document_title: The Drew Carey Show

question_text: who does drew marry on the drew carey show

text: The Drew Carey Show

text: Premise[edit]

text: Drew Carey is a fictionalized version of himself, a self-proclaimed "everyman".[3]  Drew Carey (the actor) has been quoted as saying his character is what the actor would have been if he had not become an actor. He has a "gang" of friends who embark with him on his everyday trials and tribulations.  Drew's friends include erudite but unambitious Lewis (Ryan Stiles), excitable dimwitted Oswald (Diedrich Bader) and his friend (later on-off girlfriend) Kate (Christa Miller).  In the final two seasons, Kate gets married and moves to Guam, in the same two-part episode that introduces and develops Drew's relationship with Kellie (Cynthia Watros), which carries on over the final two seasons.

text: For its first seven seasons, Drew's workplace is the office of fictional Cleveland department store Winfred-Louder, where he has worked for years and still works as Assistant Director of Personnel.  One of his coworkers is Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney), a large woman with a clownish wardrobe, a lot of make-up (including her trademark bright blue eye shadow), and a foul mutual dislike for Drew.  The two eventually become closer (although still maintaining a less heated rivalry), primarily because Mimi fell in love with and married Drew's cross-dressing heterosexual brother Steve (John Carroll Lynch), a frequently recurring character.

text: In the first season they work for the unseen Mr. Bell (Kevin Pollak), only seen in the season one finale, to which he is greeted with applause; in later seasons, their boss and sometimes-co-worker is Nigel Wick (Craig Ferguson), an eccentric, sadistic and unlucky Englishman.  In the final two seasons, they work for peaceful, hippie-like Evan (Kyle Howard) and the much more professional Scott (Jonathan Mangum), tech-smart but naïve twenty-somethings who own the Neverending Store, an online retailer with offices in the same location.

text: In addition to his day job, Drew, along with Oswald, Lewis, and Kate (replaced from around Season 5 onwards by Mimi), runs a small business out of his garage, selling Buzz Beer, a caffeinated alcoholic drink. It becomes popular in the region and is served at the group's hangout, The Warsaw Tavern.

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Season 1 (1995–1996)[edit]

text: The first season's opening credits consisted of a caricature of Carey—consisting of his face and a yellow tie—singing the Robert McGuire-penned "Moon Over Parma". The song was trimmed for the opening sequence, and the reference to Eastlake in the line "Guide her to Eastlake underneath your silvery light" was changed to a reference to Cleveland to stay in theme with the show.

text: In the first season, Drew and Mimi worked under Mr. Bell, who existed only as a voice on Drew's speakerphone, excluding the season finale (his final episode) wherein he is fired by Winfred-Louder's new owners. Other characters that appeared exclusively in this period were Drew's hillbilly neighbor Jules and his family. Drew's first girlfriend Lisa was introduced in this season, as was Jay, Kate's love interest who used to attend the same high school as Drew and his friends. Both characters lasted until Season 2, where they were quickly written out of the show in the early episodes.

text: Nine of the episode titles were related to chemistry in some way, with names such as "The Joining of Two Unlike Elements Is a Mixture" and "Isomers Have Distinct Characteristics". However, this theme was abandoned by the end of the season.

text: Seasons 2–7 (1996–2002)[edit]

text: "Moon Over Parma" was phased out during the second season by "Five O'Clock World" sung by The Vogues. This season introduced openings that paid homage to music videos which included the cast dancing and singing around the various sets of the show. In the third season, yet another change was made to "Cleveland Rocks", a cover of an Ian Hunter song performed by The Presidents of the United States of America. This change lasted until the second "wave" of the show ended, with the finale of Season 7.

text: The man who took over Mr. Bell's job after his firing was Nigel Wick, who served as a foil for both Drew and Mimi in the workplace. During this period, Drew and Mr. Wick also periodically took the top management job away from each other. This would usually result in Drew ending up back at his old job as Assistant Director of Personnel and Mr. Wick would miraculously retain his job as manager. By the end of Season 7, they were both Co-Managers before Winfred-Louder was closed down (albeit after undergoing drastic changes to stay in business).

text: Kate and Oswald became closer and eventually became romantically involved and almost married during the third season, but Kate stood Oswald up at the altar. Kate and Drew also became romantically involved and were on the verge of getting married, but they called it off when they realized they didn't feel the same about the prospect of children. Drew's cross-dressing brother Steve was introduced during this period. He eventually fell in love with Mimi and they had a child together, Gus (whose name was decided by means of a contest).

text: Drew also got married a number of times during this portion of the show. His first marriage was to Diane, a cocktail waitress in Las Vegas. This was only temporary however, as she needed Drew to retain custody of her children. His second marriage was to Mr. Wick, who forced Drew to marry him in a sham same-sex civil union in Vermont (the only place it was legal at the time) in hopes that the marriage would placate the Immigration and Naturalization Service. At the beginning of Season 7, Drew married both Nikki and Kate (the former had been a recurring character for some time since Season 3, and suffered from weight problems). They found out about this and all three of these marriages ended in divorce, and Drew became known as the "Impotent Bisexual Bigamist". Nikki eventually returned, and the actress, Kate Walsh, donned a fat suit again and moved in with Drew.

text: During this period the show also had frequent "event" episodes. Recurring themes were "What's Wrong With This Episode?", in which the show contained numerous deliberate continuity errors and other mistakes and invited viewers at home to find the most errors and win a prize, and live episodes, with loose plots and improvised scenes featuring cast members from Carey's improvisational comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Brad Sherwood, Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, Greg Proops, Chip Esten, Kathy Greenwood, Jeff Davis, Laura Hall, and Linda Taylor) contributed to these episodes, with Brad Sherwood hosting.

text: Seasons 8–9 (2002–2004)[edit]

text: Beginning in season 8, the show rotated through 9 different opening sequences, each of which contained a new version of one of the show's three theme songs.  Each theme ("Moon Over Parma", "Five O'Clock World" and "Cleveland Rocks") was seen in three different segments, in new, wildly different arrangements. The show eventually went back to having just five main characters, akin to the first season, as Kate, Mr. Wick, and Steve were eventually written out of the show. Kate's character was married off, Mr. Wick disappeared after three appearances until the Season 8 finale, wherein it is revealed he became a weatherman (although he continued to appear in the opening credits, unlike Kate, who was eliminated completely, and never mentioned again.) Steve left at the beginning of the ninth season to "find himself".

text: With Winfred-Louder closed, the location became the office of online retailer Neverending Store. Drew, Mimi, and Mr. Wick were hired as employees of the new company. Mimi was hired first in a similar role to her old job, and Drew was eventually hired as "Internal Expediting Analyst", and a recurring gag began wherein Drew had no clue as to what his job entailed. Before being written out, Mr. Wick was at first a janitor, and another recurring joke came in the form of Mr. Wick attempting to climb the ladder back to being the boss. Before being written out, he went from janitor to the carrier of the dessert trolley.

text: Kate left after the first two episodes of season 8, the same two episodes that introduced Kellie, an old high school friend of Drew's who had been working as a stripper. She eventually became a waitress at The Warsaw Tavern, Drew's girlfriend, and the carrier of his child. The plot of the final episode was Drew and Kellie attempting to get married before their child is born. Mr. Wick also returned and stayed on for the series finale.

text: The show began featuring cameos from reality-TV participants in the final two seasons, such as former Road Rules star Timmy Beggy, The Real World alumna Cara Khan, and The Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl. Tony the Bus Driver (Bill Cobbs) became a regular, serving as smart-alecky "bartender" type to whom Drew could tell his problems. The eighth season was put in a timeslot that frequently clashed with Monday Night Football. It was pulled mid-season and the remaining episodes were shown during the summer of 2003. The ninth season did not air until the summer of 2004, with most of the episodes out of order.

text: The last season's tone changed radically from the previous seasons. The directors began experimenting with one-camera set-ups, showing the sets completely built, with four walls in most rooms, and with rooms actually linked together. The writers also began experimenting, including story lines in which Gus burns down Mimi's house, forcing her to move in with Drew after Steve leaves her.

text: ABC originally aired the season 9 episodes out of order. Based on the production numbers for each episode, the correct viewing order of the episodes is 16, 6, 19, 20, 3, 17, 21, 22, 18, 4, 2, 1, 5, 7, 9, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 15, 23, 25, and 26.

text: Post-series[edit]

text: On March 24, 2009, Kathy Kinney appeared in character as Mimi at the beginning of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Kinney appeared twice on The Price Is Right as Mimi Bobeck on April Fools' Day. Drew Carey has been the host of the show since 2007.[4] Carey would later revive the "What's Wrong with This Episode?" format for later April Fool's Day episodes of The Price Is Right.[citation needed]

text: At the end of the final episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on December 19, 2014, Ferguson woke up, revealing that the entire show was a dream of Mr. Wick's.[5] Drew Carey reprised his role (the two were in bed together, as in the final episode of Newhart) and was surprised that, in Wick's dream, he had somehow lost weight and become a game show host.[5]

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main characters[edit]

text:
Actor
Character
Role
Years
Seasons
Episodes

Drew Carey
Drew Allison Carey
Assistant Director of Personnel
1995–2004
1–9
233

Diedrich Bader
Oswald Lee Harvey
Delivery Man/Trainee Nurse
1995–2004
1–9
233

Kathy Kinney
Mimi Bobeck
P.A./Floor Manager
1995–2004
1–9
232

Ryan Stiles
Lewis Kiniski
Janitor at DrugCo.
1995–2004
1–9
224

Christa Miller
Kate O'Brien
Cosmetic Saleswoman/Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1995–2002
1–7 (Starring), 8 (Starring, 2 Episodes)
184

Craig Ferguson
Nigel Algernon Wick
Drew's boss
1996–2003, 2004
2–8 (Starring), 9 (2 Episodes)
170

John Carroll Lynch
Steve Carey
Cosmetics Salesman/Stay-At-Home Husband
1998–2004
3–5 (Recurring), 6–8 (Starring), 9 (Guest)
73

Cynthia Watros
Kellie Newmark
Waitress
2002–2004
8–9
52

text: Recurring characters[edit]

text:
Actor
Character
Role
Years
Seasons
Episodes

Ian Gomez
Larry Almada
Worked at Winfred-Louder/Matchmaker
1995–1999, 2002–2004
1–4, 8–9
38

Jane Morris
Nora
Co-worker at Winfred-Louder
1995–2002, 2004
1–2, 4–5, 7, 9
14

Nan Martin
Mrs. Louder
Owner of Winfred-Louder
1995–2000
1–5
25

Kelly Perine
Chuck
Security Guard
1995–2000
1–2, 4-5
17

Robert Torti
Jay Clemens
Kate' boyfriend/High-School friend
1995–1997, 1999–2001
1–2, 5–6
15

