Eerie, Indiana
The Complete Series DVD cover.
Genre	Mystery/Science Fiction
Created by	Jose Rivera Karl Schaefer
Starring	Omri Katz Justin Shenkarow Mary-Margaret Humes Francis Guinan Julie Condra Jason Marsden
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	19
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Cosgrove Terry Dunn Meurer
Running time	24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC FOX
Original run	September 15, 1991 – April 12, 1992

Eerie, Indiana is an American television show and that aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992 and then on FOX from 1997 to 1998. Despite its short run time, the show received a cult-like fan following. The show was created by Jose Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creative consultant (and directing a plurality of the episodes). Image File history File links EerieIn. ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... José Rivera (born 1955 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenplay writer to be nominated for an Oscar. ... Omri Katz is an American actor, born and raised in Los Angeles, California, USA, in 1976. ... Justin Shenkarow (born October 17, 1980 in Torrance, California) is an actor who played Matthew Brock on Picket Fences in 1992 and voiced Harold Berman on Hey Arnold! in 1996. ... Mary-Margaret Humes (born April 4, 1954) is an American actress best known for playing Gale Leery, the title characters mother on the television drama Dawsons Creek which ran from 1998 to 2003. ... Francis Guinan is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Edgar Teller the patriarch in the short-lived NBC series Eerie, Indiana. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Jason Christopher Marsden (born January 3, 1975 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA) is an American screen and voice actor largely known for numerous voice roles in animated films, as well as various television series. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... John Cosgrove was born in transilvania in 1206. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not discuss cult in its original sense of religious practice; for that usage see Cult (religious practice). ... Joe Dante (born November 28, 1946 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and scifi content. ... Creative consultant is a credit that has - particuarly in the past - been given to screenwriters who have “doctored” a movie screenplay. ...

Overview

The show revolves around Marshall Teller, a young boy whose family moves to the desolate town of Eerie, Indiana. While moving into his new home, he meets Simon Holmes, one of the few normal people in Eerie. Together, they are faced with bizarre scenarios, which include discovering a sinister group of intelligent dogs that are planning on taking over the world, and meeting a tornado hunter who is reminiscent of Captain Ahab. They also confront numerous urban legends such as Bigfoot and an undead Elvis Presley. Although the show was host to a plethora of jokes, it also featured a serious X-Files-like tone. Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ... An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... It has been suggested that Evidence regarding Bigfoot be merged into this article or section. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... The X-Files is a Peabody- and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002. ...

In 1998, a spin off of the series was produced, entitled Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension. The series was filmed in Canada, and focused on another, younger boy while still following the concept of the original show. The spin off was short-lived, and only lasted for one season. In 2004, Alpha Video released a DVD containing all nineteen episodes of the series, including an episode that never aired on NBC. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alpha Video company logo Alpha Video (also known as Alpha Home Entertainment) is an entertainment company, based near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of classic movies and TV shows on DVD. Alpha Video releases over 25 new DVD titles monthly and has over 1,000 DVDs... DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

Characters

• Marshall Teller, played by Omri Katz, is the protagonist of the series. With the help of his sidekick and best friend, Simon Holmes, he manages to unravel the many mysteries that plague Eerie, Indiana.

• Simon Holmes, played by Justin Shenkarow, is Marshall’s best friend. Due to the constant arguing between Simon’s parents, he chooses to spend most of his free time hanging out with Marshall. Prior to Marshall's arrival, Simon was a lonely child, as most of his peers in Eerie shun him. Similar to Marshall, Simon believes that something is afoul in Eerie.

• Edgar Teller, played by Francis Guinan, is Marshall's father. Edgar works at "Things Incorporated", a product testing company, for a living. According to Marshall, it was Edgar's idea to leave New Jersey, and move to Eerie. During the course of the series, it is revealed that Edgar interned at the Smithsonian Institute before entering the University of Syracuse to do his undergraduate work in archeology. He later received a scholarship from NASA to attend MIT, where he worked on his thesis, "Matter: What is it Exactly?". Considering the fact that Edgar is scientist on Eerie, Indiana, many fans believe that his name was a subtle nod towards Edward Teller, an American nuclear physicist who helped develop the Hydrogen Bomb.

• Marilyn Teller, played by Mary-Margaret Humes, is Marshall's mother. Marilyn operates her own party planning business at the Eerie Mall.

• Syndi Teller, played by Julie Condra, is Marshall's sister. At the time in which Marshall introduces Syndi to the audience, she is practicing for her Drivers Ed. Test. Marshall often ridicules his sister for the awkward spelling of her name.

