# Drew Carey's "Green Screen" Show on Comedy Central **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597 "2005-09-27T01:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597/1 "2005-09-27T01:16:19Z")
So… Does anyone think this show is funny? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597/2 "2005-09-27T01:29:58Z")
[Beat you by 2 minutes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336990)😃 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597/3 "2005-09-27T19:15:46Z")
I didn’t think they’d put out but four or five episodes to begin with when it was on ABC last year, so I’m a bit surprised they’re having another go at it. It’s an interesting idea, but wears on you after about five or ten minutes. 30 minutes of it is a bit tedious. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597/4 "2005-09-27T19:42:01Z")
Perhaps its just the episodes filmed originally for ABC being re-run? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597/5 "2005-09-28T17:45:38Z")
“Whose Line is it Anyway?” was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay funnier. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597/6 "2005-09-28T20:14:01Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Perhaps its just the episodes filmed originally for ABC being re-run? [nitpick] It was on the WB, not ABC.Which is right where it belonged! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597/7 "2005-09-29T00:53:41Z")
> [@William V.](#): > > “Whose Line is it Anyway?” was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay funnier. Ya. I love Whose Line (my favorite being the British version once they moved to Hollywood), and I like Drew Carey. But the Green Screen show? I saw one episode and it was more than enough. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Fringe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5a626/32.png) [@Fringe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fringe)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597/8 "2005-09-29T13:23:16Z")
I was unable to to watch this show for more than a few minutes. It does not seem that improvisation and green screens go together. I think that completely destroys the point of improv. comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-careys-green-screen-show-on-comedy-central/323597/9 "2005-09-29T13:59:56Z")
I get the impression the show was written by the same clowns who thought a hockey puck needed a cartoonish highlighting to make hockey easier to follow, i.e. someone who thinks the audience is simply too _dumb_ to handle anything requiring imagination or concentration. Do an improv of two guys on a roller coaster? We better draw the coaster in, because the slack-jawed audience will otherwise stare at us in drooling confusion, saying “I don’t see no roller coaster. DOY!”