List of Odd Job Jack episodes
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This is a list of Odd Job Jack episodes.
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (2003-04)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Death and Life" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | March 5, 2003[1] | |
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Jack works as a mortician‘s assistant and locks himself in the freezer. His life flashes before his eyes. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "I Watch the Watchmen" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | March 12, 2003 | |
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Jack works as a security guard at a widget company. His friend Leopold Trench hacks and hijacks a spy satellite. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Wheel is Not Enough" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | March 19, 2003 | |
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Jack works as a hamster wrangler for prima-donna rodents on a hit Hollywood film series. Guest star: Dave Foley as Gary Gerbil | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Easy Ryder" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | March 26, 2003 | |
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Despite objections from his family, Jack works as a test subject at a pharmaceutical company. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Waiting for Gordo" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | April 2, 2003 | |
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Jack works as a waiter at a ritzy restaurant. Jack and Bobby Lee (a.k.a. DJ Sherpa) attend a rave and stay out far too late. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Go West Young Ryder" | TBD | TBD | April 9, 2003 | |
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Jack recounts his heroic tree-planting past over a casual beer with his temporary employment agent, Betty Styles. Guest star: Gary Farmer as George Twotrees | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Fatal Extraction" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | June 19, 2004[2] | |
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Jack works as a dental assistant in the dramatic (-comedic) environment of a dental ER. Meanwhile, Leopold has a bad toothache but refuses to leave The Trench, opting instead for do-it-yourself surgery. Guest star: John O'Hurley as Dr. Renfield | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Holyland" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | June 26, 2004 | |
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Jack works as a ride attendant at a Bible theme-park for renowned theme-park creator Magnus the Maker. He toils amongst such attractions as the “Holy Roller Coaster,” “Ten Plagues Fun House,” and the “Christ Capades.” Guest star: Christopher Plummer as Magnus the Maker | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Broke & Broker" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | July 3, 2004 | |
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Jack works as a stockbroker in the world of high finance and helps his wheeler-dealer boss on her quest for the Next Big Thing. Guest star: Catherine O'Hara as Claudia Johnson | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Skateballs of Steel" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | July 10, 2004 | |
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Jack works as an assistant coach and enters the arena of professional sports, a world filled with scalpers, fanatical fans, jocks, and jock straps. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Almost Wormless" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | July 17, 2004 | |
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Jack works as a roadie for a three-day rock festival - Save the Worms! - that features a wide variety of acts. Meanwhile, Bobby finally gets an opportunity to command the main stage. Guest stars: Barenaked Ladies, The Chemical Brothers and Jeff Tweedy | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Fantasy Atoll" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | July 24, 2004 | |
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Jack works as a game tester at Video Game Company. At the launch party, Jack and Betty have a drunken encounter. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "American Wiener" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | July 31, 2004 | |
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Jack works as a wienermobile driver and heads across the country to Wienerfest. Bobby and Leo join Jack on this rowdy road-trip, with many characters Jack has previously crossed in hot pursuit. Guest star: Don Knotts as Dirk Douglas | ||||||
Season 2 (2005)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 14 | 1 | "The 2 Marketeers" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | July 23, 2005 | |
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Jack works at an ad agency, as does his mom, which causes friction when his ideas are chosen over hers. Guest star: Tom Arnold as William Swillberger III | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Lord of the 3-Ring Binder" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | July 30, 2005 | |
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Jack works as a teacher's assistant and helps a former mentor bring a book to a publishing house. Guest star: Scott Thompson as Doctor Professor Randalf | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Iron Temp" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | August 6, 2005 | |
