The
Chris Isaak Show
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Saison
1 (8-17)
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Title
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Synopsis
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Guest
Stars
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Songs
Featured
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Mr
Isaak's Opus
(1X08)

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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.
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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)
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Tomorrowland
(1X09)
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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.
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Alvin
Sanders
(trumpeter)
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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)
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Dancin'
(1X10)
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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.
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Victoria
Tenant
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Heart Shaped
World (Live)
Dancin' (Live
concert)
Blue Spanish
Sky (unplugged live with Chris)
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The
professionals
(1X11)

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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.
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Lisa
Loeb
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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)
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Smackdown
(1X12)
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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.
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You took
my heart (Live concert)
Waiting for
my lucky day (Live concert)
In the heat
of the jungle (Live concert)
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Wages
of fear
(1X13)
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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.
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Pam
Tillis |
It isn't
just rainin' (Live with Pam Tellis)
Beautiful
Homes (Live concert with Pam Tellis)
Please (Live
concert)
Gone ridin'
(Live)
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Lost
and found
(1X14)
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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.
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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)
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Storytime
(1X15)
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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.
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Shawn Colvin
Michelle
Goh
Wes Craven
(Director)
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Anywhere
you go (Silvertone with Shawn Colvin)
Two hearts
(Soundtrack Music)
Back on your
side (Live concert with Shawn Colvin)
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Our
Place
(1X16)
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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.
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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)
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Behind
the Isaak
(1X17)
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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.
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Gloria
Reuben
Jennifer
Tilly
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Cryin'
(Live concert)
Lover's games
(Live concert)
Two hearts
(Chris's live)
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