Shows I watched lately

I watched "What's up warthogs". The show is set in West Hill High. I'm wondering if it the actual school or a studio. The more I watch the more I think it's a studio.

That Victoria is cute. She reminds me of Kaleigh in "Overruled".

I watch Spongebob whenever I get the chance. I don't think anyone under 18 gets most if the jokes.

Kids giggle because it's silly.

Fairly Odd Parents is fun but losing its power.

Anger Management is a great show. We are all thinking what the characters are actually doing. I wish I could watch more of the show.

I love House M. D. I think that's the official title. House is now dating Cuddy but it isn't going well. They've done a lot the bedroom stuff. They both come out if each session with a smile. I hope they stay together. In reality getting two high powered, sexy people together is near impossible. -- well me and ....... Oh crap I almost said Angelina or did I mean Ziva or Abby?...

I'll never tell.

Okay now watch more tv. Go get some fresh air. Talk to a real human being. Don't let people waste your Tim with arguing, especially people diagnosed with bipolar and not taking any meds.

Later......giggle giggle

Fairly Odd Parents

We all wish it was true ----- or was it?

This is a cartoon where all kids have fairies helping them get through life.

These fairies grant almost every wish that the kids can think of. There re rules and sometimes the fairies mess up.

The fairies grant wishes only after warning about problems that might come up.

What could go wrong? --- everything

Jorgen is the head fairy. He has to enforce all the rules. He's just mean but he means well.

Mr. Crocker is Timmy's teacher. Did I mention Timmy? He's the main character--a ten year old kid, with a pink hat....that can't help keep the bullies away.

Okay so back to Crocker---he wants to catch the fairies so he can rule the world---or something as bad.

Watch the show. It's fun for all ages and there was a movie too.

There are many situations are jokes that only adults would know. It may be a cartoon about ferries but there's a lot if stuff that will go over kid's heads.

Watch the show. I wish you would watch the show.

Wipeout Spring Time

As if the show couldn't get better.... Now for this special it's engaged couple competing against other engaged couples for $50,000.00.

The couple must do their best but if one member of the couple is weak at an obstacle they could ruin it for both.

There was cake and Jil wanted some.

There was a wedding couple helping to throw the cake --- the guy was the girl and the girl was the guy.

I'm sure parts if the show are on YouTube but I'm sure you can buy Wipeout on DVD or blue ray or billy ray or something like that.

Later.

Dirty Jobs

Dirty Jobs

Category: Reality Television

Star: Mike Rowe (also narrator for Mythbusters and Most Dangerous Catch?---to be verified)

Opening Theme: "We Care A Lot" by Faith No More

Number of Episodes: 78

Original Run: November 7, 2003 to present

Dirty Jobs is a Discovery Channel show. In the show Mike Rowe takes on jobs that are seen as "dirty" because they are difficult, strange, and/or messy. He works with the professionals of each job to show who does what job and how. The show premiered with three pilot episodes in November 2003. It returned as a series on July 26, 2005. The episodes shown on the European Discovery Channel sometimes include scenes that were not included in the U.S. version

An Australian version of the show commenced airing on the Nine Network from October 7, 2007.

Mike Rowe is a smart quick-witted television personality. The way he interacts with the people in the blue-collar jobs he is exploring makes the show the success it is.

The show is filmed so that Rowe is seen as a fully-involved assistant during a typical work day. He does the actual work and faces the actual risks of job. The usually cameraman is Doug Glover, who often gets just as dirty as Rowe does. Rowe is always muttering, on camera, about how Dave Barsky (field producer for the show) is putting him in another dangerous situation to get "the shot".

Mike Rowe makes jokes about the jobs but he never makes fun of the workers themselves. The show is about showing what people will do to earn money.

The show always begin with Mike Rowe's quote as follows: "My name is Mike Rowe, and this is my job: I explore the country looking for people who aren't afraid to get dirty—hard-working men and women who earn an honest living doing the kinds of jobs that make civilized life possible for the rest of us. Now... get ready, to get dirty."Dirty Jobs is a spin-off of from a segment host Mike Rowe did on a local San Francisco program called Somebody's Gotta Do It. He did a very graphic piece on cow artificial insemination, Rowe got all kinds of letters. Rowe then sent the tape to the Discovery Channel and they made it a show (Dirty Jobs).

Dirty Jobs is now produced by Craig Piligian (executive producer) of Pilgrim Film & Television. The Discovery Channel executive producer is Gena McCarthy. Craig Piligian is also the producer of American Chopper and American Hot Rod. Mike has stated in recently aired promos (done along side a large sow) that he originally wanted to honor his father, and grandfather, by bringing fame to the less-than-glorious careers.

In July 2006, the show aired two special episodes, one at the beginning and one at the end, of Discovery Channel's Shark Week. Mike Rowe hosted these. Rowe was shown doing a number of jobs related to the animals. He took on the job of a shark repellent tester and a shark suit tester. Both of those jobs involved Rowe jumping into a shark feeding frenzy. The show titles were "Dirty Jobs That Bite" (the opening show) and "Dirty Jobs That Bite Harder" (closing show).

In late August of 2006, the show made its 100th episode. To celebrate it a two-hour episode showing Mike's day with the U.S. Army's 187th Ordnance Battalion at Fort Jackson. There were bloopers and an "about me" segment of Mike's crew. Mike Rowe and Dave Barsky played a guitar/banjo duet and performed a song about the 100 dirty jobs. The show aired a 2-hour 150th job special in early December 2007.

The special showed footage of Rowe's 150th job (working on a yak and bison farm in Montana) and footage of a party held at a San Francisco junkyard where people featured in past Dirty Jobs segments were united with Rowe.

Each episode ends with a segment where Rowe tells the viewers that the show's continued existence depends on viewer submissions of suggestions for additional dirty jobs, and instructs them to go to the show's website for details on how to submit ideas. Rowe has often noted that the show would be lost without the viewer contributions. The Discovery Channel has been flooded with idea submissions. In July 2007 Rowe was a guest on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He told Ferguson "I haven't had an original idea since then."

