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Son of the Beach is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 that aired from 2000 to 2002 on the FX network. The series was a spoof
Parody

A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation....
 of Baywatch
Baywatch

Baywatch is an United States television series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County, California....
, with much of the comedy of the series was based on sexual jokes, innuendo
Innuendo

An innuendo is, according to the Advanced Oxford Learner's Dictionary an indirect remark about somebody or something, usually suggesting something bad or rude; the use of remarks like this: "innuendoes about her private life" or "The song is full of sexual innuendo." ...
 and the like. The chief joke being that the studly David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff

David Michael Hasselhoff is an United States actor and singer. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s U.S....
 character is instead an average, pot-bellied and out of shape bald man, but treated exactly the same as an attractive male. Radio talk show host Howard Stern
Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio presenter and media personality, best known for hosting The Howard Stern Show, currently an uncensored talk radio show that airs on Howard 100 on SIRIUS XM Radio....
 was one of the executive producers.

show centered on the adventures of Shore Patrol Force 30 (SPF 30, a pun on the term Sun Protection Factor), led by the pasty, out of shape and clueless lifeguard Notch Johnson.






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Son of the Beach is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 that aired from 2000 to 2002 on the FX network. The series was a spoof
Parody

A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation....
 of Baywatch
Baywatch

Baywatch is an United States television series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County, California....
, with much of the comedy of the series was based on sexual jokes, innuendo
Innuendo

An innuendo is, according to the Advanced Oxford Learner's Dictionary an indirect remark about somebody or something, usually suggesting something bad or rude; the use of remarks like this: "innuendoes about her private life" or "The song is full of sexual innuendo." ...
 and the like. The chief joke being that the studly David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff

David Michael Hasselhoff is an United States actor and singer. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s U.S....
 character is instead an average, pot-bellied and out of shape bald man, but treated exactly the same as an attractive male. Radio talk show host Howard Stern
Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio presenter and media personality, best known for hosting The Howard Stern Show, currently an uncensored talk radio show that airs on Howard 100 on SIRIUS XM Radio....
 was one of the executive producers.

Synopsis

The show centered on the adventures of Shore Patrol Force 30 (SPF 30, a pun on the term Sun Protection Factor), led by the pasty, out of shape and clueless lifeguard Notch Johnson. The rest of his patrol consists of B.J. Cummings (the dumb, White big-chested lifeguard), Jamaica St. Croix (the dumb, African-American big-chested lifeguard), Chip Rommel (the dumb, hunky, muscular male lifeguard who is an obvious parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and Politics of the United States, currently serving as the List of Governors of California Governor of California of the state of California....
) and Kimberlee Clark (the smart but flat-chested female lifeguard, and straight man
Straight man

Straight man may refer to:* Straight Man, a novel by Richard Russo* A member of a double act who plays a foil in theatrical comedy* A heterosexual male...
 of the series). Many of the plots revolved around silly action genre clichés and movie parodies, with many of the feature roles played by actors and celebrities such as Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill

Mark Richard Hamill is an United States actor and voice artist, best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the voice of Joker in the DC animated universe....
, Alan Thicke
Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke is a Canada actor, songwriter, game show host and talk-show emcee. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the American Broadcasting Company television series Growing Pains....
, Erik Estrada
Erik Estrada

Henry Enrique "Erik" Estrada is an American actor, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 United States police television series CHiPs....
, Gary Coleman
Gary Coleman

Gary Wayne Coleman is an United States actor, best known for his role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff'rent Strokes . He currently works as the Secretary Controller for Simmons Media Group in Salt Lake City, Utah....
, John Salley
John Salley

John Thomas "Spider" Salley is a retired United States professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association, actor and talk show host....
, Joey Buttafuoco
Joey Buttafuoco

Joseph "Joey" Buttafuoco made headlines in 1992 for his adultery with then underage Amy Fisher, who subsequently shot Joey's wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco , in the face....
, Patty Hearst
Patty Hearst

Patricia Campbell Hearst , now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an United States newspaper heiress, socialite, and occasional actor.The granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst and great-granddaughter of self-made millionaire George Hearst, she gained notoriety in 1974 when, following her kidnapping by the Symbione...
, Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla

Adam Carolla is an United States radio personality/television host, comedian, and actor. Carolla achieved fame for several broadcast stints: co-host of the radio show Loveline, from 1995 to 2005 ; co-creator and co-star of the television program The Man Show ; co-creator and performer on the television program Crank Yankers ....
, and Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf

Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr. , better known as Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, appeared numerous times on The Howard Stern Show as a member of the show's Wack Pack....
.

The title is a pun on the phrase "son of a bitch." Likewise, character names are rife with puns and innuendo. Porcelain Bidet
Bidet

A bidet is a low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the genitalia, inner buttocks, and anus. Originally a French language word, in English language bidet is or ....
, B.J. Cummings
Orgasm

An orgasm is the conclusion of the Human sexual response cycle#Plateau phase of Human sexual response cycle, and may be experienced by both males and females....
, Jamaica
Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
 St. Croix, Anita Massengil
Douche

A douche is a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons, or the stream of water itself.Douche usually refers to vaginal irrigation, the rinsing of the vagina, but it can also refer to the rinsing of any body cavity....
, and Notch Johnson
Penis

The penis is an external sex organ of certain biologically male organisms, in both vertebrates and invertebrates.The penis is a reproductive organ, technically an intromittent organ, and for Eutheria, additionally serves as the external organ of urination....
 all refer to some sort of double entendre
Double entendre

A double entendre is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. In most cases, the first meaning is presumed to be innocent and straightforward, while the second meaning is risqu?, inappropriate, or at least irony, requiring the hearer to have some additional knowledge....
, while Chip Rommel's
Erwin Rommel

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel , was perhaps the most famous Germany Generalfeldmarschall of World War II. He was the commander of the Afrika Korps and became known for the skillful military campaigns he waged on behalf of the Wehrmacht in North Africa....
 name refers to the "Desert Fox", further punctuating the fact that the character is German. Kimberlee Clark's name is a pun on the company Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an United States corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. Kimberly-Clark brand name products include "Kleenex" facial tissue, "Kotex" feminine hygiene products, "Cottonelle" toilet paper, Wypall utility wipes, "KimWipes" scientific cleaning wipes, and "Huggies" disposable diapers....
, manufacturer of paper products such as Kleenex and Kotex.

