Drew Carey
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276 appearances
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1 series
first heard May 2025
last heard May 2025
Drew Carey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But when he was on the Young Comedians show, and he listed everybody else who was on the HBO Young Comedians show, and who made it and who didn't, and what happened to them, including him. Like, who got famous from that and who didn't. And they only had this five or ten minutes to make it or break it. And that five or 10 minutes affected the whole rest, the trajectory of their life.
They either were famous and owned a house or they went to catering because they couldn't get booked anymore. Fred Stoller has a really good career, writes books, lives in an apartment. And he's the guy in the movie, oh, that guy.
But he wasn't famous like the other people were that got in there. And it was always like, it's a thing that comics always talk about. I was with Messina Baker, this management firm, when I did my first Tonight Show. And after I did, that was a Friday, like the next week I was doing sets for CAA and UTA. The agencies, yeah. William Morris sent like 20-some agents to see me do a set at the improv.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, I did a set every night for agents because everybody wanted to sign me. So freaking hot. It was insane. Somebody just set me on fire and everybody was like, oh my God, look at that. I was lit up like a light bulb. That's how I felt. And I'm sitting there with Jack, the other comic, who ended up being a writer on The Tonight Show.
And there was another comic I didn't know. And Jack and I were both with Messina Baker. So we knew each other from that. Plus doing comedy, but we especially had a bond because we were with the same manager. And we're sitting at the improv and one of the tables and we're talking about this crazy thing that's happened to me. Like, what's it feel like to be flavor of the week?
And I was like, take a lick, bro. I was like, it was like that. I was like, oh my God, it's like, it's crazy. And we were laughing about it and having a drink. And the guy looks at, he's talking to Jack and he puts me like, How many tonight shows have you done? And Jack goes, I don't know, like 10, 12. Wow. He's been on a tonight show like that many. He was a regular. Yeah.
And he goes, how many times has this motherfucker been on a tonight show? He points at me and I go, just the one. And he goes, look at that. This motherfucker, he's been the friendly way. One tonight show, you've been on 10, 15 times. And then he looks really earnestly at Jack. And he goes, you know what the problem is, right? Jack goes, what? He goes, it's your management.
And me and Jack just started laughing because he didn't know we had the same manager. Oh, God. There's three comics having a serious business conversation. You know what your problem is, right? It's your management. There's a great joke that comics used to do with each other. I'll do it to you. Like, hey, what agent are you signed with?
Not for long. That's a standard comic.
When I first started, I would go to every headliner. I would ask them advice. Do you mind watching my act this week and giving me some advice? And if you're funny and they like you, they will. There was a comic friend of mine that was getting a ride to a comedy club in Ohio from another comic, the opener. EMC, my friend, was the middle act.
And they were driving down to this club to open up for this headliner that was in town. And on the way down, the opener who was driving put a cassette tape in the car and pressed play. And he goes, hey, I wonder if you mind listening to my act on the way down here and giving me some advice.
In the comedy world, if you're funny, and people know you're funny, even if you're an up-and-comer, and they're like, oh, this is a funny guy, this is a funny person, they want to help you out. Sure. They want to mentor you. They want to see you succeed. And they'll hang out with you. And if you're not funny... They're like, oh, I'm just going to go to my room or I'm just, yeah, good set.
Talk to you later. That's how it goes. Oh, interesting. You know, if you're in, you're out by if they want to hang out with you after. And if you're struggling, nobody wants to be around you. If you're not funny and you're a comic, nobody.
It's just how it is. You just know. So these guys would give me advice. Thankfully, they thought it was funny. And one guy, a lot of Chicago comics came through Cleveland. I would go to Chicago to do sets all the time. I wasn't a Chicago comic, but I knew all the good ones. I would stand there like this with my hand on the mic and just stand in front of it like this.
And I didn't know where to look and I didn't know what to do. And I was, what do I do to get over this? He goes, just pretend you're talking to friends in the living room. Then you can look right in the eye or look right at their forehead, top of their head. It's a good trick. Yeah, all these little tricks. Tell yourself you're in a living room. joking around with friends and treat it like that.
That was great advice. So I started doing that. And now when I'm at the prices, right, I feel so comfortable there. And I know I'm in such a friendly place that as far as I'm concerned, I'm having a game night party and you're all invited. Nice to meet you. I'm Drew. And I'm going to look you right in the eye when I'm talking to you, even though I'm on stage.
And when I'm doing improv or stand, I'm going to look you right in the eye because you're friendly to me. I don't fear you. I don't have to worry about your judgment. We're all pals. And that's how I treat it. It puts me in a really comfortable place.
So I had it in the bag from comedy. People were asking me, I always get asked, what was it like to take over for Bob? Bob Barker, yeah. 18 years later, I still get asked that question. But I realize now, you know, when you're a comic anywhere, they had somebody really good there the week before or two weeks before. Oh, last week, Gary Shanley was here.
Boy, he really killed the place, knowing you should have seen him. Or they'll be talking about something great the other comic did, or they'll have stories about at the club, like famous moments, or you should have seen them. Like, guys will tell stories after the show about this happened, that happened, like Bill Hicks' story you would hear about some club that he walked out one time.
I was just telling a friend of mine the other day, Bill Hicks, he's dead now, but he was a legendary icon when I was doing club comedy. He was so looked up to and so funny. And he would talk about anything, like there was no limit to this guy. Edgiest of edgy comics.
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