There was stuff that was "too gross" to make it on air. One such situation was a segment filmed by Dirty Jobs in 2003. It involved roadkill taxidermy. According to roadkill taxidermy artist Stephen Paternite the segment was cut by the Discovery Channel as "too gross." The segment involved Mike Rowe and Paternite gathering skin dead raccoons, which Paternite will eventually turn into art pieces. The segment is available on Paternite's website and on You Tube under the name "Too Gross for Discovery." Other segments that were not aired include the "body farmer" and crime scene investigators. Even aired segments can be heavily edited, such as the "skull cleaner" segment. Parts of it were seen as too graphic for television.

Wipeout Awards

Wipeout Awards

You've seen the Golden Globes, The Academy Awards, Ocar's, etc...

Well this is an award show to celebrate all the funny stuff that happens on Wipeout.

See a lot of Wipeout stuff on YouTube, until it gets taken off.  You can always go to YTV and the internet in general.  Buy the dvds in your local store.  Don't drink anything or eat anything while watching; you will shoot the food and drink right out of your nose from laughing.

Here are some sample scenes.

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The Drew Carey Show

The Drew Carey Show

Format: Sitcom

Created by: Drew Carey, Bruce Helford

Starring Drew Carey. Ryan Stiles. Diedrich Bader. Christa Miller (1995–2002). Kevin Pollak (1995–1996). Kathy Kinney.Craig Ferguson (1996–2003). John Carroll Lynch (1998–2003). Cynthia Watros (2002–2004) Opening theme: Moon Over Parma (1995-1996) Five O'Clock World by The Vogues (1996-1997) Cleveland Rocks by The Presidents of the United States of America (1997-2004)

Country of origin: United States

No. of seasons: 9

No. of episodes: 233

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Running time: 22 Minutes

Production company(s): Mohawk Productions Warner Bros. Television

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Original channel: ABC

Original run: September 13, 1995 – September 8, 2004

The Drew Carey Show is a long-running American sitcom (set in Cleveland, Ohio) that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004 and was known for its "everyman" characters and themes. The show revolved around comedian Drew Carey, an office worker who has had a long-life working experience, and the highs and the lows of both his romances and his relationships to long-time friends, Lewis, Oswald and Kate. It currently airs on the ION Television network in the United States, weeknights at 10 pm Eastern Standard Time Monday through Wednesday.

The show was created by Drew Carey, who had both stand-up comedy and writing experience, and Bruce Helford, who was once a writer for Roseanne.

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Cast and characters

Drew Carey (Drew Carey) - The protagonist, a perpetual "nice guy." For most of the series, he works in the human resources department of Winfred-Lauder, a multinational department store chain. He's portrayed as a lovable loser, though he's the most successful of his group of friends. Drew is the founder and co-owner of Buzz Beer, a special coffee-containing brew. He has a long-standing feud with Mimi Bobeck; his pranks have included destroying her clothes, shredding her vacation requests, and masquerading as Antonio Banderas to taunt her.

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Lewis Kiniski (Ryan Stiles) - Forms a double-act with Oswald. Lewis, who is tall, lanky, and blonde, is in his forties and can be counted on to nonchalantly say bizarre and offensive things. He possesses an IQ of 163, but works as a janitor for a company called DrugCo. Due to accidentally releasing a virus into the population, he was busted down to janitor from a position that required him to wear a lab coat. It's uncertain if he was a scientist or lab assistant, though it's possible he was joking. At one point, he posed as Drew to take his physical exam for him, inadvertently taking a psychiatric exam as well. The results showed him to be mentally unstable and possibly criminally insane, although this was due to giving answers which he thought suited Drew's life and situation.

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Oswald Lee Harvey (Diedrich Bader) - Lewis's slightly shorter, dark-haired friend is the dumb one of the double-act, which tends to be his most distinguishing characteristic. Lewis described him once as a "man-child stuck in a state of prolonged adolescence." At one point Oswald trained to be a nurse, but he proved unsuitable. Oswald was a deejay at the beginning of the first season but later on became a delivery driver for Global Parcel (a fictional package-delivery service). His name is a play on Lee Harvey Oswald. In the episode Bus-ted, it is revealed that Oswald joined the group of friends to replace Adam, a childhood friend who fell through the ice on a lake.

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Kate O'Brien (Christa Miller) - Friends with Drew, Lewis, and Oswald since they were kids. Kate is a bit of a tomboy and a hothead. She and Oswald almost got married at one point, but she called it off just after Oswald threw her a surprise wedding (essentially leaving Oswald at the altar). Kate later found out about Drew's long-standing crush on her at their high school reunion, and she realized that she had feelings for him too. They dated for a season (even becoming engaged) but broke up when they disagreed about having kids. Drew and Kate were married for a short time in a later season, although this was illegal, as Drew had just become married to his old girlfriend, Nicki. Eventually, Drew's sham was discovered and Kate felt betrayed. Drew eventually regained Kate's trust and they became friends again. Kate left at the beginning of the eighth season, marrying a sailor and moving from Cleveland to Guam.

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Cast and characters continued

Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney) - Mr. Bell's, and then later Mr. Wick's, assistant/secretary. She is an overweight woman who wears a lot of make-up, but has very high self-esteem. (As an in-joke, Mimi's mother was played by Tammy Faye Bakker.) Mimi is Drew's arch-nemesis; she vowed to make Drew's life a living hell after Drew denied her a job based on her makeup. Mimi's pranks have included gluing Drew's hand to a pornographic magazine, covering Drew's desk with garbage, and eventually sending Drew to China while he is unconscious. She is also known for calling him a "pig." Her character can be seen as an attack on societal norms of beauty, much as the main character of Rosalie Goes Shopping. Mimi's past has a lot of connections to the world of music; she often talks about being a roadie for Foghat and was married to Eddie Money for two weeks after appearing at his first concert. Additionally, she admits to sleeping with both Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton. Frampton still carries a torch for Mimi; he has a tattoo of her likeness on his chest. Later on, Mimi becomes more of a friend to Drew (they agree to put their feud on hold while Mimi dates/marries Steve) and a good, if unconventional, mother to Gus. Early in the series, it was revealed that Mimi was of Polish ancestry, and inherited the title of Duchess of Kraków after her aunt died. However, the episode with this content received a great deal of complaint from the Polish community, and all mention of Mimi's heritage has been removed from the show (with alternative footage placed over these bits in syndication).