• Dash X, played by Jason Marsden, is a character shrouded in mystery. Dash claims that he woke up in "Weirdsville" without any knowledge to how he got there. Dash has no memory of parents, hometown, past or his real name. Since Dash has no home, he is forced to live on the streets and eat out of dumpsters. Dash is commonly referred to as "The Kid with the Grey Hair". People would later go on to call him the "Sneaky Kid with the Hair" and "the Kid with No Name". On some occasions, Dash would help Marshall and Simon solve some of Eerie's mysteries, most notably by helping them infiltrate the Loyal Order of Corn cult. Dash X gave himself his name in the episode The Loyal Order of the Corn, as a reference to the mysterious '-' and '+' markings on his hands which were shared by the extraterrestrial leader of the cult. Dash X may believe that the cult leader, played by Ray Walston may be his father, but he returns to his homeworld without revealing whether or not he is.

Screenshot from The Lost Hour. Note the unusual camera angle, common in the show.

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Other characters

• Radford - (John Astin)
• Winifred Swanson and Mother - (Belinda Balaski)
• Sergeant Knight - (Harry Goaz)
• Mr. Radford and Fred Suggs - (Archie Hahn)
• Mayor Winston Chisel - (Gregory Itzin)
• The Anchorman - (Doug Llewelyn)
• Elvis Presley - (Steven Peri)
• Bertram Wilson - (Dan Stanton)
• Ernest Wilson - (Don Stanton)

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Episode list

Nineteen episodes of Eerie, Indina were produced before the show's cancellation. The episode, The Broken Record was omitted during the series' initial run, but was later added to re-syndications of the show on other networks. The show's producers planned to make an episode entitled Jolly Rogers, which featured a group of pirates in search for buried treasure in Marshall's house.[1] Pirates may refer to: A group of people committing any of these activities: Piracy at sea or on a river/lake. ...

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In-show references

Each episode was strewn with in-jokes and references to old films, particularly horror films.

• In the episode Heart On A Chain, a scene begins with a shot of spider web before panning right to action taking place. Whilst looking at the spider web, one can faintly hear a high-pitched voice crying "Help me! Help me!", a sly reference to the 1958 version of The Fly.

• In the episode Mr. Chaney, Marshall meets a werewolf that, while in human form, goes by the name of "Mr. Chaney", a nod to Lon Chaney Jr. who played the title role in the 1941 version of The Wolf Man. In this same episode, there is a reference to the 1981 film The Howling, a film about werewolves directed by Joe Dante, himself an occasional director of the show. There is also a mention of David Lynch's TV show Twin Peaks with Marshall exclaiming at one point 'It's you!' and the Grey Haired Kid, holding a log with which he just hit Mr. Chaney, replying 'Well, it's not the Log Lady.'

• In the episode Just Say No Fun the name of the school is B.F. Skinner Middle School in reference to the eponymous psychologist.

• In the episode Scariest Home Videos, an actor from a classic mummy movie is transported into the Teller home. The actor's name is Boris Von Orloff, a reference to Boris Karloff, who played the title role in the 1932 film, The Mummy.

• In the episode The Retainer the orthodontist's name is Dr. Eukanuba, a reference to dog food, and the episode's plot about evil dogs.

• In the Episode ATM with a Heart of Gold, Mr. Wilson's slowly sings 99 Bottles of Beer while his personality is destroyed. This is an homage to the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which the computer HAL 9000 sings "Daisy Bell" while his higher functions are being disconnected.

• In the episode No Brain, No Pain, a leather clad woman with sunglasses utters, "I'll be back", before hastily leaving Marshall and his friends. Her appearance and quote reminisces Arnold Schwarzenegger role in Terminator. Additionally, an instrumental variation of the song My Sharona is played during portions of the episode, while the song is referenced several times.

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Book series

The Cover of The Dollhouse That Time Forgot

Following the show's "re-birth" on FOX during the latter half of the 1990s, author Mike Ford wrote a plethora of in-universe paperback books relating to Eerie, Indiana. The books featured new stories, which helped expand the Eerie universe. Similar to the television series, the books focused on Marshall and Simon, as they continue to solve various perplexing phenomena in Eerie. Image File history File links Dollhouseford. ... Image File history File links Dollhouseford. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... Mike Ford is a Canadian singer/songwriter and former member of Toronto band Moxy Fruvous. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

External links

• Eerie, Indiana at TV.com
• Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension at TV.com
• Eerie, Indiana at the Internet Movie Database
• Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension at the Internet Movie Database