document_title: United States House Committee on Ways and Means

question_text: what is the purpose of a ways and means committee

text: History[edit]

text: The idea of a ways and means committee to handle the financial matters of a legislature is an old one, having been used in the British Parliament and the colonial and early state legislatures in America.[citation needed]

text: The Committee was first established during the first Congress, in 1789. However, this initial version was disbanded after only 8 weeks; for the next several years, only ad hoc committees were formed, to write up laws on notions already debated in the whole House. It was first established as a standing committee by resolution adopted December 21, 1795,[1] and first appeared among the list of regular standing committees on January 7, 1802.[2] Upon its original creation, it held power over both taxes and spending, until the spending power was given to the new Appropriations Committee in 1865.[citation needed]

text: During the Civil War the key policy-maker in Congress was Thaddeus Stevens, as chairman of the Committee and Republican floor leader. He took charge of major legislation that funded the war effort and permanently transformed the nation's economic policies regarding tariffs, bonds, income and excise taxes, national banks, suppression of money issued by state banks, greenback currency, and western railroad land grants.[3] Stevens was one of the major policymakers regarding Reconstruction, and obtained a House vote of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson (who was acquitted by the Senate in 1868). Hans Trefousse, his leading biographer, concludes that Stevens "was one of the most influential representatives ever to serve in Congress. [He dominated] the House with his wit, knowledge of parliamentary law, and sheer willpower, even though he was often unable to prevail."[4] Historiographical views of Stevens have dramatically shifted over the years, from the early 20th-century view of Stevens and the Radical Republicans as tools of big business and motivated by hatred of the white South, to the perspective of the neoabolitionists of the 1950s and afterwards, who applauded their efforts to give equal rights to the freed slaves.[citation needed]

text: Three future presidents - James Polk, Millard Fillmore, and William McKinley - served as Committee Chairman. Before the official roles of floor leader came about in the late 19th century, the Chairman of Ways and Means was considered the Majority Leader. The Chairman is one of very few Representatives to have office space within the Capitol building itself.[citation needed]

text: Political significance[edit]

text: Because of its wide jurisdiction, Ways and Means has always been one of the most important committees with respect to impact on policy. Although it lacks the prospects for re-election help that comes with the Appropriations Committee, it is seen as a valuable post for two reasons. First, since its range is so broad, members with a wide array of policy concerns often seek positions, simply to be able to influence policy decisions. Some recent major issues that have gone through this committee include welfare reform, a Medicare prescription drug benefit, Social Security reform, George W. Bush's tax cuts, and trade agreements including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Second, given the wide array of interests that are affected by the committee, a seat makes it very easy to collect campaign contributions.[5]

text: Until 1974, the Ways and Means Committee decided which chairmanships newly elected members of Congress would have, along with its regular financial duties.[6] When Ways and Means chair Wilbur Mills' career ended in scandal, Congressman Phillip Burton transferred the committee's selection powers to a separate, newly created committee.[6]

text: Members, 115th Congress[edit]

text:
Majority
Minority

Republican
Democratic

Kevin Brady, Texas's 8th, Chair
Sam Johnson, Texas's 3rd
Devin Nunes, California's 22nd
Dave Reichert, Washington's 8th
Peter Roskam, Illinois's 6th
Vern Buchanan, Florida's 16th
Adrian Smith, Nebraska's 3rd
Lynn Jenkins, Kansas's 2nd
Erik Paulsen, Minnesota's 3rd
Kenny Marchant, Texas's 24th
Diane Black, Tennessee's 6th
Tom Reed, New York's 23rd
Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania's 3rd
Jim Renacci, Ohio's 16th
Pat Meehan, Pennsylvania's 7th
Kristi Noem, South Dakota's at-large
George Holding, North Carolina's 2nd
Jason T. Smith, Missouri's 8th
Tom Rice, South Carolina's 7th
David Schweikert, Arizona's 6th
Jackie Walorski, Indiana's 2nd
Carlos Curbelo, Florida's 26th
Mike Bishop, Michigan's 8th
Darin LaHood, Illinois's 18th

