5.5/1083 votesLoading...#1 - Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour (2)
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2001
Drew hosts a film about the dangers of cooties. Another film shows girls how cheerleading can help them later in life. Mimi bothers Uncle Kracker for help with a crossword puzzle. A clueless police officer goes undercover while still wearing his uniform. Peter Frampton recalls his past romance with Mimi. A talking zit gives a young man questionable dating advice. Mimi tries to convince Sugar Ray to stay over at her place after the show. Drew compliments teachers, with the exception of his elementary school teacher, Ms. Freeman. He boasts that math isn't necessary in life, only to miss out on a party because Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray tells him the location in the form of a story problem.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Drew Carey, Clay Graham, Bruce Rasmussen, Mitch Hunter, Sam Simon
- 5.8/1094 votesLoading...
#2 - Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour (1)
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2001
The cast and special guests perform comedy sketches with a ""back to school"" theme. Teenage Drew visits a doctor and learns about his ""changing body."" A wood shop teacher conducts class, despite the fact that he is just a decapitated head. A sketch parodies the accelerated aging process seen in commercials for milk. Oswald and Lewis try to convince SHeDAISY to hire them as backup singers. Two girls at a slumber party decide to practice kissing on each other. Christa Miller and Jenny McCarthy question the purpose of the sketch after noticing that Drew, John Carroll Lynch and a bunch of pervert crew members are gawking at them. They retaliate by making a sketch in which a buff Abraham Lincoln becomes a stripper and dances for Drew. Oswald tries to impress Jenny with a story about a painful football injury, but the flashback reveals that he was actually a cheerleader. Mimi warns musical guest Smash Mouth not to steal her idea for a speed metal version of Gordon Lightfoot's ""The Wr
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Drew Carey, Clay Graham, Bruce Rasmussen, Mitch Hunter, Sam Simon
- 5.8/1092 votesLoading...
#3 - Drew Tries Hot Salsa
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/2002
Drew takes salsa lessons in the hopes of learning to dance for his wedding. Kellie gets jealous when he becomes attracted to his instructor. She confesses her feelings to Mimi, who tells her to keep quiet. Drew practices dancing with Kellie and decides that he has a thing for her. He wants to tell her how he feels; but ""unfortunately,"" he doesn't get a chance because her ex-husband, Daryl, barges in on them.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1080 votesLoading...
#4 - Eye of the Leopard
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 6/30/2004
After learning that Gus's soccer team is in a league that has set things up to make sure that no one ever loses (to keep the kids from feeling bad), Drew tries to butt in, leading to disastrous results for his nephew. Lewis and Oswald make the mistake of getting involved with Kellie's cousin, who turns out to be a kleptomaniac.
Director: Bob Koherr
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10121 votesLoading...
#5 - Cap-Beer-Cino
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/2/1997
The gang discovers someone else is marketing a coffee-flavored beer called Cap-Beer-Cino. The owner, Chris Vanderkamp, openly admits stealing the idea but has enough lawyers to keep him in the clear. Cap-Beer-Cino becomes a sensation at the Warsaw, which leaves the gang desperate for business.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10174 votesLoading...
#6 - New York and Queens
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1997
After a disastrous trip to New York to sell Buzz Beer, the gang makes a shocking discovery: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) has been replaced as the weekend midnight movie with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), leading to a drag-off in the streets with Mimi and her Priscilla cronies.
Director: Brian K. Roberts
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1091 votesLoading...
#7 - The Easter Show
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 4/11/2001
Drew gets his car back from the repair shop, but suffers flashbacks to his accident and refuses to drive. Mr. Wick assigns Drew the task of hiring someone to deliver Easter baskets from the store to area children. Drew ignores Wick's objections and hires Oswald, who will enlist the aid of his fellow Global Parcel drivers. Lewis successfully gets the phone number of a woman delivering water to the store. She writes it on his hand, and it gets smeared before he can copy it onto paper. Oswald decides that he will deliver all of the baskets himself so that he can keep all of the money. He takes the baskets down to the basement, and all of the chocolate bunnies melt after he turns up the heat. Drew must find a solution or face repercussions at work. Oswald tries to make new chocolate bunnies, but there is no time for them to harden. They give the kids ""chocolate gravy."" Drew continually makes excuses when the gang tries to get him to use his car for some of the deliveries. He fin
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1082 votesLoading...
#8 - Still Life with Freeloader
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 6/23/2004
Drew resorts to drastic action after Mimi's latest boyfriend moves into the house and begins mooching off of him.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: John N. Huss
- 6.4/1080 votesLoading...
#9 - Arrivederci, Italy
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 7/28/2004
Drew turns to a shady travel agent for help when he is unable to put together the funds to finance Kellie's dream vacation in Italy.
Director: Drew Carey
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1099 votesLoading...
