Stark Richdale

"Now, life is hard, am I right? Wrong! Life is easy! You suck!"

―Stark Richdale

Stark Richdale

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Alive Hair: Black, later brown Occupation: Writer/Teacher First appearance: "C.E. D'oh" Voiced by: Hank Azaria

Stark Richdale is the teacher of the extension class "Successmanship 101" and author of the book Megatronics, The 48 Tips to Corporate Success.

History

His class aims to teach students to reach for the top and garner a more positive and aggressive outlook on life. His teachings allow Homer to take control of his life, ultimately leading him to become the C.E.O. of the power plant, albeit temporarily.

He believes that life is easy and claims that he can read the minds of losers. His wrist watch has so many jewels jammed into it that the hands can't even move. He also drives a Bentley Mark 12, claiming that they "gave one to me, one to Steven Spielberg, then they shot the guy who made it!"

He was present during Trappuccino.

He attended the town meeting to decide what to do with Mr. Burns after he lost his memory.

Appearances

• Episode – "C.E. D'oh"
• – The Simpsons Movie
• Episode – "The Fool Monty" (cameo)

Authors

Douglas Adams • Mitch Albom • Steve Allen • Hans Christian Andersen • Maya Angelou • Isaac Asimov • Jane Austen • Bob Balaban • James Baldwin • Dave Barry • Lynda Barry • Joy Behar • Saul Bellow • Alfred Bester • Judy Blume • Patty Bouvier • Ray Bradbury • David Brenner • William F. Buckley • Milton Burkhart • Heloise Hodgeson Burwell • Albert Camus • Robert Caro • Lewis Carroll • Willa Cather • Michael Chabon • Agatha Christie • Tom Clancy • Marcia Clark • Arthur C. Clarke • Kelly Clarkson • Beverly Cleary • Leonard Cohen • Dame Edna • Geena Davis • Richard Dawkins • Honoré de Balzac • Simone de Beauvoir • Guillermo del Toro • Esme Delacroix • Charles Dickens • Emily Dickinson • Joan Didion • Fyodor Dostoevsky • Maureen Dowd • "Dummies" Author • Amelia Earhart • P. D. Eastman • Nora Ephron • Patrick Ewing • William Faulkner • Tina Fey • Helen Fielding • Guy Fieri • T. R. Francis • Anne Frank • Jonathan Franzen • Jonathan Frink • Neil Gaiman • Elizabeth Gilbert • Malcolm Gladwell • Whoopi Goldberg • Barry Goldwater • Doris Kearns Goodwin • Jacob Grimm • Wilhelm Grimm • John Grisham • Charles Grodin • Che Guevara • Tiffany Haddish • Sean Hannity • Tom Hayden • Lillian Hellman • Ernest Hemingway • Clarity Hoffman-Roth • L. Ron Hubbard • Jay Inslee • Shirley Jackson • Penn Jillette • James Joyce • Julian • Franz Kafka • Helen Keller • Caroline Kennedy • Jack Kerouac • Francis Scott Key • Karen Kilgariff • Stephen King • Rudyard Kipling • Delpho Krull • Padma Lakshmi • Lewis Lapham • Mell Lazarus • Kurt Loder • Karina Longworth • Greg Louganis • Ada Lovelace • Norman Mailer • Thomas Mann • George R. R. Martin • Richard Matheson • Jenny McCarthy • Phil McGraw • Herman Melville • Margaret Mitchell • Michael Moore • Toni Morrison • Ralph Nader • Mary Norton • Kevin O'Leary • Bill O'Reilly • Joyce Carol Oates • Boris Pasternak • James Patterson • Paula Paul • Karl Pilkington • Sylvia Plath • George Plimpton • Edgar Allan Poe • Fenton Pooltoy • Chaim Potok • Richard Pryor • Alexander Pushkin • Thomas Pynchon • Raffi • Ayn Rand • Robert Reich • Paul Reiser • Stark Richdale • Geraldo Rivera • Anthony Robbins • Fred Rogers • Al Roker • Mr. Roman • Isabella Rossellini • J. K. Rowling • Rufus • RuPaul • Barry Sadler • J. D. Salinger • Sheryl Sandberg • Jean-Paul Sartre • Paul Shaffer • George Bernard Shaw • Mary Shelley • Neil Simon • Bart Simpson • Homer Simpson • Isaac Bashevis Singer • Seymour Skinner • Kevin Smith • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • Susan Sontag • Andrew Ross Sorkin • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Danielle Steel • Gertrude Stein • John Steinbeck • Professor Stein • Robert Louis Stevenson • Martha Stewart • Moe Szyslak • Amy Tan • Professor Thernstrom • Helen Thomas • Hunter S. Thompson • Leo Tolstoy • Ivan Turgenev • Mark Twain • John Updike • Leon Uris • Gus Van Sant • Jesse Ventura • Gore Vidal • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Kurt Vonnegut • Marilyn vos Savant • David Foster Wallace • Dr. Washburn • John Waters • Noah Webster • H. G. Wells • Eudora Welty • Ruth Westheimer • Oscar Wilde • Laura Ingalls Wilder • George Will • Tennessee Williams • Marianne Williamson • Tom Wolfe • Bob Woodward • Virginia Woolf

