Jack of All Trades

The second half of the Back2Back Action programing block, which along with Cleopatra 2525 complemented Xena after Hercules ended. Oddly enough, this is a farce with Bruce Campbell and Angela Dotchin trying to maintain the political influences of America, Britain and France within bounds on the island of Pulau Pulau in 1801. The humour of Renaissance Pictures' creative workshop is evident every minute, and their favorite actors' faces can be seen just as often. (08/08/2011)

A series exclusively for fans of Bruce Campbell and fans of the Hercules comedy episodes. It's unbelievable nonsense, and the humor comes from the strange tradition of The Scarlet Pimpernel and goes even further. Campbell becomes a kind of Zorro of the island of Pulau Pulau in 1801 with the help of the cunning blonde Angela Dotchin (Campbell and Dotchin are matched from the first moment, because they met in the Xena episode from season 3 - Tsunami). Of course, the most deviant episodes of JOAT Season 1 include the legendary encounter with the Marquis de Sade on his island of suffering and the final opera bouffe. As tacky and awkward as it is, it's funny. (05/08/2020)

The 2nd season of JOAT is on the same lines as the 1st season, the creators just added more brutal humor. For example, Catherine the Great (Danielle Cormack) and her penchant for stables... or a puppet orgy with a stuffed cow. That format couldn't be pushed forward much longer, so after 8 episodes, enough was enough and the 2000/2001 season was completed by Cleopatra 2525, a series from the first half of B2B Action that could go from half-hour episodes to a double-feature format. (05/08/2020)