#10 - Drew's Stomach Ache
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1999
Kate and Drew prepare to go on their first date. He begins to experience severe stomach pains, which he assumes are the result of stress over Steve and Mimi's upcoming wedding. The pains grow so severe that he has to go to the hospital, and the doctor agrees that the cause is psychological. Kate discovers that Drew feels fine when the wedding is discussed, but cannot handle any mention of their date. She is crushed, and suggests that they back off for a while because she doesn't want to see him in pain. Lewis gives Drew some extra-strong pain pills from DrugCo. He dreams that he has a conversation with his stomach, who tells him that he is subconsciously making himself sick to avoid dating Kate because he is afraid of screwing up the relationship. He advises Drew to just relax. Drew goes to Kate's apartment the next morning. He kisses her and jubilantly announces that he doesn't feel like throwing up. Meanwhile, Mimi and Steve have an interview with her priest as one of the f
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/10112 votesLoading...
#11 - The Salon
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/1998
Kate hopes to get promoted to wardrobe buyer but Mrs. Louder doesn't think she has enough class for the job. She and Drew organize a salon at his house where everyone can discuss social and political issues. Mrs. Louder pays a visit to the salon and ends up in a heated argument with Kate over Internet censorship.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Bob Nickman
- 6.6/10108 votesLoading...
#12 - The Dating Consultant
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 4/22/1998
Drew meets a woman at the Warsaw who recommends he attend her dating advice service. He agrees only to be publicly embarrassed when the instructor shows a videotape of Drew's date as "a teaching aid". Drew is the laughingstock of the class despite the fact that most of them are career losers who are still virgins. Drew seeks the help of the Better Business Bureau to shut down the advice center but ends up needing class advice when he scores a date with a Bureau employee.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Clay Graham, Bruce Rasmussen
- 6.6/10100 votesLoading...
#13 - Y2K, You're Okay
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1999
Doreen, a ""little person"" who works at the store, chooses Mimi as her idol and begins emulating her dress and behavior. Mimi is a little freaked out, but soon takes to the idea and has Doreen help her play pranks on Drew. Sharon takes note of the fact that Kate can get Drew to do whatever she wants without having to make much of an effort. The store's computers fail a test for Y2K compliance, and a glitch causes excerpts from Drew's diary to appear on all the computer screens. A panicked Drew seeks the aid of the store's computer expert, Hal. He convinces Drew that there will be a massive computer failure and total chaos on New Year's Eve. Drew and the gang ask Sharon to build them a bomb shelter. Lewis carries his life savings ($37,000) around in a garbage bag. Mimi and Doreen print out copies of Drew's diary and sell them at the Warsaw. Sharon discovers that in the passage where Drew described sleeping with her for the first time, he accidentally wrote Kate's name. She conc
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez
- 6.6/10100 votesLoading...
#14 - Drew Tries to Kill Mimi
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1999
Mimi tricks Drew into believing that an important executive waiting to speak with him is actually interviewing to be Winfred-Louder's janitor. After he makes a fool of himself (with comments that seem racist when taken out of context), he vows to kill Mimi. Later that day, a bee flies into Drew's car as he is driving out of the garage. While he is trying to get it out of his face, he loses control of the car and nearly hits Mimi. She believes that he was really trying to kill her, and has him arrested for attempted murder. Steve insists that Drew would never really try to kill Mimi, but she refuses to drop the charges. Kate annoys the detectives investigating the case by babbling about herself and her feelings for Drew instead of answering their questions. Mimi tries to convince the detectives that Drew wants her out of the way before the wedding. They plan to indict him and send him to prison. Steve feels that Mimi will realize that Drew is innocent if he proves that he doesn
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/10108 votesLoading...
#15 - Drew and Kate's First Date
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1999
For their first date, Drew takes Kate to the planetarium where they first met on a third grade class trip. They compare stories about wild experiences, and Kate recalls picking up a guy at the airport in nothing but a trenchcoat. Drew fears that Kate finds him boring after she falls asleep on the couch with her head on his shoulder during their date. He fears that she will dump him unless he does something exciting on their next date. Drew shows up wearing only a trenchcoat, but Kate doesn't realize that he isn't wearing anything else. She takes him somewhere as a surprise, and Drew thinks that she has something crazy in mind. She instead brings him to a Greek restaurant to dine with her visiting grandparents. Drew manages to hide the fact that he isn't wearing pants, until the restaurant staff carries him around on its shoulders as part of a traditional dance. Kate tells Drew that she fell asleep because she feels comfortable with him. She does not want to rush their relation
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Jonathan Stark, Tracy Newman
- 6.6/1097 votesLoading...
#16 - What's Wrong with This Episode III
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/1/2000
Mr. Soulard is impressed by Buzz Beer, and offers to buy the company for $40,000. Drew accepts the deal, but his friends refuse to back him. Soulard threatens to fire Drew unless the sale proceeds. Drew offers Lewis and Oswald jobs at the store so that they will not need the money from Buzz Beer. Lewis agrees to take some vacation time from DrugCo and try out the arrangement, but Oswald rejects an offer to work in the lingerie department. Lewis and Drew work on a plan to win over Oswald and Kate, but it goes awry. Oswald gives them his support in exchange for a larger percentage of the sale and a bunny rabbit. After accepting the checks, the gang discovers a sign in the garage that says ""4 Friends, 4 Ever, 4 Beer."" They are all saddened to see their dream come to an end. Drew tells Soulard that they want Buzz Beer back. Soulard demands much more than he paid, meaning that the gang will go into debt and never be able to sell the company again.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1091 votesLoading...
