The Drew Carey attempt at humor is along the lines of improv shows I remember from the 90's. It works quite well - eventually. The premise is: 2 of a team of 6 comedians start on the floor with a green screen behind them. They begin a dialogue and when the compere, Drew, says freeze, they stop mid-sentence and mid pose. One leaves to be replaced by a hovering comedian with something funny to add. A backdrop appears to suit the gag line. Magic!

The Green Screen is blue?!

As usual with improv, it takes a while to get on a roll, but once Greg gets over the over-use of swearing for comic effect, and the participants stop laughing so hard at their own jokes, the team produce some clever material. When 3 or 4 end up on the floor/stage, it really takes off and the Polish luge team signals the start of several smart comments that you wished you could come up with on the spur of the moment.

Is this show spontaneous?

Those techies working the backdrop scenery must be fast on a Mac, or... Surely they don't know what is happening ahead of spontaneous creativity? Or worse, the show is re-engineered when everyone has gone home? Let's hope not.

Also, how long does it really take to produce the show that we, the awed audience actually see? The reason why I can cast doubt on the authenticity of the format is that one of the all-time greats of UK comedy satire shows, Have I got News For you, which stars Paul the quickest wit of them all Merton, used to take hours of trial and error at spontaneity! Apparently they used to just sit there till they came up with a killer line.

Of course, to us mere mortals sat like lemons on Friday nights, our sides aching, it was like witnessing the gods of wit in full flow. But as we were all wondering what sort of drugs were needed to get your mind into that witty mode, the stars were probably laughing even louder at us, knowing it was all a bit of a fraud.

If any one has any further insight into the Drew Carey improv show, let us know. Educate us in a funny and witty way, please. And dont take 3 hours to write that hilarious comment!