Kate Walsh
Nicki Fifer
Drew's girlfriend
1997–1999, 2001–2003
3–4, 7–8
21

Jenica Bergere
Sharon Bridges
Handywoman/Drew's girlfriend
1997–2000
3–5
11

Katy Selverstone
Lisa Robbins
Drew's girlfriend
1995–1997
1–2
16

Bill Cobbs
Tony
Bus driver
2002–2004
8–9
9

Jonathan Mangum
Scott
Drew's boss
2002–2004
8–9
18

Kyle Howard
Evan
Drew's boss
2002–2004
8–9
14

Kaitlin Olson
Traylor
Works at Neverendingstore.com
2002–2004
8–9
14

Speedy
Speedy The Dog
Lisa/Drew's Dog
1996–2003
2–8
41

Tim O'Rourke
Tim
Bartender at The Warsaw Tavern
1995–2004
1–9
11

text: Regular guest stars[edit]

text:
Beulah Carey (Marion Ross) – Drew's mother
George Carey (Stanley Anderson) – Drew's father
Kim Harvey (Adrienne Barbeau) – Oswald's mother
Mother Bobeck (Tammy Faye Bakker) – Mimi's mother
Gigi Bobeck (Lynn Wanlass) – Mimi's sister
King Augustus Antonio Carey (Dakota and Ryan Williams) – Drew's nephew, Steve and Mimi's son
Misty Kiniski (June Lockhart) – Lewis's mother

text: Guest stars[edit]

text:
Nikki Cox as Drew's cousin Kirsten Carey, who briefly dates Mr. Wick in "Drew's Cousin".
Shirley Jones as Drew's lady friend Celia (Season 4, 3 episodes)
Caroline Rhea as Drew's date, Bonnie, (Season 2, 2 episodes)
Pauley Perrette as Drew's girlfriend, Darcy (Season 4, 4 episodes)
Dan Castellaneta as Sal, the King of Poland in "Two Drews and the Queen of Poland Walk into A Bar" (all of his scenes were cut from reruns after complaints from the Polish community)
Hal Linden as Mr. Van Zandt in the episode "Brotherhood of Man" (Season 5)
Mark Curry as Robert Soulard
John Ratzenberger as himself in Drew Live III
Eddie Money as himself, the former husband of Mimi Bobeck
Penn & Teller as Fenn and Geller in "Drew Meets Lawyers" (season 1, episode 6) and "See Drew Run" (season 2, episode 17)
David Cross as Earl in "Drew and the Unstable Element" (season 1, ep.13) and "Two Drews & the Queen of Poland Walk into a Bar" (season 2, ep. 20).
Tim Allen as himself in "The Front" (season 1, episode 17)
Norm Macdonald as Simon Tate in "The Bully You Know" (season 2, episode 4)
Henry Rollins as E-Bay Ass Kicking Guy and Amy Farrington as Bonnie in "Hickory Dickory... Double Date" (season 8, episode 5)
Richard Chamberlain as Mr. Wick's mother, Maggie in "Curse of the Mummy" (season 7, episode 14) and "Look Mom, One Hand!" (season 7, episode 25)
Gregory Jbara as Ron in "Drew and the Conspiracy" (season 4, episode 1) and "Golden Boy" (season 4, episode 3).
Charles Nelson Reilly as Mr. Hathaway, Lewis's boss, in "The Salon" (season 3) and "DrugCo" (season 4)
Joe Walsh as Ed, a guitarist (in several episodes)
French Stewart as Buddy in "Drew's Best Friend" (season 9, episode 10)
Colin Mochrie as Eugene in "She's Gotta Have It", "Drew Live", and "Drew Live II"
Brad Sherwood as himself/host of "Drew Live" and "Drew Live II"
Wayne Brady as himself in "Drew Live" and "Drew Live II"
Greg Proops, Chip Esten and Kathy Greenwood as themselves in "Drew Live II"
Chris Palmer, head coach for the Cleveland Browns
Susan Saint James (Christa Miller's real life aunt) as Kate's mother in "Drew and Kate and Kate's mother".
Jamie Lee Curtis  as Sioux in "Playing a Unified Field".
Steve Buscemi  as Mimi's lawyer in "Mr. Louder's Birthday Party".
Micky Dolenz as Mr. Metcalf in "Drew and the King" (season 7, episode 13)
Tom Poston as Oswald's father (season 6, episode 13)
Beata Pozniak as Raisa in "What Women Don't Want".
Julia Duffy as Lindsey Mercer, Lord Mercer's ex-wife who temporarily takes control of Winfred-Louder in "Rich Woman, Poor Man" (season 7, ep. 23)
Nicholas Turturro as the New York detective in "New York and Queens" (season 2, episode 24).
Mike McShane as Ray in "Drew's Inheritance" (Season 6, Episode 3)
Phyllis Diller as Mimi's grandmother (Season 7, Episode 25)
Megyn Price as Waitress at Warsaw Tavern in "Drew and Mr. Bell's Nephew" (Season 1, Episode 14) and "Miss Right" (Season 1, Episode 2)
Dave Winfield as himself in "Science Names Suck" (Season 1, Episode 10)
Jenny McCarthy as various roles in "Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour" (Season 7, Episodes 1 and 2) and as a Police officer Drew dates in "A Shot In The Dark" (Season 7, Episode 17)
Amanda Bynes as various roles in "Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour" (Season 7, Episodes 1 and 2)

text: Special appearances[edit]

text:
Donald Trump and Carol Channing as themselves in "New York and Queens" (Season 2, Episode 24).
"Weird Al" Yankovic as himself in "Drew Between the Rock and a Hard Place" (Season 4)
Joe Alaskey as Daffy Duck (Applies at Drew's work place for a job in scene before opening title) in "My Best Friend's Wedding".
Rush Limbaugh as himself in "The Salon" (Season 3)
Triple H as The Disciplinarian, Pro Wrestler Sponsor for Buzz Beer
The Reverend Horton Heat as The Underprivileged in "That Thing You Don't" (Season 3, Episode 10)
Slash, Rick Nielsen, Dusty Hill, Matthew Sweet, Joey Ramone, Lisa Loeb, Dave Mustaine, Roy Clark, Johnny Lang, and Michael Stanley as themselves and Joe Walsh as Ed in "In Ramada Da Vida" (Season 4, Episode 2)
Ben Stein as St. Peter
Lemmy Kilmister and his band Motörhead as themselves in "Drew Gets Out of the Nut House" in Season 7, playing a loud song with altered lyrics from Mimi to apologize for putting Drew in a mental institution.
The James Gang as themselves at the end of Season 4, Episode 4
The Go-Go's as themselves in "The Pregnancy Scare" (season 6, episode 6)
Debbie Lee Carrington as Mini Mimi in Season 5, Episode 1
Kristen Wiig as a realtor in Season 9
Little Richard as himself in "Drewstock" (season 2, Episode 14)

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
Season

Episodes

Originally aired

Productionline

Season premiere

Season finale

1

22

September 13, 1995 (1995-09-13)

May 8, 1996 (1996-05-08)

4570xx

2

24

September 18, 1996 (1996-09-18)

May 14, 1997 (1997-05-14)

4659xx

3

28

September 17, 1997 (1997-09-17)

May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20)

4662xx

4

27

September 23, 1998 (1998-09-23)

May 26, 1999 (1999-05-26)

4675xx

5

26

September 22, 1999 (1999-09-22)

May 17, 2000 (2000-05-17)

2254xx

6

27

October 4, 2000 (2000-10-04)

May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)

2263xx

7

27

September 26, 2001 (2001-09-26)

May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22)

2273xx

8

26

September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)

August 27, 2003 (2003-08-27)

2279xx

9

26

June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02)

September 8, 2004 (2004-09-08)

1785xx

text: Ratings[edit]

text: The show finished its first season (1995–1996) barely in the Top 50, placing 48th in the Nielsen ratings, with an average rating of 10.1. The second season did considerably better, making it into the Top 20 finishing its second season (1996–1997) 18th in the Nielsen ratings with an average rating of 11.5. Viewership increased 13.9% from season one.[citation needed]

text: The show finished its third season (1997–1998) at a higher place in the ratings, placing 16th with an average rating of 11.1 during the season; however, the ratings share was a drop of 3.5% from the second season. During its fourth season (1998–1999), the series finished the season in the Nielsen ratings higher in the Top 20 making it to 14th place but with an average rating of 9.9, a decrease of 10.8% from the third season.[citation needed]

text: The show finished its fifth season (1999–2000) 24th in the Nielsen ratings, the first time since season one that the show was not in the Top 20, with an average rating of 9.5, a decrease of 4% from the fourth season. This was a smaller drop than many other series experienced, given the erosion of network audiences. This was also a smaller drop than the previous season. The show's sixth season (2000–2001) finished 41st with an average rating of 8.23, a decrease of 13.4 percent from the fifth season.[citation needed]

text:
In early 2001, ABC signed a new contract to keep the show on through 2003-2004 for a ninth season, even though the show had yet to enter its seventh season (2001–2002) at that time. The season saw one of the show's biggest drops in ratings, finishing 57th with an average rating of 5.9, a significant drop of 28.3% from the sixth season. The show finished its eighth season (2002–2003) season 119th with an average rating of 3.29, a drop of 44.23 percent from the seventh season. This caused ABC to put the series on hiatus, airing the rest of the season in the summer of 2003. Unable to get out of the contract, ABC was forced to allow the show to film a ninth season, paying three million dollars per episode. Not doing well enough to receive a time slot on ABC's fall schedule in 2003, the show had its ninth and final season burned off during the summer of 2004.
The series finale was viewed by a little over 5 million viewers.[citation needed]

text:
Season
Years
Rank
Rating

Season 1
1995–1996
#48
10.1[6]

Season 2
1996–1997
#18
11.5[7]

Season 3
1997–1998
#13
16.7[8]

Season 4
1998–1999
#13
14.9[8]

Season 5
1999–2000
#24
9.5[9]

Season 6
2000–2001
#33
12.7[10]

Season 7
2001–2002
#67
9.1[11]

Season 8
2002–2003
#121
5.2[12]

