Philip Stark

{{short description|American screenwriter}} {{for|the interior designer|Philippe Starck}} {{Infobox person | name = Philip Stark | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S. | occupation = Writer, therapist | yearsactive = | spouse = | domesticpartner = | children = | website = }}

'''Philip Stark''' is an American television and film screenwriter, author, and therapist. A native of Houston, Texas, Stark graduated with a degree in Radio-Television-Film (RTF) from The University of Texas at Austin in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinema.com/people/002/561/philip-stark/index.phtml |publisher=Cinema.com |title=Production notes, ''Dude, Where's My Car?'' |accessdate=2007-02-23 }}</ref>

He is best known for his film ''Dude, Where's My Car?'' from 2000, and he wrote the script for a sequel, ''Seriously Dude, Where's My Car?'', which did not make it into production. Prior to this, he was a writer and script editor for ''That '70s Show'' and he has also written for ''South Park''. He was also the co-creator of ''Dog with a Blog''.

When he did not experience further success as a screenwriter,<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/dude-wheres-my-car-25-years-later-phil-stark-1236442369/</ref> Stark went back to school, graduating from Antioch University with a Master's degree in Psychology, and is currently seeing talk therapy clients in private practice. He is also the author of a book on talk therapy, "Dude, Where's My Car-tharsis?"

In 2000, along with his friend, animator Graham Robertson, Stark created the online cartoon parody of the Budweiser "Whassup?" commercial featuring clips from the ''Super Friends''.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.illclan.com/Yahoo-Showtime-PR.htm |title = alt.SHO.com Announces Winners of the First Annual Alternative Media Festival |publisher = Yahoo.com (republished by illclan.com) |work = alt.SHO.com |date = February 8, 2001 |accessdate = 2007-02-23 |quote = Graham Robertson and Philip Stark, co-creators of the popular "Wassup/Budweiser/Superfriends" parody on the internet, are currently working on an animated series "Galaxy Defenders." |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070222235549/http://www.illclan.com/Yahoo-Showtime-PR.htm |archivedate = February 22, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Robischon |first=Noah |title=10 Best Internet for 2000 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/features/001222/bestof2000/bestinternet2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010123222200/http://www.ew.com/ew/features/001222/bestof2000/bestinternet2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2001 |date=2001-02-22 |accessdate=2006-06-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/06/27/326205958/a-comedian-walks-into-a-bar-and-gets-misattributed|title=A Comedian Walks Into A Bar ... And Gets Misattributed|work=NPR|date=June 27, 2014|access-date=September 23, 2021}}</ref>

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