Some Assembly Required
June 28, 2016 Tuesday 3pm
On June 6, 2016 the show ended on television. On June 19, 2016 the show was made available on Netflix.
Well it's been a few days since the show finale happened on television. I don't know if you've been watching regularly or not.
If you haven't then skip to the heading "(The Show)" I don't want to spoil the show for you, although the show is great even if you know what's coming. (I'm getting interrupted so I'll summarize the show later.
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(The Show)
Some Assembly Required (2014 TV series)
Genre: Teen situation comedy
Created by:
Dan Signer
Howard Nemetz
Starring:
Kolton Stewart
Charlie Storwick
Harrison Houde
Sydney Scotia
Dylan Playfair -- He's also in a new show called Letterkenny
Travis Turner
Theme music composer: Matthew Tishler and Andrew Ang
Opening theme: "Here We Go" performed by Kolton Stewart
Country of origin: Canada
Original language(s): English
No. of seasons: 2
No. of episodes: 44
Production
Executive producer(s):
Dan Signer
Howard Nemetz
Michael Shepard
Tim Gamble
Editor(s):
Daria Ellerman
Warren Hickman
Location(s):
Burnaby, British Columbia (taping location)
Camera setup: Videotape; Multi-camera
Running time: 22-23 minutes (approximately)
Production company(s):
Thunderbird Films
Gravy Boat Productions Remotely Funny
Distributor:
Nelvana Enterprises, (worldwide)
Thunderbird Films (United States, in conjunction with Nelvana)
YTV
Release
Original network: YTV
Picture format:
480i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)
Audio format: Stereo
Original release: January 6, 2014 – present
Some Assembly Required is a teen situation comedy series that airs on YTV in Canada and streams on Netflix in the United States and worldwide. The series is shot in front of a live audience in Burnaby, British Columbia. The series was created by Dan Signer (The Suite Life on Deck, A.N.T. Farm, Mr. Young) & Howard Nemetz, and stars Kolton Stewart, Charlie Storwick, Harrison Houde, Sydney Scotia, Dylan Playfair, Travis Turner, and Ellie Harvie. The first season consists of 26 episodes, all of which were made available on Netflix on June 19, 2015.
Premise
14-year-old Jarvis Raines (Kolton Stewart) is an average teenager who becomes a boss overnight after he sues a toy company over a defective chemistry set that blows up his house. Jarvis' first act as CEO of Knickknack Toys is to recruit a diverse group of kids from his high school to help him run the company. Usually something backfires when they are trying to develop a new toy. Before the end credits there are usually advertisements showing Knickknack Toys' newest products, which are shown or often invented in said episode.
Production
The series was created and is executive produced by Dan Signer and Howard Nemetz. The series is filmed in front of a live studio audience at 5828 Byrne Road, in Burnaby, British Columbia.
The series was renewed for a second season in June 2014. A third season was announced in August 2015, for a planned airing in 2016.
Cast and characters
Kolton Stewart as Jarvis Raines is a fun-loving teenager who becomes the new owner of Knickknack Toys, after suing the company when a defective chemistry set he got for Christmas blows up his house.
Charlie Storwick as Piper Gray is a computer-savvy, sardonic 'hacker chick' who is hired by Jarvis as the chief technology officer. She has had a huge crush on Jarvis even before starting at Knickknack Toys, but if he were to find out about this, she would be very embarrassed.
Harrison Houde as Bowie Sherman is Jarvis's nerdy best friend who he also hired. He gets ideas ranging from bad to even worse, even so he is still like everyone's lovable little brother. In episode 106 Jarvis puts him in charge of the joke and prank division.
Sydney Scotia as Geneva Hayes is a beautiful yet dimwitted young girl who works as the receptionist and Jarvis's personal executive assistant. She is the prettiest girl in school. Jarvis, like many young boys, has a huge crush on her, and is completely oblivious of Piper's crush on him.
Dylan Playfair as Malcolm "Knox" Knoxford III is an amateur extreme sports daredevil who is not very smart. He is recruited as the product and safety tester and human crash test dummy.
Dylan Playfair plays the part of Knox
Travis Turner as Aster Vanderberg is creative, confident and the most fashionable guy in the whole school. He is the self-proclaimed King of Swag and the company's chief design officer. He is also the only one who knows about Piper's crush on Jarvis, and has promised not to tell anyone, because, as he says "he likes to keep his conversations interesting". Aster also has some twisted pleasure in always insulting and mocking Piper, to even the point when he called in sick, he asked Bowie to fill in for his "job" of making fun of her.
Ellie Harvie as Candace Wheeler is the previous owner and CEO of Knickknack. She refused to give Jarvis a settlement after selling him a defective chemistry set, and the jury awarded him the company instead. She has high doubts that Jarvis can own a company, but she's always proved wrong in the end.
Mrs. Bubkes is actually former Knickknack owner Candace (Ellie Harvie) in disguise. She masquerades as Knickknack's janitor Mrs. Bubkes, an old woman from Meeskatania in Eastern Europe, in order to snoop on Jarvis in hopes of regaining control of the company. She frequently attempts to sabotage Jarvis' plans in secret, to no avail.
Mmmboing a rubber bouncing ball that was created by Bowie in the pilot and hasn't stopped bouncing since, Mmmboing has become a running gag in the series appearing somewhere almost in every episode.
Episodes
Season/Episodes/Originally aired
First aired/Last aired
1 26 January 6, 2014 August 26, 2014
2 18 January 5, 2015 October 16, 2015
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