Richard Neal, Massachusetts's 1st, Ranking Member
Sander Levin, Michigan's 9th, Former Chair
John Lewis, Georgia's 5th
Lloyd Doggett, Texas's 35th
Mike Thompson, California's 5th
John B. Larson, Connecticut's 1st
Earl Blumenauer, Oregon's 3rd
Ron Kind, Wisconsin's 3rd
Bill Pascrell, New Jersey's 9th
Joseph Crowley, New York's 14th
Danny K. Davis, Illinois's 7th
Linda Sánchez, California's 38th
Brian Higgins, New York's 26th, Vice Ranking Member
Terri Sewell, Alabama's 7th
Suzan DelBene, Washington's 1st
Judy Chu, California's 27th

text: Resolutions electing members: H.Res. 6 (Chair); H.Res. 7 (Ranking Member); H.Res. 29, H.Res. 131, (Republicans); H.Res. 45, H.Res. 95 (Democrats).

text: Subcommittees, 115th Congress[edit]

text: There are six subcommittees in the 115th Congress. In 2011, the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support was renamed the Subcommittee on Human Resources, returning to the name it held prior to the 110th Congress.[7] In 2015, the Select Revenue Measures was renamed the Subcommittee on Tax Policy.[8]

text:
Subcommittee
Chair
Ranking Member

Health
Pat Tiberi (R-OH)
Sander Levin (D-MI)

Human Resources
Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Danny K. Davis (D-IL)

Oversight
Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
John Lewis (D-GA)

Tax Policy
Peter Roskam (R-IL)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

Social Security
Sam Johnson (R-TX)
John B. Larson (D-CT)

Trade
Dave Reichert (R-WA)
Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)

text: Chairman[edit]

