Drew Carey's Green Screen Show
American television series
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show is an American improvisational comedy television series that aired from October 7 to November 4, 2004 on The WB, and from September 26 to November 8, 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 the "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.
Performers
Besides Drew Carey, the performers and the corresponding number of episodes they appeared in were:
Regular
Brad Sherwood - 12 episodes
Colin Mochrie - 12 episodes
Jeff Davis - 12 episodes
Greg Proops - 12 episodes
Recurring
Chip Esten - 8 episodes
Jonathan Mangum - 7 episodes
Sean Masterson - 7 episodes
Kathy Kinney - 6 episodes
Julie Larson - 6 episodes
Ryan Stiles and Kaitlin Olson both performed in the pilot episode, which was never aired.
Format
Each episode featured seven or eight performers, including Carey.
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