DREW CAREY SHOW, THE: Y2K, YOU'RE OKAY {SEASON FIVE PREMIERE} (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. Mimi finds an ally in Doreen, a little person who works in accounting, who begins to imitate Mimi's behavior and appearance. They work together to enact pranks against Drew. Meanwhile, Drew continues to pursue his relationship with Sharon, although she suspects that Drew still has feelings for Kate. The office conducts a test of its systems to prepare for Y2K. Somehow the test goes awry and Drew's personal diary is sent to all the other office computers, revealing several of his embarrassing secrets to his co-workers. He speaks to Hal, the office IT specialist, who gives Drew an apocalyptic view of the world after Y2K, and gives him a book about the impending disaster to read. Hal's book convinces Drew and his friends that they are all doomed, and that they must build a shelter and gather supplies. Mimi and Doreen sell copies of Drew's diary; Sharon reads it and discovers that Drew accidentally referred to her as "Kate" while writing about the first night they had sex. This convinces Sharon that Drew is still in love with Kate, and she storms out. Doreen starts to feel remorse about what she and Mimi did to Drew, so Mimi drives her away in a rage. Drew decides to buy Sharon a puppy in order to get her to forgive him. The bomb shelter is built and Drew and the others start conducting drills to prepare for Y2K. Sharon is won over by Drew bringing her the puppy, and Drew purposefully locks Kate out of the bomb shelter in order to talk to Sharon and promise to be loyal to her. Sharon admits that she overreacted and they make up. The episode ends with the Y2K bug causing the end of the world, and Drew left alone in the bomb shelter when he suffers an unfortunate accident. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: September 22, 1999 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:58299
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1995-2004
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV – Commercials – "Mystery, Alaska" motion picture
- TV – Commercials – "The Prince of Egypt" home video release
- TV – Commercials – "Three Kings" motion picture
- TV – Commercials – Apple computers
- TV – Commercials – Chili's restaurants
- TV – Commercials – Coors beer
- TV – Commercials – Go.com help site
- TV – Commercials – Make-a-Wish Foundation charity organization
- TV – Commercials – Mazda automobiles
- TV – Commercials – Mitsubishi automobiles
- TV – Commercials – Peace Corps aid organization
- TV – Commercials – Toyota automobiles
- TV – Commercials – Visa credit cards
- TV – Promos – "20/20"
- TV – Promos – "Oh Grow Up"
- TV – Promos – "The Hughleys"
- TV – Promos – "Whose Line is it Anyway?"
CREDITS
- Drew Carey … Executive Producer, Created by
- Bruce Helford … Executive Producer, Created by
- Robert Borden … Executive Producer
- Deborah Oppenheimer … Executive Producer
- Clay Graham … Executive Producer
- Holly Hester … Co-Executive Producer
- Mike Teverbaugh … Co-Executive Producer
- Brian Scully … Supervising Producer
- Dan O'Keefe … Producer
- Terry Mulroy … Producer
- Lou Fusaro … Producer
- Holly Sawyer … Producer
- Rick Messina … Producer
- Richard Baker … Producer
- Larry Harris … Co-Producer
- Lisa Koontz … Associate Producer
- Diane Burroughs … Consulting Producer, Writer
- Joey Gutierrez … Consulting Producer, Writer
- Sam Simon … Consulting Producer
- Tracy Newman … Consulting Producer
- Jonathan Stark … Consulting Producer
- Linda Teverbaugh … Consulting Producer
- Gerry Cohen … 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 Kinski
- Dean Stockwell … Cast, Hal
- John Carroll Lynch … Cast, Steve Carey
- Debbie Lee Carrington … Cast, Doreen
- Jenica Bergere … Cast, Sharon Bridges
- Karl T. Wright … Cast, Office Guy #1
- Regan Burns … Cast, Office Guy #2