Season 9
2004
#150
3.1

text: Viva Las Vegas[edit]

text: The episode "Drew Gets Married" is part of a crossover with Grace Under Fire, Coach and Ellen set in Las Vegas. It features Brett Butler as Grace Kelly, Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Damme, Joely Fisher as Paige Clark and Jeremy Piven as Spence Kovak.[citation needed]

text: Syndication[edit]

text: The Drew Carey Show entered off-network syndication in September 1999 and continued until September 5, 2008, for example, Philadelphia's The WB station WPHL-TV reran the show weeknights 7:30pm EST and 11:30pm EST, Chicago's WB station WGN-TV at 6:30pm & 10:30pm CST, Cleveland's local FOX station (Drew's hometown) weeknights 7pm EST & 11pm EST both after local news on WJW-TV and New York City & Washington, D.C.'s UPN stations WWOR-TV and WDCA-TV reran the show weeknights 11:30pm EST.[citation needed]

text: The Drew Carey Show aired on the cable network TBS from 2002 to 2007. ION Television aired reruns of the show from 2007 to 2009, premiering on New Year's Eve 2007, with the station promoting it as "The Drew Year." ION Television did not air all of the episodes as it only aired the episodes that aired from seasons 1–5; the channel also removed references to the male genitalia from certain episodes, the season 5 episode "Do Drew and Kate Have Sex?" being one in particular.[citation needed]

text: The CW Television Network also aired episodes during the 2008–09 television season. Two back-to-back episodes were aired on Sundays at 6:00pm to replace the cancelled Sunday Night Block by Media Rights Capital.[citation needed]

text: The show ran in syndication on Canada's "TVtropolis" until June 2013, when the channel was rebranded as "DTour".[citation needed]

text: LAFF began carrying the show as part of its inaugural lineup when it launched in April 2015.[13]

text: Merchandise[edit]

text: During the height of the show's popularity, Barbie-esque dolls of Drew and Mimi were released, with accessories and are currently in rare supply and considered collector's items. Matchbox also released Drew's car, a Volkswagen Beetle with flames on the sides which Drew owned from the third season until the eighth. The soundtrack album Cleveland Rocks! Music from The Drew Carey Show was released in May 1998.[14]

text: Home media[edit]

text: On February 28, 2006, a six-episode release of the sitcom was released on DVD titled "The Drew Carey Show: TV Favorites".[15] Initially, the DVD was exclusively sold at Best Buy, but later sold at other national retailers as well. The DVD features the episodes "Pilot", "Playing the Unified Field", "We'll Remember Always, Evaluation Day", "Drew Blows His Promotion", "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "DrugCo." However, this DVD has since gone out of print.

text: On April 24, 2007, Warner Home Video released the complete first season of The Drew Carey Show on DVD in Region 1.  The WB has released a statement in which it said that the reason as to why the second season, and any of the later seasons have yet to be released as of 2016 is because of copyright issues regarding music used on the show. For the same reason, it is unlikely ever to stream on online services.[16]

text: The first season was released in Australia (Region 4) on September 10, 2008.

text:
DVD Name

Ep#

Region 1

Region 2

Region 4

Special Features

The Complete First Season

22

April 24, 2007

N/A

September 10, 2008

1-900-MIMI (a phone sex spoof featuring Mimi)
Life Inside a Cubicle Featurette

The Drew Carey Show: TV Favorites

6

February 28, 2006

N/A

N/A

"Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1)
"Playing the Unified Field" (Season 1, Episode 18)
"We'll Remember Always, Evaluation Day" (Season 2, Episode 1)
"Drew Blows His Promotion" (Season 2, Episode 15)
"My Best Friend's Wedding" (Season 3, Episode 28)
"DrugCo" (Season 4, Episode 20)


document_title: List of Family Guy cast members

question_text: who does drew barrymore play on family guy

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text: List of Family Guy cast members

text: Current cast[edit]

text: From seasons 1 to 4, Family Guy had four main cast members. Since season 5, there have been five main cast members. The casting of Meg Griffin changed after season 1.

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text: Seth MacFarlane[edit]

text: Seth MacFarlane voices four of the show's main characters: Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire.[1] MacFarlane chose to voice these characters himself, believing it would be easier to portray the voices he had already envisioned than for someone else to attempt it.[2] MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design.[3] Stewie's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison,[4] especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film My Fair Lady.[5] MacFarlane uses his own voice while portraying Brian.[2]

text: MacFarlane also provides the voices for various other recurring and one-time only characters, most prominently those of news anchor Tom Tucker, Lois' father Carter Pewterschmidt and Dr. Hartman.[6] He is the only voice to be in every episode.

text: Alex Borstein[edit]

text: Alex Borstein voices Lois Griffin, Asian correspondent Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown and Lois' mother Barbara Pewterschmidt.[7] Borstein was asked to provide a voice for the pilot while she was working on MADtv. She had not met MacFarlane or seen any of his artwork and said it was "really sight unseen".[8] At the time, Borstein performed in a stage show in Los Angeles, in which she played a redhead mother whose voice she had based on one of her cousins.[7][8] The voice was originally slower (and deeper for the original series), but when MacFarlane heard it, he replied "Make it a little less fucking annoying ... and speed it up, or every episode will last four hours."[7]

text: Mila Kunis[edit]

text: Mila Kunis is the voice of the character named Meg Griffin.[6] Kunis won the role after auditions and a slight rewrite of the character, in part due to her performance on That '70s Show.[9] MacFarlane called Kunis back after her first audition, instructing her to speak slower, and then told her to come back another time and enunciate more. Once she claimed that she had it under control, MacFarlane hired her.[9] Kunis described her character as "the scapegoat". She further explained, "Meg gets picked on a lot. But it's funny. It's like the middle child. She is constantly in the state of being an awkward 14-year-old, when you're kind of going through puberty and what-not. She's just in a perpetual mode of humiliation. And it's fun."[10]

text: Seth Green[edit]

text: Seth Green primarily plays Chris Griffin and Neil Goldman.[6][11] Green stated that he did an impression of the "Buffalo Bill" character from the thriller film The Silence of the Lambs during his audition.[12] His main inspiration for Chris' voice came from envisioning how "Buffalo Bill" would sound if he were speaking through a public address system at a McDonald's.[13]

text: Mike Henry[edit]

text: Mike Henry is the voice of Cleveland Brown, John Herbert The Pervert and other various characters. A Family Guy writer and producer, he began acting on the show as part of the recurring cast repertory (see below) but was promoted to main cast member in 2005. Since the cancellation of The Cleveland Show, he also voices Cleveland's step-son Rallo Tubbs on Family Guy.

text: Recurring cast[edit]

text: In addition to both its main cast and guest stars, Family Guy utilizes a deep bench of regularly appearing supporting voice actors. Some appear in nearly every episode each season, while others appear less frequently. Some of these actors specifically play recurring characters, while others mainly play background citizens of Quahog or characters in cutaway gags.

text: The current supporting cast repertory includes the following actors:

text:
Actor
Character(s)
No. of Episodes
(Out of 245 produced)
Notes

Benjamin, H. JonH. Jon Benjamin
Carl
14
Since 2006

Breckenridge, AlexandraAlexandra Breckenridge
Various
57
Since 2005. Currently voices most female “extras” not voiced by Alex Borstein.

Brennan, JohnnyJohnny Brennan
Goldman, MortMort Goldman, Horace the bartender
77

Callaghan, SteveSteve Callaghan
Various
37
Also the current showrunner and executive producer of Family Guy and former showrunner/EP of American Dad!. [14]

Garman, RalphRalph Garman
Various
138

Lakin, ChristineChristine Lakin
Kinney, JoyceJoyce Kinney
23
Since 2010.

LaMarr, PhilPhil LaMarr
Williams, OllieOllie Williams and the Quahog judge
56

MacFarlane, RachaelRachael MacFarlane
Olivia and various women
54
Formerly one of the most frequent female voices. She reduced her number of appearances per season after joining American Dad! in 2005 but still appears several times per season. Seth MacFarlane's sister.

Osment, EmilyEmily Osment
Various
14
Since 2012.

Richardson, Kevin MichaelKevin Michael Richardson
Jerome and Cleveland Jr.
30
Since 2009.

Sheridan, ChrisChris Sheridan
Various
33
Also a Family Guy writer.

Smith, DannyDanny Smith
Various, including Evil Monkey, Al Harrington and Ernie, the Giant Chicken
189
Also a Family Guy writer.

Sulkin, AlecAlec Sulkin
Christ, JesusJesus Christ and various others
147
Also a Family Guy writer.

Tatasciore, FredFred Tatasciore
Various
36

Tilly, JenniferJennifer Tilly
Swanson, BonnieBonnie Swanson
42
Has recurred as the Griffin's neighbor since the first season.

Viener, JohnJohn Viener
Various
182
Since 2005, he has been one of the most frequently heard male voices aside from Seth MacFarlane. Also a Family Guy writer.

Warburton, PatrickPatrick Warburton
Swanson, JoeJoe Swanson
163
Has appeared as the Griffins' neighbor since the first season, and usually appears in most episodes each season. Warburton is the most frequently appearing one-character actor in the supporting repertory.

Wingert, WallyWally Wingert
Various
41

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text: In addition to the above, the following actors were formerly regularly recurring voice actors in the series:

text:
Actor
Character(s)
No. of Episodes
Notes

Alan, LoriLori Alan
Simmons, DianeDiane Simmons
63
Left the show in season nine when her character was killed off. Was replaced in the series' context by Christine Lakin's Joyce Kinney

Alazraqui, CarlosCarlos Alazraqui
Weed, Mr.Mr. Weed
10
Peter's first boss, Mr. Weed, was killed off early in the series' run.

Barrymore, DrewDrew Barrymore
Russell, JillianJillian Russell
12
Played Jillian, Brian's former girlfriend. The character still appears in background roles

Cole, GaryGary Cole
Various
38
Cole appeared frequently in the earlier seasons, but still pops up now and then to play Meg and Chris' principal, Mr. Shepherd.

Hartman, ButchButch Hartman
Various
8

Henry, MikeMike Henry
Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Bruce, Consuela, and various others

Was promoted to main cast in 2005. Also a Family Guy writer.

Hentemann, MarkMark Hentemann
Opie and various others
45
Recently left Family Guy to work on another Seth MacFarlane project. Also a Family Guy writer.

Fisher, CarrieCarrie Fisher
Angela
19
Has recurred as Peter's boss several times per season since 2005. Died in 2016.

Strong, TaraTara Strong
Various, as well as Meg's singing voice
21
Appeared frequently in the first four seasons. Returned briefly in 2010-2012 and again for one episode in 2014.

Sullivan, NicoleNicole Sullivan
Goldman, MurielMuriel Goldman
27
Muriel was killed off in season nine.

Whitman, MaeMae Whitman
Various
10
Was a recurring younger female voice for several seasons between 2008-2010.

Wild, WellesleyWellesley Wild
Various
14
No longer a recurring voice (since 2013). He was a producer, but left the show.

Wilhoit, LisaLisa Wilhoit
D'Amico, ConnieConnie D'Amico
15
Meg's bully Connie has not appeared in the series since 2013.