#17 - Hush Little Baby
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/2001
Mimi and Steve cannot get their son to stop crying. He becomes quiet instantly when Drew comes for a visit and interacts with him. Steve becomes ill, and Mimi orders him to leave so that he doesn't infect the baby. He stays at Drew's house, where Oswald and Kate look after him. He convinces the reluctant Drew to stay at his house and help Mimi with the baby until he recovers. The baby will only stop crying when Drew is holding him, and refuses to eat. Much to his horror, Drew must hold the baby while he breast-feeds. He then learns that Steve has strep throat and cannot return for two weeks. Drew finally becomes fed up and says that Mimi and Steve will have to learn to take care of their child on their own. Mimi, disheartened by her inability to bond with the baby, tries to leave him with Drew. When a still-ailing Steve comes over to visit, the baby stops crying after Mimi yells at Steve to get out. Drew concludes that the baby had grown used to Mimi's irascible behavior whi
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1086 votesLoading...
#18 - Christening
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/2/2001
Mimi's cousin Vanessa comes for a visit. Mimi has always hated Vanessa, but now sucks up to her because she is rich. Vanessa and Drew are named the baby's godparents. However, Mimi declares that Vanessa will be the one to actually raise Gus if anything happens to Mimi and Steve. Steve objects, noting Drew's close bond with his nephew. Lewis and Oswald decide to use the store's new portrait studio to get pictures of themselves as astronauts in the hopes of impressing women. They are angry to find that families get a cheaper rate, as they can't afford the individual prices. Steve asks Drew to babysit Gus while he and Mimi are at the church preparing for the christening. Oswald spills tacos on Gus, so Kate and Drew have to take the outfit to the dry cleaners. Lewis and Oswald borrow the baby so that they can get family portrait prices. Drew and Kate go to the church and try to stall. Drew's parents wrap Oswald's rabbit, Commander Bun-Bun, in a blanket and try to pass him off as
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1081 votesLoading...
#19 - Liar, Liar, House on Fire
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 6/9/2004
The gang tries to teach Gus to lie to an insurance adjuster so that Mimi can receive the claim on her house and be able to replace it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1080 votesLoading...
#20 - Sleeping with the Enemy
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 6/16/2004
Drew and Kellie's new relationship is threatened by their strong political differences.
Director: Bob Koherr
Writer: Mitch Hunter
- 6.6/1078 votesLoading...
#21 - House of the Rising Son-in-Law
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 8/18/2004
Kellie tries to get Drew and her father to overcome their differences by having them work together to fix up an old house for sale. Mimi turns to Larry's matchmaking service in her quest to find a new man.
Director: Sam Simon
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10123 votesLoading...
#22 - Lisa Gets Married
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1996
Drew inadvertently agrees to organize a wedding shower for his ex-girlfriend Lisa when he mistakenly believes the bride is an elderly employee also named Lisa. Lisa's fiancé Trent, according to Drew's new system that ranks employees by performance, is first in line to be fired from the store. Lisa thinks Drew is acting out of spite because he hasn't moved on but Drew insists it's because Trent is a poor employee. Drew talks with Trent and is unnerved when Trent has an epiphany and decides he wants to call off the wedding.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10114 votesLoading...
#23 - Man's Best Same Sex Companion
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/5/1997
Drew finds out Speedy's hip problem is getting worse but there's hope in a new operation that could restore the dog to his old self. The problem is the operation costs $2700. Nora recommends Drew use his company insurance to pay for it. Winfred-Louder has same-sex health benefits; all Drew would have to do is claim the operation is for his lover. Drew agrees but ends up having to prove he is gay by hiring Oswald to play his lover "Aaron".
Director: N/A
Writer: Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez
- 6.7/10110 votesLoading...
#24 - Drew's Cousin
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 4/29/1998
It's Drew's turn to host the family barbecue for all the Carey cousins. Drew's 18-year-old cousin Kristen comes to the party while looking at colleges. Kristen asks Drew if she can stay at his place until a dorm room opens up at Cleveland State in the fall. Drew agrees but is horrified when Kristen starts dating Mr. Wick.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Matt Ember, Katherine Green
- 6.7/10114 votesLoading...
#25 - Drew's Dance Party
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1998
A flashback show that features clips of some of the series' music-video segments.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Clay Graham
The Worst Episodes of The Drew Carey Show
Every episode of The Drew Carey Show ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Drew Carey Show!
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour (2)" is the worst rated episode of "The Drew Carey Show". It scored 5.5/10 based on 83 votes. Directed by Gerry Cohen and written by Drew Carey, Clay Graham, Bruce Rasmussen, Mitch Hunter, Sam Simon, it aired on 9/26/2001. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour (1)".