History Trivia / TheDrewCareyShow

** Cast of ''Metal Shop'' – "Cleveland Rocks" (heavy metal)

:* Music/SquirrelNutZippers - "Moon Over Parma" (swing jazz)
:* Music/{{Snow}} - "Moon Over Parma" (reggae)
:* Cleveland Pops Orchestra – "Moon Over Parma" (orchestral) and "Cleveland Rocks" (football-inspired orchestral)
:* Music/BowlingForSoup – "Five O'Clock World" (rock)
:* Music/TrickPony – "Five O'Clock World" (country)
:* Music/MyLittleFastMachine – "Five O'Clock World" (indie rock)
:* Cast of ''Metal Shop'' – "Cleveland Rocks" (heavy metal)

:Music/SquirrelNutZippers - "Moon Over Parma" (swing jazz)
:Music/{{Snow}} - "Moon Over Parma" (reggae)
:Cleveland Pops Orchestra – "Moon Over Parma" (orchestral) and "Cleveland Rocks" (football-inspired orchestral)
:Music/BowlingForSoup – "Five O'Clock World" (rock)
:Music/TrickPony – "Five O'Clock World" (country)
:Music/MyLittleFastMachine – "Five O'Clock World" (indie rock)
:Cast of ''Metal Shop'' – "Cleveland Rocks" (heavy metal)

* RealSongThemeTune: All three {{Theme Song}}s used - "Moon Over Parma", "Five O'Clock World", and "Cleveland Rocks".

* ProducedByCastmember: Along with co-creating the series, Creator/DrewCarey also served as a producer throughout its run;[[note]]Carey’s producer credit was relegated to the closing credits for Season 1, credited jointly with Rick Messina and Richard Baker (both notable for being Creator/TimAllen[='=]s longtime talent managers and producing partners), who would also be involved with the series for all nine seasons.[[/note]] after being elevated to supervising producer for Season 2, Carey became one of the executive producers for the remainder of the series, starting in Season 3.
* RealSongThemeTune: All three {{Theme Song}}s used - "Moon Over Parma", "Five O'Clock World", and "Cleveland Rocks"

* ProducedByCastmember: After the first three seasons, Creator/DrewCarey eventually became one of the executive producers for the remainder of the series' run.

** Diedrich Bader has gone onto a prolific voice-acting career, particularly for WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold
** Creator/ChristaMiller would join her husband Creator/BillLawrence on ''Scrubs'' over at NBC.

** And of course, Craig Ferguson would succeed Craig Kilborn as host of Series/TheLateLateShow before returning to his successful stand-up career.

* UnderageCasting: Drew, Lewis, Oswald and Kate are all supposed to be childhood friends of about the same age (they are referenced as being in their early-to-mid-30s in the first few seasons and around 40 during the final seasons). However, Creator/ChristaMiller (born May 28, 1964) is six and five years younger, and Creator/DiedrichBader (born December 24, 1966) is eight and seven years younger, respectively, than Creator/DrewCarey (born May 23, 1958) and Creator/RyanStiles (born April 22, 1959), with Bader looking noticeably even younger than Miller in the first two seasons (he was 28 when cast as Oswald). Kellie, who replaces Kate in Drew’s friend group for Seasons 8 and 9, is also mentioned as a former classmate of Drew, Lewis and Oswald, however her portrayer, Creator/CynthiaWatros (born September 2, 1968), is ten years ''younger'' than Carey.

* UnderageCasting: Drew, Lewis, Oswald and Kate are all supposed to be childhood friends of about the same age (they are referenced as being in their early-to-mid-30s in the first few seasons and around 40 during the final seasons). However, Creator/ChristaMiller (born May 28, 1964) is six and five years younger, and Creator/DiedrichBader (born December 24, 1966) is eight and seven years younger, respectively, than Creator/DrewCarey (born May 23, 1958) and Creator/RyanStiles (born April 22, 1959), with Bader looking noticeably younger than even Miller in the first two seasons (he was 28 when cast as Oswald). Kellie, who replaces Kate in Drew’s friend group for Seasons 8 and 9, is also mentioned as a former classmate of Drew, Lewis and Oswald, however her portrayer, Creator/CynthiaWatros (born September 2, 1968), is ten years ''younger'' than Carey.

