Series synopsis
The Temp Life is an American comedy television series that premiered on YouTube on November 29, 2006. It ended on February 9, 2015. It was created by Wilson Cleveland. It stars Wilson Cleveland, Craig Bierko, Mark Jude Rywelski and Rachel Risen.
A spoiled executive climbs his way back up the corporate ladder, one humiliating temp job at a time.
Premise
A spoiled executive climbs his way back up the corporate ladder, one humiliating temp job at a time.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Wilson Cleveland as Nick Chiapetta
- Craig Bierko as Eddie Chiapetta
- Mark Jude Rywelski as Mark Sebastian
- Rachel Risen as Alina Deloris
- Laura Kowalcyk as Laura Reynolds
- Thom Woodley as Stormy Simonsen
- Illeana Douglas as Eve Randall
- Chris Stetson as Clark
Supporting cast
- Paul Konz as Paul
- Caitlin Mitchell as Caitlin
- Taryn Southern as Nancy Roder
- Sandeep Parikh as Stevie P.
Guest cast
- Mark Gantt as Thomas Clancy
- Jessica Lee Rose as Tammy Roder
- Tony Janning as Counselor Rick
- Rachael Hip-Flores as Bonnie
- Brendan Bradley as Hank Pittman
- Milo Ventimiglia as Cook
- Yuri Baranovsky as Donald
- Taryn O'Neill as Lianne
- Stephanie Thorpe as Cindy
- Joel Bryant as Larry
- David Nett as Scott Richesen
- Wendy Rosoff as Pilar
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 43 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 5 | November 29, 2006 | April 16, 2008 |
| Season 2 | 7 | September 14, 2008 | December 22, 2008 |
| Season 3 | 5 | February 20, 2009 | May 15, 2009 |
| Season 4 | 18 | November 15, 2009 | February 9, 2015 |
| Season 5 | 8 | December 6, 2010 | January 23, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Trouble When Mark gets a call from his temp agency Commodity Staffing with a job in "the fashion industry," he has no idea the kind of "trouble" he's in for. Temping for "the global leader in synthetic encasing solutions for the global footwear market" isn't exactly Fashion Week. Lace World however... |
November 29, 2006 |
| 2 |
What's in a Name? Laura learns Pedtastic is not a place where "everybody knows your name." |
August 8, 2007 |
| 3 |
Let Them Eat Cake Mark and Laura learn a valuable lesson about trust when Paul and Jen try to scam them out of 20 bucks for a birthday cake for someone they've never met. |
November 14, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mergers and Acquisitions Following a "multi-hundred dollar" acquisition, Nick has some "Troubling" news for Paul about their future at Pedtastic but assures him the change is only "temporary." |
September 14, 2008 |
| 2 |
Help Neded Paul shares the news of his new "temp-ness" with his slightly neurotic roommate Caitlin who is having job search trouble of her own. |
September 25, 2008 |
| 3 |
Disorientation When new Commodity Staffing CEO, Nick "Trouble" Chiapetta assembles his crew of hapless temps for the first time, their true personalities are put on display...a bit too soon. |
October 15, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dream Big Mark and Laura make a shocking discovery worthy of Save the Assistants when they return to Commodity Staffing to deliver their time sheets. Meanwhile Nick gets a visit from his guardian angel, Tom Cruise. |
February 20, 2009 |
| 2 |
Being Glib While still unconscious, Nick dreams up a new scheme to take some completely unnecessary vacation time courtesy of his guardian angel Tom Cruise and makes a life or death decision about Commodity Staffing that will give Mark and Laura more responsibility than they want. |
February 27, 2009 |
| 3 |
Nothing Personal With Nick taking some totally unnecessary vacation time, Mark and Laura have been handed control of Commodity Staffing, forcing them to hire new temps. They soon learn the talent pool is a bit...shallow. |
March 18, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Here Comes Trouble Nick Trouble Chiapetta, an incompetent temp agency CEO returns from a self-imposed 33-week Mexican vacation to learn he's broke, unemployed and has lost his swank office space to Celltons, a cell phone button making company. |
November 15, 2009 |
| 2 |
Human Relations Broke and in need of a paycheck, Nick meets with Celltons touchy-feely Head of Human Relations, Stormy Simonsen in search of a job. |
November 15, 2009 |
| 3 |
Trollish Nick meets his new boss: Alina Deloris, head of Human Acquisitions at Celltons and learns his new 'management position' consists of transcribing painfully awkward video resumes. |
November 22, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
We're Number Two! Nick's (Wilson Cleveland) half brother, Eddie (Craig Bierko) becomes his boss and joins forces with Eve Randall (Illeana Douglas) to push him out of the company. |
December 6, 2010 |
| 2 |
The Sum of All Phones Nick hires Thomas Clancy, the most obvious corporate spy in the history of corporate spies. |
December 13, 2010 |
| 3 |
The Other Roder Nancy Roder's (Taryn Southern) twin sister Tammy (Jessica Rose) comes for a job interview. |
December 20, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | YouTube |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 29, 2006 |
| Last aired | February 9, 2015 |
| Runtime | 10 minutes |
| Status | Ended |