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Nigel Algernon Wick (Craig Ferguson) - Drew's boss after the first season, replacing Mr. Bell (Kevin Pollak). British, crude, boisterous and offensive, he was also a cocaine addict before he was forced to go into rehab. For some time, he and Drew were in a same-sex marriage (technically a civil union) in order for Mr. Wick to get his Green Card and Drew to get his job back. When he first appeared on stage in guest episodes in the last two seasons he was greeted with thunderous applause. Wick always had unusual methods of firing employees (and nearly always fired someone named Johnson). He is almost always referred to as "Mr. Wick," and his first name is rarely used. In the show's first April Fools episode, Mr. Wick was shot in the crotch with a crossbow and had to have one of his testicles removed (a gag that was referred to for the rest of the series). Wick also lost a toe and a nipple in a fox hunt that went terribly wrong.

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Steve Carey (John Carroll Lynch) - Drew's cross-dressing brother. He came to Cleveland and got a job in the cosmetics department at Winfred-Lauder. He fell in love with Mimi and after several seasons of dating they married. In later seasons the concept of Steve being a cross-dresser is abandoned entirely with little explanation (though it is hinted that he gave it up to make Mimi happy). He left, along with Kate and Wick, early in the eighth season.

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Kellie Newmark (Cynthia Watros) - Drew's childhood friend. She has had a crush on Drew since high school but never told him. She was married but her husband cheated on her with her sister. Her mother is an alcoholic and leaves her father, eventually hooking up with Lewis. After Kate leaves, Drew realizes that he loves Kellie. Drew is afraid to tell Kellie because it may ruin their friendship like it did with Kate. After Lily leaves Drew, they confess their feelings for each other. When Kellie comes out while Drew is talking to his dad and asks Drew what they are going to do about their feelings for each other, Drew's dad falls off the roof and dies. Eventually during the beginning stage of their relationship Kellie finds out she is pregnant with Drew Jr. but won't marry Drew because she doesn't think he is ready for marriage. During the finale she decides Drew is ready. But her water breaks and she and Drew get married right when the baby is born.

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Drew's marriages

Much of the show's humor revolved around Drew's single life. However, Drew was married a number of times during the show's run. His spouses during the series were:

Diane (Nicole Sullivan) - A cocktail waitress Drew met on a business trip to Las Vegas. She tricked Drew into marrying her because she believed having a husband would give her an edge in winning custody of her children. Drew agreed to help her with the social workers, and they divorced a week later.

Mr. Wick - Drew's boss for the majority of the series, desperately wanted a spouse when his visa expired and he was threatened with deportation. He bribed Drew with a promotion and several benefits to get Drew to marry him in Vermont (technically, this is considered a civil union and not a wedding). They stayed married for just over a year to throw off any suspicion from the INS. Drew kicked Mr. Wick out of his house once Wick became too "clingy" with Drew's friends and life.

Nicki Fifer (Kate Walsh) - A real estate agent whom Drew dated and became engaged to; she dumped him after gaining a large amount of weight while they were dating (and, in her own words, "couldn't be with a man who would tempt [her] to eat"). She lost the weight, got married and came back to Drew after her divorce (when Drew had just left a mental institution). Drew asked her to marry him on an impulse, and she agreed. Unfortunately, Drew also got married to Kate soon after (thus becoming a bigamist) and she left him. Nicki returned later, having regained all her previous weight, and attempted to kill Drew because she blamed him for all the recent problems in her life. Drew let Nicki stay at his house until she could get back on her feet, after which she was never seen or heard from again. Kate - The love of Drew's life and his best friend since childhood, Drew and Kate first broke off their engagement after a disagreement about having kids. After Drew's stint in the mental hospital, Kate realized that she still loved Drew and asked him to marry her. Drew agreed (despite having recently married Nicki and still being married to Mr. Wick) and kept both his marriages a secret for a time. Both wives discovered the situation, and Kate, furious, dumped Drew and told the newspapers about the situation; Drew became known as "The Impotent Bisexual Bigamist."

Lily (Tammy Lauren) - A Southern belle who met Drew after Oswald and Lewis started a campaign to find him a wife. Drew brought Lily to Cleveland and attempted to establish a relationship with her, but found it difficult to deal with Lily's night terrors. Drew ended up proposing to Lily on three different occasions: once in his house, another in a movie theater, and finally, back at his home again. After Drew tore up all of his pre-determined wedding plan receipts, Lily agreed to marry him. Lily left Drew after the wedding, driving off without him after giving Drew his ring back. At the reception, Drew and Kellie expressed their hidden love for each other and began their relationship, which would also lead to Drew's final marriage.

Kellie Newmark - Drew's childhood friend who was introduced in the eighth season. Drew went to a strip club and discovered that Kellie was working as a stripper to support herself after her divorce from her husband. Drew takes her into his house and their friendship blossoms. They were both reluctant to confess their feelings for another, but they became a couple after Drew & Lily's wedding. Kellie soon becomes pregnant, but refuses to marry Drew for another eight months. On their wedding day and the series finale, Kellie gave birth to Drew Jr.

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Other characters

Larry Almada (Ian Gomez) - One of Drew's co-workers. After leaving Winfred-Lauder, he set up a reasonably successful dating service which later expanded into a television chat show.

Gerald Hawthorne Bell (Kevin Pollak) - Drew's boss for The Drew Carey Show's first season. The interesting thing about Mr. Bell was that he only appeared in in person for his last appearance. He gets caught having relations with a woman in his office and he and Mrs. Lauder have to talk it out, but when he appears, he is wearing a Santa costume. We only heard his voice on Drew's speakerphone, despite the fact that Drew had his desk very close to Mr. Bell's office. Little was known about him, but he did not come across as a nice person. He seemed sexist and self-centered and had an office romance with a staff member (unlike Drew's romance with Lisa, Bell was only after the sex). In the last episode of the first season, Mr. Bell finally appeared on camera as he was seen leaving his office after getting fired from the store.

Beulah Carey (Marion Ross) - Drew's and Steve's mother married to George Carey (Stanley Anderson).

