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Odd Job Jack

Season 1 2003 - 2004

  • 2003-03-06T02:30:00Z on The Comedy Network
  • 30m
  • 6h (12 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Animation, Comedy
Odd Job Jack was a Canadian animated comedy television show featuring Don McKellar, about one man's misadventures in temporary employment. Seen on and produced for the The Comedy Network, a cable specialty channel, and shown on Adult Swim in Latin America, the show has currently finished its production run as of its fourth season. The second season has been released to DVD, and seasons two through four can currently be seen on the on demand streaming video service Hulu.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

2003-03-06T02:30:00Z

1x01 Death and Life

Series Premiere

1x01 Death and Life

  • 2003-03-06T02:30:00Z30m

Straight out of college with massive debt, Jack decides to get a part time job with the Odd Jobs Employment Agency. His first job involves working at a funeral house, where Jack quickly discovers he's not cut out for any of the tasks involved, from consoling the bereaved, to digging graves.

2003-06-29T01:30:00Z

1x02 I Watch the Watchman

1x02 I Watch the Watchman

  • 2003-06-29T01:30:00Z30m

Jack works as a security guard.

2003-07-06T01:30:00Z

1x03 The Wheel is not Enough

1x03 The Wheel is not Enough

  • 2003-07-06T01:30:00Z30m

While working as a hamster wrangler for famous rodents, Jack and Gary Gerbil, the star of the show, prevent Gary's arch nemesis from destroying the world.

2003-07-13T01:30:00Z

1x04 Easy Rider

1x04 Easy Rider

  • 2003-07-13T01:30:00Z30m

Testing new memory drugs has Jack wondering whether or not a bizarre encounter with his estranged father was reality, or just a hallucination in his inebriated state.

2003-07-20T01:30:00Z

1x05 Waiting for Gordo

1x05 Waiting for Gordo

  • 2003-07-20T01:30:00Z30m

Jack works as a waiter. When the waiting staff starts disappearing at an ultra-fancy restaurant, Jack realizes it's either eat or be eaten in the world of high class cookery.

Meanwhile, Bobby spins records and fights crime.

2003-07-27T01:30:00Z

1x06 Go West Young Ryder

1x06 Go West Young Ryder

  • 2003-07-27T01:30:00Z30m

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.

2004-07-02T01:30:00Z

1x07 Fatal Extraction

1x07 Fatal Extraction

  • 2004-07-02T01:30:00Z30m

Under Dr. Renfield, Jack discovers that a dental clinic isn’t always business as usual. When a giant molar is discovered in little Timmy’s mouth, Renfield is prepared to make a deal with the devil to extract the precious tooth.

2004-07-13T01:30:00Z

1x08 HolyLand

1x08 HolyLand

  • 2004-07-13T01:30:00Z30m

Employed by "the creator", Magnus, Jack is in charge of booting up the androids at the religious-themed amusement park, Holyland. However, once he introduces knowledge to Eve, the female android, it becomes clear that Magnus has a darker purpose in his Creation Sensation.

2004-07-23T01:30:00Z

1x09 Broke & Broker

1x09 Broke & Broker

  • 2004-07-23T01:30:00Z30m

Jack finds his knack in the corporate world of Divest and Consume. Despite his sister Spoons' arguments, Jack believes he'll be there forever. But after selling big, costing both Betty's aunt her life savings, and Bobby's family their company, Jack starts to rethink how money compares to friendship.

2004-07-29T01:30:00Z

1x10 Skateballs of Steel

1x10 Skateballs of Steel

  • 2004-07-29T01:30:00Z30m

Coaching the most terrible team in the skateball league restores Jack's confidence as they claim their first victory under his instruction. But when Jack finds the owner of the team making deals with the opposition, he's quick to give up victory, and coach his team to an honest loss.

2004-08-03T01:30:00Z

1x11 Almost Wormless

1x11 Almost Wormless

  • 2004-08-03T01:30:00Z30m

Jack works as a roadie for a three day rock festival.

1x12 Fantasy Atoll

  • no air date30m

Jack and Betty work together as virtual reality models for a reality simulator. But once they're used to the strange new job, the question surfaces: what distinguishes the virtual reality from true reality?

Season Finale

2004-08-15T01:30:00Z

1x13 American Wiener

Season Finale

1x13 American Wiener

  • 2004-08-15T01:30:00Z30m

Still sore about her indiscretion with Jack in Fantasy Atoll, Betty sends him as far away from her as possible, telling him to deliver wieners to Wienerfest. Jack, Bobby and Leo head out on the road, only to be pursued by the American boarder patrol for toting tainted meat.

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