The Famous Jett Jackson
The Famous Jett Jackson is a joint Canadian and American Disney Channel Original Series coming-of-age television series for children about a boy named Jett Jackson who plays a teenage secret-agent on a fictional TV show-within-a-show called Silverstone.
Jett joins the debate team to impress a girl. On ""Silverstone,"" a computer hacker tries to crack a security code.
Jett trades wisecracks with the new girl, until they meet on the basketball court during a school dance.
JB's family store competes with a nearby mall. Jett and Kayla supervise a raucous group of children.
Booker is offered a job in Raleigh, N.C. Silverstone and his partner baby-sit the director's 11-year-old son.
JB gets to do a comedy act at the local comedy cafe. His opening night, his friends come to see him, and they enjoy the show. The next night, JB changes his act to include jokes he got off of the internet. Everyone at the cafe thinks hes unfunny. Meanwhile, Jett is on the watch to foil his friend's secret plans of throwing him a suprise birthday party. He constantly sees his mother and father together having lunch and the like. He has the feeling they would get back together after being divorced. At his suprise birthday, he is heart broken to know that they were just together to plan his party.
Jett's great-grandmother battles ageism. Silverstone fights a villain who is trying to hypnotize the world's adults.
JB enters Kayla in a art museum display ""Young Black Artist's Art"", and Kayla is thrilled she has a place to put her artwork. As Kayla and her dad are moving the art into the museum, her dad notices the sign, and says hes got something to do. When the art is finally displayed to the public, Kayla's dad doesn't show up. When Kayla asks her dad why, he says it because hes white, and shes black. In the end, Kayla's dad shows up at the museum. Meanwhile, Dr.Hippnato trys to get some of the richest people in the world to invest in his latest Plush Mr.Puddin doll, geared at adults. Artemus says he'll be going on the assignment alone, because Silverstone is too young. At the sky lodge where Dr.Hippnato is, Silverstone shows up disguised as a rich snowboarder, and pretends to understand Dr.Hippnato's plan. Dr.Hippnato and Silverstone go on the ski lift to talk about his plan. After Dr.Hippnato gives Silverstone the chip that makes his new plan possible, Silverstone reveals who he is, and then
Cubby decides that he wants to go back to high school. When there, he is incredibly nervice. When Jett and Kayla ask him why, he tells them about when he was the nerd Marvin. Cubby is thrilled when he gets a detention for starting a food fight at the school. Silverstone must foil an assassination attempt on the U.S. president.
Wood is forced to discharge his weapon, while Jett balks at the use of guns on the Silverstone set.
When Kayla accidentally sends an e-mail flaming Mr. Dupree, she lands in detention along with JB and Jett.
Kayla and JB are shocked and thrilled when they find out that Cubby is their driving instructor sub. Cubby makes them pretend to be driving in a invisible car, and then takes JB and Kayla out for their driving test, in which they have to drive around props from Silverstone that pop up on the road. Neither JB or Kayla pass. When Cubby is driving, he takes a candy bar out of JB's backpack and eats it. He quickly spits it out and says he has an allergie to nuts, and that the bar was a nutbar. JB and Kayla drive him to the hospital. Meanwhile, Artemus tells Silverstone and Hawk that he will be on vacation. While hes gone, Silverstone and Hawk get in to Artemus's Panther. Silverstone accidently pushes a button which sends the Panther out of the headquarters. While driving, they see the rat walk into a warehouse. Curious, they go inside, and find that noones inside. When they go back outside, they see The Rat drive off in the panther. They catch up to him in his car, and make him get out.
Jett faces Beauregard in a dune-buggy race.
JB becomes a hero. JB feels guilty when he is mistakenly lionized for rescuing a woman from a burning house.
During a camping trip, Cubby's car goes over a cliff.
When JB withdraws from the race for student body president, Kayla decides to run in his place.
When Jett's character goes under cover as a roadie for Destiny's Child (guest starring as themselves), he believes that singer Beyonce has a crush on him.
Jett relives a miserable day, over and over, until he gets it right.
Jett gets lost in the city but, with the help of an unlikely friend, finds his way home.
