DREW CAREY SHOW, THE: A HOUSE REUNITED (TV)
Summary
One in this series of comedies starring stand-up comedian Drew Carey as a single guy who attempts to juggle his romantic endeavors and his menial job at a Cleveland department store, while still maintaining his sense of humor. Drew is still dealing with his house being gutted, and refuses to leave it despite being exposed to the elements, believing that Winfred-Louder will claim his house the instant he leaves. Celia returns and agrees to join Drew and help him, along with Oswald and Lewis. Mimi arrives and reveals that she’s been hired by the Winfred-Louder board of directors to drive Drew out of his house by any means necessary. She begins by using spotlights and loud music to keep Drew continuously awake for days on end. He continues to resist, and Larry and Chuck arrive to tell Drew that he was successful and that Winfred-Louder has decided not to construct the mall after all; the decision was made several days ago, meaning that Mimi has been torturing Drew of her own volition. They also reveal that they are moving into the neighborhood, as Winfred-Louder is renting the houses to its employees for cheap. Drew returns to work and plays a prank on Mimi to get revenge on her. Celia drops off his lunch at work and he asks her to move in with him, and she agrees. Drew’s friends grow uncomfortable when they notice Celia mothering Drew as part of their relationship, believing that he is essentially dating his mother. They leave, and Drew becomes uncomfortable too when he realizes Celia shares personality traits with his mother. Drew finds that the repair work on his house has left his kitchen slanted to one side, but Nigel and Winfred-Louder refuse to cover the additional repair costs. Celia tries to speak up for Drew and he threatens to sue the store. Eventually he convinces them to cover the repair costs and has a talk with Celia at home. She believes that she is starting to unconsciously act like his mother; Drew acknowledges this but believes that it shouldn’t represent too great an obstacle to their relationship. However, it becomes extremely awkward when Drew sees his mother’s face on Celia while they have sex, and they agree that Celia should move out. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 13, 1999 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:26
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:55956
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1995-2004
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV – Commercials – Burger King restaurants
- TV – Commercials – Campbell’s soup
- TV – Commercials – Crème Savers candy
- TV – Commercials – Domino’s pizza
- TV – Commercials – Ford automobiles
- TV – Commercials – GMC automobiles
- TV – Commercials – Kinko’s copying services
- TV – Commercials – Neutrogena shampoo
- TV – Commercials – Nicotrol inhaler
- TV – Commercials – Revitalique hair coloring
- TV – Commercials – Sprint phone service
- TV – Commercials – Taco Bell restaurants
- TV – Commercials – Target department stores
- TV – Commercials – Tylenol medicine
- TV – Commercials – Wheaties breakfast cereal
- TV – Commercials – “The Thin Red Line” motion picture
- TV – Promos – “Cupid”
- TV – Promos – “Good Morning America”
- TV – Promos – “Stephen King’s Storm of the Century”
- TV – Promos – “Whose Line is it Anyway?”
CREDITS
- Drew Carey … Executive Producer, Created by
- Bruce Helford … Executive Producer, Created by
- Deborah Oppenheimer … Executive Producer
- Clay Graham … Executive Producer
- Richard Day … Executive Producer
- Jennifer Crittenden … Supervising Producer, Writer
- Dan O'Keefe … Producer, Writer
- Brian Scully … Producer
- Holly Sawyer … Producer
- Louis Fusaro … Producer
- Rick Messina … Producer
- Richard Baker … Producer
- Mike Larsen … Co-Producer
- Christy Snell … Co-Producer
- Terry Mulroy … Co-Producer
- Lisa Koontz … Associate Producer
- Bruce Rasmussen … Consulting Producer
- Sam Simon … Consulting Producer
- Katherine Green … Consulting Producer
- Diane Burroughs … Consulting Producer
- Joey Gutierrez … Consulting Producer
- Robert Borden … Consulting Producer
- Steve Zuckerman … Director
- W.G. Snuffy Walden … Music by
- Keith Young … Choreographer
- Ian Hunter … Theme Music by
- Presidents of the United States of America, The … Theme Music by
- Cleveland San Jose Ballet … Dance Company
- Drew Carey … Cast, Drew Carey
- Diedrich Bader … Cast, Oswald Lee Harvey
- Christa Miller … Cast, Kate O'Brien
- Kathy Kinney … Cast, Mimi Bobeck
- Craig Ferguson … Cast, Nigel Wick
- Ryan Stiles … Cast, Lewis Kiniski
- Ian Gomez … Cast, Larry
- Kelly Perine … Cast, Chuck
- Shirley Jones … Cast, Celia