Mad Jack the Pirate

America

The story

Mad Jack the Pirate is an American animated comedy-adventure television series. The show was created by Bill Kopp and directed by Jeff DeGrandis (who previously worked together on The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show and Toonsylvania). On American television, the show was broadcast on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998 to February 27, 1999.

The show is about the rather unsuccessful and quite cowardly Pirate Jack (voiced by Bill Kopp), who despite his repeated failures never doubts his own excellence, and his dim-witted anthropomorphic rat sidekick Snuk (voiced by Billy West) as they sail the seas on their ship the Sea Chicken.

Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Saban Entertainment.

Cast

Bill Kopp as Mad Jack
Billy West as Snuk
Jess Harnell as Flash Dashing, Deity, Sterrol Flynn, Skeleton, Landlord of The Rabid Weasel, Baron Stevie Ray von Ribbentrop, Gnome #1, Stuey, Tribal Chief, Peter Lawford, Giant, Mummy, Police Officer #2
Robert Pike Daniel as Angus Dagnabbit
Tom Kenny as Sir Percy, Waiter, French Resort manager, Wooden Stakes Merchant, Vulgarian citizen, Crab King, Snow Sultan, Town Messenger, Uncle Mortimer's Attorney, Tribal Member
Charlie Adler as Mrs. Grunion
Cam Clarke as Sternly Ed Nerwood, Tolouse, Gnome #2, Arturo Caliente
Sandy Fox as Magic Pink Fairy
Brad Garrett as Darsh the Dragon, Biclops, Frank Sinatra
Kevin Meaney as Chuck the Imitation Crab
Valery Pappas as Witch
Jocelyn Blue as Additional Voices
Sherman Howard as Additional Voices
Joyce Lang as Additional Voices
Steve Ochs as Additional Voices
Jay Robinson as Additional Voices
April Winchell as Princess, Check-inn Lady, The Enchantress Victoria's Guard

Episodes

Every episode was directed by Jeff DeGrandis.

Reception

Critics have noted that the clear inspiration for the show is the 1983–1989 BBC comedy series Blackadder. Jack bears a striking resemblance to Edmund Blackadder and Snuk to Baldrick. There is even some dialogue taken straight from the BBC series. Jack's archenemy Flash resembles Blackadder's Lord Flashheart, and Angus is almost identical to Blackadder's Lord Angus.

Broadcast and home media

The series has been released on DVD in Romania (as Piratul Jack cel Teribil) and Bulgaria (as Пиратът Капитан Джак) and on VCD in Turkey (under the title Çılgın Korsan Jack). Also in Turkey, the cartoon was shown on Jetix Play and in Poland on Fox Kids.