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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〔Season 1, Episode 13, 01:59〕 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), and in order to protect his identity as a secret agent, while acting against the enemies of America, Jack often adopts the identity of a legendary (though otherwise fictional) masked hero: "the Daring Dragoon". The show contained many on-going gags, such as deliberate historical inaccuracies (such as Canada being a French territory rather than part of the British Empire), Jack being responsible for many important historical events but not receiving credit, Emilia inventing a miraculous invention in an obvious deus ex machina, sexual puns and innuendos, and Jack and Emilia's ongoing romantic tension. The premise of a masked swashbuckler thwarting the endless machinations of a corrupt governor, his cravenly servile captain, and their bumbling retinue of soldiers is borrowed rather unabashedly from that of Zorro, particularly the youth-oriented film serials and TV series. In many ways, the show was meant to be a historical fantasy in the vein of Campbell's 1993–1994 western series ''The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.'' and the 1965–1969 adventure show ''The Wild Wild West''. The Jack Stiles character also resembles the flamboyant Autolycus ("the King of Thieves"), a recurring role Campbell played on ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and ''Xena: Warrior Princess''. As the show's producer and star, Bruce Campbell had an opportunity to use many one-liner jokes for which he is known. ==Cast== *Bruce Campbell – Jack Stiles *Angela Dotchin – Emilia Rothschild *Stuart Devenie – Governor Croque *Stephen Papps – Captain Brogard *Verne Troyer – Napoleon Bonaparte (recurring guest – 4 episodes) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack of All Trades (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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