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Jack is a game-show contestant who works at "Odd Jobs Japan" and drives his bosses crazy. Guest star: Megan Follows as herself | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Orgy: The Musical" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | August 13, 2005 | |
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Jack works as a stagehand for an ex-pornographer who wants to expose the sex-video industry in his gritty play. Guest star: James Woods as Manny Kowalski | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "You Suck!" | Adrian Carter | Michael Goldbach, Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | August 20, 2005 | |
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Jack works as a personal assistant to a famous self-help guru. Guest star: Tom Green as Terence McGavin | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Jack Ryder Goes to War!" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | August 27, 2005 | |
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Jack works as a soldier and must endure the rigors of military life. Guest star: Leslie Nielsen as Skitzkopf and Rick Mercer as Premier MacCurts | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Odd Job John" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | September 3, 2005 | |
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A look at Jack Ryder's grandfather, who worked on building railroads. Guest star: Tony Rosato as Sheriff Ironsides | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "The Ten Labours of Jack Ryder" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 10, 2005 | |
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Jack works as a doula, dealing with pregnant women as well as their frazzled male counterparts. | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "Night of the Flesh-Eating Zombie Meter Maids" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | September 17, 2005 | |
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Jack works as a meter maid, and a gypsy puts a curse on him after he tickets her car. | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "A Christmas Coma" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 24, 2005 | |
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A toy puts Jack into a coma as he works as a Christmas gift-wrapper. | ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "The Biggest Bang" (Part 1) | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | October 1, 2005 | |
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Jack works as a bellhop at a space-themed hotel. Guest star: Will Arnett as Tiberius McKorkindale | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Close Encounters of the Uncomfortable Kind" (Part 2) | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | October 8, 2005 | |
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Jack works as an astronaut after he and his friends are launched into space. Guest star: Will Arnett as Tiberius McKorkindale | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | "Law & Lawlessness" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | October 15, 2005 | |
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Jack works as a court reporter during the trial of a man who cuts off celebrities' pinky toes. Guest star: Samantha Bee as Linda Callahan | ||||||
Season 3 (2006)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 27 | 1 | "Twenty-One, You're Dead" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | July 22, 2006 | |
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Jack works as a croupier and enters the lethal world of "Snuff Blackjack." Guest star: Jason Alexander as Rod | ||||||
| 28 | 2 | "Jack Ryder and the Fountain of Life" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond | July 29, 2006 | |
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Jack becomes an archaeologist and teams up with Alberta Malone to search for the Lost City of Wu, said to contain the Fountain of Life. Guest star: Molly Parker as Alberta Malone | ||||||
| 29 | 3 | "The Temp, the Slut, the Queen, and Her Corgis" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Josh Greenhut | August 5, 2006 | |
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While working as a royal timekeeper in Buckingham Palace, Jack manages to take some inappropriate photos of the queen, which ultimately end up in the tabloids. Guest star: Sean Cullen as Neville | ||||||
| 30 | 4 | "Kindergarten Temp" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | August 12, 2006 | |
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While Jack is working as a substitute teacher for gifted kids, the children decide to stage an uprising. | ||||||
| 31 | 5 | "Dragon Dueller" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | August 19, 2006 | |
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Jack works as a road-construction worker holding the stop/slow sign, but a combination of heat and tar fumes revs up his imagination. Guest star: Harland Williams as Ralph | ||||||
| 32 | 6 | "The Big Dump" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | August 26, 2006 | |
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Jack works as a garbage detective and is put to work for the slutty daughter of the "Garbage Czar." Guest star: John Goodman as Billy Bob Jr. & Bobby Bill Jr. | ||||||
| 33 | 7 | "29.5" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 2, 2006 | |
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In a take-off of "24," Jack is mistaken for a real secret agent trying to stop an outbreak of Mad Cow disease. Guest star: Christian Slater as Agent Brody | ||||||
| 34 | 8 | "A Candidacy of Dunces" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 9, 2006 | |
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Jack works as a pollster for an elderly mayoral candidate to attract younger voters, but the candidate decides to "do his own thing." Guest star: Jerry Stiller as Jim McDonald | ||||||
