Considering all the viral attention given to Drew Carey over his support of striking writers, it kind of sucks that The Drew Carey Show isn’t streaming anywhere, except the first season
In fact, only the first season was ever released on DVD, too, due to music rights. Which sucks bc if you never saw it, or don’t remember it, The Drew Carey Show was not some Home Improvement esque stand-up sitcom hackjob. It was a proto-Community prone to surreal gimmicks and wacky special episodes. These included “spot the mistakes!” episodes and improvisational crossovers with Whose Line, but also “after an office prank, Drew wakes up in China” (filmed on location in China), “Rocky Horror vs Priscilla Queen of the Desert drag danceoff musical number”, and “the gang descends into a science lab to save a dog & come across mutants and strange experiments”. It seemed weirder than something like Community though bc it was rooted so heavily in mundane 90s blue collar workcom aesthetics, then it would reveal the guy-of-the-week the female lead was dating was literally the Devil
Anyway the only way to watch anything but the first season is piracy, and likely always will be. Fun!
Drew Carey just straight up loved any excuse for a musical number and it was a delight.
This is a man who gave his show three different theme songs, did full-length music videos for them, and then in the final season brought back all three themes, with a different version each time. The dude absolutely loved his musical numbers
This is the most jubilantly anyone has ever said “OHIO!”
It’s on REW-TV, free, over-the-air tv. Get a cheap antenna and get into the world of the phony channels. Check out their list of affiliates here.
He’s like James Corden’s good twin.
(via seananmcguire)
