Product Details

• Actors: Drew Carey, Diedrich Bader, Kathy Kinney, Ryan Stiles, Craig Ferguson
• Directors: Ryan Stiles, Dennis Erdman, Gary Halvorson, Gerry Cohen, Jeff Siegey
• Writers: Aaron Harnick
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Run Time: 131 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E1MXVY
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #68,277 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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It's a five o'clock world, and before it was unceremoniously pink-slipped in 2004, few television workplace comedies so keenly or hilariously captured the mind-numbing drudgery and soul-crushing despair of cubicle culture as The Drew Carey Show. This representative collection samples six episodes spanning the 1995 series' first four seasons. The pilot introduces the bespectacled, buzz-coiffed Everyman who works as the assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store, a position, he notes, "of indirect respect and oblique power." Misery loves company, and the company Drew kept formed one of TV's most amiable ensembles, including Ryan Stiles as Lewis (or, as Jason Alexander joked on Comedy Central's Drew Carey roast, "Kramer-lite"), Diedrich Bader as goofus Oswald, Christa Miller as Kate, Drew's lifelong platonic friend and unrequited crush, Kathy Kinney as Drew's office nemesis, Mimi. Craig Ferguson later joined the cast as Mr. Wick, Drew's pink slip-happy boss. "Playing the Unified Field" features a smoldering Jamie Lee Curtis as Drew's barber, a hard-partying danger-seeker who agrees to go out with Drew ("Don't bore me"). "We'll Always Remember Evaluation Day" finds Drew torn between his job and his secret girlfriend, a fellow employee (the enormously appealing Katy Selverstone). "Drew Blows His Promotion," the highlight of the collection, culminates in a practical joke that literally backfires in a symphony of flatulence. "My Best Friend's Wedding," the climax of season 3's Oswald-Kate story arc, would be best appreciated in a complete-season set. "DrugCo," with the monkapotamus (not to mention Charles Nelson Reilly), is one of the series' most bizarre episodes.

The Drew Carey Show was distinguished by its spontaneous, off-center sense of humor, exemplified by such throwaway bits of business as Ferguson's Sean Connery and Michael Caine impressions in "Promotion," and the wholly unexpected blockbuster production numbers ("Five O'Clock World" and "Cleveland Rocks") that became the series' signature. One could quibble with the episode selection here, but it's great to have Drew back on the job, or at least on DVD. --Donald Liebenson

Product Description

Drew Carey is your everyday blue-collar guy who's struggling through life's ups and downs with his closest friends, Oswald, Lewis and Kate. Stuck in the same job for ten years, Drew performs a balancing act between sucking up to his boss and doing his best to irritate his annoying co-worker, Mimi. When he's not at work, he's trying to have some success in the romance department and indulging in a few of his own beers he brews in his garage with his friends.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well its a start., March 10, 2006

By	P. A. Tamblyn "Phill735" (Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was looking forward to the Drew Carey Show comming to DVD and when I saw this DVD on Amazon I grabed it. The DVD contains 6 episodes, The Pilot, Playing The Unified Field, We'll Remember Always - Evaluation Day, Drew Blows His Promotion, My Best Friends Wedding, DrugCo. Great episodes but I would rather have a complete season. There are no extras on this DVD. I guess this DVD is testing the Market before they release the full seasons. Anyway if your a Drew Carey Show fan then this DVD is good value. But I hope we dont have to wait for years for the complete seasons.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a start, May 26, 2006

By	Diane Rhodes (Pembrokeshire West Wales) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Excellent selection of episodes from all the series of Drew Carey, but, it does have one drawback, it makes me angry that the powers to be haven't had the sense to release every episode of every series made onto DVD yet. Come on people, this is one of the funniest shows ever and I need my fix.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let Release the it in Seasons now!, March 12, 2006

By	Greg "Greg" (Idaho) - See all my reviews

Everyone buy this DVD so they'll start releasing Drew Carey in seasons, for 9 buxs, its worth it! It has 6 eposodes from different seasons, if you want the dvd in seasons u must buy this first to get WB to start doing it!