List of Odd Job Jack episodes
This is a list of episodes of the Canadian adult animated comedy series Odd Job Jack. Initially airing on The Comedy Network from March 5, 2003 to October 14, 2007, a total of 52 episodes were produced in the span of 4 seasons, each with 13 episodes.
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 13 | March 5, 2003 | July 31, 2004 | |
| 2 | 13 | July 23, 2005 | October 15, 2005 | |
| 3 | 13 | July 22, 2006 | October 14, 2006 | |
| 4 | 13 | July 22, 2007 | October 14, 2007 | |
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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After graduating from university with massive debt, Jack signs up for a job at the Odd Jobs temp agency and meets his career counsellor, Betty Styles. For his first job, he works as a mortician's assistant, during which he locks himself in the freezer. | ||||||
| 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 and is tasked with figuring out the culprit when the Widget Supreme is stolen. Meanwhile, 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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While working as a hamster wrangler for famous rodents on a hit film series, Jack and Gary Gerbil, the star of the show, prevent Gary's arch nemesis from destroying the world. 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. While on the job, he wonders if an encounter with his estranged father was reality, or just a hallucination. | ||||||
| 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. When the staff begins to disappear, Jack realizes it's either eat or be eaten in the world of high class cookery. Meanwhile, Jack and his friend Bobby Lee (a.k.a. DJ Sherpa) attend a rave and stay out far too late. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Go West Young Ryder" | Adrian Carter | Jeremy Diamond | April 9, 2003 | |
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Jack reminisces with Betty about his best job ever: It was back in his college years, and he and his friends went tree planting in an area that was frequented by a dangerous grizzly bear. For defeating the beast, Jack is dubbed a hero, and gets a little complimentary action. Guest star: Gary Farmer as George Twotrees, Troy Hurtubise as himself | ||||||
| 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. Guest star: Jim Van Horne as Wally Weaver | ||||||
| 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 that aims to save wormstocks from extinction, and is tasked with securing an important beat for the show. 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 and Betty are both sent to work as video game testers for a life simulator. At the launch party, they have a drunken encounter. Meanwhile, Leopold goes on a date with a woman he met online (who turns out to be Jack's mother, Babs), and Jack's sister, Spoons, tries to save the mammals of the sea. | ||||||
| 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 as an ad whiz, but is employed at the same agency where his mom works, 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. Meanwhile, Bobby joins a fraternity. 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 sent to Odd Jobs Japan as a game show contestant and drives his bosses crazy. Meanwhile, his competitor, Toshi, replaces him back at home and does everything exceptionally well, causing Betty to fall for him, as well as Jack’s friends and family. 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. When Jack is cast in the lead role, he is unsure if he can do the part. Meanwhile, Jack and Leopold attempt to catch Bobby looking at dirty pictures. 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 who helps people through deprecation therapy. 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, being caught in a tailspin when Newfoundland threatens to separate from the rest of Canada. 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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Jack’s grandma, Max, tells him the story of his great great grandfather, who worked on the railroad. 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. He is eventually forced to help with the delivery of the world’s first set of dectuplets. | ||||||
| 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, making him so good at his job that everyone in town hates him. Leopold, jealous of the attention Jack is getting, unleashes a hoard of zombies on the city in the hopes that it will make him public enemy #1. | ||||||
| 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. In a sendup of A Christmas Carol, he is visited by the ghosts of jobs past, present, and future. | ||||||
| 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)
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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.