text:
#
Chair
Party
State
Start of Service
End of Service

1
Thomas Fitzsimons
Federalist
PA
1789
1789

2
William L. Smith
Federalist
SC
1794
1797

3
Robert G. Harper
Federalist
SC
1797
1800

4
Roger Griswold
Federalist
CT
1800
1801

5
John Randolph
Democratic-Republican
VA
1801
1805

6
Joseph Clay
Democratic-Republican
PA
1805
1807

7
George W. Cambpell
Democratic-Republican
TN
1807
1809

8
John W. Eppes
Democratic-Republican
VA
1809
1811

9
Ezekiel Bacon
Democratic-Republican
SC
1811
1812

10
Langdon Cheves
Democratic-Republican
SC
1812
1813

11
John W. Eppes
Democratic-Republican
VA
1813
1815

12
William Lowndes
Democratic-Republican
SC
1815
1818

13
Samuel Smith
Democratic-Republican
MD
1818
1822

14
Louis McLane
Democratic-Republican
DE
1822
1827

15
John Randolph
Democratic
VA
1827
1827

16
George McDuffie
Democratic
SC
1827
1832

17
Gulian C. Verplanck
Democratic
NY
1832
1833

18
James K. Polk
Democratic
TN
1833
1835

19
Churchill C. Cambreleng
Democratic
NY
1835
1839

20
John W. Jones
Democratic
VA
1839
1841

21
Millard Fillmore
Whig
NY
1841
1843

22
James I. McKay
Democratic
NC
1843
1847

23
Samuel F. Vinton
Whig
OH
1847
1849

24
Thomas H. Bayly
Democratic
VA
1849
1851

25
George S. Houston
Democratic
AL
1851
1855

26
Lewis D. Campbell
Republican
OH
1856
1857

27
J. Glancy Jones
Democratic
PA
1857
1858

28
John S. Phelps
Democratic
MO
1858
1859

29
John Sherman
Republican
OH
1860
1861

30
Thaddeus Stevens
Republican
PA
1861
1865

31
Justin Morrill
Republican
VT
1865
1867

32
Robert C. Schenck
Republican
OH
1867
1871

33
Samuel Hooper
Republican
MA
1871
1871

34
Henry L. Dawes
Republican
MA
1871
1875

35
William R. Morrison
Democratic
IL
1875
1877

36
Fernando Wood
Democratic
NY
1877
1881

37
John R. Tucker
Democratic
VA
1881
1881

38
William D. Kelley
Republican
PA
1881
1883

39
William R. Morrison
Democratic
IL
1883
1887

40
Roger Q. Mills
Democratic
TX
1887
1889

41
William McKinley
Republican
OH
1889
1891

42
William M. Springer
Democratic
IL
1891
1893

43
William L. Wilson
Democratic
WV
1893
1895

44
Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Republican
ME
1895
1899

45
Sereno E. Payne
Republican
NY
1899
1911

46
Oscar W. Underwood
Democratic
AL
1911
1915

47
Claude Kitchin
Democratic
NC
1915
1919

48
Joseph Fordney
Republican
MI
1919
1923

49
William R. Green
Republican
IA
1923
1928

50
Willis C. Hawley
Republican
OR
1928
1931

51
James W. Collier
Democratic
MS
1931
1933

52
Robert L. Doughton
Democratic
NC
1933
1947

53
Harold Knutson
Republican
MN
1947
1949

54
Robert L. Doughton
Democratic
NC
1949
1953

55
Daniel A. Reed
Republican
NY
1953
1955

56
Jere Cooper
Democratic
TN
1955
1957

57
Wilbur Mills
Democratic
AR
1957
1975

Al Ullman (acting)
Democratic
OR
1973
1975

58
Al Ullman
Democratic
OR
1975
1981

59
Dan Rostenkowski
Democratic
IL
1981
1994

Sam Gibbons (acting)
Democratic
FL
1994
1995

60
Bill Archer
Republican
TX
1995
2001

61
Bill Thomas
Republican
CA
2001
2007

62
Charles Rangel
Democratic
NY
2007
2010

Pete Stark (acting)
Democratic
CA
2010
2010

63
Sander Levin (acting)
Democratic
MI
2010
2011

64
Dave Camp
Republican
MI
2011
2015

65
Paul Ryan
Republican
WI
2015
2015

66
Kevin Brady
Republican
TX
2015
Present


document_title: There's a Ghost in My House

question_text: who sang there is a ghost in my house

question_tokens: who sang there is a ghost in my house

root

text: There's a Ghost in My House

text:
"There's a Ghost in My House"Single by R. Dean TaylorB-side
"Don't Fool Around"UK: "Let's Go Somewhere"Released
April 1967UK: 1974Format
7"Genre
R&B, popLabel
V.I.P. 25042UK: Tamla Motown TMG 896Songwriter(s)
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, R. Dean TaylorProducer(s)
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier

tag: table

text: "There's a Ghost in My House" is a song written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland of Motown Records, together with R. Dean Taylor.  It was originally recorded by Taylor in 1966.

tag: p

text: Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, it was released as a single on the Motown subsidiary V.I.P. label in April 1967,[1] but was not a hit.  However, after it had become a popular dance song in Northern soul clubs in Britain, such as the Blackpool Mecca and Wigan Casino, R. Dean Taylor's record was reissued on EMI's Tamla Motown label with a B-side of "Let's Go Somewhere",[2] and reached no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1974.[3]

text: Versions of the song were later recorded by British bands Yachts (1980), B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) featuring Paul Jones (1982), and The Very Things (1987).[4][5] A version recorded by The Fall in 1987 became their first single to reach the top 50 in the UK, peaking at no. 30,[6] and was included on their album The Frenz Experiment.[7] A version was included by Graham Parker in 2000 on Loose Monkeys, an album of out-takes.[8]


document_title: Twenty One Pilots

question_text: when did twenty one pilots start the hiatus

text: Twenty One Pilots

text: History

text: 2009–2011: Formation and self-titled album

text:
External video
 The original line-up performing

text: Interview with the original line-up

text: Tyler Joseph first met future bandmate Nicholas "Nick" Thomas at a young age while playing little league basketball in Columbus, Ohio.[3] Thomas later transferred to Joseph's middle school, and the two would remain friends through high school.[4][5]

