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May 8, 2006 · Hartford Wailer: Directed by Rob Schiller. With Kevin James, Leah Remini, Victor Williams, Patton Oswalt. Doug crashes Carrie's weekend company retreat, not realising she's blown it off for a relaxing day with her girlfriends.
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- Comedy
- Rob Schiller
The King of Queens: Created by David Litt, Michael J. Weithorn. With Kevin James, Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller, Victor Williams. Deliveryman Doug Heffernan has a good life: He has a pretty wife (Carrie), a big television, and friends with which to watch it.
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- 1998-09-21
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- The Studio Didn’T Want Doug and Carrie to Have Kids.
- Patton Oswalt Stood Motionless Onscreen For Almost Three minutes.
- Victor Williams Thinks People Liked The Show’S “Simplicity.”
- Carrie Had Another Dad Before Jerry Stiller Signed on.
- Kevin James Thought His Uniform Was Too Snug.
- Scientology Affected Remini’s Work on The Sow.
- Jerry Stiller Felt Arthur Was A “Noodge.”
- James and Remini Argued in Real Life, too.
- Lou Ferrigno Finally Got to speak.
- James and Remini Recently Reunited on Kevin Can Wait.
David Bickel, one of the show’s executive producers, told Futon Critic that Sony didn’t like the idea of them having kids. “The studio felt that if you have a big thing happen to the Heffernan family then it kind of dates the old shows as 'pre-baby' and the new shows as 'post-baby' and it kind of hurts syndication a little bit,” he said. “And for u...
During the almost three-minute opening of the April 10, 2006, episode, Patton Oswalt’s character, Spence Olchin, can be seen standing motionless in the Heffernans’ living room while everyone else moves around, talks, and celebrates Doug’s 40th birthday. Spence neither moves nor speaks for the duration of the sequence, even when the camera cuts back...
Victor Williams played Doug’s co-worker and friend Deacon Palmer. “It’s the simplicity of regular folks that people respond to—and in such an overwhelming way, it was kind of surprising to me initially,” Williams told Todayin 2007. “But then it made sense. There’s a sort of honesty in that simplicity that I’ve really enjoyed and I’m really going to...
Bickel described the show’s pilot as a “hybrid” because actor Jack Carter played Arthur, but when Stiller became available for the role, he replaced Carter. “What they did was when they decided to do it with Jerry, they reshot just the first few scenes with him,” Bickel said. “So I'd be watching the show [with Jerry onscreen] and it was like, ‘Oh, ...
Talking to TV Guide, Kevin James revealed that when he gained weight his IPS uniform hurt his body. “The shorts were tight and they'd cut into my hips,” he said. “I'd feel like writing scenes around it, like, ‘Oh, I don't need a uniform.’ They’d be like, ‘But you’re at work!’ And I’d be like, ‘Whatever. I show up without it!’”
In a much publicized move, Remini left the Church of Scientology in 2013, and filmed a docuseries about her traumatizing experiences called Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, which aired on A&E in November 2016. Remini told The Hollywood Reporterthe church wanted her to recruit James, her fellow actors, and crew members. “It’s always, ‘Why...
In an interview with Emmy TV Legends, Stiller said he created Arthur’s characterizations from his costars. “You live off the people you’re working with,” he said. “I took it from the other actors and how they treated me in terms of the character, and I found out I was a noodge, a person who was a pain in the neck, a bunion on their life. And I carr...
While appearing on Oprah, Remini admitted that she and James fought on set, because they cared about each other. “There were times Kevin and I would argue about something stupid, and we had to kiss but we’d make no eye contact,” she said. “But that’s because we loved each other. If you don’t care about somebody, you don’t even bother to fight with ...
On the show, the former Incredible Hulk plays a version of himself as the Heffernan’s next door neighbor. Ferrigno said the producers saw him in a movie called The Godson and cast him. “I did the one episode and it was so well-received they said, 'We want to give you a recurring role,'” Ferrigno said. He ended up appearing in 18 episodes, beginning...
Kevin Can Wait, another CBS Kevin James-starring sitcom, debuted during the fall 2016 season. This time, instead of playing a delivery man, James plays a retired cop. During the May 2017 season finale, Leah Remini appeared as Vanessa, the former police partner of James's character. In the two-part episode, “Sting of Queens,” they go undercover and ...
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The King of Queens is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, a total of nine seasons and 207 episodes. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who also served as the show's executive producer, and stars Kevin James and Leah Remini as Doug and Carrie Heffernan , a working ...
The King of Queens (TV Series 1998–2007) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Mar 9, 2022 · There's a perception that "The King of Queens" was the Doug show. While he was the central character, it's unlikely that he would have been as compelling without his wife and The Queen of...
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The King of Queens is an American television sitcom created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt and starring Kevin James and Leah Remini, that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1998, and ended on May 14, 2007. A total of 207 episodes were produced, spanning nine seasons.
