Star-ving

Star-ving
Genre Comedy
Created by David Faustino
Todd Bringewatt
Corin Nemec
Directed by Sam Kass
Starring David Faustino
Corin Nemec
Country of origin USA
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 12
Production
Executive producer(s) Todd Bringewatt
David Faustino
Sam Kass
Corin Nemec
Running time 8 to 10 minutes
Production company(s) F.N.B. Entertainment
Sony Pictures Television
Broadcast
Original channel Crackle
Original run January 16 – March 13, 2009
External links
Website

Star-ving is a web series of episodes running eight to ten minutes, based very loosely on the life of David Faustino from Married... with Children. His co-star is Corin Nemec, who played the title character in Parker Lewis Can't Lose. The start date for the episodes was January 16, 2009. The series is a production of FNB Entertainment LLC in association with Sony Pictures Television, webcast on Crackle.

History

In 2006, Faustino and his writing partners, Corin Nemec and Todd Bringewatt, started a production company called F.N.B. Entertainment. In 2007, they wrote a two-page treatment for Star-ving, which they took to director Sam Kass, a former writer and producer on Seinfeld. After shooting the pilot, they took it to Crackle, where twelve webisodes were ordered.[1] In the series, "Faustino plays an exaggerated version of himself — he's broke, can't find a job and his wife has left him for Coolio."[2] Faustino has said of the show, "We don't push the envelope, we're shredding it."[3]

Cast

Episodes

Season 1

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"Begging Ed" January 16, 2009 1
David Faustino tries to solicit money from former co-star Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy), with no help from Corin.
"Gilbert's Kid" January 16, 2009 2
David babysits Sparky, Gilbert Gottfried's 34-year-old mentally challenged adopted son.
"Straight Outta Compton" January 16, 2009 3
Coolio saves Dave from an angry black mob that Corin knows well.
""Married with Children"..The Movie" January 23, 2009 4
Dave's big chance to play his old role is usurped by Seth Green. The rest of the 'family' likes the idea.
"The Scheize Flick" January 23, 2009 5
Dave gets an offer to make a film in Germany. After celebrating with Ron Jeremy, he arrives to find he'll be doing more than 'brown-nosing' on the set.
"Just One Drink" January 30, 2009 6
Executives from 'The Network' including Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars) offer Dave a show. But then Dave downs a beer to commemorate the occasion, and things go south.
"Starving…Literally" February 6, 2009 7
Dave and Corin run into all kinds of trouble trying to find something to eat, some involving Kato Kaelin.
"Going O.J." February 13, 2009 8
When the porn shop needs cash to survive, Dave, his mom, and Corin travel to Las Vegas to steal back some unusual memorabilia.
"Stealing Alan Thicke" February 20, 2009 9
Kidnapping Alan Thicke to extort money from his pop star son does not turn out like Dave and Corin thought it would.
"El Al-Qaeda" February 27, 2009 10
Ed Asner plays twins in the episode, one a therapist, the other the head of a major foreign studio. Things are looking up for Dave and Corin until a misunderstanding takes place.
"Getting Huge" March 6, 2009 11
After an ill-fated trip to the gym, during which Dave happens upon his ex-wife and Coolio doing some inappropriate stretching, a locker room encounter turns ugly.
"Deliverance" March 13, 2009 12
Corin decides that he and Dave need a vacation, so they visit Corin's cousins in Kentucky and somehow wind up working in a meth lab.

References

  1. ↑ David Faustino's MySpace blog post, Jan. 7, 2009.
  2. ↑ PRNewswire (2008-11-24). "‘Crackle.com Unveils New Slate of Original Web Programming". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
  3. ↑ David Faustino, Kathy Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb (2009). 'Star-ving' Actor Launches Webisodes' (TV-Series). New York: Today.

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