King Augustus Antonio Carey - "King Gus," Steve and Mimi's son (and Drew's nephew). Before he was born, he saved Mimi from being fired by Drew in the episode "Drew Pops Something On Kate". Just as Drew is about to fire Mimi, Gus kicks while in the womb for the first time, and Drew has compassion for Mimi, preventing her from getting fired. He was born while Drew was in a coma, and his spirit (voiced by Jon Polito) met Drew up in Heaven before being born. After hearing Drew make jokes about how horrible Mimi was, Gus was afraid to be born. Drew convinced him that Mimi would be a good mother by going back down to Earth and spending time in the baby's body. Drew told this story to the others after coming out of his coma, but nobody believed him. Gus was an infant for most of his time on the show, but received an age boost (putting him somewhere between 5 and 6 years old) for the final season. He burns down his house, initially thought to be with a wood-burning kit that Drew gives him as a gift. Since Mimi and Gus had nowhere to live, Drew offers his home to them, and they stay there almost until the end of the show. It was later discovered that Gus was a pyromaniac and intentionally started a fire in the house.

Fran Lauder (Nan Martin) - One of the executives' "cougars" (and partial namesake) of the Winfred-Lauder corporation who inherits the store from her dead husband.

Lisa Robbins (Katy Selverstone) - Drew's girlfriend from season one.

Jay Clemens (Robert Torti) - Kate's boyfriend from season one.

Evan (Kyle Howard) - Co-owner of Never Ending Store with his brother, Scott (of the two bosses, he is regarded as the 'nice' one). He is a Zen-seeking Buddhist who promotes peace and support, although he himself has a life coach, sees a family therapist with his brother, and takes anti-anxiety pills. He has a tenuous relationship with Scott because they spend so much time together.

Scott (Jonathan Mangum) - Co-owner of Never Ending Store with his brother, Evan. He is more business-minded than Evan, and can get very irritated by Evan's peace-seeking way of life. He teaches computer classes during the summer.

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Guest Stars

Penn & Teller as Genn and Feller in "Drew Meets Lawyers" (Season 1, Episode 6) and "See Drew Run" (Season 2, Episode 17)

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David Cross as Earl in "Drew and the Unstable Element" (Season 1, Episode 13) and "Two Drews and the Queen of Poland Walk Into a Bar" (Season 2, Episode 20).

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Joey Ramone, Dave Mustaine, Slash, Lisa Loeb, Dusty Hill, Johnny Lang, Rick Nielsen, Michael Stanley, Matthew Sweet and Roy Clark as themselves in "In Ramada da Vida" (Season 4, Episode 2)

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Triple H as Wrestler Sponsor for Buzz Beer

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Henry Rollins as E-Bay Ass Kicking Guy and Amy Farrington as Bonnie in "Hickory Dickory... Double Date" (Season 8, Episode 5)

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Gregory Jbara as Ron in "Drew and the Conspiracy" (Season 4, Episode 1) and "Golden Boy" (Season 4, Episode 3).

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Charles Nelson Reilly as Mr. Hathaway, Lewis's boss, in "DrugCo" (Season 4)

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Joe Walsh, in numerous episodes.

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"Weird Al" Yankovic as himself in "Drew Between the Rock and a Hard Place" (Season 4)

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Rush Limbaugh as himself in "The Salon" (Season 3)

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French Stewart as Buddy in "Drew's Best Friend" (Season 9, Episode 10)

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Colin Mochrie in "She's Gotta Have It", "Drew Live", and "Drew Live II"

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Eras

The Drew Carey Show ran for nine years. Like many shows with long runs, the show's run can be broken down into several "eras."

The Drew Carey Show "Moon Over Parma"/Chemistry Titles Era (1995–1996)

The first season of The Drew Carey Show was significantly different from the rest of the series. Drew and Mimi worked at Winfred-Lauder under Mr. Bell, who existed only as a voice on Drew's speakerphone. Mr. Bell was never seen until the last episode of the season after he was fired by the new owners. Other characters that appeared exclusively in this era were Drew's hillbilly neighbor, Jules, and his family. Drew's first girlfriend, Lisa, was introduced in this season, and she remained with the cast until the early episodes of the second season.

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Nine of the episode titles were related to chemistry in some way with names such as "The Joining of Two Unlike Elements Is a Mixture" and "Isomers Have Distinct Characteristics". No explanation for this was ever given, and the tradition was abandoned by the end of the season. After episode 19, "Atomic Cat Fight", the remainder were given names relevant to their story line (such as, "Drew and Mrs. Lauder"). Episode 10's title, "Science Names Suck", pokes fun at the scientific type names.

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Season One also had a three episode arc involving a seemingly innocuous comic strip Drew displayed in his cubicle which led to a hostile workplace lawsuit.

Buzz Beer, beer that had caffeine and tasted like coffee, was invented by the main characters in the last episode of the first season. The concept stayed with the series until the very end.

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Eras continued

The Drew Carey Show Wick Era (1996–2002)

The second season was notably different from the first. The opening theme used in season one, "Moon Over Parma," was replaced by "Five O'Clock World" by The Vogues (who come from Pittsburgh, home of the Cleveland Browns' biggest rivals, the Steelers) for the second season opener and episodes 10-22 and 24. The theme song for episode 8 was "What is Hip" by Tower of Power. These themes were then replaced in season three by "Cleveland Rocks", a cover by The Presidents of the United States of America of an Ian Hunter song although the theme did not make its first appearance until episode 3 of that season (the original was later used in a bloopers-filled episode).

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Season two also introduced the concept of the music video-like opening as the cast danced and sang around the various sets of the show. In the second episode of the second season Nigel Wick was introduced to replace Mr. Bell.

Lisa and Drew moved in together early in the second season, but it didn't work out. However, this allowed the introduction of Speedy, Drew's dog, whose presence remained until the end of the series. Steve, Drew's cross-dressing brother, was introduced during this period. He eventually fell in love with Mimi and they had one child, Gus.

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Drew was promoted several times, taking away Wick's job. However, Wick always managed to return and take Drew's job back from him. At the end of this era, Wick and Drew were co-managers of the Winfred-Lauder department store. Drew was also fired once, but got his job back by "marrying" Wick in Vermont, allowing him to get his green card. This was also the era in which series regular Kate and Drew got romantically involved. They were on the verge of getting married, but they called it off when they realized they didn't feel the same about the prospect of children.

