Star-ving

Star-ving
GenreComedy
Created by
Directed bySam Kass
Starring
  • David Faustino
  • Corin Nemec
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Todd Bringewatt
  • David Faustino
  • Sam Kass
  • Corin Nemec
Running time8 to 10 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCrackle
ReleaseJanuary 16 (2009-01-16) –
March 13, 2009 (2009-03-13)

Star-ving is a comedy web series of episodes running eight to ten minutes, based very loosely on the life of David Faustino. 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. 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." Faustino has said of the show, "We don't push the envelope, we're shredding it."

Cast

Faustino's Married... with Children co-stars, Katey Sagal, Christina Applegate and Ed O'Neill, make cameo appearances in the series as themselves.

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal release date
1"Begging Ed"January 16, 2009 (2009-01-16)
David Faustino tries to solicit money from former co-star Ed O'Neill, with no help from Corin.
2"Gilbert's Kid"January 16, 2009 (2009-01-16)
David babysits Sparky, Gilbert Gottfried's 34-year-old mentally challenged adopted son.
3"Straight Outta Compton"January 16, 2009 (2009-01-16)
Coolio saves Dave from an angry black mob that Corin knows well.
4""Married with Children"..The Movie"January 23, 2009 (2009-01-23)
Dave's big chance to play his old role is usurped by Seth Green. The rest of the 'family' likes the idea.
5"The Scheize Flick"January 23, 2009 (2009-01-23)
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.
6"Just One Drink"January 30, 2009 (2009-01-30)
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.
7"Starving…Literally"February 6, 2009 (2009-02-06)
Dave and Corin run into all kinds of trouble trying to find something to eat, some involving Kato Kaelin.
8"Going O.J."February 13, 2009 (2009-02-13)
When the porn shop needs cash to survive, Dave, his mom, and Corin travel to Las Vegas to steal back some unusual memorabilia.
9"Stealing Alan Thicke"February 20, 2009 (2009-02-20)
Kidnapping Alan Thicke to extort money from his pop star son does not turn out like Dave and Corin thought it would.
10"El Al-Qaeda"February 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)
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.
11"Getting Huge"March 6, 2009 (2009-03-06)
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.
12"Deliverance"March 13, 2009 (2009-03-13)
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. ↑ "Crackle Starving2". Archived from the original on February 5, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
  2. ↑ David Faustino, Kathy Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb (2009). 'Star-ving' Actor Launches Webisodes' (TV-Series). New York: Today. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009.
  3. ↑ Crackle Starving at the Wayback Machine (archived December 22, 2014)
  4. ↑ Crackle Starving3 at the Wayback Machine (archived July 3, 2015)
  5. ↑ Crackle Starving4 at the Wayback Machine (archived July 3, 2015)
  6. ↑ "Crackle Starving5". Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Crackle Starving6". Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Crackle Starving7". Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Crackle Starving8". Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Crackle Starving9". Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Crackle Starving10". Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Crackle Starving11". Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Crackle Starving12". Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Crackle Starving13". Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.