West, AdamAdam West
Mayor West, AdamAdam West
93
Played a warped version of himself as the mayor of Quahog. Died in 2017.

text: Recurring guest voices[edit]

text: The recurring guest voices include Adam Carolla as Death, Patrick Stewart as Susie Swanson, Scott Grimes as Kevin Swanson and Sanaa Lathan as Donna Tubbs Brown. Previous recurring guests included Phyllis Diller in three episodes as Peter's Mother, Thelma, and Charles Durning as Peter's father, Francis. Both characters have since died, but Durning returned once to play Francis as a ghost. Early in the show's run, Fred Willard and Jane Lynch had a recurring role as a family of nudists. James Woods as James Woods.

text: Casting changes[edit]

text:
Lacey Chabert voiced Meg for the first production season (14 episodes), but, because of a contractual agreement, was never credited.[15] Chabert left the series due to time constraints with her acting role in Party of Five, as well as schoolwork.[16]
Norm Macdonald voiced the character of Death in a second season episode of Family Guy. He was subsequently replaced by Adam Carolla in all other appearances.
Jon Cryer originally voiced Kevin Swanson in his first appearance, before the role was passed temporarily onto Seth MacFarlane. The character was written out of the series for several years, with Scott Grimes taking over the voice when the character returned.
Fairuza Balk was the original voice of high school bully Connie D'Amico until Lisa Wilhoit took over the character in the third season.

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text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Year
Actor
Award
Category
Role
Result
Ref.

2000
Seth MacFarlane
Primetime Emmy Award
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
Stewie Griffin
Won
[17]

2009
Seth MacFarlane
Primetime Emmy Award
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
Peter Griffin
Won
[18]

2006
Seth MacFarlane
Annie Award
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Stewie Griffin
Won
[19]

2007
Mila Kunis
Annie Award
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Meg Griffin
Won
[20]


document_title: Background check

question_text: what is the point of a background check

question_tokens: what is the point of a background check

text: Background check

text: Purpose[edit]

text: Background checks are often requested by employers on job candidates for employment screening, especially on candidates seeking a position that requires high security or a position of trust, such as in a school, courthouse, hospital, financial institution, airport, and government.  These checks are traditionally administered by a government agency for a nominal fee, but can also be administered by private companies. Background checks can be expensive depending on the information requested. Results of a background check typically include past employment verification, credit history, and criminal history. The objective of background checks is to ensure the safety and security of the employees in the organisation.[2]

text: These checks are often used by employers as a means of judging a job candidate's past mistakes, character, and fitness, and to identify potential hiring risks for safety and security reasons. Background checks are also used to thoroughly investigate potential government employees in order to be given a security clearance. However, these checks may sometimes be used for illegal purposes, such as unlawful discrimination (or employment discrimination), identity theft, and violation of privacy.

text: Checks are frequently conducted to confirm information found on an employment application or résumé/curriculum vitae. One study showed that half of all reference checks done on prospective employees differed between what the job applicant provided and what the source reported.[3] They may also be conducted as a way to further differentiate potential employees and pick the one the employer feels is best suited for the position. Employers have an obligation to make sure their work environment is safe for all employees and helps prevent other  employment problems in the workplace.[4]

text: In the United States, the Brady Bill requires criminal checks for those wishing to purchase handguns from licensed firearms dealers.  Restricted firearms (like machine guns), suppressors, explosives or large quantities of precursor chemicals, and concealed weapons permits also require criminal checks.[5]

text: Checks are also required for those working in positions with special security concerns, such as trucking, ports of entry, and airports (including airline transportation).  Other laws exist to prevent those who do not pass a criminal check from working in careers involving the elderly, disabled, or children.

text: Pre-employment screening[edit]

text: Pre-employment screening refers to the process of investigating the backgrounds of potential employees and is commonly used to verify the accuracy of an applicant's claims as well as to discover any possible criminal history, workers compensation claims, or employer sanctions. For example, CBC News of Canada reported that fraud in the workplace cost Canadian Businesses over $3.2 Billion in 2011.[6]

text: United Kingdom[edit]

text: A number of annual reports, including BDO Stoy Hayward's Fraudtrack 4[7] and CIFAS's [8] (The UK's fraud prevention service) 'The Enemy Within' have showed a rising level of major discrepancies and embellishments on CVs over previous years.[citation needed]

text: Almost half (48%) of organizations with fewer than 100 staff experienced problems with vetted employees.[citation needed]

text: Thirty-nine percent of UK organizations have experienced a situation where their vetting procedures have allowed an employee to be hired who was later found to have lied or misrepresented themselves in their application.[citation needed]

text: Since the onset of the financial crisis of 2007–2010, the level of fraud has almost doubled and some experts have predicted that it will escalate further.[9] Background-checking firm Powerchex has claimed the number of applicants lying on their applications has been increasing since the summer of 2007 when the financial crisis began.[10] In 2009, Powerchex claimed that nearly one in 5 applicants has a major lie or discrepancy on his or her application.[11]

text: Poland[edit]

text: The first Polish research on the issue of pre-employment screening shows that 81% of recruiters have come across the phenomenon of lies in the CVs of candidates for the job.[citation needed] The survey was conducted by IBBC Group and Background Screening Service, which deal with outsourcing and conducting background screenings in Central - Eastern Europe.

text: The research shows how many failures occurred in the relationship between employer and employee over the years and what dangers it brings. Applicants usually lie about additional skills (85%), dates of employment (58%), responsibilities (53%) or positions (28%).[citation needed]

text: Due to bad hire, employers lose in a multitude of ways: financial-wise, reputation-wise and time-wise. The research shows that as many as 77% of them have lost significant sums of money to carry out the re-recruitment. Moreover, the companies have suffered losses after hiring the dishonest employee due to his low competences (57%), lack of diligence at work (28%), spending on additional training (28%) or problems with attendance (15%) and employee theft (7%).[citation needed] The demand for pre-employment screenings is constantly growing among Polish entrepreneurs.

text: Background screening can be conducted in Poland on the grounds of written consent of the person. Depending on the degree to which recruitment is carried out, verifications can include: identity, history of education, employment history, reason for leaving, additional qualifications, employee opinion, criminal record, indebtedness, references, business connections, presence on sanction lists, presence in the media.

text: Asia/Oceania[edit]

text: While background screening and verification is well established in Australia and New Zealand,[12] it is in its infancy in Asia and regulations vary widely across the region.[13]  Leading background screening companies in the region must navigate different regulatory frameworks and market leaders offer a full complement of services including financial probity, education, criminal background checking where legal, directorships.

text: The market[edit]

text: Larger companies are more likely to outsource than their smaller counterparts – the average staff size of the companies who outsource is 3,313 compared to 2,162 for those who carry out in-house checks.

text: Financial services firms had the highest proportion of respondents who outsource the service, with over a quarter (26%) doing so, compared to an overall average of 16% who outsource vetting to a third party provider.

text: The construction and property industry showed the lowest level of outsourcing, with 89% of such firms in the sample carrying out checks in-house, making the overall average 16%. This can increase over the years.

text: Companies that choose to outsource must be sure to use companies that are Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) compliant. Companies that fail to use an FCRA compliant company may face legal issues due to the complexity of the law.

text: Types of checks[edit]

text:
Academic Verifications
Character Reference Check
Gaps in employment history
Gap in educational history
Identity and Address Verification - whether the applicant is who he or she claims to be. Generally includes verification of the candidate’s present and previous addresses. Can include a money laundering, identity and terrorist check and one to verify the validity of passports.
Whether an applicant holds a directorship
Credit History (credit score is not included)
Purchase fire arms

text: Regulation[edit]

text: The Financial Services Authority states in their Training & Competence guidance that regulated firms should have:

text:
Adequacy of procedures for taking into account knowledge and skills of potential recruits for the role
Adequacy of procedures for obtaining sufficient information about previous activities and training
Adequacy of procedures for ensuring that individuals have passed appropriate exams or have appropriate exemptions
Adequacy of procedures for assessing competence of individuals for sales roles

text: The Financial Services Authority’s statutory objectives:

text:
Protecting consumers
Maintaining market confidence
Promoting public awareness
Reducing financial crime

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text: United States[edit]

text: Laws[edit]

text: Due to the sensitivity of the information contained in consumer reports and certain records, there are a variety of important laws regulating the dissemination and legal use of this information. Most notably, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) regulates the use of consumer reports (which it defines as information collected and reported by third party agencies) as it pertains to adverse decisions, notification to the applicant, and destruction and safekeeping of records.

text: If a consumer report is used as a factor in an adverse hiring decision, the applicant must be presented with a "pre-adverse action disclosure," a copy of the FCRA summary of rights, and a "notification of adverse action letter." Individuals are entitled to know the source of any information used against them including a credit reporting company. Individuals must also consent in order for the employer to obtain a credit report. Pre-employment credit reports do not include a credit score. A pre-employment credit report will show up on an individuals credit report as a "soft inquiry" and do not affect the individual's credit score.[citation needed]

text: Florida[edit]

text: Title XLV, section 768.095, of the Florida Statutes protects employers from negligent hiring liabilities, provided they attempt to conduct certain screening procedures. Employers who follow these steps will be presumed not to have been negligent when hiring if a background check fails to reveal any records on an applicant.[14]

text: Types of checks[edit]

text: There are a variety of types of investigative searches that can be used by potential employers. Many commercial sites will offer specific searches to employers for a fee. Services like these will actually perform the checks, supply the company with adverse action letters, and ensure compliance throughout the process. It is important to be selective about which pre-employment screening agency one uses. A legitimate company will be happy to explain the process. Many employers choose to search the most common records such as criminal records, driving records, and education verification. Other searches such as sex offender registry, credential verification, skills assessment, reference checks, credit reports and Patriot Act searches are becoming increasingly common.  Employers should consider the position in question when determining which types of searches to include, and should always use the same searches for every applicant being considered for one.

text: Possible information included[edit]

text: The amount of information included on a background check depends to a large degree on the sensitivity of the reason for which it is conducted—e.g., somebody seeking employment at a minimum wage job would be subject to far fewer requirements than somebody applying to work for a law enforcement agency such as the FBI or jobs related to national security.

text: Controversies[edit]

text: Drug tests and credit checks for employment are highly controversial practices.  According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a project of the Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN):  "While some people are not concerned about background investigations, others are uncomfortable with the idea of investigators poking around in their personal histories. In-depth checks could unearth information that is irrelevant, taken out of context, or just plain wrong. A further concern is that the report might include information that is illegal to use for hiring purposes or which comes from questionable sources."

text: In May 2002, allegedly improper post-hire checks conducted by Northwest Airlines were the subject of a civil lawsuit between Northwest and 10,000 of their mechanics.

text: In the case of an arrest that did not lead to a conviction, employment checks can continue including the arrest record for up to seven years, per § 605 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act:

text: Subsection (b) provides for an exception if the report is in connection with "the employment of any individual at an annual salary which equals, or which may reasonably be expected to equal $75,000, or more".[16]

text: Some proposals for decreasing potential harm to innocent applicants include:

text:
Furnishing the applicant with a copy of the report before it is given to the employer, so that any inaccuracies can be addressed beforehand; and
Allowing only conviction (not arrest) records to be reported.

text: In New Zealand, criminal checks have been affected by the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004, which allows individuals to legally conceal "less serious" convictions from their records provided they had been conviction-free for at least seven years.

