The Jon Dore Show

When he was seven years old, Jon had surgery to correct an undescended testicle. His Aunt Kathy informs Jon that he may not be able to have children because of that early complication. So Jon sets out to discover if he is fertile or not.

Feeling, as Tom Waits said, "like a spent piece of used jet trash", Jon mopes around his disgusting apartment wondering why he is so down. Taking his shrinks' advice, Jon sets out to get happy.

After peeing in a patio flower pot at his friend's bar, Jon sets out to prove that he is not a problem drinker. He talks to an addictions councilor, runs an obstacle course and goes head to head with a cop in a deeply moving role playing scene.

When he has the opportunity to audition for a soft core porn movie, Jon sets out to get fit. When he realizes that there is no quick fix, he paints on some abs and humiliates himself at his audition.

He has to quit and that's all there is to it. Jon tries everything to get off the smokes - many patches, boxes of gum and hypnotism. Nothing seems to work.

Jon has a horrible nightmare and thinks he has contracted a sexually transmitted disease. In this touching episode, Jon gets tested for various "wang" ailments, tells his partners about his condition and puts on a play in which he portrays a penis.

Jon isn't one. In this episode, Jon finds out what it really means to be a man when he is seriously assaulted by a ten year old boy. To explore the concept of being a real man, Jon chats with a transsexual, a fire fighter and a boxing coach.

Now that all of his friends have settled down, Jon decides that it's time to find The One. See Jon go on two dates with two real-life, non-inflatable women.

Jon's a chicken when it comes to bats. Haunted by the childhood memory of a frightening encounter with one, Jon learns about the nature of fear and how to confront it.

To honour the memory of his late grandfather, Jon sets out to make a difference in the world. He learns the hard way that getting political is all about wearing a suit, making your hair look like a toupee and talking like a sedated robot.

When his friend Mark is forced to pay for his own ambulance after a bout with alcohol poisoning, Jon sets out to raise money for drunks. So that no booze bag will ever have to pay for an ambulance ride, no matter how drunk they get,

In this heartwarming episode, Jon vows to help his friend Bob who has just been fired from his job as an insurance salesman. First, Jon must learn what it means to lose something.

To keep the woman he almost loves, Jon decides to deal with his unmanageable rage. His shrink takes Jon through an intensive session to deal with his anger and almost gets through to him for the first time.