Son of the Beach is an American

United States

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 sitcom

Situation comedy

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 that aired from 2000 to 2002 on the FX network. The series was a spoof

Parody

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 of Baywatch

Baywatch

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, with much of the comedy based on sexual jokes, innuendo

Innuendo

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 and the like. The studly David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff

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 character is instead an average, pot-bellied, out-of-shape bald man but treated exactly the same as an attractive male. Radio talk show host Howard Stern

Howard Stern

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 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, 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 former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....

) and Kimberlee Clark (the smart but flat-chested female lifeguard and straight man 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 American actor, voice artist, producer, director, and writer, best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy of Star Wars. More recently, he has received acclaim for his voice work, in such roles as the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, Firelord...

, Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke is a Canadian actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the ABC television series Growing Pains.- Early life :...

, Erik Estrada

Erik Estrada

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, Gary Coleman

Gary Coleman

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, John Salley

John Salley

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, Joey Buttafuoco

Joey Buttafuoco

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, Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst

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, Adam Carolla

Adam Carolla

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, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf

Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf

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, George Takei

George Takei

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, Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried

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, Walter Koenig

Walter Koenig

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, Pat Morita

Pat Morita

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.-Early life:Pat...

, Anson Williams

Anson Williams

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, Christopher Darden

Christopher Darden

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, Maureen McCormick

Maureen McCormick

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, Lee Majors

Lee Majors

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, David Arquette

David Arquette

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, Musetta Vander

Musetta Vander

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, Angelica Bridges

Angelica Bridges

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, Ian Ziering

Ian Ziering

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, RuPaul

RuPaul

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, and Dweezil Zappa

Dweezil Zappa

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.

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

Bidet

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, B.J. Cummings

Orgasm

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, Jamaica

Jamaica

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 St. Croix, Anita Massengil

Douche

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, and Notch Johnson

Penis

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 all refer to some sort of double entendre

Double entendre

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, while Chip Rommel's

Erwin Rommel

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 name refers to the "Desert Fox", further punctuating the fact that the character is German, his parents being "The Rommels of Paraguay" (South America was a refuge for hunted Nazis at the close of WWII). Kimberlee Clark's name is a pun on the company Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark

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, manufacturer of paper products such as Kleenex and Kotex.

Main cast

• Timothy Stack
  Timothy Stack
  Timothy Stack is an American film and television actor and screenwriter.-Life and career:He was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the son of Joan and Tom Stack. He graduated from the esteemed Philadelphia-area prep school Germantown Academy in 1973 and graduated from Boston College in 1978...
  
   - Notchibald "Notch" Johnson
• Jaime Bergman
  Jaime Bergman
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   - B.J. Cummings
• Amy Weber
  Amy Weber
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   - Porcelain Bidet (2002)
• Roland Kickinger
  Roland Kickinger
  Roland Kickinger is an Austrian-born bodybuilder and actor from Vienna. Standing 6-feet-4-inches-tall and weighing from 250-300 pounds, he has appeared in numerous bodybuilding competitions, fitness magazines and training videos...
  
   - Chip Rommel
• Leila Arcieri
  Leila Arcieri
  Leila C. Arcieri is an American actress and model. She was Miss San Francisco in the 1997 Miss California pageant and has appeared in many films such as xXx, Wild Things 2, and Daddy Day Care.-Early life:...
  
   - Jamaica St. Croix
• Kimberly Oja
  Kimberly Oja
  Kimberly Oja is an American actress. She has appeared in TV series such as NCIS, 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
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   - Mayor Anita Massengil (2000-2001)
• Michael Berensen - Lt. Steve Andrews (portrayed by a bulldog
  Bulldog
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  )
• Lou Rosenthal - Spank the Monkey (portrayed by a chimpanzee
  Chimpanzee
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  )

Recurring characters

• Candace Kita
  Candace Kita
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   - Asian female news reporter (4 episodes) (2001-2002)
• Robert Ryan - Professor Milosovic (13 episodes) (2000-2002)
• Jason Hopkins - Kody Massengil (12 episodes) (2001-2001)
• Lynne Marie Stewart
  Lynne Marie Stewart
  Lynne Marie Stewart is an American film and television actress, best known for her performance as Miss Yvonne, the Most Beautiful Woman in Puppet Land. She originated the role in the 1981 stage show The Pee-wee Herman Show and on the CBS television show Pee Wee's Playhouse...
  
   -Ellen (11 episodes) (2000-2002)

Season 1

March 14, 2000 - September 12, 2000

• With Sex You Get Eggroll (3/14/00)
• Silence of the Clams (3/21/00)
• In the G-Hetto (3/28/00)
• Love, Native-American Style (4/4/00)
• Two Thongs Don't Make a Right (4/11/00)
• Fanny and the Professor (4/18/00)
• Eat My Muffin (8/1/00)
• Miso Honei (8/8/00)
• South of Her Border (8/15/00)
• Day of the Jackass (8/22/00)
• A Star Is Boned (8/29/00)
• Attack of the Cocktopuss (9/5/00)
• Mario Putzo's 'The Last Dong' (9/12/00)

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)
• The 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)

Syndication

Reruns of the series began airing on the Viacom

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-owned Spike cable channel on November 7, 2010, eight years after its cancellation. It marks the first time the series has aired in the United States since.

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.