The Chris Isaak Show
Saison 1 (8-17)

 

The Chris Isaak Show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title
Synopsis
Guest Stars
Songs Featured
Mr Isaak's Opus
(1X08)

Inspired by his surfing pal Doc, a doctor who spends hiw vacations helping the poor in Latin American, Chris decides he should play a charity gig, not for the usual publicity boost but for the good of his soul. After Chris rejects several high-profile gigs, Yola tells him about a local Catholic school where Father Ken McCurdy, an old high school friend, is helping to organize a benefit concert to raise money for a new band room. Chris agrees to play the benefit and then brings the band along to meet the kids and play a few tunes. Meanwhile, Yola's friend Vivian, is donating her eggs to an infertile couple an the female hormones she's taking are making her weepy. Yola's hormones are likewise in high gear, especially when she discovers Father Ken, who she always thought was gay, is anything but and has things on his mind that would make the Virgin Mary blush. Anson's got hormone issues as well, namely that despite his best efforts at debauchery, he apparently hasn't made the cut at the new groupie website. Determined to save his raunchy reputation and that of his band mates, Anson gets on the web and starts posting reviews, with disastrous consequence.

Vince Neil
(Musician)

Winter Waves (Soundtrack music)

Graduation Day (Live concert)

Girls, Girls, Girls (Live concert with Vince Neil)

Eyes of Texas (Chris and Kenney Live)

Tomorrowland
(1X09)

When his boyhood musical idol, trumpeter Jo Jo Burnett (Alvin Sanders), dies suddenly after playing with Silvertone, Chris is shocked to learn that he left no friends or family. Determined not to face a similar fate when he grows old, Chris invites his girlfriend Celeste to go on tour with him. It's a fine way of showing his commitment to the relationship, but it is not, as it turns out, a good idea. Especially since being on the bus allows Celeste to catch a glimpse of the groupies and breast-flashing female fans and the juvenile antics of the other musicians. Meanwhile, Anson, always the party dog of the band, is having his own crisis of faith, sparked by a young woman's observation that his teeth were beginning to yellow. And Yola, who's also decided to come along on the tour, is making a mess of things with her micro-management.

Alvin Sanders
(trumpeter)

Think of Tomorrow (Live concert)

Don't make me dream about (Live concert with Alvin Sanders)

Pretty girls don't cry (Live unplugged)

Super Magic 2000 (Live concert)

Speak of the devil (Live concert)

Dancin' (Live concert)

Dancin'
(1X10)

Chris has never been much of a dancer, but when he catches a glimpse of Jenna, the beautiful woman who runs the dance class Hershel and Roly have been attending, he signs up. Unfortunately, instead of getting to know Jenna better, he's partered with Irene, a severe and unpleasant woman in her 50s who works as a therapist. When Jenna gives him a few tips after class, Chris has Fred Astaire fantasies, but those vanish when she asks if, as a favor to her, he would accompany Irene to her daughter's wedding. Chris reluctantly agrees only to learn later that Irene is really a dominatrix named Mistress Livia. And Chris isn't the only one who finds himself in a world of kink. When Cody persuades Yola to mentor Lauren, a friend of his from Harvard, he neglects to mention they're sleeping together. Not only that, Yola must listen as Lauren describes in explicit details all of Cody's exotic sexual tricks, none of which he employed when he slept with her. Meanwhile, Anson finds himself homeless and wearing out his welcome on the couches of his bandmates.

Victoria Tenant

Heart Shaped World (Live)

Dancin' (Live concert)

Blue Spanish Sky (unplugged live with Chris)

The professionals
(1X11)

When a stalker throws a brick through Chris's window, his record company insists he hire a bodyguard at their expense. He's reluctant at first, but eventually he picks Brock Rudman, an intimidating and eminently qualified personal security expert. Brock cramps Chris's style and scares off his friends - Lisa Loeb is visibly disappointed, thinking Chris has succumbed to the worst temptations of being a celebrity - but that's not the only problem. It seems the hired muscle has a broken heart and it falls to Chris to find a way to heal it. Meanwhile, Anson is swept up in the paranoia and, since the record company won't pay for a bodyguard, he arms himself with a stun-gun. And Yola, desperate to look her best for a Billboard magazine Women is Music feature, has a very bad hair day when she gets tangled in a romantic triangle with her favorite stylists, Maurice and Bridget.

Lisa Loeb

Somebody 's crying (Live concert)

Livin' for your lover (Live)

I do (Live concert with Lisa Loeb)

Flying (Live concert)

Return to me (unplugged live)

Mister Love (Live)

Smackdown
(1X12)

When Chris tries to convince Malcolm Gambol, the new VP at his label, to sponsor a major international tour, his pugilistic skills turn out to be as important as his musical ones. The diminutive executive, it seems, is a big fight fan and he wants to spar with Chris, who was once a successful amateur boxer. Chris takes it easy at first, but when Malcolm begins to taunt him, he puts the VP on the canvas. Strangely, that seems to win Malcolm over and he promises Chris the tour. But Chris soon learns that Malcolm doesn't limit his fondness for fisticuffs to the ring. Anson, meanwhile, has an amazing new 18-year-old girlfriend named Melissa. Unfortunately for Anson, Melissa turns out to be Kenney's niece and she's got a very protective uncle. And Yola finally gets to meet Cody's parents and discovers thta they are anything but the bluebloods he's been making them out to be.

