The Drew Carey Show appreciation thread

[Ben Wyatt]

Like the title says, let's show some love to a show that in my book, is criminally underrated.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

I still lose it at the Rocky Horror vs. Priscilla dance off.

“Sorry, your drag is old, our drag is new!”

[Ben Wyatt]

I see this scene somewhere every Easter season and it kills me every time

This

[darbus alan]

The show is what exposed me to the comedic brilliance of Craig Ferguson and also co-starred old Whose Line Is It Anyway mainstay Ryan Stiles. It was pretty damn funny and had a hell of a cast.

The show is almost certainly the reason why the Drew-hosted Whose Line US became a thing, including getting a lot of UK regulars like Stiles, Mochrie, and Proops back. And launching Wayne Brady's career like it was an Intamin accelerator coaster.

[Ben Wyatt]

Drew: "We have to tell Oswald the truth eventually. I mean, we can't just keep distracting him with shiny objects... Ok, we can, but we got to stop doing that."

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

I wish there was a way to watch this on streaming. I think the show was at its best when it has the Cleveland Rocks theme.

[Allie Kitsune]

...and now you've all got Five O'Clock World stuck in your heads.

[Ben Wyatt]

Mar 28, 2023 15:51:33 GMT -5 SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts said:

I wish there was a way to watch this on streaming. I think the show was at its best when it has the Cleveland Rocks theme.

It's in large part due to the music rights, if I remember correctly

[Mozenrath]

It was a fun show. I feel like it has a bit of an issue of being uneven in quality, but you get that with long-running sitcoms due to writing changes, people leaving or entering the cast, and just playing out more and more ideas. Hell, Frasier's considered one of the best sitcoms, and it has some legendarily rough periods.

When it was in the zone, though, it was a good time.

[H-Virus]

Still remember all the goofy gimmicks they tried during their run. A no-script episode, a Whose Line is it Anyway style episode, a 'Find the Mistakes' episode, a melodramatic trying-to-win-an-Emmy episode... No idea if they still hold up today, but I laughed back then.

[Mrs. Potato Dick]

Mar 28, 2023 17:08:51 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

Mar 28, 2023 15:51:33 GMT -5 SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts said:

I wish there was a way to watch this on streaming. I think the show was at its best when it has the Cleveland Rocks theme.

It's in large part due to the music rights, if I remember correctly

Yes. Drew himself confirmed this to me on twitter.

LOVED the show. Really picked up when Wick showed up, tho. "Everybody, it's time for a fire drill!! Johnson, you're fired."

[tirtefaa]

The show was good at first, but I think I lost focus of it around Season 5 or 6. When I caught a later episode, Drew was working at a different company, he looked different (think he has a beard and no glasses) and Kate was gone. There was barely anything that connected the series to what they it used to be from what I saw.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Mar 28, 2023 21:37:55 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

The show was good at first, but I think I lost focus of it around Season 5 or 6. When I caught a later episode, Drew was working at a different company, he looked different (think he has a beard and no glasses) and Kate was gone. There was barely anything that connected the series to what they it used to be from what I saw.

As I recall an Internet start up bought the store, hired Drew. So he had the same job, same desk in the same spot but a different company. That was the joke.

One of the main things I recall is Drew saying to Kate “Is sarcastibitch a word?” I used to call my (now) ex that. It fit. She was proud of it.

[wildojinx]

It was never the same after Kate left and Drew was fired from Winfred-Lauder.