Jacob Two-Two — Season 1, Episode 5: Jacob Two-Two and the Daily Crown
Animation, Comedy, Kids, Family • 25 min • 5 seasons, 62 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
A new newspaper becomes an overnight success in Montreal, but Jacob is suspicious. The paper is poorly written gibberish, and yet all the grownups in town subscribing to it and are spending all their money on the useless products advertised in it. Jacob and Buford become paperboys to infiltrate the Daily Crown headquarters, coming face to face with its eccentric founder, Carl Fester King. Learning that the paper's ink does indeed contain a brainwashing chemical, Jacob uses King's own newspaper to reveal his con-game to the entire city.
About Jacob Two-Two
Jacob Two-Two is a Canadian animated TV series based on a trilogy of books written by Mordecai Richler that first aired on Canadian children's channel YTV and aired on the French Canadian VRAK.TV as Jacob Jacob, in Spanish on Telemundo as Jacobo Dos Dos and in Portuguese on Canal Panda from Portugal as Jacob Dois Dois It also aired on ZigZap in the Poland and on Canal Futura from Brazil as 'Jacó Dois Dois'. It was produced by Nelvana; before being put on hiatus in 2005, it has 61 episodes. In the United States, the show aired on qubo, a 24 hour children's television channel in 2006. It also aired on Jetix UK from April 14, 2007 and on CITV in the UK from Spring 2006. The series is set in the Canadian city of Montreal and follows Jacob Two-Two and his friends on their wild adventures, most of which are one-shots that are resolved in a single episode.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Jacob Two-Two vs. the Hooded Fang
- E2Jacob Two-Two and the Staff Room of Doom
- E3Jacob Two-Two and the Purloined Hockey Card
- E4Jacob Two-Two and the Conniving Caterer
- E6Jacob Two-Two and the Mystery of the Malty McGuffin
- E7Jacob Two-Two and the Unlickable Cowlick
- E8Jacob Two-Two and Scholars for Dollars
- E9Jacob Two-Two and the Colossal Candy Challenge
- E10Jacob Two-Two and the Big Bagel Bungle
- E11Jacob Two-Two and the Notorious Knit Knapper
- E12Jacob Two-Two and the Ghost
- E13Jacob Two-Two and the Moldy Menace