This era of the show was also known for its special events episodes. Virtually every season had two such episodes: "What's Wrong With This Episode?" and "Drew Live". The first contained a large number of deliberate mistakes; the person who could catch them all and mail in the correct answers would win a prize. The second was a live show that was performed three times (Eastern, Central and Pacific Time zones), heavily featuring cast members from Whose Line is it Anyway?. These episodes had very loose plots, interrupted at regular intervals by improvisational games. There was also the season 5 finale "A Very Special Drew", in which the cast indulged in intentionally manipulative and syrupy melodrama in a facetious attempt to get an Emmy nomination. This episode also breaks the fourth wall when Craig Ferguson touts the Emmy prospects of Nigel Wick, leading Kathy Kinney to snap "You'll never get an Emmy. Your character is too cartoonish." When the Emmy quest fails, Drew borrows about $100 from his friends, takes some money from his own wallet, and heads out to buy some Golden Globe awards.

By far the most extreme was the Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour which was shown a few weeks before the first episode of the 2001 season. The show was a series of sketches which was far closer in content and tone to Saturday Night Live or MADtv than The Drew Carey Show.

This tradition of bizarrely themed episodes was parodied by Carey's friend "Weird Al" Yankovic in his song "Couch Potato" (itself a parody of Eminem's "Lose Yourself"), which referred to "a special all-Pig Latin episode of Drew Carey".

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The Drew Carey Show Neverending Store Era (2002–2004)

In the fall of 2002 the show returned. The concept of Winfred-Lauder and the characters' jobs there was abandoned completely. Show openings alternated with remixes of the previous theme songs, credits, and logo; however, the opening was still a montage of various moments from past seasons of the show. The new concept involves Drew getting a job at the company that rented the building occupied by Winfred-Lauder, an Internet start-up department store called "Neverending Store". Mimi gets a job as well, and Mr. Wick gets the only job he's qualified for—janitor. However, Wick stopped appearing altogether after a few episodes; Steve was also phased out in the same way. The most notable change, however, was when Kate O'Brien, played by Christa Miller, one of the show's main cast, left, to be at home and have a recurring guest-star role on her husband Bill Lawrence's show Scrubs. She was quickly replaced with Kellie, an old high school friend of Drew's who had been working as a stripper.

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Drew's bosses were a set of twenty-something Internet geeks. The combination of high intelligence, low social skills, and hacker naïveté created a very different sort of humor for the show. However they weren't the main focus. Like in the first season, Drew's life outside the office took center stage once again. Interestingly, the show began featuring cameos from reality-TV participants in the final two seasons, such as former Road Rules star Timmy Beggy, The Real World alum Cara Khan, and The Amazing Race winner Reichen Leikmeuhl.

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Tony The Bus-Driver Bill Cobbs became a main fixture, appearing in virtually every episode of the last two seasons. He typically played a role similar to a smart-alecky bartender that Drew could tell his problems to. (One of the first lines he uttered in the series: "There's only one reason a man doesn't want to go home at the end of the day: ugly children.")

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In the eighth season Drew decided that he would get married a year from the date he set; a day which would coincide with the last episode of the season. Drew wouldn't make the deadline, but he would realize in the process that he was in love with Kellie. The eighth season was put in a dead timeslot on Monday nights, frequently clashing with Monday Night Football. It was yanked mid-season and the remaining episodes were shown during the summer of 2003. ABC was forced to finance a ninth season, even though they had effectively canceled the show. The ninth season did not show during the fall of 2003, but ended up getting shown in the summer of 2004, with some of the episodes out of order.

The last season's tone changed radically from the previous seasons. The directors started experimenting with one-camera set-ups, showing that the sets were completely built, there actually were four walls in most rooms, and the rooms were actually linked together. The writers were equally brazen, as they had Gus burn down Mimi's house, forcing her to move in with Drew after Steve left her. Drew and Mimi's mutual hatred of each other finally vanished and they became true friends.

The season ended with Drew getting Wick's help to open up a department store, using the vacated building that Neverending Store left behind. However, Drew is quickly kicked out of his job as store manager by Wick, who has been given his job by the project's sole investor: his father-in-law. Mimi is also relieved of her vice-presidency and made Mr. Wick's assistant, Drew becomes the assistant director of personnel. Drew goes and sits at his desk, the surroundings are now the same as the Winfield-Lauder set that hadn't been seen for two years, and Barry Manilow's "Looks Like We Made It" starts up.

The actual final episode follows as Drew and Kellie's first child is born, scant moments after the two are married. The final scene is Drew playing pool in his backyard in the rain; the same scene that ended the first episode. He looks up at the camera and thanks the audience, saying it has been fun. The series ends with a montage set to "You Can Still Rock in America".


The Drew Carey Show

Buzz Beer

Buzz Beer is a fictional beer that contains a mixture of beer and coffee. The beer was first introduced in the last episode of the first season, Buzz Beer which originally aired May 8, 1996. Buzz Beer was initially brewed by Drew, Kate, Oswald, and Lewis in Drew's garage. In episode Cap-Beer-Cino, another company made a knockoff version of it called Cap-Beer-Cino, which was one of the rejected names suggested by Kate in the "Buzz Beer" episode. At one point in the show, Mimi replaced Kate when Mimi won a share of the company after beating Kate at poker. Buzz Beer is sold at the Warsaw Tavern, the bar at which Drew, Kate, Oswald, and Lewis hang out. Lewis and Oswald are in charge of coming up with new promotions for the beer which usually are not successful. Drew is constantly shooting down Lewis and Oswald's ideas, especially when the two prevent Buzz Beer from winning the "Beer of the Month Award" at a beer convention. Near the end of the series, the brewery was moved from Drew's garage to Lewis and Oswald's house.

As for its success in the Drew Carey universe, Lewis once stated that "the combination of caffeine and alcohol should be more addictive than heroin, but so far sales haven't borne that out."

The Drew Carey Show

Show background

Based on the real-life experiences of Carey's life, the show debuted on the ABC network on September 13, 1995, and was highly-rated for four years before sliding in popularity. Because the network had few hits on the schedule in 2001, it renewed the show for two additional seasons. However, the show further sank in ratings the following season, not unlike many other live sitcoms. Even its series finale's ratings were lower than otherwise would have been expected. The final two episodes aired on September 8, 2004. The show was produced by Mohawk Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. The two companies would go on to co-produce other shows such as The Norm Show and The Oblong

The Drew Carey Show

Ratings

The show finished its first season (1995–1996) barely in the Top 50, placing 48th in the Nielsen ratings, with an average rating of 10.1. The second season did considerably better, making it into the Top 20 finishing the 1996–1997 season 18th in the Nielsen ratings with an average rating of 11.5. Viewership increased 13.9% from season one.

