| CBS | Season Premiere Date: September 18, 1985 |
Starring:
Larry Riley, Jeannie Wilson, Marc Silver
Summary:
Larry Riley and Joe Guzaldo star as wrongly convicted prisoners who escape on go on the run in this short-lived CBS sitcom (with an unusual 60-minute running time) based on the 1980 feature film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. The show was canceled after nine episodes.
Genre(s):
Comedy, Action & Adventure
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E9. Where's Mary?
Air Date: December 31, 1985
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S1:E8. The Love Affair
Air Date: December 24, 1985
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S1:E7. Basic Straining
Air Date: December 10, 1985
Jun 10, 2014
The show is full of car chases and scary escapes and all the action-film standbyes, but done tongue-in-cheek. Stir Crazy is mad, mad fun and deserves a place on the schedule. [17 Sep 1985]
Jun 10, 2014
An agreeable comedic hour that makes no intimidating demands. [18 Sep 1985]
Jun 10, 2014
This program will appeal to viewers who like car chases through crowded
city streets, police cars leaping stretches of water onto the decks of ferry
boats, lunch vans that go up in flames, food fights involving raw fish in
prison dining rooms and the sight of two guys escaping from prison while
dressed as Japanese geisha girls. [18 Sep 1985]
Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014
Think of TV's Stir Crazy as only a slightly more sophisticated Dukes of Hazzard. ... If you really need this kind of "comedy" fix, my recommendation is to rent the movie once a week and watch it until the series is canceled. [17 Sep 1985]
Jun 10, 2014
Unfortunately, none of this is very funny. It's unfair to compare Guzaldo and Riley with Wilder and Pryor, so let's do it. The latter were not at their best in the theatrical version of "Stir Crazy," but provided enough punch to make the movie at least watchable and occasionally amusing. And they also had chemistry. Guzaldo and Riley have no chemistry. Nor do they appear to be very funny actors. Maybe it's the material.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: September 18, 1985
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S1:E9. Where's Mary?
Air Date: December 31, 1985
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S1:E8. The Love Affair
Air Date: December 24, 1985
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S1:E7. Basic Straining
Air Date: December 10, 1985
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S1:E6. The Sulky Race
Air Date: October 23, 1985
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S1:E5. The Football Story
Air Date: October 16, 1985
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S1:E4. Magnificent Repossession
Air Date: October 9, 1985
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S1:E3. Welcome to the Tribe
Air Date: October 2, 1985
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S1:E2. The Ping Pong Caper
Air Date: September 25, 1985
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S1:E1. Pilot
Air Date: September 18, 1985
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Season 1 Overview