The show was created by Bill Kopp and was directed by Jeff DeGrandis (who previously worked together on Toonsylvania).

[1] The show is about the rather unsuccessful and quite cowardly Pirate Jack (voiced by Bill Kopp), who despite his repeated failures never doubts his own excellence, and his dim-witted anthropomorphic rat sidekick Snuk (voiced by Billy West) as they sail the seas on their ship the Sea Chicken.

[2] Critics have noted that the clear inspiration for the show is the 1983-1989 BBC comedy series Blackadder.

Also in Turkey, the cartoon was shown on Jetix Play and in Poland on Fox Kids.

[5][6][7][8] Jack inherits a fortune from his deceased Uncle Mortimer with the requirement to deliver his corpse and his dog Scabby Doo to the Isle of Hanna Barbarians.