The show finished its third season at a higher place in the ratings, placing 16th with an average rating of 11.1 during the 1997–1998 season; however, the ratings share was a drop of 3.5% from the second season.

During Season four (1998–1999), the series finished the season in the Nielsen ratings higher in the Top 20 making it to 14th place but with an average rating of 9.9, a decrease of 10.8% from the third season.

The show finished the 1999–2000 season 24th in the Nielsen ratings, the first time since season one that the show was not in the Top 20, with an average rating of 9.5, a decrease of 4% from the fourth season. This was a much smaller drop than many series suffered (given the erosion of network audiences). This was also a smaller drop than it suffered the season before. The show's 2000–2001 season finished 41st with an average rating of 8.23, a decrease of 13.4 percent from the fifth season.

ABC signed a new contract to keep the show on through a ninth season, even though the show had yet to enter its seventh season at that time. The 2001–2002 season saw one of the show's biggest drop in ratings, finishing 57th with an average rating of 5.9, a significant drop of 28.3% from the sixth season. The show finished the 2002–2003 season 119th with an average rating of 3.29, a drop of 44.23 percent from the seventh season. This caused ABC to put the series on hiatus, airing the rest of the season in the summer of 2003. Unable to get out of their contract, ABC was forced to allow the show to film a ninth season, paying three million dollars per episode. Not doing well enough to make a slot in the fall, the ninth season was aired during the summer of 2004.

The Drew Carey Show

DVD Releases

Season Releases

DVD Name Release Date Ep# Special Features

The Complete First Season April 24, 2007 22 1-900-MIMI (a phone sex spoof featuring Mimi)

Life Inside a Cubicle Featurette

Special Releases

On February 28, 2006, a six-episode release of the sitcom was released on DVD entitled "The Drew Carey Show: TV Favorites". Initially, the DVD was exclusively sold at Best Buy, but later sold at other national retailers as well. The DVD features the episodes Pilot, Playing the Unified Field, We'll Remember Always, Evaluation Day, Drew Blows His Promotion, My Best Friend's Wedding, and DrugCo.

No word yet on any other DVD releases for the show.



The Drew Carey Show

Trivia

The bar that Drew and his friends would always go to in the show was called "The Warsaw Tavern." The inspiration for "The Warsaw Tavern" is called "Murphy's Law" and is located on Memphis Ave. in the Old Brooklyn part of Cleveland, Ohio. This was one of Drew's favorite bars he would frequent in real life. The actual exterior structure of Murphy's Law is used on the TV show, although the interior is entirely different. Murphy's Law has autographed pictures of most of the cast members on the walls.

In Carey's bestselling book, Dirty Jokes and Beer, he revealed a list of subject matter that the censors objected to, such as mild language, sexual innuendo, and one episode that made light of a character's mental instability. Carey also mentions that in one second-season episode, he was forced to wear puffy pants because when he sits with tight pants, ABC thought he had an erection, a situation later parodied on the show.

John Carroll Lynch, who plays Drew's older brother, Steve, is actually five years younger than Drew Carey. The character of Kellie, who went to high school with Carey, was played by Cynthia Watros, who is ten years younger than him.

The season 5 episode "Drew Goes to the Browns Game", which coincided with the team returning to the NFL that season, showed the team playing the Minnesota Vikings in their "first game back" when Drew ran onto the field. In reality, the team played their archrivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, in their first game back, losing 43-0. Carey had been one of the most vocal Browns fans when the original team moved to Baltimore during the show's first season. Carey even did the coin toss for the game, which was nationally televised on ABC's sister network ESPN.

In the last seasons of the show, Drew Carey was earning $600,000 to $750,000 per episode..

The producers experimented with different filming techniques the last season. For a few episodes, instead of using the traditional four camera format in front of a live audience, a single camera technique using a "fourth wall" was employed. The experiment was short-lived after the cast, crew, and producers felt the energy was better in front of the large studio audience.

When "Weird Al" Yankovic appeared on the show, he had recently undergone Lasik surgery and had shaved, so he no longer had his trademark glasses and mustache. The producers felt that the audience would not recognize him and get the "You didn't say you played the accordion..." joke, so they outfitted him with fake glasses and mustache.

The episode, "My Best Friend's Wedding" had an opening scene that combined live-action with animation where Daffy Duck asks Drew for a job at Winfred-Lauder. Gerry Cohen directed the live-action portion of that sequence and Jeff Siergey directed the animation.

Craig Ferguson initially auditioned at Warner Brothers for a role as a Hispanic photographer on Suddenly Susan, and after he failed his audition, the casting director referred him to The Drew Carey Show which was auditioning across the studio.[2] The Drew Carey Show was the first television show to have an episode simulcast on the Internet.












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Trivia continued

Marion Ross made occasional guest appearances as Drew's mother. Her Happy Days co-star Tom Bosley and Tammy Faye Bakker appeared in one episode as Mimi's parents, and she herself was called "Mrs. Cunningham" in an April Fools episode as an intentional goof, referring to Ross' role on Happy Days. 70's sexpot Adrienne Barbeau appeared a few times as Oswald's mother. Lost in Space star, June Lockhart appeared twice as Lewis' mother. Christa Miller's real life aunt Susan Saint James once appeared as Kate's mother. Shirley Jones of The Partridge Family played a senior citizen whom Drew dated for 3 episodes. Ryan Stiles also joined Drew Carey as a regular on the US version of the improvisation show Whose Line is it Anyway?, which was hosted by Carey.

Joe Walsh made occasional guest appearances as both himself and as a band member.

Drew was the only character to appear in every episode of the series.

Whose Line is it Anyway? was an improvisational show that Carey hosted. Three episodes, entitled "Drew Live", "Drew Live II" and "Drew Live III" had many of the stars of the show on there such as Wayne Brady, Laura Hall, Brad Sherwood, and Greg Proops. Chip Esten and Kathy Greenwood were in Drew Live II, while Jeff B. Davis joined Esten & Proops in "Drew Live III" as the "Stall For Time Players". Ryan Stiles who played Lewis was also on the show. Colin Mochrie was also on the show, had appeared in an episode earlier as Eugene Anderson.

In one episode with sci-fi props there is a model of a spacecraft from the miniseries V can be seen on a kitchen table. Mr. Wick was named by head writer Clay Graham after an old girlfriend who had dumped him in order to "immortalize her treachery."