Riley finds out that her older sister is going to stay with her while her mom is busy, and she is thrilled. When Riley, her sister, Jett, JB, and Kayla are having a picnic, Riley's sister eats a bag of cookies. Later on the set, Riley hears her sister in the bathroom, throwing up. Later Riley realizes that her sister has an eating disorder. Meanwhile, Silverstone discovers that Dr.Hippnato has plans of showing a illegal advertisment for Plush Mr.Puddin all around the world on television. Silverstone walks into Hippnato's warehouse, and watchs his commercial fifty times. Hippnato's commercial hypnotized Silverstone, and makes him obey any command. Later, Silverstone reveals he was only pretending, and shuts off the satelittle.
Booker urges the townspeople to take pride in Wilsted and beat the town of Usherton in their annual competition. But when Wilsted starts to lose the competition, Booker and Miz Corretta join Jett, JB, Kayla, and Wood in the competition. And when it comes to the last course, the obstacle course, Usherton takes their strongest team-member. Jett's team didn't have a real strong member. Wood would've been the member to take on the obstacle course, but he gets hurt in the knees (?). Can Wilsted count on Cubby? *** SPOILER *** Yes, they can count on Cubby; he saved the day and Wilsted won the competition.
...Jett takes his mom in the final part of their studio tour: the special effects lab. When Jules asks Jett why hes giving her a tour, he says he signed her up to be a guest director for Silverstone. When they start the episode, Jett and Nigel do a perfect scene, but Jules says it could have been a little better. Then, Jules makes Jett practice a fight move for over an hour. Jett gets sick of how Jules expects more from him. JB is at his store when Kayla comes in and asks what hes doing. He says that his dad went to a confrence, and that he was supposed to clean and restock the store. JB realizes he has a test to study for, and so he hires a cleaning guy name ""Crash"". Awhile later, JB and Kayla are talking in the store when a guy with cleaning supplies all over him comes in. He says that hes Crash's cousin. Meanwhile, Silverstone has to go on a mission to stop a scientist who has figured out the process of enjecting an evil gene into a good gene, so that good people do evil crimes.
Artemus is hit by a poisoned dart. Kayla must face her feelings for Jett when he falls for someone else.
Tara announces she is leaving town to take an internship at a notable animal hospital, and Jett is heartbroken and angry. Kayla struggles with the idea of just being friends with Jett, but eventually puts these feelings aside and helps Jett overcome his anger with Tara. He arrives to say goodbye just before her bus leaves. Meanwhile, Artemus is dying from the poison dart, and Silverstone can find no trace of Devon Cain. Dr. Hypnoto and the Rat arrive and reveal that not only does Cain have an antidote for the poison, but they know where is hideout is. Silverstone confronts Cain and recovers the antidote, but not without disocovering that Cains father killed his parents.
Working a school-sponsored teen helpline, Kayla and JB get caught up in playing romantic matchmakers. Meanwhile, on the TV series, the agents try to prevent a hijacking.
As Wood turns 40, Jett beats him for the first time in a game of basketball, which causes Wood to have a mid-life crisis. Meanwhile, the eligible bachelors of Wilsted put themselves up for auction, and on the TV show Silverstone learns how stressful Artemus's job is.
J.B is scared to ask Holly to be his girlfriend and asks Jett and Kayla for advice. Meanwhile, on the TV show, Democles takes over M.O.M. headquarters.
When Jett buys the local minor league baseball team, he hires an eccentric woman to manage the team.
Jett writes an episode of ""Silverstone"" that features a small town like Wilsted.
Jett spreads himself too thin when he takes on the demanding role of Julius Caesar in the high-school play.
JB agrees to tutor the most popular girl in school, if she will pretend that they are dating.
JB enters a beauty contest in order to win a computer at a county fair while Jett's mom wants to spend more time with Jett. But Jett would not because he's got things scheduled and his mom's sad. Later on, Silverstone looks for a stolen diamond to prevent a civil war.
Jett and JB learn about responsibility while baby-sitting Booker's bird, which escapes and flies away.
Jett worries that Silverstone's obnoxious new partner will take over his show and his life.
Jett tells everyone that he will get Britney Spears will come to their Haloween dance. His offer to bring Britney makes one of the members of the dance committee mad and she uses the Silverstone stunt equipment to make the gang think that the barn they are going to use is haunted. Meanwhile Jett's many attempts to contact Brittney Spears has failed. On the night of the dance he finally is going to get up on stage to tell everyone that Brittney isn't coming when Brittney walks in. Turns out JB send Brittney tons of emails saying how excited that she was coming to the dance in Wilstead.
