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Jack The Barber is an American animated sitcom created by Mark Tommy (real name: Mike Garello) and Madelyn Edmondson, premiering on September 20, 1993 on CBS and ending on May, TBD, 2005, in this semi-improvised show, the show follows the trials and tribulations of Jack Marcher (Lawrence MacDouglas), a 40-year-old barber who owns and works at Marcher Cuts, a barbershop in Manhattan; New York City, where famous comedians and actors get their haircut, he also must balance his job and day-to-day life while also raising two children: 16-year-old lazy slacker Jason, and 8-year-old ditz Sawyer.

The show was pitched as far back as 1991, based on Mark's 1990 animated short film Jack, Who Works At A Barbershop, CBS executives saw the short film and had potential in Mark, they later asked Mark to come up with a brilliant idea of adapting his short film into an animated television series, Mark, along with writer/comedian and Mark's best friend Madelyn Edmondson, made a script for CBS, after reviewing the script, it was later accepted.

The show premiered on September 20, 1993, receiving mixed reviews at first due to the semi-improvisation and writing (later gaining positive reviews a few years later when it came out on home media), after the second episode, it received more positive reviews for it's writing, characters, the experimentation of improvisation, animation, and genuine heartfelt moments, the show became more popular as time grew on, the animation for the show is done by Film Roman.

On December 11, 2004, it was announced the show would end after 12 seasons, the reason being is due to the creators wanting to explore other projects, in a 2005 interview, Mark stated that the show was gonna "die in the 2000s anyway", the show's 42-minute finale ("Thanks For The Laughs, Jack") aired on May, TBD, 2005, with a high rating of 16.03.

The show continues to be popular to this day, examples include home media, memes, fanclubs, and more, the show continues to be streamed on Hulu, and, soon to be, Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access).