21 Jump Street follows the exploits of a group of young looking cops that are brought together on a task force to stop crime in schools. They are led at first by Captain Jenco, played by Frederic Forest. Jenco lived as a contradiction of himself. He was a hippie and a cop, and he was great a both. Unfortunately, Jenco's craziness only lasted five episodes before he was replaced by the straight laced Captain Fuller, played by Steven Williams. I guess the producers figured there were too many kids on the show, and there should be at least one adult running things.
The biggest selling point of the whole show was obviously Johnny Depp. The show made Depp a huge star, but we all knew that. I think it’s the guest stars that are fun to see. There were a whole bunch of big names that had some early roles guest starring on Jump Street, like, Brad Pitt, Josh Brolin, Christina Applegate, Peter Berg, Vince Vaughn, and so many others. For me every episode is just a blast from the past.
Holly Robinson, Peter DeLuise, and Dustin Nguyen didn’t build up much of a career after the show ended. I don’t know about you, but I do not count Holly Robinson-Peete’s appearance on last seasons Celebrity Apprentice as a thespian accomplishment.
Unfortunately, the series ran out of story lines quickly, and eventually the actors started to look to old to be in high school. Even Depp got sick of the show after a while, and hired a lawyer to get him out of his six year contract after three years. So what did the producers do? They brought in Richard Grieco, and Peter DeLuise’s little brother Michael to play his little brother. Everything was downhill from there; including Booker, the half assed short lived Richard Grieco spin-off series.
For the short life that 21 Jump Street had it was one of the shows that put FOX on the map as a legitimate network. As a fan I love watching all the old episodes, but it’s that damn awesome theme song that will get stuck in your head for days. “…I said jump, down on jump street”.
Vince Vaughn was on Jump? I gotta find that. I've seen the Brad Pitt episode. Hilarious. But if you notice, there's never really one shot with both of their faces in the same frame. Like this is all one big trick. Can you imagine those guys in a movie together? It'd be interesting to see how they would play off each other. The closest they've gotten since that ep was Tourist.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff though. Good stuff.
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ReplyDeleteYou should have also mentioned Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill will be starring in the 21 Jumpstreet movie.
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