text: Joseph began playing music after finding an old keyboard in his closet, a Christmas gift from his mother, and mimicking radio melodies.[6][7] After seeing a songwriter perform at a High Street club, Joseph rejected an opportunity to play basketball on a scholarship at Otterbein University to pursue music full-time. In 2007, Joseph recorded a solo album titled No Phun Intended in his parent's basement. Thomas contributed guitar to several songs on the album,[3] and collaborated on the track "Trees", which would later become a signature Twenty One Pilots song.[8]

text: While attending Ohio State University, Joseph met Texas-born future bandmate Christopher "Chris" Salih at a party. Noting the songwriter's talent and creative energy, Salih consulted Joseph about starting a band. Impressed by the recording studio Salih had built in his house, Joseph agreed to play music together and began sharing his ideas for new music. Just before their first performance, Joseph invited Thomas to join the unnamed band as a bassist. In 2009, the group moved into a house of their own, where their first album was conceptualized and recorded in the basement.[9][3]

text: The band initially played for a wide variety of audiences at clubs and venues around the Columbus area. Playing at metal, hardcore, and electronic venues influenced Joseph to incorporate these disparate styles with his songwriting. To catch the attention of unfamiliar or disinterested attendees and promoters, the band began to experiment with costumes and on-stage acrobatics.[9]

text: Now going by "Twenty One Pilots",[4][5] the group released their debut, self-titled album, Twenty One Pilots, on December 29, 2009, and began touring the rest of Ohio. Their initial marketing was grassroots; Joseph's mother would stand outside of Ohio State University giving away tickets to his shows.[10] During this time, the band participated in "Battle of the Band" contests at The Alrosa Villa and The Basement, important Columbus music venues.[11][12] In 2010, the band posted two tracks to their SoundCloud account, a cover of "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri and a remixed interpretation of "Con te partirò (Time to Say Goodbye)" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.[13] The latter track would become the first song local drummer Josh Dun heard from the group.[14][14]

text: Joseph, Dun,[15][16][17] and Salih all have associations with local Columbus, Ohio church Five14 – Joseph and Dun contributing to four of fourteen tracks to the Five14-produced album Clear by artist Travis Whittaker (known simply as "Whittaker") and the gospel band "New Albany Music".[18][19] In 2011, Joseph was also the lead star in Five14 Church's three episode mockumentary titled "The (moderately inspiring tale of the) Longboard Rodeo Tango".[20][21][22] According to the mockumentary, Joseph was an intern at the church at the time. On December 24, 2013, Christmas Eve, Joseph participated and sang "O come, O come, Emmanuel" at Five14 Church's Christmas With the Stars in New Albany, Ohio.  The official video of the performance was uploaded to YouTube on February 14, 2014.[23] He also performed a magic segment with the church's host and emcee, David McCreary for the show.[24][25]

text: As of December 2017, former Twenty One Pilots member Chris Salih frequently performs shows at the church.[26][27][28]

text: 2011–2012: Lineup changes and Regional at Best

text: Salih left on May 8, 2011 to focus on work, and Thomas left the next month on June 3, 2011 to focus on schooling, both posting farewell notes on the band's official Facebook page.[29][30] Before departing the project, Salih invited Guitar Center co-worker and friend of the group Josh Dun (former touring drummer for House of Heroes),[5][31] to take his place in the band. Impressed by the band's potential and Joseph's creative vision, Dun abandoned plans to pursue drumming in Nashville and joined the project only a few weeks before Thomas left the group.[32]

text: Both Salih and Thomas remained involved with the band's production for some time after their departure.[33] Thomas briefly attended school in North Carolina, but moved back into Joseph and Dun's house in Columbus a year later and began to manage their merchandise. Thomas remained a part of the merchandise distribution crew throughout the production of Blurryface and continues to stay actively involved in the band's tour cycle.[34] Thomas has since relocated to Savannah, Georgia where he resides today.[35] Salih co-founded the carpentry company "Elmwood Custom Goods", where he works as an account manager[36] and resides in Columbus.