The character of Maggie Wick, Nigel Wick's mother, was originally written for Australian comic actor Dame Edna. When he was unable at the last moment to appear, actor Richard Chamberlain was approached, and he agreed to play the part in drag. One year later, Chamberlain officially "came out" as gay in his autobiography, "Shattered Love."

Mimi has been heavily referenced on Carey's current show, The Price Is Right. Often, he tells contestants who have not won their way on stage that they will have to face her in the "First Four Breakfast Club". Also, audience members have been known to wear various clothing items with her face on them.

Two of the show's other regulars (Craig Ferguson and Ryan Stiles) have moved on to CBS shows as well. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is aired after The Late Show with David Letterman, and Ryan Stiles currently has a recurring guest role on the sitcom Two and a Half Men.















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Dr. Katz

Dr Katz, Professional Therapist Format: Animated Sitcom

Created by: Jonathan Katz, Tom Snyder

Starring: Jonathan Katz, H. Jon Benjamin, Laura Silverman

Country of origin: USA

No. of seasons: 6

No. of episodes: 81 (3 unaired)

Production

Running time: approx. 0:22

Broadcast

Original channel: Comedy Central

Original run: May 28, 1995 – December 24, 1999


Dr Katz, Professional Therapist is an animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May
28, 1995 to December 24, 1999, starring Jonathan Katz, H. Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman. The
show was created by Katz and Tom Snyder, made by Tom Snyder Productions, and usually produced
by Katz and Loren Bouchard. The show was computer animated in a crude, easily recognizable style
called Squigglevision, in which all persons and animate objects are colored and have constantly
squiggling outlines, while all other inanimate objects are static and usually gray in color.

Format

The show focused on the title character, Dr. Jonathan Katz, who was voiced by, and visually based on,
the comedian of the same name. Dr Katz was a professional psychoanalyst who had famous comedians
and actors as patients, usually two per episode. The comedians' therapy sessions generally consisted of
them doing their onstage material while Dr Katz offered insights or simply let them rant. Meanwhile,
therapy sessions featuring actors and actresses offered more interpersonal dialogue between Katz and
his patient to better suit their predisposition. Dr Katz is a very laid-back, well-intentioned man who
enjoys playing the guitar and spending time at the bar with his friends, Stanley and Julie.

Mixed in with all the scenes involving the doctor and his clients are scenes dealing with the doctor's
personal life. He has a son, Benjamin, who is an aimless and childish grown son. His secretary, Laura
(Laura Silverman) is disinterested and useless. He has two friends: Stanley (Will Le Bow), and the
barmaid, Julie, voiced by one of the show's producers, Julianne Shapiro. Another character, Todd
(Todd Barry) interacted with Ben.

Each show would typically begin with Dr. Katz and Ben waking up and beginning a plotline shared by
the two.

The show would end in a similar way each week; while Dr Katz was in a session with a patient, music
signaling the close of the show would begin to play. Katz would acknowledge it and tell the patient
"Whoops, you know what the music means... our time is up" or something similar to that.

Much of the show's content, particularly dialogue between Katz and Benjamin, was improvised
through a process called "retroscripting", in which a vague outline is developed but the actual dialogue
is ad-libbed. This style, as well as Squigglevision, would reappear in Home Movies, a cartoon that
features many members of the Dr. Katz cast and crew.


Original airing

The first episode of Dr. Katz aired on May 28, 1995. A total of 81 episodes were produced, though the
final three -- "Bakery Ben," "Uncle Nothing" and "Lerapy" -- did not air in the United States. (They
were aired in Canada and overseas, however.) Comedy Central began the show's sixth and final season
on June 15, 1999, but ran only the first six episodes. The network chose to schedule nine of the
remaining twelve episodes for a Christmas Eve marathon, which served as the show's finale. The final
three episodes were not released until their inclusion on the 2007 DVD box set.


