Drew Carey's Green Screen Show
| Drew Carey's Green Screen Show | |
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| Created by | Drew Carey |
| Directed by |
Marv Newland Sharon Trojan Hollinger Bob Spang Brumby Boyleston John R. Dilworth Cordell Barker Eli Noyes Janet Perlman |
| Presented by | Drew Carey |
| Starring |
Drew Carey Brad Sherwood Colin Mochrie Jeff Davis Greg Proops Chip Esten Jonathan Mangum Sean Masterson Kathy Kinney Julie Larson |
| Theme music composer | Tonino Carotone, Manu Chao |
| Opening theme | "La Trampa" |
| Composer(s) | Michael A. Levine |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 + unaired episode (List of Episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ron Diamond Robert Morton Drew Carey |
| Producer(s) | Steiner Kierce Brad Sherwood |
| Editor(s) | Rick W. Finney George Khair Jeff Malmberg |
| Production company(s) | Michigan J. Frog Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network |
The WB (2004) Comedy Central (2005) |
| Original release | October 7, 2004 – November 8, 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? Improv-A-Ganza |
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show is an improvisational comedy television series that aired in the fall of 2004 on The WB, and the fall of 2005 on Comedy Central. The show was hosted by Drew Carey, and was somewhat a follow-up to the show he formerly hosted, Whose Line Is It Anyway?. The distinguishing feature of the show was that the improv games were performed in front of a "green screen" (similar to "Newsflash" game from Whose Line?), with animation, music and sound effects inserted in post-production. The show was otherwise very similar to Whose Line? and featured many of the same performers and games.
On an appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien when "Green Screen" premiered, Carey claimed that he got the idea during the Whose Line? game "Moving people" when he thought how funny it would be if you could not see the people manipulating the players.
The show's theme song was La Trampa, performed by Tonino Carotone and Manu Chao and the show's underscore was composed by Michael A. Levine.
Besides Drew Carey, the performers and the corresponding number of episodes they appeared in were:
Ryan Stiles and Kaitlin Olson both performed in the pilot episode, which was never aired.
Each episode featured seven or eight performers, including Carey. Performers appearing during the series were Drew Carey, Brad Sherwood, Colin Mochrie, Jeff Davis, Greg Proops as regulars, and Chip Esten, Julie Larson, Sean Masterson, Jonathan Mangum, and Kathy Kinney; in addition, both Ryan Stiles and Kaitlin Olson appeared at the pilot taping, although not in any episodes. Because of the number of cast members and the smaller number of games (which had to produce scenes that made use of the animation), many cast members only got small amounts of screen time and less time for rapport on screen.
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