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The Jesus Lizard

The Jesus Lizard: American noise rock band formed 1987 (David Yow, David Wm. Sims, Duane Denison, Mac McNeilly), Touch and Go albums Head, Goat, Liar, Down, major-label Shot and Blue, 2024 comeback album Rack on Ipecac.

The Jesus Rolls

The Jesus Rolls is a 2020 American comedy written, directed by, and starring John Turturro as Jesus Quintana from The Big Lebowski, remaking Bertrand Blier's 1974 French film Going Places (Les Valseuses); released by Screen Media on February 28, 2020, 85 minutes, rated R, and poorly reviewed (Metacritic 44, RT 20%).

THE JET BOY BANGERZ

THE JET BOY BANGERZ is a ten-member Japanese dance and vocal group under LDH JAPAN, formed from the audition iCON Z and making its major debut in 2023.

The Jets (Minnesota band)

The Jets (Minnesota band): Tongan-American Wolfgramm family pop/R&B group from Minneapolis, also once called Quazar; 1980s hits "Crush on You" (#3 Hot 100) and "You Got It All," 1988 Grammy nomination, later split into two touring lineups.

The Jetsons

The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom created by Hanna-Barbera about a family living in the future with flying cars and robot maids, first aired in 1962.

The Jew of Malta

The Jew of Malta is a tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, written around 1589 to 1590, in which the merchant Barabas takes revenge for his dispossession in Malta.

The Jew's Beech

The Jew's Beech (Die Judenbuche) is an 1842 crime novella by the German writer Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, her literary breakthrough, based on a real murder case in mountainous Westphalia.

The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)

The Jewel in the Crown is Granada Television's 14-part 1984 ITV serial adapting Paul Scott's Raj Quartet, dramatizing British India from 1942 to independence in 1947, starring Tim Pigott-Smith, Art Malik, and Peggy Ashcroft.

The Jewel of the Nile

The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 American action-adventure romantic comedy directed by Lewis Teague, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito as a sequel to Romancing the Stone.

The Jewish Bride

The Jewish Bride (Het Joodse bruidje) is a c. 1665–1669 oil painting by Rembrandt in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, showing an intimate couple, probably Isaac and Rebecca.

The Jewish Chronicle

The Jewish Chronicle (JC), founded in London in 1841, is the world's oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper, a weekly serving British Jewry; rescued in 2020 by a Robbie Gibb consortium, converted to a charitable trust in 2024, and hit by a 2024 fabricated-articles scandal.

The Jewish Home (הבית היהודי)

The Jewish Home (HaBayit HaYehudi), Israeli right-wing party founded 2008 merging Mafdal and National Union; peaked at 12 Knesset seats under Naftali Bennett in 2013, served in Netanyahu governments, fell below threshold in 2022.

The Jewish War

The Jewish War (Hebrew: מלחמת היהודים) is a seven-book history of the Judean revolt against Rome, written in the 70s CE by Flavius Josephus and covering the fall of Jerusalem in 70 and Masada in 74.

The Jim Gaffigan Show

The Jim Gaffigan Show is a TV Land single-camera sitcom (2015-2016, 23 episodes) starring comedian Jim Gaffigan as a fictionalized version of himself, a clean comic and father of five in New York, created with Peter Tolan and ended by mutual agreement after two seasons.

The Jim Henson Company

The Jim Henson Company, founded as Muppets Inc. in 1958 by Jim and Jane Henson, is a family-owned American producer of puppet-based film and television (Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal), operator of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, and distinct from Disney's Muppets and Sesame Workshop.

The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour

The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, a 2004 Nickelodeon crossover special between The Fairly OddParents and Jimmy Neutron in which Timmy Turner and Jimmy Neutron swap universes across 2D and 3D animation; followed by two 2006 sequels.

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst is a 2015 six-part HBO true-crime documentary by Andrew Jarecki on real estate heir Robert Durst, ending with his hot-mic confession and arrest, later continued in The Jinx - Part Two (2024).

The Job (The Office)

The Job is the two-part season 3 finale of The Office (US), aired May 17, 2007 on NBC. Michael, Jim, and Karen interview for Jan's corporate job, Dwight runs Scranton with Schrute Bucks, Ryan gets Jan's old job, and Jim asks Pam out.

The Joe Rogan Experience

The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) is the long-form interview podcast Joe Rogan launched December 24, 2009, with Brian Redban; over 2,200 three-hour episodes, Spotify deals of $200M (2020) and $250M (2024), most-followed show on Spotify at 18 million followers, top of Edison's US podcast charts since 2019.

The Joe Schmo Show

The Joe Schmo Show is an American reality parody series (Spike TV 2003, 2004, 2013; TBS reboot 2025) in which an unsuspecting 'schmo' believes he is in a real reality competition while all other contestants and the host are actors. Created by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale was a weekly half-hour Netflix topical comedy series (2018) hosted by Joel McHale, a TV-MA successor to The Soup with guests, sketches, and clips; cancelled August 2018 after 19 episodes.

The Johannesburg Review of Books

The Johannesburg Review of Books (The JRB) is an independent online literary magazine in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in 2017 by Ben Williams and Jennifer Malec.

The Joker (Steve Miller Band song)

"The Joker" is a 1973 Steve Miller Band single and title track of their eighth album; it hit Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in January 1974 and UK No. 1 in 1990 after a Levi's ad, with credits to Miller, Curtis, and Ertegun.

The Joker's Wild

The Joker's Wild: American TV game show (CBS 1972–75, syndicated 1977–86, 1990, TBS 2017) where a giant slot machine sets trivia categories and values; created and hosted by Jack Barry, later Bill Cullen and Snoop Dogg.

The Jokers

The Jokers is a 1967 British comedy thriller, also known as Joker, directed by Michael Winner and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, in which Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed play brothers who steal the Crown Jewels for fame, not money.

The Jolly Flatboatmen

The Jolly Flatboatmen is an 1846 oil painting by American artist George Caleb Bingham showing eight boatmen dancing and playing music on a flatboat, now in the National Gallery of Art.

The Jolson Story

The Jolson Story (1946) is a Columbia Pictures biographical musical about Al Jolson, starring Larry Parks with Jolson singing the soundtrack; it won two Oscars and spawned Jolson Sings Again.

The Joneses

The Joneses is a 2010 comedy-drama, Derrick Borte's debut feature, starring David Duchovny and Demi Moore as fake family members hired as stealth marketers to sell a lifestyle to suburban neighbors; released by Roadside Attractions, grossing $1.5 million.

The Jordanaires

The Jordanaires were an American vocal quartet formed in Springfield, Missouri, in 1948, best known for the four-part background harmonies they provided for Elvis Presley.

The Joshua Tree

The Joshua Tree is U2's fifth studio album, released 9 March 1987, produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. An America-themed record with "With or Without You" and "Where the Streets Have No Name", it won the 1988 Grammy for Album of the Year and sold over 25 million copies.