Review of Jack of All Trades

Before you sit down to watch this show, get your history books. Have you got them? Good. Now put them out of your reach and discard whatever knowledge you have readily available. This show has anachronistic references, language and persons. And yet, it delivers roughly 22 minutes of undiluted fun and games. I've seen others review this show negatively due to the historic persons who are sometimes decades out of place. Well, so what? The story takes place on a fictitious island called Pulau Pulau, the governor of which is a stereotypical, campy French man, an over the top British lady inventor (whose attractiveness is comparable only to Earth's gravitational pull), and a man (Campbell) who is so present-day American and corny that you have to love it. It has been compared to previous series of the same type (Xena, Hercules) but is superior in many ways, because it doesn't assume too much about itself. Both those shows, however campy and silly they may have been, always had some sort of moral undertone. This show is just silly, goofy and a wonderful insult to every nationality represented in it. You have to love it. Verne Troyer plays Napoleon. The second you see him, nobody in their right mind could possibly have anything negative to say about the anachronistic premise of this show.

It's wonderful, engaging and short enough not to get too much. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon, when all you want to do is sit back and be entertained. It's not Brisco County Jr., but fun to watch nonetheless. It's slapstick humour, bad (and I do mean baaaad) puns and overacting extraordinaire. Reminds me a bit of the old Batman from the '60s. Which is nothing but a compliment.