text: With a new lineup consisting of only Joseph and Dun, Twenty One Pilots self-released their second album, Regional at Best, on July 8, 2011. The album was accompanied by a free CD release show on the grounds of New Albany High School. While Salih and Thomas were involved with the conceptualization of the album, neither they nor Dun claim to have had much involvement with its production, which was handled nearly exclusively by Joseph.[33] The album features Joseph's brother Zack on the track "Kitchen Sink" and Joseph's college acquaintance Jocef on the track "Be Concerned".[37][38]

text: In November 2011, after months of cultivating a fan base in the Columbus area via social media interaction and constant touring, the band played a sold out concert at Columbus' Newport Music Hall. This notable accomplishment for an unsigned local group caught the attention of several record labels interested in seeing if the band's appeal could stretch outside of Ohio.[39]

text: That same year, the duo put out two free, otherwise unreleased songs via their email newsletter: the original version of "House of Gold" and "Two".[40][41] On February 11, 2012, the band released a music video on YouTube for an unreleased song titled "Goner".[42] "Goner" was rewritten and again recorded for its release on Blurryface in 2015.[43]

text: Joseph and Dun embarked on the Regional at Best Tour with rock band CHALLENGER!,[44][45] documenting it in a series of videos uploaded to the Twenty One Pilots YouTube channel.[46][47]

text: 2013–2014: Major label signing and Vessel

text: In April 2012, the band announced their signing to Atlantic Records subsidiary Fueled by Ramen, the label responsible for the commercial success of popular alternative artists like Panic! at the Disco and Paramore, during a sold out show at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion.[5][41] On July 17, 2012, they released their debut Fueled by Ramen recording, an EP entitled Three Songs.[48][49] The next month, the band embarked on a short tour with Neon Trees and Walk the Moon.[39]

text: Tyler Joseph successfully negotiated to maintain ownership of the preceding self-titled album, which remains available digitally. However, as part of a signing agreement in 2012 with record label Fueled by Ramen, rights to Regional at Best were transferred to the label, meaning that Regional at Best was discontinued and removed from digital markets.[50] Regional at Best tracks "Slowtown", "Anathema", "Ruby", "Be Concerned", and "Clear" have since been made commercially unavailable,[51] and physical copies of the album are now rare and highly sought after.[52][53]

text: On November 12, 2012, the official music video for "Holding on to You", directed by Jordan Bahat, was released on YouTube.[54] On January 7 and April 19, 2013, the band released music videos for "Guns for Hands" and "Car Radio", respectively, both directed by Mark Eshleman of Reel Bear Media.[55][56][57]

text: In an interview with the Huffington Post, Joseph described Regional at Best as a "glorified mixtape" and confirmed that songs from that project would reappear on their debut studio album.[58] Ultimately, five tracks from Regional at Best – "Guns for Hands", "Holding on to You", "Ode to Sleep", "Car Radio", and "Trees" – were re-recorded and released for their third album.[8] "Lovely" was also re-recorded and released as a single in Japan on April 17, 2013.[59][60] "Glowing Eyes", "Kitchen Sink", and "Forest" appeared unchanged as bonus tracks on the UK version of Vessel.[61]

text: Twenty One Pilots' third album, Vessel, was released January 8, 2013; it would reach No. 21 on the Billboard 200, No. 9 on the Digital Albums chart, No. 17 on the Internet Albums chart, No. 15 on the Rock Albums Chart, and No. 10 on the Alternative Albums Chart.[62][63] The band's first charting single, "Holding on to You", reached No. 11 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. Additionally, the singles "Guns for Hands" and "Lovely" reached No. 21 and No. 67, respectively, on the Japan Hot 100.[59][60]

