The above comment isn't really fair but you've gotta admit that among others, Drew Carey, Ray Romano or even Jerry Seinfeld aren't really people you should look up to. Nothing really works out for them either or if it does it is usually forgotten by next week where they are back to the "Nothing good happens to me or if it does something else happens that screws the whole thing up".
The problem with this show is that Drew, the character, is too aware that things doesn't work out for him. He knows he is fat and the way to live with it is of course to make self-deprecating jokes and occasionally make a snide remark to his assistant Mimi, well played by Kathy Kinney.
Of course, Drew has to have an attractive female friend, in this case the very hot Christa Miller, at least she was back then. But they could never be anymore than friends. His two male friends are also a couple of dimwits of course. I will say that Dietrich Bader (is that how you spell his name?) is somewhat of a favorite of mine ever since i heard his voice on the Simpsons playing a hillbilly sheriff. But for some reason he doesn't make a big impression here because there is too much focus on the other male friend, played by Ryan Stiles.
Many people will probably write me hate mail if they read this but the live sitcom is a total waste of TV space today. And I am not just talking about American sitcoms either. Here in Denmark we have tried experimenting with sitcoms featuring well known Danish comedians, just like you do in the States. But for some reason you can't make a Danish version of an American invention. It has something to do with the Danish language, I think. We have to incorporate some English phrases to make it work and it is usually a four-letter word. Is that really great comedy? Of course not. So I will give American sitcoms some credit. Nobody can make them except Americans but they are not up to the standards of the 80's to early 90's sitcoms, where in my opinion the American sitcom had its prime.
This was more of a diversion away from what I really think of "The Drew Carey Show". But what more can I say that I haven't already done on the Seinfeld, ELR or Ellen comments.
The problem with this show is that Drew, the character, is too aware that things doesn't work out for him. He knows he is fat and the way to live with it is of course to make self-deprecating jokes and occasionally make a snide remark to his assistant Mimi, well played by Kathy Kinney.
Of course, Drew has to have an attractive female friend, in this case the very hot Christa Miller, at least she was back then. But they could never be anymore than friends. His two male friends are also a couple of dimwits of course. I will say that Dietrich Bader (is that how you spell his name?) is somewhat of a favorite of mine ever since i heard his voice on the Simpsons playing a hillbilly sheriff. But for some reason he doesn't make a big impression here because there is too much focus on the other male friend, played by Ryan Stiles.
Many people will probably write me hate mail if they read this but the live sitcom is a total waste of TV space today. And I am not just talking about American sitcoms either. Here in Denmark we have tried experimenting with sitcoms featuring well known Danish comedians, just like you do in the States. But for some reason you can't make a Danish version of an American invention. It has something to do with the Danish language, I think. We have to incorporate some English phrases to make it work and it is usually a four-letter word. Is that really great comedy? Of course not. So I will give American sitcoms some credit. Nobody can make them except Americans but they are not up to the standards of the 80's to early 90's sitcoms, where in my opinion the American sitcom had its prime.
This was more of a diversion away from what I really think of "The Drew Carey Show". But what more can I say that I haven't already done on the Seinfeld, ELR or Ellen comments.