lots of good stuff in that addled brain of yous (don't let the zombies get it!).

    You made a comment on my site that I find mysterious: "you have to turn off the "captcha", and turn off the anonymous readers... you won't get spammed. People will not stop over, cause the captcha is murder... on the eyes." Do explain, please! You can reach me at beverly@beverlygray.com Thanks!

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  14. I remember this one! I enjoyed the hell out of Bruce, but the rest of the show was kind of meh.

    Keep up the great work!
    --
    Tim Brannan
    The Other Side and The Witch
    Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword
    The Freedom of Nonbelief

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  15. Pity they cancelled it, sounds like it would be a good series.

    JO ON FOOD, MY TRAVELS AND A SCENT OF CHOCOLATE

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  16. Hmm never heard of the series, but love the song by Jet. :)

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  17. I'd love to catch up on Jack of all Trades. For whatever reason I barely caught it at the time. Big fan of Jet!

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  18. Glad I stumbled across your site. Cool stuff. And I love Bruce Campbell

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  19. That show sounds really funny!

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  20. The series is new to me, but Jet isn't. I loved hearing that!

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  21. I don't remember this one at all. Guess I'm the one dragging my knuckles now.

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  22. I do love me some Bruce Campbell. But, then again, I'm a cold hard bitch.

    :)

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  23. Love Bruce Campbell! He's one of the main reasons I'm addicted to Burn Notice.

    Karen

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  24. Afterall, Bruce Campbell is bad ass. ;)

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  25. Bruce rocks! And I remember this series. I found several episodes online. It was all very tongue-in-cheek, and Bruce being Bruce.

    May have to look these up again...

    Best,
    Joe
    J: Just Another Brick in the Wall

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  26. Never heard of that show but it sounds like it would be pretty cool...I'd watch. I love that video by the way!

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  27. Hey, I remember that show! Great choice. I love that Jet song too.

    #atozchallenge, Kristen's blog: kristenhead.blogspot.com

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  28. Thanks, my friend, for the shout out over at Beverly's blog. I hope I was able to help her!

    You're rocking this A-Z Challenge - I'm impressed! I never saw Jack of All Trades - usually I'm on top of action-comedy shows - wonder what I was up to in 2000! :)

    Jenny @ PEARSON REPORT

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  29. This was a really terrific show. I loved both Jack and Cleopatra. What a shame it went off so soon.

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