Odd Job Jack is a Canadian animated comedy television series created by Smiley Guy Studios about the eponymous character, Jack Ryder, who graduates from university with a degree in sociology and becomes a temporary employee at an agency which specialises in filling difficult and unusual positions.
The series premiered in Canada on The Comedy Network on 5 March, 2003. There are 52 half-hour episodes in four seasons to date.
Odd Job Jack premiered in South Africa on DStv's GO channel on Wednesday 28 May 2008, at 22h30.
Season 3 premiered on GO on Thursday 3 July 2008, at 22h30. New episodes air daily, from Mondays to Fridays. There are 13 episodes in the third season.
Season 4 followed directly after, premiering on Tuesday 22 July.
Synopsis
Twenty-five years old and fresh out of university Jack Ryder is searching for a way out of limbo...
Sporting a Degree in Sociology and shouldering hefty student debt, Jack still has no clue what he wants to do with his life now that he's left varsity.
In a desperate attempt to earn cash and maybe stumble on to a grand plan, he signs up with a temp agency - Odd Jobs Unlimited.
Now his ever-optimistic career counsellor is placing him in a variety of unusual positions in a bid to find his niche.
Instead, Jack's finding an array of interesting characters, unique experiences and different persepctives on the working world.
Until his next job...