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Jake and the Kid is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on the CanWest Global system of stations in the 1990s. [1] The second television adaptation of W. O. Mitchell's 1961 short story collection Jake and the Kid, [2] the series is set in the small town of Crocus, Saskatchewan, and centres on the friendship between Ben "the Kid" Osborne (Ben Campbell), a young boy growing up on a ...
This half-hour series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 4 July to 19 September 1961. An unsuccessful attempt by the National Film Board of Canada to produce a full season of Jake and the Kid series for the CBC resulted in only one production, "Political Dynamite" which was broadcast as a CBC Television special on 23 June 1963.
Jake and the Kid is a collection of short stories by W. O. Mitchell, published in 1961. Many stories in the series appeared in Maclean's prior to the book's publication. The stories stem from Mitchell's long-running radio series of the same name. Mitchell also published a sequel volume, According to Jake and the Kid, in 1989.
Bruce Alan Campbell (born April 22, 1957) is an American actor. [1] He is best known for his roles as Derek Mitchell in the 1987–1992 CBS series Jake and the Fatman and as E.Z. Taylor on the short-lived 1984–1985 Three's Company spin-off Three's a Crowd.
In 2003, Jones was cast in the sitcom Two and a Half Men as Jake Harper, the "half man" of the title, a 10-year-old living with his divorced father (played by Jon Cryer) and hedonistic uncle (played by Charlie Sheen). The show was the most popular sitcom in the United States for most of its run, with an average audience of around 15 million people.
Jake and the Fatman is an American crime drama television series starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Created by Dean Hargrove , Joel Steiger and Ann Doherty, the series ran on CBS for five seasons from September 26, 1987, to May 6, 1992.
The series was created by Disney veteran Bobs Gannaway, whose works include Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Secret of the Wings. The series focuses on Jake, Izzy, Cubby, and their parrot Skully, a band of young pirates who spend their days competing for treasure against Captain Hook and his pirate crew, consisting of Mr. Smee, Sharky and
William Jacob Busey (/ ˈ b j uː s i /; born June 15, 1971) is an American actor.Among his most prominent roles have been serial killer Johnny Bartlett in 1996's The Frighteners, Ace Levy in 1997's Starship Troopers, Kyle Brenner in 2001's Tomcats, Aiden Tanner in the 2014–2016 TV series From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, and Sean H. Keyes in the Predator franchise.