text: In Michigan, the system of criminal checks has been criticized in a recent case where a shooting suspect was able to pass an FBI check to purchase a shotgun although he had failed the check for a state handgun permit.  According to the spokesman of the local police department,

text: The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has criticized the federal policy, which denies constitutional rights based on a criminal check only if the subject has been accused of a crime.

text: Public records pay sites[edit]

text: Taking advantage of public records availability in the United States, a number of Web-based companies began purchasing U.S. public records data and selling it online, primarily to assist the general public in locating people. Many of these sites advertise background research and provide employers and/or landlords with fee-based checks.

text: There has been a growing movement on the web[citation needed] to use advertising-based models to subsidize these checks. These companies display targeted ads next to the reports delivered to landlords or employers. Some of the reports provided by these pay sites are only expanded versions of a basic people search providing a 20-year history of addresses, phone numbers, marriages and divorces, businesses owned and property ownership. Usually, these sites will also provide a nationwide criminal report for an added charge.

text: As a general rule, employers may not take adverse action against an applicant or employee (not hiring or terminating them), solely on the basis of results obtained through a database search. Database searches, as opposed to source records searches (search of actual county courthouse records), are notoriously inaccurate, contain incomplete or outdated information, and should only be used as an added safety net when conducting a background check. Failure by employers to follow FCRA guidelines can result in hefty penalties.[18]


document_title: Coffee cup sleeve

question_text: what is the cardboard sleeve on a coffee cup

text: Coffee cup sleeve

text: Coffee cup sleeves, also known as coffee sleeves, coffee clutches, coffee cozies, hot cup jackets, paper zarfs, coffee collars, coffee sleeve,  and cup holders, are roughly cylindrical sleeves that fit tightly over handle-less paper coffee cups to insulate the drinker's hands from hot coffee. Coffee sleeves are typically made of textured paperboard, but can be found made of other materials. Coffee sleeves allow coffee houses, fast food restaurants, and other vendors to avoid double-cupping, the practice of using two (or more) nested paper cups for a single hot beverage. Some paper cup holders carry advertisements.

text: The coffee sleeve was invented in 1991 by Jay Sorensen[1] and patented in 1995[2] (under the trademarked name Java Jacket), and are now commonly utilized by coffee houses and other vendors that sell hot beverages dispensed in disposable paper cups. There are a number of patents that cover various coffee sleeves and their aspects. Other people have claimed to invent the coffee sleeve.

text: There are a number of companies that manufacture coffee sleeves; the top five companies by volume of coffee sleeves sold in the U.S. are, in no particular order, International Paper, LBP Manufacturing, Java Jacket and Labansat & Schulz Manufacturing.

text: The sleeve was invented while Sorensen was driving his daughter Ryeder to school and spilt a cup of coffee in his lap.  The java jacket first appeared at the Seattle Coffeefest in 1995 and Sorensen and his wife Colleen were overwhelmed with requests and orders to fill.

text: Coffee cup sleeves can be customized by having logos or brands printed directly on the sleeves. Many coffee shops have custom printed coffee sleeves.

text: Coffee sleeves should not be confused with fixed cup holders.


document_title: List of Dallas Cowboys seasons

question_text: when did the dallas cowboys last win a playoff game

text: List of Dallas Cowboys seasons

text: Key[edit]

text: Note: The finish, wins, losses, and ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Italicized numbers mean that the records are subject to change each week due to regular season or postseason games being played.

text:
NFL Champions (1920–1969)
Super Bowl Champions (1970–present)
Conference Champions
Division Champions
Wild Card Berth

text: Seasons[edit]

text:
Season
Team
League
Conference
Division
Regular season
Postseason Results
Awards
Head coaches

Finish
Wins
Losses
Ties

1960
1960
NFL
Western

7th
0
11
1

Tom Landry

1961
1961
NFL
Eastern

6th
4
9
1

Tom Landry

1962
1962
NFL
Eastern

5th
5
8
1

Tom Landry

1963
1963
NFL
Eastern

5th
4
10
0

Tom Landry

1964
1964
NFL
Eastern

5th
5
8
1

Tom Landry

1965
1965
NFL
Eastern

2nd
7
7
0

Tom Landry

1966
1966
NFL
Eastern

1st
10
3
1
Lost NFL Championship Game (Packers) 34–27
Tom Landry (COY)
Tom Landry

1967[6]
1967
NFL
Eastern
Capitol
1st
9
5
0
Won Conference Playoffs (Browns) 52–10
Lost NFL Championship Game (Packers) 21–17

Tom Landry

1968
1968
NFL
Eastern
Capitol
1st
12
2
0
Lost Conference Playoffs (Browns) 31–20

Tom Landry

1969
1969
NFL
Eastern
Capitol
1st
11
2
1
Lost Conference Playoffs (Browns) 38–14
Calvin Hill (OROY)
Tom Landry

1970
1970
NFL
NFC
East
1st
10
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Lions) 5–0
Won Conference Championship (49ers) 17–10
Lost Super Bowl V (Colts) 16–13
Chuck Howley (SB MVP)
Tom Landry

1971
1971
NFL
NFC
East
1st
11
3
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 20–12
Won Conference Championship (49ers) 14–3
Won Super Bowl VI (1) (Dolphins) 24–3
Roger Staubach (SB MVP)
Tom Landry

1972
1972
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
10
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 30–28
Lost Conference Championship (Redskins) 26–3

Tom Landry

1973
1973
NFL
NFC
East
1st[7]
10
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 27–16
Lost Conference Championship (Vikings) 27–10

Tom Landry

1974
1974
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
8
6
0

Tom Landry

1975
1975
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
10
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 17–14
Won Conference Championship (Rams) 37–7
Lost Super Bowl X (Steelers) 21–17

Tom Landry

1976
1976
NFL
NFC
East
1st
11
3
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 14–12

Tom Landry

1977
1977
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
2
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Bears) 37–7
Won Conference Championship (Vikings) 23–6
Won Super Bowl XII (2) (Broncos) 27–10
Tony Dorsett (OROY)
Harvey Martin (DPOY, SB MVP)
Randy White (SB MVP)
Tom Landry

1978[8]
1978
NFL
NFC
East
1st[9]
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Falcons) 27–20
Won Conference Championship (Rams) 28–0
Lost Super Bowl XIII (Steelers) 35–31

Tom Landry

1979
1979
NFL
NFC
East
1st[10]
11
5
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 21–19

Tom Landry

1980
1980
NFL
NFC
East
2nd[11]
12
4
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 34–17
Won Divisional Playoffs (Falcons) 30–27
Lost Conference Championship (Eagles) 20–7

Tom Landry

1981
1981
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Buccaneers) 38–0
Lost Conference Championship (49ers) 28–27

Tom Landry

1982[12]
1982
NFL
NFC

2nd
6
3
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Buccaneers) 30–17
Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 37–26
Lost Conference Championship (Redskins) 31–17

Tom Landry

1983
1983
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
12
4
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 24–17

Tom Landry

1984
1984
NFL
NFC
East
4th
9
7
0

Tom Landry

1985
1985
NFL
NFC
East
1st[13]
10
6
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 20–0

Tom Landry

1986
1986
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
7
9
0

Tom Landry

1987[14]
1987
NFL
NFC
East
4th
7
8
0

Tom Landry

1988
1988
NFL
NFC
East
5th
3
13
0

Tom Landry

1989
1989
NFL
NFC
East
5th
1
15
0

Jimmy Johnson

1990
1990
NFL
NFC
East
4th
7
9
0

Emmitt Smith (OROY)
Jimmy Johnson (COY)
Jimmy Johnson

1991
1991
NFL
NFC
East
2nd[15]
11
5
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bears) 17–13
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Lions) 38–6

Jimmy Johnson

1992
1992
NFL
NFC
East
1st
13
3
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Eagles) 34–10
Won Conference Championship (49ers) 30–20
Won Super Bowl XXVII (3) (Bills) 52–17
Troy Aikman (SB MVP)
Jimmy Johnson

1993
1993
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 27–17
Won Conference Championship (49ers) 38–21
Won Super Bowl XXVIII (4) (Bills) 30–13
Emmitt Smith (MVP, SB MVP)
Jimmy Johnson

1994
1994
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 35–9
Lost Conference Championship (49ers) 38–28

Barry Switzer

1995
1995
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Eagles) 30–11
Won Conference Championship (Packers) 38–27
Won Super Bowl XXX (5) (Steelers) 27–17
Larry Brown (SB MVP)
Barry Switzer

1996
1996
NFL
NFC
East
1st[16]
10
6
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings) 40–15
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Panthers) 26–17

Barry Switzer

1997
1997
NFL
NFC
East
4th
6
10
0

Barry Switzer

1998
1998
NFL
NFC
East
1st
10
6
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Cardinals) 20–7

Chan Gailey

1999
1999
NFL
NFC
East
2nd[17]
8
8
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings) 27–10

Chan Gailey

2000
2000
NFL
NFC
East
4th
5
11
0

Dave Campo

2001
2001
NFL
NFC
East
5th
5
11
0

Dave Campo

2002
2002
NFL
NFC
East
4th
5
11
0

Dave Campo

2003
2003
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
10
6
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Panthers) 29–10

Bill Parcells

2004
2004
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
6
10
0

Bill Parcells

2005
2005
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
9
7
0

Bill Parcells

2006
2006
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
9
7
0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Seahawks) 21–20

Bill Parcells

2007
2007
NFL
NFC
East
1st
13
3
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Giants) 21–17
Greg Ellis (CBPOY)
Wade Phillips

2008
2008
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
9
7
0

Wade Phillips

2009
2009
NFL
NFC
East
1st[18]
11
5
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) 34–14
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 34–3

Wade Phillips

2010
2010
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
6
10
0

Wade Phillips (1–7)
Jason Garrett (5–3)

2011
2011
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

Jason Garrett

2012
2012
NFL
NFC
East
3rd
8
8
0

Jason Witten (WP MOY)
Jason Garrett

2013
2013
NFL
NFC
East
2nd
8
8
0

Jason Garrett

2014
2014
NFL
NFC
East
1st
12
4
0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Lions) 24–20
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 26–21
DeMarco Murray (OPOY)
Jason Garrett

2015
2015
NFL
NFC
East
4th
4
12
0

Jason Garrett

2016
2016
NFL
NFC
East
1st
13
3
0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 34–31
Dak Prescott (OROY)
Jason Garrett (COY)
Jason Garrett

Total
493
367
6
All-time regular season record (1960–2016)

34
27
0
All-time postseason record (1960–2016)

527
393
6
All-time regular season and postseason record (1960–2016)

5 NFL Championships, 10 Conference Championships, 22 Divisional Championships

text: Footnotes[edit]