When Jett and JB get jobs as camp counselors, they must retrieve a prized totem pole.
After Jett is caught cheating in a charity golf tournament, he agrees to a grudge match against rock star Beauregard.
Jett is torn when his English teacher, Mr. Dupree, is suspended for teaching a banned book, ""Fahrenheit 451.""
When Jett (Lee Thompson Young) makes an appearance on ""Live -- Regis & Kathie Lee,"" he takes Kayla and JB on their first trip to New York.
Jett gets sick and has his appendix removed. He goes to the hospital and Delilah Bottom is his helper for his stay. He is not allowed to leave the hospital for Thanksgiving and his family can't find a way to do it. While walking around Jett sees a little boy, who is also in the hospital, who also will not get a thanksgiving. So on thanksgiving, Jett sneaks out and pretends to be Silverstone and creates a ""mission"" for them to be on. All the while Delilah is terrorizing Jett with her excitement.
In this holiday episode of the famous jett jackson, Jett meets an old friend of Miz Correta's, Elijah Waters and decides to reunite the 2. Meanwhile JB and Kyla don't know what to get Jett so they end up writing him a song.
When Jett (Lee Thompson Young) gets an opportunity to record a single, his image is revamped by a pushy publicist.
Jett fails a science exam and cheats on the makeup test when he realizes he may have to give up ""Silverstone.""
Jett feels ambivalent about his dad going on a date for the first time since his divorce.
JB and Kayla try to get an interview with a reclusive actor while shooting a documentary on the ""Silverstone"" set.
Jett learns his maligned ancestor was a hero.
Riley's mom comes to Wilstead for a visit. Riley and her mom don't get along at all and her mother makes it very obvious that she doesn't approve of Riley's acting. She wants Riley to follow in her footsteps. They tell Riley that she can't act anymore because it isn't important in ""the great scheme of things"". She constantly nags at her that she doesn't like the way she is dressing and the way she looks because it isn't the real her. Riley finally stands up to her and tells her that she likes who she is and what she does. Jett also takes Riley's mom to see some little girls playing Hawk to show her that what Riley does is also important At Omega Headquarters Artmeis goes on vacation and leaves Silverstone in charge. He tell Silverstone that Riley is going to go out on missions by herself. When Dr. Hypnotica tries to take over the world...again, Riley has to remind him that she is the one supposed to be going out. Silverstone checks in on her constantly until Hawk breaks the connection
Kayla (Kerry Duff) becomes a reluctant finalist in an art contest; Silverstone and Artemus go on assignment together.
Jett is bitten by a rattlesnake when the gang hunts for gold outside of Wilsted.
Jett is tempted to use the martial arts skills he learned for his role as Silverstone against a bully.
Every time Jett and his dad play a game of basketball, his dad wins. One day, Jett wins and his dad is shocked and mad. Jett's mom auctions off the men of Wilsted. Artemus lets Silverstone take over global demands for the day.
Bank-robbery witnesses have different conceptions of the event.
When Jett's TV show is cancelled, he must choose between remaining in North Carolina or returning to California.
Teen-age TV star Jett Jackson moves back to North Carolina looking for a normal life.
Everytime Jett and his dad play a game of basketball, his Dad wins. One day, Jett wins, and his dad is shocked and mad. Jett is framed; J.B. and Kayla prove his innocence.
Jett and his father go fishing.
The kids mistakenly get Booker fired.
Jett's mother, Hollywood actress Jules Jackson, blows into town and causes havoc.
Wood might have to arrest Kayla's father, Victor, for having a stolen tractor. Jett and Kayla investigate.
Jett and J.B try to convince Delilah that Silverstone and Jett are different people.
Sparks fly between Cubby and Jett's science teacher.
The tabloids turn Jett's failure to make the football team into front page news.
The editor of the school's newspaper plans to publish Jett's journal.
JB, Booker Murray and Jett investigate mysterious accidents on the set.
When Jett's stunt double shows an interest in Kayla, Jett is forced to confess his feelings for her.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 1998-10-25 |
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