Stark Raving Mad (TV series)
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Creator(s) | Steven Levitan |
| Starring | Tony Shalhoub, Neil Patrick Harris, Eddie McClintock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Steven Levitan |
| Camera setup | Multicamera |
| Running time | 23 min. (approx.) |
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| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 23, 1999 – July 13, 2000 |
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Stark Raving Mad was the name of a short-lived NBC sitcom that aired from 1999-2000. It starred Tony Shalhoub as eccentric horror novelist Ian Stark, who is obsessed with practical jokes; Neil Patrick Harris as Stark's reluctant editor Henry McNeeley, who suffers from a variety of phobias and possibly obsessive-compulsive disorder; and Eddie McClintock, in a supporting role as Jake Donovan. On January 10, 2000 the sitcom won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New Television Comedy Series. The sitcom premiered on September 23, 1999 and was officially cancelled by NBC on April 15, 2000. After the show's cancellation Shalhoub moved on to a starring role in the TV series Monk -- a role not unlike Harris's role in Stark Raving Mad.
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Credited cast
- Tony Shalhoub as Ian Stark
- Neil Patrick Harris as Henry McNeeley
- Eddie McClintock as Jake Donovan
- Dorie Barton as Tess Farraday
- Heather Paige Kent as Margaret 'Maddie' Keller
[edit] Recurring cast
- Harriet Sansom Harris as Audrey
- Chris Sarandon as Cesar
- Dina Waters as Katherine 'Kit' Yates
[edit] Trivia
- Margaret 'Maddie' Keller was to be played by Jessica Cauffiel. She appears in several early cast photos.
- In other countries the series was re-named; Stark Raving Mad (USA, France), Stark, loco de atar (Spain), Männer ohne Nerven (Germany) and Kreisi kynäniekka (Finland).
[edit] Episode list
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
| # | Prod. code | Title | Airdate | Director | Writer(s) |
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| 1 | 1ADM79 | Pilot | 23 Sep 99 | James Burrows | Steven Levitan |
| Henry McNeely gets a promotion he doesn't want. He's now the editor for the eccentric horror novelist Ian Stark. Ian's practical jokes are done at the expense of Henry. | |||||
| 2 | 1ADM01 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | 30 Sep 99 | Ted Wass | Alan Kirschenbaum |
| Trying to pull another joke on Henry Ian mistakes in recommending some other woman's wishes as those of Henry's girlfriend to Henry. Ian even takes Henry to a sex shop for kinky presents to "her girlfriend". | |||||
| 3 | 1ADM03 | Sometimes a Fritter Is Just a Fritter | 7 Oct 99 | Ted Wass | David A. Goodman |
| Henry's misunderstanding of a change of a name of a character in Ian's manuscript ruins Ian's morning routine of fritters and long walks. | |||||
| 4 | 1ADM05 | Four Colds and a Funeral | 14 Oct 99 | Gail Mancuso | Eric Zicklin |
| Henry accidentally kills a man named Professor Huggles (a character obviously inspired by Dr.Seuss) | |||||
| 5 | 1ADM06 | The Lyin' King | 21 Oct 99 | Gail Mancuso | Brian Buckner, Sebastian Jones |
| During Halloween, Ian helps Henry to pay back his cousin Lori for an old prank she pulled on him, while Maddie's date may or may not be a humpback for real. | |||||
| 6 | 1ADM04 | Fish out of Water | 4 Nov 99 | Ted Wass | Jeffrey Richman |
| Everyone is at Audrey's dinner party where a fish needs to be put back into the tank. | |||||
| 7 | 1ADM07 | Engaged to Be Engaged | 11 Nov 99 | Gail Mancuso | Gayle Abrams |
| 8 | 1ADM09 | The Stalker | 18 Nov 99 | Ken Levine | Steven Levitan |
| Ian's obsessed fan wants to take Henry's place. | |||||
| 9 | 1ADM08 | The Dance | 2 Dec 99 | Gail Mancuso | Steven Levitan |
| Tess attempts to fix up Ian and Maddie. | |||||
| 10 | 1ADM02 | Coffin to Go | 9 Dec 99 | Ted Wass | Lynnie Greene, Richard Levine |
| Ian discovers that the funeral place accidentally sold him a coffin with a corpse in it. | |||||
| 11 | 1ADM10 | Christmas Cheerleader | 16 Dec 99 | Michael Lembeck | David A. Goodman |
| 12 | 1ADM11 | The Crush | 6 Jan 00 | Michael Lembeck | Eric Zicklin |
| 13 | 1ADM12 | My Bodyguard (a.k.a. Guarding Tess) | 13 Jan 00 | Gayle Adams | Steven Levitan |
| Henry, Ian and Tess get mugged. Ian head-butts the mugger and saves the day. Henry soon feels sexually inadequate when he learns that Ian's heroics caused Tess to have an erotic dream about Ian. Ian sets up a similar incident, designed to make Henry look like a hero in Tess' eyes. | |||||
| 14 | 1ADM15 | The Hypnotist | 3 Feb 00 | Michael Lembeck | Alan Kirschenbaum |
| Ian professes to be a hypnotic expert and the situation gets out of hand. | |||||
| 15 | 1ADM16 | Therapy | 2 Mar 00 | Sheldon Epps | Eric Zicklin |
| 16 | 1ADM18 | Secrets and Lies | 9 Mar 00 | David Lee | Jeffrey Richman |
| A Yale student turns up some shocking secrets about where Ian was nearly twenty years ago. | |||||
| 17 | 1ADM21 | The Grade | 16 Mar 00 | Steven Levitan | Brian Buckner, Sebastian Jones |
| Ian helps Maddie by writing a book report for her, but then is furious when her professor only gives her a "B". | |||||
| 18 | 1ADM17 | The Pigeon | 13 Jul 00 | Sheldon Epps | Joe Piscatella, Craig A. Williams |
| Ian accidentally knocks a pigeon's nest filled with eggs off his balcony's ledge. Later he becomes paranoid, thinking the mother pigeon is back with vengeance. | |||||
| 19 | 1ADM13 | He's Gotta Have It | Joyce Gittlin | Lynnie Greene, Richard Levine | |
| 20 | 1ADM14 | Dog Gone | Gail Mancuso | Brian Buckner, Sebastian Jones | |
| 21 | 1ADM19 | The Psychic | Jeff Melman | Dana Gould | |
| 22 | 1ADM20 | The Big Finish | Robert Egan | Richard Levine, Lynnie Greene | |
