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The Chris Isaak Show Format Sitcom Created by William Lucas Walker Starring Chris Isaak
Kristin Dattilo
Jed Rees
Hershel Yatovitz
Rowland Salley
Kenney Dale Johnson
Jennifer Calvert (2001)Country of origin United States Production Running time 45 min. per episode Broadcast Original channel Showtime Original run March 12, 2001 – March 25, 2004 The Chris Isaak Show is a television sitcom which follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems.[1] The series was produced for the Showtime channel from 2001-2004, and was filmed in Vancouver, Canada, which stands in for the show's home setting of San Francisco.[1][2]
The series featured Isaak and several members of his band, Silvertone, portraying themselves. Other roles were portrayed by actors, including Jed Rees as Isaak's keyboardist. Rees (who had studied piano, though much of his character's keyboard work is performed by a session player)[2] was hired in place of Isaak's actual keyboardist Brett Tuggle (a part-time band member)[2] to add some comedy to the show. Other characters featured on the show include Yola Gaylen, Isaak's manager and her colleague, Cody Kurtzman. The final regular character, Mona, appears as a mermaid-of-sorts (no tail) who lies nude (generally in a prone position--though at least once the viewer could see her topless) on a revolving circular bed in the basement of Bimbo's, a club Isaak frequents.[1] She typically talks only with Isaak, acting as his conscience or a sounding board for him ("The Naked Lady" with "nothing to hide").
Cast
- Chris Isaak - Chris Isaak
- Kristin Dattilo - Yola Gaylen; manager
- Jed Rees - Anson Drubner; keyboardist
- Kenney Dale Johnson - Kenney Dale Johnson; drummer
- Rowland Salley - Rowland Salley; bassist
- Hershel Yatovitz - Hershel Yatovitz; guitarist
- Greg Winter - Cody Kurtzman
- BobbyJo Moore - Mona
- Jennifer Calvert - Vivian (Season One)
References
- ^ a b c Williamson, Kevin (2002-04-12). "Cool show". Jam!. http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/C/Chris_Isaak_Show/2002/04/12/pf-734779.html. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b c Israel, Robyn (2001-08-31). "Lights, camera, rock!". Palo Alto Weekly. http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2001/2001_08_31.hershel.html. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
External links
Studio albums Silvertone · Chris Isaak · Heart Shaped World · San Francisco Days · Forever Blue · Baja Sessions · Speak of the Devil · Always Got Tonight · Christmas · Mr. Lucky · Beyond the SunSingles "Dancin'" · "Gone Ridin'" · "Livin' for Your Lover" · "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" · "Blue Hotel" · "Lie to Me" · "Heart Full of Soul" · "Don't Make Me Dream About You" · "Wicked Game" · "Blue Spanish Sky" · "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)" · "San Francisco Days" · "Solitary Man" · "Two Hearts" · "Dark Moon" · "Somebody's Crying" · "Go Walking Down There" · "Graduation Day" · "Think of Tomorrow" · "Flying" · "Please" · "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" · "Let Me Down Easy" · "One Day" · "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (with Stevie Nicks) · "King Without a Castle" · "Let's Have a Party" · "I Want You to Want Me" · "We Let Her Down" · "You Don't Cry Like I Do · "Breaking Apart" (with Trisha Yearwood) · "Live It Up"Compilation/Live albums Filmography Married to the Mob · The Silence of the Lambs · Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me · Little Buddha · Grace of My Heart · That Thing You Do! · Blue Ridge Fall · A Dirty Shame · The InformersTelevision The Chris Isaak Show · The Chris Isaak HourDiscography Showtime Network programming 1980s debuts 1990s debuts Beggars and Choosers · Beverly Hills Bordello · The Busy World of Richard Scarry · Chris Cross · Dead Man's Gun · The Hoop Life · Linc's · The Outer Limits · OWL/TV · Poltergeist: The Legacy · Ready or Not · Red Shoe Diaries · Rude Awakening · Stargate SG-1 · Total Recall 2070 · Women: Stories of Passion2000s debuts American Candidate · Barbershop: The Series · Brotherhood · The Chris Isaak Show · Dead Like Me · Deeper Throat · Elite Xtreme Combat · Family Business · Fat Actress · Free for All · Going to California · Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League · Huff · Jeremiah · The L Word · Lady Chatterly's Stories · Leap Years · Lock N‘ Load · Masters of Horror · Meadowlands · Odyssey 5 · Out of Order · Penn & Teller: Bullshit! · Queer as Folk · Queer Duck · Resurrection Blvd. · Secret Diary of a Call Girl · ShoXC · Sleeper Cell · Soul Food · Tracey Ullman's State of the Union · The Tudors · Damon Wayans‘ The Underground · This American Life · United States of Tara2010s debuts The FranchiseCurrent Beach Heat: Miami (since 2010) · Big Brother: After Dark (since 2007–present) · The Big C (since 2010) · Body Language (since 2008) · The Borgias (since 2011) · Californication (since 2007) · Dexter (since 2006) · Episodes (since 2011) · Gigolos (since 2011) · The Green Room with Paul Provenza (since 2010) · Homeland (since 2011) · Inside NASCAR (since 2010) · Inside the NFL (since 2008) · La La Land (since 2010) · Nurse Jackie (since 2009) · Shameless (since 2011) · ShoBox: The New Generation (since 2001) · The Real L Word (since 2010) · ShoMMA (since 2009) · Showtime Championship Boxing (since 1986) · Web Therapy (since 2011) · Weeds (since 2005)Upcoming House of Lies (2012)ABC (current) · AMC · CBS (current) · CW · E! · Fox · FX · HBO · OWN · NBC (current) · Showtime · Starz · TBS · TNT · USACategories:- Showtime (TV network) original programs
- American television sitcoms
- 2000s American television series
- 2001 American television series debuts
- 2004 American television series endings
- Television series by CBS Paramount Television
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