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"Manhattan, AZ" (2000): Season 1: Episode 11 -- Jake marries an ex-prostitute and is marked for death, but Daniel must leave town to find Atticus, who has run away to Los Angeles.

"Manhattan, AZ" (2000): Season 1: Episode 9 -- Jake faces the certain destruction of all of the aging animal co-stars that live in his private zoo when he can no longer afford their veterinary bills.

"Manhattan, AZ" (2000): Season 1: Episode 9 -- Daniel is concerned when Atticus gets a job at the military compound outside of town and becomes involved with the mysterious goings-on inside.

"Manhattan, AZ" (2000): Season 1: Episode 8 -- Jake is accused of committing a hit-and-run murder and, despite incriminating evidence, Daniel can't believe the egotistical old actor actually could have done it.

"Manhattan, AZ" (2000): Season 1: Episode 6 -- A young woman named Dakota (Sarah Silverman) comes to town claiming to be Jake's long-lost daughter, but Daniel suspects she's just an impostor trying to get her hands on the mayor's money.

Overview

User Rating:

7.2/10 31 votes

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Down 3% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Director:

Boris Damast

Writers:

Stephen Sustarsic (writer)
Lorraine Vos (writer)

Contact:

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Seasons:

1 full episode list

Release Date:

23 July 2000 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Awards:

1 nomination more

User Comments:

It Made You Think! Now, Give Me A DVD Set! more (2 total)

Cast

(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 17)

Brian McNamara	...	Daniel Henderson (13 episodes, 2000)
Chad Everett	...	Jake Manhattan (13 episodes, 2000)
Vincent Berry	...	Atticus Henderson (13 episodes, 2000)
Robin Gammell	...	Lon (8 episodes, 2000)
Mindy Sterling	...	Lona (7 episodes, 2000)
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Dr. Bob (6 episodes, 2000)

Runtime:

30 min | France:21 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

Jacumba, California, USA

Company:

Bats Left Throws Left Productions more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.

It Made You Think! Now, Give Me A DVD Set!, 7 June 2005

Author: Mark Jerome Ferreri (MarkJFerreri@cox.net) from United States

I wish this show had survived. It was very funny. They shot 9 episodes and only 7 ever aired. I guess that the trouble was that the larger part of the audience took the show too seriously. It was the wayward, out-in-left-field concepts that made the show so entertaining to those of us who didn't mind thinking a little bit.

The town mayor was an ex-actor named Manhatten, who came out to start and run his own town, Manhattan, Arizona

The Sheriff came to town after loosing his wife, to raise their son in a healthy environment (his wife died when her small craft was upset in the ocean during a ecology protest, and she was scooped up into the tuna fishing vessel and ultimately canned along with the fish)

Among the townspeople were some oddities, such as the old couple who lived in an underground bunker with an arsenal of military weapons (just in case!).

The town was adjacent to a secretive military base where the sheriff's girlfriend was serving. Odd things happened at this desert base.

Episodes included "The Killer Bees' and 'The Killer Sagaros', the later actually more plausible than you think.

Each episode would end with an actor off set explaining the episodes 'message' and would end with the phrase "We work in television. We know better than you".

I worked on 6 of these episodes for Stu Segall Prods. and wish that somebody would finally see fit to put them all in a DVD collection. Everyone I mentioned them to started watching them and taping them religiously. They were very creative and funny, a spoof for the intelligent among us.