The Chris Isaak Show (2001)
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Chris Isaak
Chris Isaak / Producer
Jennifer Calvert
Vivian
Kristin Dattilo
Yola
Rowland Salley
Self
Hershel Yatovitz
Self
Jed Rees
Anson Drubner
Kenney Dale Johnson
Self
Bobby Jo Moore
Mona
Greg Winter
Cody Kurtzman
Arnold Messer
Producer
Jen Halley
Brie
William Lucas Walker
Writer
Milan Cheylov
Director
Jorge Montesi
Director
Max Tash
Director
Kevin Inch
Director
Ron Oliver
Director
Rob Thompson
Director
Brenton Spencer
Director
Charles Winkler
Director
David Warry-Smith
Director
Scott Smith
Director
Victoria Hochberg
Director
Jeremy Podeswa
Director
Mike Rohl
Director
Richard Martin
Director
Richard J. Lewis
Director
Andrew Schneider
Writer
Diane Frolov
Writer
Scott Kaufer
Writer
Joe Bosso
Writer
Dennis Klein
Writer
Sarah Strange
Lisa
Missy Peregrym
Julia
Don S. Davis
Del
Michelle Branch
Herself
Tom McBeath
Charles Smoltz
C. Ernst Harth
Man on Bench
Beverley Elliott
Woman for Picture
Betty Linde
Sweet Old Woman
Ted Kozma
Roadie
Alexz Johnson
Jennifer
Katharine Isabelle
Melissa
John Reardon
Bruce (as John Henry Reardon)
Lillianne Lee
Passerby #2
Barbara Tyson
Stevie Nicks
Peri Gilpin
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The Chris Isaak Show is an American sitcom that 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. The series was produced for the Showtime channel from 2001 to 2004, and was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which stands in for the show's home setting of San Francisco.
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) was hired in place of Isaak's actual keyboardist Brett Tuggle (a part-time band member) 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 lying nude on her stomach on a revolving circular bed in the basement of Bimbo's, a club Isaak frequents. Through an optical illusion created with mirrors she's made to look as if swimming in an aquarium, and being called a mermaid (despite having human legs). Only once does she sit up, revealing her toplessness. She typically talks only with Isaak, acting as his conscience or a sounding board for him.
Currently, the entire series remains unreleased to DVD due to music licensing costs.