* UnderageCasting: Drew, Lewis, Oswald and Kate are all supposed to be the same age, with the group being described as being in their early 30s in the early seasons and around 40 towards the end of the series. However, Creator/ChristaMiller (born May 28, 1964) is six and five years younger, and Creator/DiedrichBader (born December 24, 1966) is eight and seven years younger, respectively, than Creator/DrewCarey (born May 23, 1958) and Creator/RyanStiles (born April 22, 1959), with Bader looking noticeably younger than even Miller in the first two seasons. Kellie, who replaces Kate in Drew’s friend group for Seasons 8 and 9, is also mentioned as a former classmate of Drew, Lewis and Oswald, however her portrayer, Creator/CynthiaWatros (born September 2, 1968), is ten years ''younger'' than Carey.

* UnderageCasting: Drew, Lewis, Oswald and Kate are all supposed to be the same age, with the group being described as being in their early 30s in the early seasons and around 40 towards the end of the series. However, Creator/ChristaMiller (born May 28, 1964) is six and five years younger, and Creator/DiedrichBader (born December 24, 1966) is eight and seven years younger than Creator/DrewCarey (born May 23, 1958) and Creator/RyanStiles (born April 22, 1959). This is particularly apparent with Bader, who (particularly in the first two seasons) looks noticeably younger than the rest of the core cast. Creator/CynthiaWatros — whose character, Kellie (in Seasons 8 and 9), is also a former classmate of Drew, Lewis and Oswald — is two years younger than Bader (born September 2, 1968).

* EditedForSyndication: Mimi's entire subplot of "Two Drews & the Queen of Poland Walk Into A Bar" was cut from syndicated airings, apparently because Polish advocacy groups found it offensive (at least in America. Australia has aired the episode uncut). To make up for the lost time, reruns reuse the cold open from the episode "It’s Your Party And I’ll Crash If I Want To."

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only the first season is available on DVD, and it's likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future. Copyright issues over music have prevented further seasons from being released, as Drew Carey is insistent on the DVD release being identical to the broadcast. For a while, reruns on Laff were the only legal way to watch the show, but the channel pulled the show off their schedule in September 2019. This also applies to streaming services as well, so don't expect the show to be available on Hulu or HBO Max unless all copyrights are cleared.
** Subverted when the show was announced to be joining the lineup of the new Rewind TV multicast network in 2022, once again providing fans a legal way to watch the show.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The "Cleveland Rocks" intro features the cast at a [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Cleveland Indians]] tailgating party, wearing uniforms with the team's then-mascot and logo Chief Wahoo on it. Chief Wahoo was retired after the 2018 MLB season[[note]]limited merchandise of Chief Wahoo are still sold at the physical team store to prevent trademark dilution[[/note]] due to it being considered racially insensitive to Native Americans, and the team itself was renamed the Guardians after the 2021 season.
*** The full version of the intro, seen on "Strange Bedfellows", features a Jacobs Field sign on the entrance of the Indians' stadium. Jacobs Field was renamed Progressive Field in 2007.
** Not to mention one reference to the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Cleveland Browns]]' then-current[[note]]1995-1999[[/note]] hiatus and its players and staff's then-recent relocation to Baltimore as Drew and the gang watches a tape recording of a Browns game they attended in 1989.

