... The King in question is Doug Heffernan and the Queens they relate to is actually the suburb of New York he lives in with his wife Carrie. I think this title is a really clever play on words and sets the scene for quite a funny sitcom in my opinion.
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...sitcom set in New York. The King in question is Doug Heffernan and the Queens they relate to is actually the suburb of New York he lives in with his wife Carrie. I think this title is a really clever play on words and sets the scene for quite a funny sitcom in my opinion.
Doug and Carrie are the main couple in this sitcom and it’s really them that the whole show revolves around. They have a nice relationship but bicker like most couples ... ...the laughs out of the audience. For example Doug is rather fat and so they definitely play this up on the show. He is generally always eating my Carrie facilitates this by buying him or making him his favourite foods. Doug is played by the very funny Kevin James who has been in movies such as Hitch, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Paul Blart: Mall Cop. He started his career in standup and it was actually his appearances on Everybody Loves ... more
King of Queens is an American sitcom set in New York. The King in question is Doug Heffernan and the Queens they relate to is actually the suburb of New York he lives in with his wife Carrie. I think this title is a really clever play on words and sets the scene for quite a funny sitcom in my opinion.
Doug and Carrie are the main couple in this sitcom and it’s really them that the whole show revolves around. They have a nice relationship but bicker like most couples and they really play on each others stereotypes to get the laughs out of the audience. For example Doug is rather fat and so they definitely play this up on the show. He is generally always eating my Carrie facilitates this by buying him or making him his favourite foods. Doug is played by the very funny Kevin James who has been in movies such as Hitch, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Paul Blart: Mall Cop. He started his career in standup and it was actually his appearances on Everybody Loves Raymond (another American sitcom) that prompted the creation of his own show, King of Queens. I think it’s his ability to not take himself too seriously that makes this show funny and the fact that he knows he’s rather large but uses that to get laughs.
Carrie is played by Leah Remini. She has quite a strong New York accent which can be annoying at times but I do find that she compliments Doug well. She is a secretary at a law firm and is often shown in various funny work situations. Doug’s job is the funniest. He works as a delivery driver for IPS (not UPS but has the same brown uniforms as they do. The fact that he has to wear shorts in his job is quite funny and I’m sure this was thought about when the show was created to be another funny aspect of his character.
By far the funniest character on this show though is Carrie’s dad, Arthur Spooner who lives with the couple downstairs in their basement. He is an old, cantankerous old man who doesn’t really seem to do anything but annoy both Doug and Carrie at the same time as them really loving him too. He always seems to come up with ridiculous thoughts, for example he will think he invented a certain well know product years before it actually came out and then try to sue that company for all the revenue they have made from his supposed product and silly things like that.
Doug and Carrie often hang out with their friend Deacon and Kelly. Doug works with Deacon at IPS. They are a black couple and although it’s not a big focus, race views do come up from time to time but they deal with it in quite a comical way and it’s nice to see these two couples really having a great relationship.
The show ran from 1998 to 2007. It won the People’s Choice Award for best television comedy in 2007 and 2008. It is show here on English television on Comedy Central.
Advantages: Funny, shown a lot, still being made Disadvantages: none
...despite having seen several of the episodes before. Before I get into what its about, I'd like to point out that its set in Queens, NYC - it took me a while to work out why it was called 'King of Queens', so I thought I'd give you a headstart!
The base of the story is your average married couple, Carrie and Doug Heffernan, living in their own house with Carrie's father, Arthur Spooner, living in their basement. Doug, not the slimmest of men, works ... ...after him. Doug escapes from the difficulties of the world with his buddies on the sofa in his garage - with a big TV and a fridge full of beer.
Over 150 episodes, beginning in 1988, have been made, and the series is directed by Rob Schiller, who has also directed a few episodes of Two and a Half Men, Ned and Stacey, My Wife and Kids, The Wayans Bros, and many others - a pretty well-established comedy TV series director.
As to the main cast, Leah ...
rhidassa 01.08.2006
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Advantages: Leah Remini is great.... Disadvantages: ....Kevin James not so.
...and
’Frasier’. Kevin James is the leading man and he is invariably very weak although funny as delivery man Doug Hefferman. Leah Remini (who some may remember as the mother who was giving birth in
‘Friends’, who was comforted by Joey) makes a delightful sidekick as his wife Carrie, whose sharp tongue is welcome in this unremarkable comedy. And we have Jerry Stiller doing his occasionally
funny/annoying turns as Carrie’s father Arthur who is both ...
redcockney 09.08.2000
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The King of Queens revolves around Doug Heffernan (Kevin James), a New York parcel delivery guy whose lives in Queens with his wife Carrie (Leah Remini). Doug sanctuary is his garage which houses his pride and joy, a 70" tv, a present from his wife. However, Dougs little love nest is invaded by Carries father in law Arthur ( Jerry Stiller) when he refuses to live in a nursing home. Dougs TV room becomes Arthurs bedroom and the couples privacy is ... ...are hard to find. The couple use their jobs, Carrie is a legal secretary in Manhatten, to find solitude and time away. However this doesn't provide them with the time together they crave, but does give them the breathing room they need. Dougs main passtime is watching sport with his buddies: Deacon, dougs best friend and Spence, the weird one. While Carrie finds solice in her female friendships and work.
King of Queens uses modern family problems ...
sagregson 12.08.2004
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