"Tenacious D" (1999) TV series 1999-2000

Creators:

Jack Black
David Cross
Kyle Gass

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

24 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Plot:

Tenacious D is a two-piece musical act, and this HBO series documents their many struggles as friends, and as a band of two very absurd individuals.

Plot Keywords:

Rock 'n' Roll | Rock Band | Duo | Cult Favorite | Acoustic

Cast

Jack Black	...	Jack 'JB' Black (6 episodes, 1997-2000)
Kyle Gass	...	Kyle 'KG' Gass (6 episodes, 1997-2000)
Tenacious D	...	Themselves (6 episodes, 1997-2000)
Paul F. Tompkins	...	Paul (5 episodes, 1997-2000)

Runtime:

USA:30 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dakota North Entertainment

Quotes:

[Looking for Jack's guitar pick]
Kyle Gass: I got it.... no wait, that's a bottle cap
Jack Black: Kyle. Did you look underneath THE BAR?
Kyle Gass: Yeah, nothing.
Paul: Ok, you guys, seriously, sincerely, you have to get out of here. We're closed.
Jack Black: Look, tomorrow when you're cleaning the floor if you find...
Paul: We only clean on holidays.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Sasquatch

Words cannot describe them... hilarious show!

The true spirit of Tenacious D is actually captured quite accurately in the other reviews on this site (well, the fanatical ones anyway). For the uninitiated, I'll try to clear things up. Tenacious D is composed of two guys, Jack Black & Kyle Gass, who have a two man band in which they both play acoustic guitar and sing (though Jack is the primary singer). They play some bizarre hybrid of heavy metal and folk. All their lyrics center around how they are truly the greatest band in the universe and have incredible, unfathomable sexual prowess. All of this is sung with 100%, almost hyper-conviction. This is, basically, the joke. I was never a big fan of them live, or their whole act in general (it's amusing and unquestionably original in presentation, but I feel it wears kinda thin fast). However, when Bob Odenkirk and David Cross (and their creative team) from "Mr. Show" got a hold of them for a group of shows for HBO, they transformed the concept into something even better. The show, which presents the two as two out-of-work oddballs who get into all sorts of screwy adventures in between gigs, is as hilarious and out-of-left-field as "Mr. Show" (which is saying something, as "Mr. Show" is the best comedy show of the last decade, easily). Each "adventure" is about fifteen minutes long, each containing a thematically-linked live song. The whole kit-and-kaboodle is bracketed by appearances by Jack & Kyle speaking as hosts directly to the TV audience, as Burns & Allen and Abbott & Costello used to do on their shows. All in all, the total effect is as if "The Abbott & Costello Show" has been updated for the '90s starring Tenacious D and adding music. Did I mention, it was really funny?