"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

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Company:

Mohawk Productions

Trivia:

Diedrich Bader's character, Oswald Lee Harvey, is (obviously) a mixed up version of Lee Harvey Oswald (the alleged killer of JFK).

Quotes:

Kate O'Brien: You're not still attached to Lisa, are you?
Drew Carey: No, I'm not attached to my Lisa at all.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time Chasers (#9.21)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Five O'Clock World

The working class sitcom for working class people...

U know, before Drew Carey got his own show, I didn't even know who he was. This show truly captializes his talents as a comedian and actor.

"The Drew Carey Show" is by far one of the funniest sitcoms on television in recent years. It also happens to be my third favorite show. Our bespectacled hero, Drew, works in a Winfried-Louder Depaertment Store's offices, run by a dorky Scot, Nigel Wick (Criag Ferguson). His archnemisis, Mimi Bobeck-Carey (Kathy Kinney) wears tons of make-up and tacky clothes, much in the same sense that Peggy Bundy on "Married with Children" was the queen of tacky. Of course, Drew has his girlfriend, Kate (Christa Miller) and his dopey buddies, Lewis Kiniski (Ryan Stiles, who upstages Carey) and Oswald Lee Harvey (Deidrich Bader).

This show is very funny. The plotlines are always interesting, and of course, Lewis and Oswald have to accomplish some stupid feat in the 1/2 hour (ie: they used $8000 to record an album using classic songs, with them--"Tequilla" or Lewis saying "Wipeout!") Of course, everyone gets into a big mess, Mimi insults Drew, Drew plots revenge, and everything is said and done in the half hour.

I love this show, and highly recommend it to everyone who has a good sense of humor. Drew Carey's standup is excellent, and this show just adds another good credit to a very talented man!

Cleveland truly does rock! (Except I'm a Yankees fan!)