 

You took my heart (Live concert)

Waiting for my lucky day (Live concert)

In the heat of the jungle (Live concert)

Wages of fear
(1X13)

After a month in the studio, Chris and the band have finally finished recording the title song for the new David Lynch movie. The next day, the studio burns down, taking with is the master recordings of the new song. Good thing Chris burned a CD version and brought it home. Now, if only he could find it. He tears his place apart and is cousin Ordell, who's also got a track on the same CD, stops by with a dowser, but the CD remains missing. As the clock ticks down to the deadline, it look like they'll have to record it again. But can they do in four hours what it took four weeks to do the first time. As the tension rises, Anson is wondering if his new girlfriend Deedee is responsible for the CD's disappearance. After all, she is an obsessive collector who's already got Dave Matthew's old Snapple bottle and Fleas's toothbrush, not to mention Alanis's barrette. Yola, meanwhile, is exploring her creative side in a pottery class run by a charismatic and hunky ceramics artist named Stone.

Pam Tillis

It isn't just rainin' (Live with Pam Tellis)

Beautiful Homes (Live concert with Pam Tellis)

Please (Live concert)

Gone ridin' (Live)

Lost and found
(1X14)

After a month in the studio, Chris and the band have finally finished recording the title song for the new David Lynch movie. The next day, the studio burns down, taking with it the master recordings of the new song. Good thing Chris burned a CD version and brought it home. Now, if only he could find it. He tears his place apart and his cousin Ordell, who's also got a track on the same CD, stops by with a dowser, but the CD remains missing. As the clock ticks down to the deadline, it looks like they'll have to record it again. But can they do in four hours what it took four weeks to do the first time? As the tension rises, Anson is wondering if his new girlfriend Deedee is responsible for the CD's disappearance. After all, she is an obsessive collector who's already got Dave Matthews' old Snapple bottle and Flea's toothbrush, not to mention Alanis' barrette. Yola, meanwhile, is exploring her creative side in a pottery class run by a charismatic and hunky ceramics artist named Stone.

Johnny Reno
(Saxophonist and Chris's friend)

Best I ever Had (Recording in the studio)

Super Magic 2000 (Soundtrack music)

Harlem Nocturne (Soundtrack music from Johnny Reno)

Best I ever had (Live concert)

Storytime
(1X15)
When Chris tears his hamstring surfing and is confined to a wheelchair, Yola hires a physical therapist to help nurse him back to health. The therapist, a beautiful Chinese woman named Debbie Fung (Michelle Goh,) catches Chris' eye, but when he makes a play for her, she ignores him. Maybe it's the rejection, maybe it's the scary old movies he's been watching, but Chris starts to notice that there's something strange about Debbie. First, she won't tell him where she's from. Then he walks in on her while she's practicing Kung Fu. When he discovers another Chinese woman lurking in his garage, Chris is convinced something sinister is going on.

To add to the intrigue, Anson gets wind of the fortune that, according to urban legend, is buried in the secret tunnels under Bimbo's. He heads down to look for it and when Kenney comes along to get his keys back from Anson, the two of them are trapped in the subterranean passages. Hershel, meanwhile, has an idea for a movie, but can't get anyone to listen.

Shawn Colvin

Michelle Goh

Wes Craven (Director)

 

Anywhere you go (Silvertone with Shawn Colvin)

Two hearts (Soundtrack Music)

Back on your side (Live concert with Shawn Colvin)

Our Place
(1X16)
Chris is thrown for a loop when Rhonda, the winner of a radio station's 'Win a Date with Chris Isaak' contest seems to be a man in a dress. When Rhonda shows up backstage at Bimbo's just before Chris and the band are to play a live radio broadcast, Chris suspects that he/she is part of a practical joke, but as they get acquainted, Chris discovers that Rhonda is a real fan, both of his music and of vintage rockabilly. At least Rhonda's certainly better company than his old flame Tanya, the DJ who is hosting the broadcast and who keeps asking strangely personal questions during the interview segments.

To further complicate matters, Chris' guest star on the broadcast, Sheryl Crow, still hasn't arrived. Yola tries to manage the crisis without completely neglecting her new boyfriend, Sam, who has given up a chance to see Kathleen Battle in "Porgy and Bess" to come to the show.

Anson, meanwhile, invites his classical music snob father to the show and discovers a secret from his dad's past.

Stephen Fanning

Baby did a bad bad thing (Live sound)

Wild Love (Soundtrack Music)

Super Magic 2000 (Soundtrack Music)

Somebody's crying (Live concert)

I want your love (Soundtrack Music)

Round & Round (soundtrack music)

Speak of the devil (Live concert)

5:15 (Keyboard Live)

I'm not Waiting (Soundtrack Music)

Western Stars (Soundtrack Music)

Behind the Isaak
(1X17)

When VH1's "Behind the Music" arrives to do a segment on Chris, the record company sends over Dana, a woman who works in publicity. Knowing that "Behind the Music" loves tragedies and stars with feet of clay, Dana is determined to dig up all the dirt on Chris. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much dirt to dig into. Then Chris meets up with Maria, a photographer who dumped him nine years earlier and who now has an eight-year-old daughter, Chloe. He starts to notice that he has a lot in common with Chloe – they both love to surf, they like old music, they both hate broccoli – and, after doing the math, he comes to the inevitable conclusion that he must be the little girl's father. But what if Dana finds out?

Dana, meanwhile, is getting busy with Anson, whose slovenly habits and sleazy style seem to be a strange sort of turn-on for the classy executive. And Yola is wracked with guilt after her complaints cost Gwen, a deaf-and-blind masseuse, her job.

Gloria Reuben

Jennifer Tilly

Cryin' (Live concert)

Lover's games (Live concert)

Two hearts (Chris's live)

 

 


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