| Stir Crazy | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy / Adventure |
| Written by | Michael Russnow |
| Directed by | Peter H. Hunt Christian I. Nyby II |
| Starring | Joe Guzaldo Larry Riley Marc Silver Jeannie Wilson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | David J. Latt |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Production company(s) | Columbia Pictures Television |
| Distributor | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television CBS |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Picture format | 35 mm film |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original run | September 18, 1985 – January 7, 1986 |
Stir Crazy was a situation comedy aired in the United States on CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup. Stir Crazy was based on the hit 1980 film of the same name. The theme song was "Stir It Up" by Patti LaBelle.
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It told the story of two bumbling friends, Harry Fletcher (Larry Riley) and Skip Harrington (Joseph Guzaldo), who were wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 132 years in prison. While working on a chain gang they escaped and set out after Crawford (Marc Silver), the man who had actually committed the crime for which they had been sentenced. Pursuing them was the tough, relentless, and humorless Captain Betty (Jeannie Wilson), a female prison guard.
While the movie upon which it was based had been a hit, the television version of Stir Crazy was anything but. None of the people involved in the film had a major role in this series. It was pulled from the CBS fall lineup in October 1985, the month after its premiere, and put on hiatus. It returned in a new time slot in December 1985 and a few more episodes were aired, also to low ratings. The program was permanently cancelled after the January 7, 1986 broadcast.
| № | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | 1985 September 18 |
| 2 | "The Ping Pong Caper" | 1985 September 25 |
| 3 | "Welcome to the Tribe" | 1985 October 2 |
| 4 | "Magnificent Repossession" | 1985 October 9 |
| 5 | "The Football Story" | 1985 October 16 |
| 6 | "The Sulky Race" | 1985 October 23 |
| 7 | "The Love Affair" | 1985 December 24 |
| 8 | "Where's Mary?" | 1985 December 31 |
| 9 | "Basic Straining" | 1986 January 7 |
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