Episodes

Episode # Prod # Air Date Episode Title

Season 1: 1995



1. 1- 1 101 28 May 95 Pot-Bellied Pigs

2. 1- 2 102 4 Jun 95 Pretzelkins

3. 1- 3 103 11 Jun 95 Bully

4. 1- 4 104 18 Jun 95 Cholesterol

5. 1- 5 105 25 Jun 95 Everybody's Got a Tushy

6. 1- 6 106 2 Jul 95 Family Car


Season 2: 1996



7. 2- 1 201 15 Oct 95 Bystander Ben

8. 2- 2 202 29 Oct 95 Real Estate 9. 2- 3 203 12 Nov 95 Glasses

10. 2- 4 204 17 Dec 95 Office Management

11. 2- 5 205 14 Jan 96 Bees and SIDS

12. 2- 6 206 21 Jan 96 Drinky the Drunk Guy

13. 2- 7 207 7 Apr 96 Sticky Notes

14. 2- 8 208 14 Apr 96 It Takes Some Getting Used To

15. 2- 9 209 21 Apr 96 The Particle Board

16. 2-10 210 28 Apr 96 A Journey for the Betterment of People

17. 2-11 211 5 May 96 Theory of Intelligence

18. 2-12 212 12 May 96 Henna

19. 2-13 213 26 May 96 ESP



Season 3: 1996-1997



20. 3- 1 301 6 Oct 96 Monte Carlo

21. 3- 2 302 13 Oct 96 Blind Date

22. 3- 3 303 20 Oct 96 Fructose

23. 3- 4 304 27 Oct 96 Earring

24. 3- 5 305 3 Nov 96 Koppleman and Katz

25. 3- 6 306 5 Jan 97 Guess Who

26. 3- 7 307 12 Jan 97 Day Planner

27. 3- 8 309 19 Jan 97 Studio Guy

28. 3- 9 308 26 Jan 97 Mourning Person

29. 3-10 310 2 Feb 97 L'il Helper

30. 3-11 311 9 Feb 97 Big Fat Slug

31. 3-12 312 2 Mar 97 New Phone System

32. 3-13 313 9 Mar 97 Reunion



Season 4: 1997



33. 4- 1 405 9 May 97 Ben Treats

34. 4- 2 401 22 Jun 97 Memoirs

35. 4- 3 402 29 Jun 97 Electric Bike

36. 4- 4 403 6 Jul 97 Broadcaster Ben

37. 4- 5 404 13 Jul 97 Trash Day

38. 4- 6 406 27 Jul 97 Sharon Meyers

39. 4- 7 407 3 Aug 97 Mask

40. 4- 8 408 10 Aug 97 Closets

41. 4- 9 409 17 Aug 97 Wild Weekend

42. 4-10 410 24 Aug 97 Chopper

43. 4-11 411 31 Aug 97 Alibi

44. 4-12 412 7 Sep 97 Ben-Centennial

45. 4-13 413 14 Sep 97 Undercover



Season 5: 1998



46. 5- 1 503 17 Jun 98 Old Man

47. 5- 2 501 22 Jun 98 Fanny Pack

48. 5- 3 505 29 Jun 98 Metaphors

49. 5- 4 502 6 Jul 98 Movies

50. 5- 5 512 13 Jul 98 Ticket

51. 5- 6 504 20 Jul 98 Phone Luv

52. 5- 7 506 27 Jul 98 Chain Letter

53. 5- 8 507 3 Aug 98 Babysitting Ben

54. 5- 9 508 10 Aug 98 Miles Away

55. 5-10 509 17 Aug 98 London Broil

56. 5-11 510 24 Aug 98 Feng Shui

57. 5-12 511 21 Sep 98 Alderman

58. 5-13 513 28 Sep 98 Paranoia

59. 5-14 514 5 Oct 98 Waltz

60. 5-15 515 12 Oct 98 Anniversary

61. 5-16 516 19 Oct 98 Community Theater

62. 5-17 517 26 Oct 98 Ping-Pong

63. 5-18 518 23 Nov 98 Thanksgiving



Season 6: 1999

64. 6- 1 601 15 Jun 99 Sissy Boy

65. 6- 2 602 22 Jun 99 Pullman Square

66. 6- 3 603 29 Jun 99 Wisdom Teeth

67. 6- 4 604 6 Jul 99 Past Lives

68. 6- 5 605 13 Jul 99 Ben's Partay

69. 6- 6 615 20 Jul 99 Walk for Hunger

70. 6- 7 606 24 Dec 99 Used Car

71. 6- 8 607 24 Dec 99 Ball and Chain

72. 6- 9 608 24 Dec 99 Snow Day

73. 6-10 609 24 Dec 99 Garden

74. 6-11 610 24 Dec 99 Big TV

75. 6-12 611 24 Dec 99 Vow of Silence

76. 6-13 612 24 Dec 99 You're Belinda

77. 6-14 614 24 Dec 99 Radio Katz

78. 6-15 613 24 Dec 99 Expert Witness

79. 6-16 616 Bakery Ben

80. 6-17 617 Uncle Nothing

81. 6-18 618 Lerapy



Notable guests



Dave Attell

Todd Barry

Joy Behar

Elayne Boosler

Bill Braudis

Kevin Brennan

Dave Chappelle

Louis C.K.

David Cross

Rodney Dangerfield

David Duchovny

Mitch Fatel

Jim Gaffigan

Jack Gallagher

Jeff Garlin

Jeff Goldblum

Whoopi Goldberg

Janeane Garofalo

Bobcat Goldthwait

Gilbert Gottfried

Kathy Griffin

Mitch Hedberg

Dom Irrera

Richard Jeni

Tom Kenny

Andy Kindler

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Ron Lynch

Denis Leary

David Mamet

Bonnie McFarlane

Kevin Meaney

Larry Miller

Kevin Nealon

Conan O'Brien

Bob Odenkirk

Patton Oswalt

Emo Philips

John Pinette

Brian Regan

Ray Romano

Mike Rowe

Rita Rudner

Winona Ryder

Lew Schneider

Garry Shandling

Sarah Silverman

Bobby Slayton

Margaret Smith

Barry Sobel

Jon Stewart

Ben Stiller

Fred Stoller

Wanda Sykes

Paul F. Tompkins

Steven Wright



References in popular culture

In "Summer Sucks," an episode of South Park, another Comedy Central cartoon, Dr. Katz appears as
Mr. Garrison's psychiatrist.

In an issue of Mad, Dr Katz moves to South Park and counsels the characters.

In episode 307 "Bush is a Pussy" of Mr. Show a Dr Katz scene is played out between Katz and Kedzie
Matthews, a spoof of a typical college comic, at the end of the episode.

In the Family Guy episode Saving Private Brian the main character Peter Griffin is seen talking to Dr.
Katz, while sitting on a recliner. Peter makes a comment about the Squigglevision style in which Dr
Katz is animated, saying "What the hell is wrong with you? Your skin is like moving around or
something," to which he replies, "I believe I'm having some sort of seizure."

In the Squidbillies episode Government Brain Voodoo Trouble, the therapist (later clarified as "the
rapist") is voiced by an uncredited Jonathan Katz.

In the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode, "Brilliant Number One," Space Ghost was drawn in Dr
Katz's style briefly, while asking Peter Fonda, "What does this tell us about your childhood?"

In the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "King Dead," which featured H. Jon Benjamin as the guest,
the Dr Katz show is mentioned by name. Space Ghost is briefly shown in Squigglevision while stating
"cable is important" a reference to the fact Dr Katz was on Comedy Central and Space Ghost was
shown on Cartoon Network, both of which were basic cable channels.

In the direct-to-DVD parody film, Farce of the Penguins, Jonathan Katz appears as Steve, the owl who
gives therapeutic advice for $275/hr.

In the children's animated series Arthur, there was an episode where the children all proposed an idea
for a TV-show episode, all of which were based on various animated programs. Arthur's idea had
himself seeing Dr Katz, complaining about his sister, D.W.

On the sitcom Help Me Help You, Jonathan Katz appeared as Dr Katz.


Comic strip

A comic strip of the same name was produced by the LA Times syndicate. One book collection was
published, Hey I've Got My Own Problems. Writers included Bill Braudis and Dave Blazek, with
artwork by Dick Truxaw.


DVD releases

Season Releases

DVD Name Release Date Ep # Additional Information

Season 1 May 9, 2006 6 Bonus features include cast and crew commentary, and several animated
shorts.

Season 2 November 21, 2006 13 Bonus features include cast and crew commentary, and "follow-up
calls" with previous guest stars.

The Complete Series November 20, 2007 81 Bonus Features include a 28-page booklet with
patients' "memories from the couch" and new drawings, as well as "An Evening with Dr Katz: Live
from the Comedy Central Stage."