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Jump up ^ "1960 Dallas Cowboys". Dallas Cowboys' Official Website. Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ Jump up to: a b "Dallas Cowboys' Championship History". NFLTeamHistory.com. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Dallas Cowboys Championship History". NFLTeamHistory.com. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Dallas Cowboys History". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
^ Jump up to: a b "Dallas Cowboys Franchise History". SportsEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
Jump up ^ The 1967 NFL season marks the first season in the league's history where the league was divided into two conferences which were subdivided into two divisions. Up to 1967, the league was either divided into two divisions, two conferences, or neither.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1973 season, the Cowboys and the Redskins finished the season with identical 10–4 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of Washington in the NFC East based on better point differential in head-to-head games.
Jump up ^ For the 1978 season, the NFL expanded from a 14-game season to a 16-game season.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1978 season, the Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams finished the season with identical 12–4 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Los Angeles was the top NFC seed over Dallas based on a better head-to-head record.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1979 season, the Cowboys and the Eagles finished the season with identical 11–5 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of Philadelphia in the NFC East based on a better conference record.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1980 season, the Cowboys and the Eagles finished the season with identical 12–4 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Philadelphia finished ahead of Dallas in the NFC East based on better net points in division games.
Jump up ^ The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 9 games because of a players' strike. The NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament; eight teams from each conference were seeded 1–8, and division standings were ignored.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1985 season, the Cowboys, Redskins, and the Giants finished the season with identical 10–6 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of New York and Washington based on a better head-to-head record.
Jump up ^ The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 games per team to 15 games because of a players' strike. Games to be played during the third week of the season were canceled, and replacement players were used to play games from weeks 4 through 6.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1991 season, the Cowboys and the Bears finished the season with identical 11–5 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Chicago was the first NFC Wild Card based on better conference record than Dallas.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1996 season, the Cowboys and the Eagles finished the season with identical 10–6 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of Philadelphia in the NFC East based on better record against common opponents.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 1999 season, the Cowboys, Lions, and the Panthers finished the season with identical 8–8 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas was the second NFC Wild Card based on a better record than Detroit against common opponents and a better conference record than Carolina.
Jump up ^ At the end of the 2009 season, the Cowboys and the Eagles finished with identical 11–5 records. Using the NFL's tie-breaking procedures, Dallas finished ahead of Philadelphia in the NFC East based on better head-to-head record.


document_title: Lusaka

question_text: when did lusaka become the capital of zambia

text: Lusaka

text: History[edit]

text: Lusaka was the site of a village named after its headman Lusaka, which, according to history, was located at Manda Hill, near where the Zambia's National Assembly building now stands. In the Nyanja language, Manda means graveyard. The area was expanded by European (mainly British) settlers in 1905 with the building of the railway.[4]

text: In 1935, due to its fairly central location, its situation on the railway and at the crossroads of the Great North Road and Great East Road, it was chosen to replace Livingstone as the capital of the British colony of Northern Rhodesia.[5]

text: After the federation of Northern and Southern Rhodesia in 1953, it was a centre of the independence movement amongst some of the educated elite that led to the creation of the Republic of Zambia. In 1964, Lusaka became the capital of the newly independent Zambia.[5]

text: In recent years, Lusaka has become a popular urban settlement for Zambians and tourists alike. Its central nature and fast growing infrastructure sector have increased donor confidence and as such Zambians are seeing signs of development in the form of job creation, housing, etc. Consequently, it is thought that with proper and effective economic reforms, Lusaka as well as Zambia as a whole will develop considerably. Lusaka is home to a diverse community of foreign nationals, many of whom work in the aid industry as well as diplomats, representatives of religious organisations and some business people.[5]

text: Government and administration[edit]

text: As the national capital, Lusaka is the seat of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government, epitomized by the presence of the National Assembly (parliament), the State House (office of the President), and the High Court. The Parliament is situated at the Parliament complex, which features a 15-story building. The city is also the capital of Lusaka Province, the smallest and most populous of the country's nine provinces, and forms an administrative district run by Lusaka City Council. In 2007, the mayor was Steven Chilatu (PF), and the deputy mayor was Mary Phiri.

text: List of mayors:[6]

text:
F. Payne 1954–5
H. K. Mitchell 1955–6
Ralph Rich 1956–7
H. F. Tunaley 1957–8
H. K. Mitchell 1958–60
Jack Fischer 1960–1
Richard Sampson 1962–3
S. H. Chilesh 1964–5
W. Banda 1965–9
Fleefort Chirwa 1969–71?[7]
Simon C. Mwewa up to 1982

text: List of Governors (decentralisation – one party participatory era)

text:
Simon C. Mwewa 1982 to 1983
Donald C. Sadoki
Michael Sata
Rupiah Banda
Bautius Kapulu
Lt. Muyoba – up to 1991

text: List of Mayors – Multi-Party Era

text:
John Chilambwe 1993–1994
Fisho Mwale 1994–1996
Gilbert R. Zimba Local Government Administrator – 1996–1999
Patricia Nawa
Patrick Kangwa
John Kabungo
Levy Mkandawire
Stephen Mposha
Christine Nakazwe
Stephen Chilatu
Robert Chikwelete
Daniel Chisenga
Mulenga Sata
Wilson Chisala Kalumba - 2016 - May 2018 (died in office)

text: Education[edit]

text: Zambia's largest institution of learning, the University of Zambia, is based in Lusaka. Lusaka has some of the finest schools in Zambia, including the American International School of Lusaka [1], International School of Lusaka, Rhodes Park School, the Lusaka International Community School, the French International School, the Italian international School, the Lusaka Islamic Cultural and Educational Foundation (LICEF), the Chinese International School, and Baobab College. Rhodes Park School is not an international school, though there is a large presence of Angolans, Nigerians, Congolese, South Africans, and Chinese. The children of the late President, Levy Mwanawasa as well as the children of Vice-President George Kunda, attend the Rhodes Park School.

text: Religion[edit]

text: Its Cathedral of the Child Jesus is the archiepiscopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross the seat of its Anglican counterpart the Diocese of Lusaka.

text: Points of interest[edit]

text: Attractions include Lusaka National Museum, the Political Museum, the Zintu Community Museum, the Freedom Statue, the Zambian National Assembly, the Agricultural Society Showgrounds (known for their annual agricultural show), the Moore Pottery Factory, the Lusaka Playhouse theatre, two cinema, a cenotaph, a golf club, the Lusaka Central Sports Club, Kalimba Reptile Park, Monkey Pools and the zoo and botanical gardens of the Munda Wanga Environmental Park. The city is also home to the University of Zambia. Along Great East Road are two of the first large shopping malls in Zambia: Arcades shopping mall (with open-air storefronts) and Manda Hill shopping mall (enclosed shops),[8] which was revamped and is home to international stores such as Shoprite, Game and Woolworths, a new movie theatre and has the first KFC in the country.

text: The city centre includes several blocks west of Cairo Road, around which lie the New City Market and Kamwala Market, a major shopping area, as well as the Zintu Community Museum. Further east lies the government area, including the State House and the various ministries, around Cathedral Hill and Ridgeway neighbourhoods. One of the main streets and points of interest upon business is Cairo Road.

text: In recent years Lusaka has experienced a boom in shopping malls with Cosmopolitan Mall, Embassy Mall, East Park Mall and Kabulonga Centro Mall added amongst others. These malls, with their major supermarket chains such as Shoprite and Pick n Pay and Food Lovers Market have greatly increased availability of household goods as well as convenience. These malls also play host to a great number of well known take away as well as sit down restaurants, such as KFC and Pizza Hut as well as many popular South African chains such as Nandos, Fishaways, Debonnairs, Wimpy, Spur etc.

text: Cairo Road was a section of the Great North Road and was so named because it is a link in Cecil Rhodes' then dream of a Cape to Cairo Road through British colonies in Africa.

text: Some buildings along Cairo Road are the Findeco House (25 floors), Central Bank Building, Indeco House (19 floors), Zambia National Building Society Headquarters (20 floors), Old Zambia Lotto Head Office, Zambia National Commercial Bank (21 floors), Barclays Bank Zambia Head Office, Stanbic Bank Zambia Headquarters, Investrust Bank (18 floors).

text: Transport[edit]

text: Airport[edit]

text: Lusaka is home to Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (which is used for both civil and military operations), and it lies on the railway line from Livingstone to Kitwe. There is also Lusaka City Airport, which is used by the Zambian Air Force. The airport is currently undergoing a major expansion and modernisation.

text: Bus[edit]

text: Bus services within lusaka neighbourhoods, the CBD and to towns surrounding Lusaka, such as Siavonga and Chirundu, use the Lusaka City Market Bus station, Inter-city Bus Terminus, Millenium Bus Station and the busiest city bus station (Kulima Tower Station).

text: Public transport[edit]

text: Intracity public transport is provided primarily by minibuses, but also includes larger buses and shared taxis on fixed routes.[9] Vehicles on most routes travel between specific parts of the city and the four terminals in the central business district (referred to as "Town"): Kulima Tower, City Market, Millennium and Lumumba.[10] There is no official map of public transport routes in Lusaka, but an initiative to create a user-generated content map was begun in 2014.[11] All public transport vehicles in Lusaka are operated by private operators.

text: Sports infrastructure[edit]

text: As the hosts of the 2012 Zone VI Games and the capital city of Zambia, Lusaka boasts extensive sports infrastructure, including Nkholoma Stadium, Sunset Stadium, the Olympic Youth Development Centre, the Lusaka Golf Club and many other places. The city's ultra-modern 60,000 seat stadium, built by China, is named the National Heroes Stadium in memory of the Chipolopolo national team's football players who died in a plane crash off the coast of Gabon in 1993.[12] The stadium was completed by the end of 2013 and since then has hosted an international friendly match between Zambia and Sudan, Zambia's 50th Year Golden Jubilee Celebrations and a Requiem Mass for the late President of Zambia, Michael Sata.

text: Twin cities – sister towns[edit]

text: Lusaka is twinned with:

text:
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, since 1966
 Beirut, Lebanon, (2018)
 Los Angeles, United States, since 1968
 Izhevsk, Russia.[13]

text: Notable residents[edit]

text: The rugby union players Corné Krige and George Gregan, who respectively captained the South African and Australian teams in both the 2002 and 2003 Tri Nations Series, were coincidentally born in the same hospital in Lusaka.[14][15][16]

text: Amy Holmes (born in 1973 in Lusaka) is a news anchor on Glenn Beck's TheBlaze.

text: Lusaka is the hometown and current place of residence of Joseph and Luka Banda, the first ever conjoined twins to be successfully separated and in full neurological health.[17]

text: Climate[edit]

text: Primarily due to its high altitude, Lusaka features a humid subtropical climate (Cwa) according to Köppen climate classification. Its coolest month, July, has a monthly mean temperature of 14.9 °C (58.8 °F). Lusaka features hot summers and warm winters, with cold conditions mainly restricted to nights in June and July. The hottest month is October, which sees daily average high temperatures at around 32 °C (90 °F). There are two main seasons: a wet season and a dry season with the dry season lasting around half the year, from April to October.

