High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The James D.T.J. & Friends 1/2 Hour was a television series that followed the structure of a Public-access television cable TV program, chronicling the adventures and exploits of a daydreamer and his friends and family as they went through high school in a small town in the Central Coast of California. The series was part sketch comedy, part sitcom, and part improvisational comedy. A majority of the cast acted `as themselves` (with the exception of a handful of character actors, animals, and puppets on the program), and most of the individual dialogue in each episode was completely improvised on the part of the cast. A staple of the entire series was James D.T.J.`s frequent appearances as varying dual role guest characters on the program. Aside from acting as himself, the host, James also played the roles of `Phillip Bredinboccer`(who joined the cast in Season Two), `Grampa Joe`, `Pa Chiggins`, `Kipp Derringer`, `J.P. Grizzwald`, `Melbourne Hunter`, and was also the voice and sole puppeteer of `Groany.` But perhaps the strangest aspect of the series` history is the way it has been presented to the public.