| 35 | 9 | "The Great White Joke" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 16, 2006 | |
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Jack dances in a hip-hop Krumping group hoping to make the Dance Wars finals; Bobby and Leo start up competing groups. | ||||||
| 36 | 10 | "The Man Who Smelled Too Much" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 23, 2006 | |
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Jack works as a "nose" for a perfumery but his success gives him a swelled head and some dangerous enemies. Guest star: Don Lake as Anton | ||||||
| 37 | 11 | "Claws" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 30, 2006 | |
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Jack works as a crab fisherman with a crew seeking revenge on a giant crab. Guest star: Sean Cullen as The Captain | ||||||
| 38 | 12 | "Jack Ryder Gets Hitched" (Part 1) | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | October 7, 2006 | |
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Jack becomes a social worker and falls in love with his boss as they help the less fortunate. Guest star: Sandra Oh as Vanessa | ||||||
| 39 | 13 | "My Big Miserable African Honeymoon" (Part 2) | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | October 14, 2006 | |
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Jack's honeymoon is a disaster as the marriage falls apart and the newlyweds are taken hostage. Guest star: Sandra Oh as Vanessa | ||||||
Season 4 (2007)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 40 | 1 | "No One Likes a Gorilla!" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | July 22, 2007 | |
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Jack is a corporate mascot, handing out fliers for a mattress store, dressed in an ape costume. | ||||||
| 41 | 2 | "Jack Ryder: Mindhumper" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | July 29, 2007 | |
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Jack is a magician's assistant until the magician is taken away for sawing a lady in half and Jack gets to wear the top hat. Guest star: Sean Cullen as Astoundo | ||||||
| 42 | 3 | "The Good Locksmith" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | August 5, 2007 | |
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Jack is a locksmith, learning the deft art of picking locks and remaining honest in a crooked biz. | ||||||
| 43 | 4 | "Insecticidal Tendencies" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | August 12, 2007 | |
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Jack is an exterminator, with a talent and a taste for the killin'. But is he also exterminating his soul? Guest star: Henry Rollins as Astoundo | ||||||
| 44 | 5 | "Flight of the Bumbling Idiot" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | August 19, 2007 | |
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Jack is a flight attendant, and does his best to fluff pillows, remain calm, and not crash the plane. | ||||||
| 45 | 6 | "The Beauty Beast" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | August 26, 2007 | |
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Jack is a plastic surgeon, and acquires a taste for going under the knife and "improving" himself. Guest star: Carrie Fisher as Dr. Finch | ||||||
| 46 | 7 | "Jack Ryder's Unofficial High School Reunion" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 2, 2007 | |
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Jack is a limo driver and tries to keep his cool and "couth" in the middle of prom season. Guest star: Henry Winkler as Devin | ||||||
| 47 | 8 | "12 Chickens" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 9, 2007 | |
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Jack is an egg farmer and must face his future self who wants to kill him for starting the apocalypse. Guest star: Sean Cullen as Tolbert Daze | ||||||
| 48 | 9 | "Master of Temps" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | September 16, 2007 | |
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Jack is a career counselor at Odd Jobs and experiences life from the other side of the desk. | ||||||
| 49 | 10 | "Revolving Jobs" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | September 23, 2007 | |
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Jack gets his dream job as a spray-on tanner, but on the way to work gets trapped in a revolving door with a fellow sociologist. | ||||||
| 50 | 11 | "You Almost Got Served" | Denny Silverthorne | Tim Polley | September 30, 2007 | |
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Jack is a process server and finds the one job where he has a zero success rate, but refuses to quit. Guest star: Sean Cullen as Ed | ||||||
| 51 | 12 | "King Whore" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | October 7, 2007 | |
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Jack is an escort and tries to show the ladies a good time while remaining on his pimp's good side. Guest star: David Cross as Julius J | ||||||
| 52 | 13 | "Jack and the Magic Pencil" | Denny Silverthorne | Jeremy Diamond & Tim Polley | October 14, 2007 | |
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Jack works at an animation studio where his flakey boss has a magic pencil capable of altering reality. Jack secretly starts using it. Too bad for reality he's such a poor artist. Guest stars: Kenny Hotz as Clay and Fred Willard as Norm | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Powell, W. Andrew (2003-03-20). "Review: 'Odd Job Jack' starring Don McKellar". TheGATE.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Seven Odder Jobs". 2004-06-18. Archived from the original on 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2024-08-29.