text:
[hide]Climate data for Lusaka

Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year

Record high °C (°F)
39.6
(103.3)
36.4
(97.5)
33.6
(92.5)
33.0
(91.4)
32.0
(89.6)
29.9
(85.8)
29.7
(85.5)
33.5
(92.3)
38.5
(101.3)
37.2
(99)
38.6
(101.5)
33.9
(93)
39.6
(103.3)

Average high °C (°F)
27.4
(81.3)
27.4
(81.3)
27.5
(81.5)
27.1
(80.8)
25.8
(78.4)
23.8
(74.8)
24.0
(75.2)
26.5
(79.7)
30.3
(86.5)
31.7
(89.1)
30.4
(86.7)
27.7
(81.9)
27.5
(81.5)

Daily mean °C (°F)
21.5
(70.7)
21.5
(70.7)
21.1
(70)
19.9
(67.8)
17.4
(63.3)
15.2
(59.4)
14.9
(58.8)
17.3
(63.1)
21.3
(70.3)
23.5
(74.3)
23.4
(74.1)
21.7
(71.1)
19.9
(67.8)

Average low °C (°F)
17.6
(63.7)
17.4
(63.3)
16.4
(61.5)
14.0
(57.2)
10.7
(51.3)
7.8
(46)
7.2
(45)
9.2
(48.6)
12.9
(55.2)
16.2
(61.2)
17.4
(63.3)
17.8
(64)
13.7
(56.7)

Record low °C (°F)
13.0
(55.4)
12.9
(55.2)
10.0
(50)
8.0
(46.4)
5.4
(41.7)
0.2
(32.4)
0.7
(33.3)
2.8
(37)
5.8
(42.4)
9.0
(48.2)
10.8
(51.4)
10.4
(50.7)
0.2
(32.4)

Average precipitation mm (inches)
245.4
(9.661)
185.9
(7.319)
95.0
(3.74)
34.7
(1.366)
3.1
(0.122)
0.0
(0)
0.1
(0.004)
0.4
(0.016)
1.7
(0.067)
18.4
(0.724)
89.3
(3.516)
208.1
(8.193)
882.1
(34.728)

Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
18
15
10
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
8
16
72

Average relative humidity (%)
82.3
82.5
80.7
75.8
69.3
65.2
61.1
53.6
46.3
48.6
60.2
78.6
67.0

Mean monthly sunshine hours
176.7
168.0
220.1
246.0
275.9
270.0
294.5
303.8
291.0
272.8
234.0
182.9
2,935.7

Source: NOAA[18]


document_title: The Shape of Water

question_text: where was the shape of water movie filmed

text: The Shape of Water

text: Plot[edit]

text: Elisa Esposito, who was found in a river as an orphaned child with wounds on her neck, is mute, and communicates through sign language. She lives alone in an apartment above a cinema, and works as a cleaning woman at a secret government laboratory in Baltimore at the height of the Cold War. Her friends are her closeted next-door neighbor Giles, a struggling advertising illustrator who shares a strong bond with her, and her African-American co-worker Zelda, a woman who also serves as her interpreter at work.

text: The facility receives a mysterious creature captured from a South American river by Colonel Richard Strickland, who is in charge of the project to study it. Curious about the creature, Elisa discovers it is a humanoid amphibian. She begins visiting him in secret, and the two form a close bond.

text: Seeking to exploit the creature to American advantage in the Space Race, General Frank Hoyt orders Strickland to vivisect it. One scientist, Robert Hoffstetler—who is in truth a Soviet spy named Dimitri Mosenkov—pleads unsuccessfully to keep the creature alive for further study and, at the same time, is ordered by his Soviet handlers to euthanize the creature. When Elisa learns of the Americans' plans for the creature, she persuades Giles to help her free him. Mosenkov discovers Elisa's plot and chooses to help her. Though initially reluctant, Zelda becomes involved in the escape, and it is successful.

text: Elisa keeps the creature in her bathtub, adding salt to the water to keep him alive. She plans to release the creature into a nearby canal when it will be opened to the ocean in several days' time. As part of his efforts to recover the creature, Strickland interrogates Elisa and Zelda, but the failure of his advances toward Elisa hampers his judgment, and he dismisses them. Back at the apartment, Giles discovers the creature devouring one of his cats, Pandora. Startled, the creature slashes Giles's arm and rushes out of the apartment. The creature gets as far as the cinema downstairs before Elisa finds him and returns him to her apartment. The creature touches Giles on his balding head and his wounded arm; the next morning, Giles discovers his hair has begun growing back and the wounds on his arm have healed. Elisa and the creature soon become romantically involved, having sex in her bathroom, which she at one point fills completely with water.

text: Hoyt gives Strickland an ultimatum, asking him to recover the creature within 36 hours. Meanwhile, Mosenkov is told by his handlers that he will be extracted in two days. As the planned release date approaches, the creature's health starts deteriorating. Mosenkov leaves to rendezvous with his handlers, with Strickland tailing him. At the rendezvous, Mosenkov is shot by one of his handlers, but Strickland shoots the handlers dead and then tortures Mosenkov for information. Mosenkov implicates Elisa and Zelda before dying from his wounds. Strickland then threatens Zelda in her home, causing her terrified husband to reveal that Elisa had been keeping the creature. Strickland searches Elisa's apartment and finds a calendar note revealing when and where she plans to release him.

text: At the canal, Elisa and Giles bid farewell to the creature, but Strickland arrives and attacks them all. Strickland knocks Giles down and shoots the creature and Elisa, who both appear to die. However, the creature heals himself and slashes Strickland's throat, killing him. As police arrive on the scene with Zelda, the creature takes Elisa and jumps into the canal, where, deep under water, he heals her. When he applies his healing touch to the scars on her neck, they open to reveal gills like his. In a closing voice-over narration, Giles conveys his belief that Elisa lived "happily ever after" with the creature.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Sally Hawkins as Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaner who works at a secret government laboratory.
Michael Shannon as Richard Strickland, a United States Colonel in charge of the project to study the "asset".
Richard Jenkins as Giles, Elisa's neighbor and close friend who is a struggling advertising illustrator.
Octavia Spencer as Zelda Delilah Fuller, Elisa's African-American co-worker and friend who serves as her interpreter.
Michael Stuhlbarg as Robert Hoffstetler / Dimitri Mosenkov, a Soviet spy working as a scientist studying the creature under an alias.
Doug Jones as "Amphibian Man", an amphibious creature referred to as the "asset", with whom Elisa forms a close bond.
David Hewlett as Fleming, the laboratory's head of security.
Nick Searcy as Frank Hoyt, a United States General who is Strickland's superior.
Stewart Arnott as Bernard, Giles' employer and former lover.
Nigel Bennett as Mihalkov, Mosenkov's handler.
Lauren Lee Smith as Elaine Strickland, Strickland's wife.
Martin Roach as Brewster Fuller, Zelda's husband.
Allegra Fulton as Yolanda, a cleaning woman at the laboratory.
John Kapelos as Mr. Arzoumanian, the owner of the cinema who resided below Elisa and Giles' apartments.
Morgan Kelly as Pie Guy, a diner employee to whom Giles is attracted.

text: Production[edit]

text: This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (March 2018)

text: The idea for The Shape of Water formed during del Toro's breakfast with Daniel Kraus in 2011, with whom he later co-wrote the novel Trollhunters.[15] It shows similarities to the 2015 short film The Space Between Us.[16] It was also primarily inspired by del Toro's childhood memories of seeing Creature from the Black Lagoon and wanting to see the Gill-man and Kay Lawrence (played by Julie Adams) succeed in their romance.[17] When del Toro was in talks with Universal to direct a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon, he tried pitching a version focused more on the creature's perspective, where the Creature ended up together with the female lead, but the studio executives rejected the concept.[18]

text: Del Toro set the film during the 1960s Cold War era to counteract today's heightened tensions, specifying, "if I say once upon a time in 1962, it becomes a fairy tale for troubled times. People can lower their guard a little bit more and listen to the story and listen to the characters and talk about the issues, rather than the circumstances of the issues."[19]

text: Filming began on August 15, 2016, in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario,[20][21][22][23][24] and wrapped on November 6, 2016.[25]

text: In an interview with IndieWire about the film, del Toro said, "This movie is a healing movie for me. ... For nine movies I rephrased the fears of my childhood, the dreams of my childhood, and this is the first time I speak as an adult, about something that worries me as an adult. I speak about trust, otherness, sex, love, where we're going. These are not concerns that I had when I was nine or seven."[26]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
The Shape of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack album by Alexandre Desplat

Released
December 1, 2017

Genre
Soundtrack

Length
1:16:23

Label
Decca

Producer
Dominique Lemonnier

text: Alexandre Desplat is the composer of the film's score.[27] The score won the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 90th Academy Awards.[12]

text: Track listing[edit]

text: All tracks written by Alexandre Desplat, except where noted.

text:
[show]Track listing

No.
Title
Length

1.
"The Shape of Water"
3:42

2.
"You'll Never Know" (feat. Renée Fleming)
4:38

3.
"The Creature"
1:46

4.
"Elisa's Theme"
2:36

5.
"Fingers"
2:09

6.
"Spy Meeting"
1:42

7.
"Elisa and Zelda"
1:10

8.
"Five Stars General"
1:31

9.
"The Silence of Love"
1:35

10.
"Egg"
2:13

11.
"That Isn't Good"
1:43

12.
"Underwater Kiss"
2:12

13.
"The Escape"
10:57

14.
"Watching Ruth"
2:18

15.
"Decency"
2:23

16.
"He's Coming For You"
1:39

17.
"Overflow of Love"
2:56

18.
"Without You"
2:30

19.
"Rainy Day"
3:12

20.
"A Princess Without a Voice"
1:50

21.
"La Javanaise" (Madeleine Peyroux)
4:10

22.
"I Know Why (And So Do You)" (Glenn Miller and His Orchestra)
2:58

23.
"Chica Chica Boom Chic" (Carmen Miranda)
2:19

24.
"Babalú" (Caterina Valente & Silvio Francesco)
2:51

25.
"A Summer Place" (Andy Williams)
2:34

26.
"You'll Never Know" (feat. Renée Fleming [Alternative Version])
6:49

27.
"Mermaid" (Skøtt)
3:32

28.
"Oceanful" (I.AM.WILLOW)
3:37

Total length:
1:16:23

text: Release[edit]

text: The Shape of Water premiered on August 31, 2017 at the 74th Venice International Film Festival.[5] It also screened at Telluride Film Festival, the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival, among others.[1] The film was released in two theaters in New York City on December 1, 2017 and then expended to several other cities the following week. It had its official wide release in the United States on December 22, 2017.[28]

text: Home media[edit]