Teachers

Elementary School Ballet teacher • Ms. Barr • Mr. Becker • Mike Benzie • Mr. Bergstrom • Carol Berrera • Dr. Bettleheim • Black teacher • Mr. Doyle • Ms. Dubinsky • Principal Duggins • Fern • Ms. Finch • Principal Finch • Mr. Glasscock • Doris Kearns Goodwin • Principal Hartley • Mrs. Harvell • Hippie teacher • Elizabeth Hoover • Mr. Johnson • Calliope Juniper • Gabe Kaplan • Ms. Kelp • Kindergarten teacher • Kindergarten teacher • Coach Krupt • Dewey Largo • Ms. Marshall • Audrey McConnell • Ms. Melon • Ms. Myles • Rayshelle Peyton • Brunella Pommelhorst • Radioactive Man's third grade teacher • Sandra • Science teacher • Seymour Skinner • Mr. Somerset • Howard Stamper • Dick Testiclees • Ms. Timberwood • Evelyn Trunch • Principal Valiant • Waverly Hills Elementary School teacher High School Simon Beck • Mrs. Bloomenstein • Mrs. Butterworthy • Harlan Dondelinger • Coach Flanagan • Mr. Orlando • Mr. Schindler • Mr. Seckofsky College/University Steffan August • Inga Carlsdottir • Jonathan Frink • Professor Hessler • Professor Huntington • Professor Lombardo • Professor Moose • Nuclear physics professor Specialty Eugene Blatz • Stu Grimson • Dan Harmon • Quinn Hopper • Hypnotist • Julia • Victor Kleskow • Leavelle • Stark Richdale • Sweet Sal • Santa School head • Dave Schultz • Springfield Flight School employee • Steven • Mr. Suji • Tiago • Vicki Valentine • Tiger Williams • Zoey B and Zoey T Other Ms. Albright • Chess professor • Ms. Coco • Day care teacher • Julio Estudiante • Zane Furlong • Ken Jennings • Justin • Robert McKee • Maria Montessori • Suze Orman • Headmaster Skinnedwiener • Sister Thomasina • Neil deGrasse Tyson • Philippa Wickerbottom • Ms. York Former Jasper Beardley • Ms. Cantwell • Carl Carlson • Franklin Chase • Ned Flanders • Jim Hope • Bob Johnson • Edna Krabappel • Lenny Leonard • Jack Lassen • Meredith Milgram • Tito Puente • Homer Simpson • Marge Simpson • Seymour Skinner • Moe Szyslak • Melanie Upfoot • Zachary Vaughn • Mrs. Wellsley Fictional Jaime Escalante • Valerie Frizzle • Headmaster Greystash • Miss Grossman • John Keating • John Kimble • Gabe Kotter • Gary Michaels • Severus Snape • Mr. Weatherbee

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