text: In May 2013, Twenty One Pilots were announced to join Fall Out Boy as opening acts on their Save Rock and Roll Arena Tour, along with Panic! at the Disco, also serving as opening acts.[64]

text: On August 8, 2013, Twenty One Pilots performed "House of Gold" on Conan in their late night debut.[65][66] On October 2, the music video for the song was uploaded onto YouTube.[67]

text: On March 17, 2014, Twenty One Pilots performed a set at the mtvU Woodie Awards during SXSW.[68] On April 13, Twenty One Pilots performed "Car Radio" at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.[69] On April 28, the band performed "Car Radio" on Late Night with Seth Meyers.[70]

text: In 2014, Twenty One Pilots played a number of music festivals and other events around the United States, such as Lollapalooza,[71] Bonnaroo,[72] Boston Calling, and Firefly.[73] Requests from many of these cities were incorporated into the band's first headlining tour, the Quiet Is Violent World Tour, which began in September 2014 and ended in November of the same year.[74]

text: On December 31, 2014, the band released a music video for the song "Ode to Sleep". Composed of footage captured by the band's creative director, Mark C. Eshleman of Reel Bear Media, from three concerts over the preceding three years, the video depicted the band's rapid growth from their origins as a small local band to a nationally-popular alternative act, an upward trend that would continue into the next album cycle.[75][76]

text: 2015–2017: Blurryface

text: On March 16, 2015, the band announced that a new album, Blurryface, was to be released on May 19.[77] They also released the first single, "Fairly Local", on March 17.[78][79] Their second single of the album, "Tear in My Heart", and its music video were released on April 5, 2015.[80][81] On April 28, "Stressed Out", the third single from the album, was released along with a music video.[82][83][84][85] "Stressed Out" became the group's highest selling single, peaking at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on both Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts and surpassing one billion views on YouTube.[86][87]

text: Blurryface was released two days early on May 17, 2015, and sold 134,000 copies in the first week in the United States, becoming the band's first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200.[88] On May 22, 2016, Blurryface won in the category of "Top Rock Album" at the Billboard Music Awards, while the band won the category of "Top Rock Artist".[89]

text: The band began the Blurryface Tour on May 11, 2015, in Glasgow, Scotland. The tour spanned the United States, Australia, South East Asia, Japan and Europe.[90] The U.S. section began September 8, 2015 and featured Echosmith and Finish Ticket as openers.[91]

text: Twenty One Pilots performed "Stressed Out" on Late Night with Seth Meyers on September 14, 2015.[92]

text: The band announced a London show in February 2016, and later announced a run of UK dates, with a second London date added. The band Transviolet served as openers.[93] This run of UK dates ended the initial Blurryface Tour.

text: Soon after, the band announced a second tour for the Blurryface album, the Emotional Roadshow World Tour, which started in Cincinnati on May 31, 2016.[94] The tour covered the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Australia.[95][96] Chef'Special and Mutemath opened for the American leg.[97] Irish singer Bry joined the tour for its European leg.[98]

text: On June 16, 2016, the band released the song "Heathens" as the first single from the Suicide Squad soundtrack, earlier than the expected release date of June 24, after the song leaked onto the Internet on June 15.[99][100][101] A music video for the song was released on June 21, 2016.[102][103] "Heathens" plays during the ending credits of the film.[104]

text: Twenty One Pilots became only the third rock act to have two singles simultaneously chart in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100, joining the Beatles and Elvis Presley, in addition to becoming the third duo to accomplish this feat, after OutKast in 2003 and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ten years later.[105]

text: The band contributed a cover of the piano ballad "Cancer" by My Chemical Romance to the tribute album Rock Sound Presents: The Black Parade.[106][107] An animated lyric video followed the release of the song.[108]