text: On March 13, 2018, the film was released on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download.[29]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: As of April 17, 2018[update], The Shape of Water has grossed $63.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $130.1 million in other countries, for a total of $193.9 million.[3]

text: After grossing $4.6 million over three weeks of limited release, the film began its wide release on December 22, 2017, alongside the openings of Downsizing, Pitch Perfect 3 and Father Figures, and the wide expansion of Darkest Hour, and grossed $3 million from 726 theaters over the weekend, and $4.4 million over the four-day Christmas frame.[30] The following weekend, the film made $3.5 million.[31] The weekend of January 27, 2018, following the announcement of the film's 13 Oscar nominations, the film was added to over 1,000 theaters (for a total of 1,854) and made $5.9 million (an increase of 171% over the previous week's $2.2 million), finishing 8th.[32] The weekend of March 9–11, following its four Oscar wins, the film made $2.4 million. It marked a 64% increase from the previous week's $1.5 million and was similar to the $2.5 million made by the previous year's Best Picture winner, Moonlight.[33]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92% based on 343 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "The Shape of Water finds Guillermo del Toro at his visually distinctive best—and matched by an emotionally absorbing story brought to life by a stellar Sally Hawkins performance."[34] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 53 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[35] According to CinemaScore, audience members under the age of 40 gave the film an average grade of either "A+" or "A", while those over 40 gave it an "A" or "A−", on an A+ to F scale.[36] ComScore reported audiences gave the film an overall positive score of 80%.[37]

text: Ben Croll of IndieWire gave the film an 'A' rating and called it "one of del Toro's most stunningly successful works... also a powerful vision of a creative master feeling totally, joyously free."[38] Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, praising Hawkins's performance, the cinematography and del Toro's direction, and saying: "Even as the film plunges into torment and tragedy, the core relationship between these two unlikely lovers holds us in thrall. Del Toro is a world-class film artist. There's no sense trying to analyze how he does it."[39] For the Minnesota Daily, Haley Bennett reacted positively, writing, "The Shape of Water has tenderness uncommon to del Toro films. ... While The Shape of Water isn't groundbreaking, it is elegant and mesmerizing."[19]

text: Conversely, Rex Reed of the New York Observer gave the film 1 out of 4 stars and calling it "a loopy, lunkheaded load of drivel" and, referring to Hawkins's role in Maudie, described people with disabilities as "defective creatures."[40] Reed's review was criticized for referring to Sally Hawkins' mute character as "mentally handicapped" and for erroneously crediting actor Benicio del Toro as director.[41]

text: Top-ten lists[edit]

text: The Shape of Water appeared on many critics' year-end top-ten lists,[42] among them:

text:
1st — Anne Thompson, IndieWire
1st — Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
1st — Sasha Stone, Awards Daily
1st — Drew McWeeny, The Tracking Board
1st — Nicholas Barber, BBC
1st — Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune
1st — James Verniere, Boston Herald
1st — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter
1st — Marjorie Baumgarten & Steve Davis, The Austin Chronicle
1st — Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
2nd — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
2nd — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
3rd — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
3rd — Matthew Jacobs, HuffPost
3rd — E. Oliver Whitney, ScreenCrush
3rd — Alonso Duralde, TheWrap
4th — Pete Hammond, Deadline Hollywood
4th — Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
4th — Chris Bumbray, JoBlo.com
5th — Marc Savlov, The Austin Chronicle
5th — James Berardinelli, Reelviews
5th — Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
5th — Gregory Ellwood, IndieWire
5th — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
6th — Kimber Myers, IndieWire
6th — People
7th — The Guardian
7th — Peter Debruge, Variety
7th — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
8th — Peter Howell, Toronto Star
9th — Steve Erickson, RogerEbert.com
9th — Stephen Whitty, The Star-Ledger
9th — Ryan Oliver, IndieWire
10th — Danny Bowes, RogerEbert.com
10th — Paste
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) — IGN
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) — Ty Burr, The Boston Globe
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) — Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) — Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) — Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Best of 2017 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) — Newsweek

text: Accolades[edit]

text: The Shape of Water received 13 nominations at the 90th Academy Awards, the most of any film in the 2018 race. It won in four categories: Best Production Design, Best Original Score, Best Director, and Best Picture.

text: The film also spawned some debate about whether the fact that it was filmed in Canada, with a predominantly Canadian crew and many Canadian actors in the supporting roles, should have made it eligible to be nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards. Under Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television rules, to qualify for CSA nominations under the rules for international coproductions at least 15 per cent of a film's funding must come from a Canadian film studio. Even the film's Canadian co-producer, J. Miles Dale, stated that he supports the rules and does not believe the film should have been eligible.[43]

text: Lawsuit alleging plagiarism[edit]

text: In February 2018, the estate of Paul Zindel initiated a lawsuit in United States District Court for the Central District of California against director Guillermo del Toro and associate producer Daniel Kraus, alleging that The Shape of Water "brazenly copies the story, elements, characters, and themes" of Zindel's 1969 work Let Me Hear You Whisper, which depicts a cleaning lady bonding with a dolphin and attempting to rescue it from a secret research laboratory's nefarious uses.[44] The complaint spends more than a dozen pages detailing alleged "overwhelming similarities" between the works.[45]

text: Del Toro denied the claim of the Zindel estate, saying that "I have never read nor seen the play. I'd never heard of this play before making The Shape of Water, and none of my collaborators ever mentioned the play." Distributor Fox Searchlight also denied the claim and said that it would "vigorously defend" itself in court.[46]


document_title: Carter Country

question_text: who said the phrase handle it handle it

question_tokens: who said the phrase handle it handle it

text: Carter Country

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Carter Country is set in the fictional small town of Clinton Corners in Georgia (presumably near the part of the state from which U.S. President Jimmy Carter hailed, thus the title) and features Victor French as police chief Roy Mobey and Kene Holliday as city-bred, college-educated, black Sergeant Curtis Baker.

text: It also features Richard Paul as Mayor Teddy Burnside, Harvey Vernon as racist officer Jasper DeWitt, and Barbara Cason as town employee Cloris Phebus. DeWitt was shown to be a member of the local branch of the Ku Klux Klan and he often made disparaging comments against minorities, but was still a loyal and honest law enforcement officer. In several episodes it is hinted that his racist attitude is an act and that he joined the KKK in order to keep an eye on their activities. Additional comic support was provided by Texas-born actor Guich Koock who played the part of goofy deputy Harley. Vernee Watson rounded out the cast as the mayor's educated secretary and a love interest for Baker. The plot centered around the stereotypical racism of the Deep South, and was often characterized as being an irreverent, comedic version of the movie In the Heat of the Night, especially with the aspect of an educated, African American man coming to the small town South to work as a police officer.[1]

text: The character of Mayor Burnside coined a minor catchphrase with his manic "Handle it, Roy, handle it!", used when delegating various details to Chief Mobey such as fixing a parking ticket. If Mobey protested or asked any further questions, Burnside would stifle further discussion with a dismissive hand gesture and a further "Handle it, handle it, handle it!"

text: Burnside often introduced himself to members of the public as "Teddy Burnside, your mayor by a landslide."

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1: 1977–78[edit]

text:
Nº
Ep
Title
Original air date

1
1
"Hail to the Chief"
September 15, 1977 (1977-09-15)

2
2
"Beating the Pounds"
September 22, 1977 (1977-09-22)

3
3
"Out of the Closet"
September 29, 1977 (1977-09-29)

4
4
"The Fireside Burnside Budget Chat"
October 6, 1977 (1977-10-06)

5
5
"Baker Buys a House: Part 1"
October 20, 1977 (1977-10-20)

6
6
"Baker Buys a House: Part 2"
October 27, 1977 (1977-10-27)

7
7
"Bye, Bye Baker"
November 3, 1977 (1977-11-03)

8
8
"Senior Citizen Siege"
November 17, 1977 (1977-11-17)

9
9
"Chicks and Turkeys"
November 24, 1977 (1977-11-24)

10
10
"Chief to Chief"
December 1, 1977 (1977-12-01)

11
11
"Union vs. the Confederacy"
December 8, 1977 (1977-12-08)

12
12
"A-Hunting We Will Go"
December 15, 1977 (1977-12-15)

13
13
"By the Light of the Moonlight"
December 22, 1977 (1977-12-22)

14
14
"The Physical"
January 5, 1978 (1978-01-05)

15
15
"Roy's Separation"
January 12, 1978 (1978-01-12)

16
16
"Red Armstrong, Goodbye"
January 19, 1978 (1978-01-19)

17
17
"Ballots for Burnside"
January 26, 1978 (1978-01-26)

18
18
"The Chief's Dressing Down"
February 2, 1978 (1978-02-02)

19
19
"All About Floyd"
February 9, 1978 (1978-02-09)

20
20
"Roy Pays His Taxes"
February 23, 1978 (1978-02-23)

21
21
"Roy's Encounter"
May 9, 1978 (1978-05-09)

22
22
"Baker Saves a Life"
May 16, 1978 (1978-05-16)

text: Season 2: 1978–79[edit]

text:
Nº
Ep
Title
Original air date

23
1
"One of Our Chiefs Is Missing"
September 23, 1978 (1978-09-23)

24
2
"The Tracy Report"
September 30, 1978 (1978-09-30)

25
3
"The Selling of the Mayor: Part 1"
October 21, 1978 (1978-10-21)

26
4
"The Selling of the Mayor: Part 2"
October 28, 1978 (1978-10-28)

27
5
"Poor Butterfly"
November 11, 1978 (1978-11-11)

28
6
"Gambler's Unanimous"
November 25, 1978 (1978-11-25)

29
7
"Roy Makes the Grade"
December 2, 1978 (1978-12-02)

30
8
"Hurricane Jasper"
December 16, 1978 (1978-12-16)

31
9
"Firing of a Harley"
December 23, 1978 (1978-12-23)

32
10
"Owed to Billy Joe"
January 6, 1979 (1979-01-06)

33
11
"The Russians Are Coming"
January 13, 1979 (1979-01-13)

34
12
"Happy Anniversary"
March 29, 1979 (1979-03-29)

35
13
"Teddy the Tiger"
April 5, 1979 (1979-04-05)

36
14
"New Kid in Town"
April 12, 1979 (1979-04-12)

37
15
"Baker's First Day"
April 19, 1979 (1979-04-19)

38
16
"The Last Dinosaur"
April 26, 1979 (1979-04-26)

39
17
"The Big Move: Part 1"
May 10, 1979 (1979-05-10)

40
18
"The Big Move: Part 2"
May 17, 1979 (1979-05-17)

41
19
"The Big Move: Part 3"
May 24, 1979 (1979-05-24)

42
20
"Teddy's Folly"
May 31, 1979 (1979-05-31)

43
21
"The Prisoner of Clinton Corners"
June 7, 1979 (1979-06-07)

44
22
"The Abominable Showman"
June 21, 1979 (1979-06-21)