Cast

  • Timothy Stack
    Timothy Stack

    Tim Stack is an American film and TV actor and screenwriter. He was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the son of Joan and Tom Stack. ...
     - Notchibald "Notch" Johnson
  • Jaime Bergman
    Jaime Bergman

    Jaime Bergman is an American model and actor who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in January, 1999 and its 45th Anniversary Playmate....
     - B.J. Cummings
  • Amy Weber
    Amy Weber

    Amy Marie Weber is an United States actress, Model , film producer, former Manager , and aspiring singer who is best known for her time as a WWE Diva for World Wrestling Entertainment under the WWE Friday Night SmackDown brand....
     - Porcelain Bidet (2002)
  • Roland Kickinger
    Roland Kickinger

    Roland Kickinger is an Austria-born bodybuilder and actor from Vienna. He has appeared in numerous bodybuilding competitions, physical fitness magazines and training videos....
     - Chip Rommel
  • Leila Arcieri
    Leila Arcieri

    Leila C. Arcieri is an United States actress and Model . She was Miss San Francisco in the 1997 Miss California pageant and has appeared in the many films such as XXX , Wild Things 2, and Daddy Day Care....
     - Jamaica St. Croix
  • Kimberly Oja
    Kimberly Oja

    Kimberly Oja is an United States acting. She has appeared in TV series such as Frasier, Beverly Hills, 90210, Two and a Half Men, Son of the Beach, The O.C. and as Ice in the Justice League of America film....
     - Kimberlee Clark (as Kim Oja)
  • Lisa Banes
    Lisa Banes

    Lisa Banes is an American stage and screen actress. She played Lady Croom in the U.S. premiere of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia in 1995 and won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance in Look Back in Anger. She has appeared in many movies and television series....
     - Mayor Anita Massengil (2000-2001)


Episode list


Season 1

March 15, 2000 - September 12, 2000

  • With Sex You Get Eggroll (3/15/00)
  • Silence of the Clams (3/22/00)
  • In the G-Hetto (3/29/00)
  • Love, Native-American Style (4/5/00)
  • Two Thongs Don't Make a Right (4/12/00)
  • Fanny and the Professor (4/19/00)
  • Eat My Muffin (8/2/00)
  • Miso Honei (8/9/00)
  • South of Her Border (8/16/00)
  • Day of the Jackass (8/23/00)
  • A Star Is Boned (8/30/00)
  • Attack of the Cocktopuss (9/6/00)
  • Mario Putzo's 'The Last Dong' (9/13/00)


Season 2

March 13, 2001 - July 17, 2001

  • B.J. Blue Hawaii (3/13/01)
  • From Russia, with Johnson (3/20/01)
  • Remember Her Titans (3/27/01)
  • Rod Strikes Back (4/3/01)
  • Queefer Madness (4/10/01)
  • Light My Firebush (4/17/01)
  • Chip's a Goy (4/23/01)
  • A Tale of Two Johnsons (5/28/01)
  • It's a Nude, Nude, Nude, Nude World (6/5/01)
  • It's Showtime at the Apollo 13! (6/12/01)
  • The Island of Dr. Merlot (6/19/01)
  • The Sexorcist (6/26/01)
  • Grand Prix (7/3/01)
  • Area 69 (7/10/01)
  • Booger Nights (7/17/01)


Season 3

June 18, 2002 - October 1, 2002

  • Penetration Island (6/18/02)
  • Saturday Night Queefer (6/25/02)
  • In the Line of Booty (7/2/02)
  • Three Days of the Condom (7/9/02)
  • Witness for the Prostitution (7/16/02)
  • Gay Team (7/23/02)
  • You Only Come Once (7/30/02)
  • Hamm Stroker's Suck My Blood (8/6/02)
  • Godfather Knows Best (8/13/02)
  • Empty the Dragon (8/20/02)
  • The Long Hot Johnson (8/27/02)
  • Taco Lips Now: Part 1 (9/17/02)
  • Jailhouse Notch: Part 2 (9/24/02)
  • Bad News, Mr. Johnson (10/1/02)


DVD release

Son of the Beach: Volume 1 was released on April 29, 2003, containing the first 21 episodes of the series (through Season 2 episode "A Tale of Two Johnsons"). The DVD also contains writer/director/cast commentary on select episodes, introductions by Timothy Stack as Notch Johnson, Too Hot for TV montages, behind the scenes featurettes, outtakes, and TV spots.

Son of the Beach: Volume 2 was released on November 11, 2008 and contains the remaining 21 episodes from the series, as well as bonus material such as new menu introductions by Timothy Stack as Notch Johnson, new behind-the-scenes footage, commentaries by the creators of the series, sexy montage highlights, cast audition tapes and a Son of the Beach table read.

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