# What made Drew Carey laugh so hard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785 "2006-01-06T20:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/1 "2006-01-06T20:02:13Z")
When _Whose Line Is It Anyway?_ aired on ABC Family, they used a clip from the show as a promo which showed Drew laughing hysterically. At one point he gasps, “…so funny!..” and “Whoooo!” as he tries to catch his breath. I think he takes off his glasses to wipe his eyes. My question is: What or who made him laugh so uncontrollably? (I’m guessing it was Ryan, but it’s just a guess.) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/2 "2006-01-06T20:05:38Z")
I would guess it was Richard Simmons. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/3 "2006-01-06T20:07:49Z")
[Here’s the clip](http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/106174/) One of the top five funniest moments in TV history. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/4 "2006-01-06T20:18:54Z")
With nothing else to go on from the OP, I’d say it’s either Richard Simmons in “Moving Scenery” or the “Sound Effects” with the quacking elephants. The latter is the only time I’ve ever seen Drew laugh so hard that he fell out of his chair. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/5 "2006-01-06T20:29:16Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Here’s the clip](http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/106174/) > > One of the top five funniest moments in TV history. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/6 "2006-01-06T20:33:04Z")
Aw…ya beat me to it. Here’s the Thread discussion. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307448&highlight=moment](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307448&highlight=moment) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/7 "2006-01-06T20:39:24Z")
Actually, I believe he was laughing at the antics of two audience members who were participating in “Sound Effects.” Suffice to say that these two ladies weren’t playing by the rules, and that cracked Drew up. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/8 "2006-01-06T21:56:17Z")
What about Ryan breaking the desk as “Magnetic Carol Channing” during “Party Guests?” I seem to remember him cracking up pretty hard that time too. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/9 "2006-01-06T22:02:06Z")
Nah. I distinctly recall that Drew acted very concerned at that point. “Oh my God! Are you okay?” or words to that effect. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/10 "2006-01-06T22:05:48Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Actually, I believe he was laughing at the antics of two audience members who were participating in “Sound Effects.” Suffice to say that these two ladies weren’t playing by the rules, and that cracked Drew up. That would be the quacking elephants that I mentioned earlier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/11 "2006-01-06T22:16:49Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Here’s the clip](http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/106174/) > > One of the top five funniest moments in TV history. Yeah, but it could have been better. It was clear from the beginning what they were out to do. It would have been better if they had made it seem to simply arise from the situation. It seemed a little forced and distasteful. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/12 "2006-01-06T22:30:21Z")
> [@riker1384](#): > > It seemed a little forced and distasteful. Just like all the other “Moving Scenery” bits. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/13 "2006-01-06T23:43:45Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > What about Ryan breaking the desk as “Magnetic Carol Channing” during “Party Guests?” I seem to remember him cracking up pretty hard that time too. Yeah, this is the clip that came to my mind. I laughed myself sick and thought ol’ Drew was going to choke! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/14 "2006-01-07T01:49:58Z")
I hadn’t seen this episode. Richard seemed so much more flamboyant than I’m used to, though. I’ve never seen him on a late-night show or anything like that. I’ve only seen him on the morning or midday shows when he’s communing with fat ladies. You know where he asks them to tell their story (and it’s always real sad and pitiful), and he holds them while they cry (and usually cries with them), and offers them lots of sickeningly glurgy and maudlin moral support (and a free version of whatever weightloss dealie he’s hawking at the time)… That’s the Richard Simmons I’m used to. A very funny clip – and Richard is definately a lot easier to take with the Whose Line guys than he is with the fat ladies. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/15 "2006-01-07T04:16:50Z")
The scene that the OP describes is definitely at the end of the quacking elephants. You can see the this clip and the Ryan versus the desk clip at [http://www.auroramediaworks.com/kevinlcarvell/media-wliia.htm](http://www.auroramediaworks.com/kevinlcarvell/media-wliia.htm) (the quacking elephants one is the 'Sound Effects with Ryan and Colin as cops). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/16 "2006-01-07T04:35:01Z")
I saw that one and it’s definitely the quacking episode. Watching Drew nearly pop a vein in his head is funnier than the actual bit. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/17 "2006-01-07T12:52:04Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I saw that one and it’s definitely the quacking episode. Watching Drew nearly pop a vein in his head is funnier than the actual bit. I agree. He’s got a great sense of humor. On his Friar’s Roast show, they set him up in a big leather armchair nest to the podium and he just sat there laughing his ass off the whole time and it was so great. Something about Drew’s laughter just makes everything seem funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/18 "2006-01-07T13:59:50Z")
For some reason I thought it was the show in which Wayne accidentally lifted the audience member’s skirt. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/19 "2006-01-07T15:06:41Z")
My wife and I watch this show most week nights. Does anyone else think they should stop rotating people in and just use 5 people? I would use Wayne, Colin, Ryan, Greg, and Brad. Greg and Brad are the only two “alternates” that are as good as the other three. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785/20 "2006-01-07T19:14:23Z")
Yes! Yes! That was it – the quacking elephant! Oh, I laughed until my tummy hurt. Oh, oh, man. Man, Colin and Ryan are great together. Is there ANYTHING you guys don’t know? Thanks, **JeffB**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-drew-carey-laugh-so-hard/338785.md?page=2)