"The Drew Carey Show" (1995) TV series 1995-2004

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Creators:

Drew Carey
Bruce Helford

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | unknown

Release Date:

13 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

It's like real life. Just a whole lot funnier.

Plot:

Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years...

Plot Keywords:

Beer | Good Versus Evil | Pig | Office | Glasses

Awards:

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Drew Carey	...	Drew Carey / ... (204 episodes, 1995-2004)
Diedrich Bader	...	Oswald Lee Harvey / ... (202 episodes, 1995-2004)
Kathy Kinney	...	Mimi Bobeck Carey / ... (199 episodes, 1995-2004)
Ryan Stiles	...	Lewis Kiniski / ... (199 episodes, 1995-2004)
Craig Ferguson	...	Nigel Wick / ... (170 episodes, 1996-2004)
Christa Miller	...	Kate O'Brien / ... (168 episodes, 1995-2002)

Runtime:

30 min (233 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Company:

Mohawk Productions

Trivia:

Drew's character on the show continues to wear glasses, even though in real life Drew had laser eye surgery to correct his vision and no longer needs glasses.

Quotes:

Preacher: You should come on Wednesday. It's Christian singles night. Lewis is always there, chatting up the young ladies.
Drew Carey: Christian singles night, huh?
Lewis Kiniski: I suppose you would prefer some snobby, stuck-up woman you met at a bar. Well, so would I. But that didn't work, so welcome to plan B.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Show No. 103 (#1.1)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Moon Over Parma

Very good.

The Drew Carey Show might not be original in its premise, but it's more original than other shows out there (cough, cough, can you say Bette? or The King Of Queens?). This show is about Drew, an overweight man with thick glasses who works in a department store. He is constantly followed by his best friends: Kate (Christa Miller), Oswald (Driedrich Bader) and Lewis (the hilarious Ryan Stiles). Drew is also surrounded by co-workers Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney) and Mr. Wick (Craig Ferguson) all of whom try to make his life miserable. The actors are good. Drew Carey is pretty good as well as Miller. Ryan Stiles is a hoot as the bizarre Lewis and Bader, even with his considerably cliche character, makes the best out of it. Kathy Kinney is funny when what she says isn't "Bite me, Doughboy" and "Shut up, Pig!". The writing is also very good. Carey isn't afraid of taking potshots at himself, and the show considerably pushes the envelope. Take this, for example: Drew enters the house."Where's Oswald?" he asks Lewis. Out of a closed door: "I'm waxing my bike!" says Oswald. (In that episode, Oswald's father had given him a bike.) Drew, with a smirk:"Is that what you guys are calling now?" Then he sees the bike. "Wait a minute. His bike is here." Says Lewis, "Well then, I guess he's masturbating." Won't be seeing that on Suddenly Susan! (Well, I won't be, anyway.) I have a suspicion that if the F-word (which I would gladly say, mind you, if I didn't have the risk of being censored) is ever allowed on network TV, this show will be the breakthrough. Also, ever once in a while, instead of pumping us with moralistic sap, they have an original show, like one full of bloopers or one supposedly "Live". A good show, especially in its time slot.