** The "Cleveland Rocks" intro features the cast at a [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Cleveland Indians]] tailgating party, wearing uniforms with the team's then-mascot and logo Chief Wahoo on it. Chief Wahoo was retired after the 2018 MLB season[[note]]limited merchandise of Chief Wahoo are still sold at the physical team store to prevent trademark dilution[[/note]] due to it being considered racially insensitive to Native Americans, and the "Indians" nickname itself will be retired after the 2021 season.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The "Cleveland Rocks" intro features the cast at a [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Cleveland Indians]] tailgating party, wearing uniforms with the team's then-mascot and logo Chief Wahoo on it. Chief Wahoo was retired after the 2018 MLB season[[note]]limited merchandise of Chief Wahoo are still sold at the physical team store to prevent trademark dilution[[/note]] due to it being considered racially insensitive to Native Americans, and the "Indians" nickname itself will be retired after the 2021 season.

** Subverted when the show was announced as one of the inaugural programs on the new Rewind TV multicast network, set to launch on September 1, 2021; once again providing fans a legal way to watch the show.

** Ryan Stiles would join Drew for the American version of Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway and come back for the revival hosted by Creator/AishaTyler.

* OutOfOrder: ABC aired most of the episodes in the final season badly out of production order, causing confusion with the story lines, though TBS and Laff aired the episodes in the correct order.

** Creator/ChristaMiller would join her husband Bill Lawrence on ''Scrubs'' over at NBC.

** Christa Miller would join her husband Bill Lawrence on ''Scrubs'' over at NBC.
** Ryan Stiles would join Drew for the American version of Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway and come back for the revival hosted by Aisha Tyler.

** Greg Proops appeared as himself in all the "Drew Live" episodes (along with several other ''[[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway Whose Line?]]'' cast members). But, then he bizarrely turns up in an episode a few seasons later playing a Winfred-Louder employee.

* EditedForSyndication: Mimi's entire subplot of "Two Drews & the Queen of Poland Walk Into A Bar" was cut from syndicated airings, apparently because viewers found it offensive. To make up for the lost time, reruns reuse the cold open from the episode "It’s Your Party And I’ll Crash If I Want To."

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only the first season is available on DVD, and it's likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future. Copyright issues over music have prevented further seasons from being released, as Drew Carey is insistent on the DVD release being identical to the broadcast. For a while, reruns on Laff were the only legal way to watch the show, but the channel pulled the show off their schedule in September 2019. This also applies to streaming services as well, so don't expect the show to be available on Creator/HBOMax in the foreseeable future until Creator/WarnerBros are willing to pay all clearance issues over the copyrighted music in order to legally be available on the service.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only the first season is available on DVD, and it's likely to stay that way for the forseeable future. Copyright issues over music have prevented further seasons from being released, as Drew Carey is insistent on the DVD release being identical to the broadcast. For a while, reruns on Laff were the only legal way to watch the show, but the channel pulled the show off their schedule in September 2019. This also applies to streaming services as well, so don't expect the show to be available on Creator/HBOMax in the foreseeable future until Creator/WarnerBros are willing to pay all clearance issues over the copyrighted music in order to legally be available on the service.

** Creator/StephenFry and Hugh Laurie were both offered the role of Mr. Wick initially.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only the first season is available on DVD, and it's likely to stay that way for the forseeable future. Copyright issues over music have prevented further seasons from being released, as Drew Carey is insistent on the DVD release being identical to the broadcast. For a while, reruns on Laff TV were the only legal way to watch the show, but the channel pulled the show off their schedule sometime in Fall 2019. This also applies to streaming services as well, so don't expect the show to be available on Creator/HBOMax in the foreseeable future until Creator/WarnerBros are willing to pay all clearance issues over the copyrighted music in order to legally be available on the service.
* OutOfOrder: ABC aired most of the episodes in the final season badly out of production order, causing confusion with the story lines, though TBS aired the episodes in the correct order.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only the first season is available on DVD, and it's likely to stay that way for the forseeable future. Copyright issues over music have prevented further seasons from being released, as Drew Carey is insistent on the DVD release being identical to the broadcast. For a while, reruns on Laff TV were the only legal way to watch the show, but the channel pulled the show off their schedule sometime in Fall 2019.