text: Twenty One Pilots featured as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on October 8, 2016, performing orchestra-accompanied versions of "Heathens" and "Ride" in what Rolling Stone called their "most high profile performance yet".[109] The band later performed a medley of "Heathens" and "Stressed Out" on the American Music Awards of 2016, where they also accepted their first awards on American television for Favorite Pop/Rock Duo and Favorite Alternative Rock Artist.[110] On November 25, 2016, the band released a limited-edition live vinyl album documenting two performances at Fox Oakland Theatre, on the duo's 2015 Blurryface Tour under the name Blurryface Live.[111]

text: Joseph and Dun collaborated with alternative rock band Mutemath, for a five-song EP, TOPxMM, composed of remixes and reimaginings of five tracks from Blurryface. The EP was uploaded onto the band's official website free of charge on December 19; a twenty-five-minute long video of the bands recording the songs live in studio was also released on the band's YouTube channel.[112][113][114][115]

text: On February 12, 2017, Twenty One Pilots won a Grammy Award for "Stressed Out" in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category. The band stripped to their underwear before taking the stage, with Joseph claiming in their acceptance speech that this was a fulfillment of a promise the duo had made each other in their early days as a local Columbus band.[2][116][117]

text: On March 27, 2017, the band began selling tickets for what they called a "Tour De Columbus", a five-date hometown tour taking place in June 2017.[118] The duo performed at several small venues they first played as a local band including The Basement, Newport Music Hall, and Express Live!, before ending their tour cycle with arena shows at Nationwide Arena and Value City Arena.[119]

text: In an interview with Alternative Press in November 2016, Twenty One Pilots stated that after their last show, they will be "going dark" to focus on new music. Joseph stated that he would like to focus on lyrical content of the music, and bring the music back to the "authenticity, lyrics, delivery, and fearlessness of songwriting" similar to that of the self-titled album.[120] The band's last activity came in July 2017 in the form of posts on social media depicting an eye closing over lyrics from several of their songs.[121][122]

text: In March 2018, their song "Hometown" received a Gold certification from the RIAA, making Blurryface the first full-length album to have every track achieve at least gold status.[123][124][125]

text: 2018–present: Trench

text: In July 2018, Twenty One Pilots broke their year-long silence, first sending a cryptic email to fans and later posting a video to all social media platforms and updating their logo and branding.[126][127] On July 11, 2018, the band released two new songs, "Jumpsuit" and "Nico and the Niners", and a music video for "Jumpsuit" and the announcement of their fifth studio album, Trench, scheduled to be released on October 5, 2018, and a new world tour, titled "The Bandito Tour", starting October 16.[128][129] Later, on July 26, 2018, the music video for "Nico and the Niners" was released.[130]  The song "Levitate" was subsequently released as the album's third single via Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show as the day's "World Record".[131]  A music video was also released, concluding the trilogy series.[132]

text: Musical style and influences

text: Although both members of the band are Christians and their songs often contain some allusions to religious themes, Twenty One Pilots is not and never intended to be a Christian band.[133][134]

text: The band's musical style has been described as alternative hip hop,[135][136][137] electropop,[135][138][139] indie pop,[140][141][142] pop rock,[143][144] rap rock,[145][146] and alternative rock.[147][148][145] They have also been described as rock,[149][150] pop,[142][151][152][149] electronica,[152][142][149] emo rap,[145] indie rock,[149] pop-rap,[135] hip hop,[140][151][152] indietronica,[140] psychedelic[153] and reggae.[154][155][5]

text: Ultimately, it is difficult to categorize the band using a single genre only, since they bridge so many.[156] This has been attributed partly to the fact that both Joseph and Dun are self-taught musicians, meaning that while producing their work they broke many musical conventions that they were not aware of, including staying confined to a single genre.[157]

text: Instrumentally, Twenty One Pilots bring a mix of piano (sometimes an electronic keyboard or a keytar), synthesizers, drums (sometimes mixed with electronic drums), vocals, and occasionally the ukulele and bass. Lyrically, their songs are written by Joseph, who incorporates both sung and rapped lyrics. Music journalist Carl Wilson has noted that Joseph's rapping is often compared to that of Macklemore, yet he wrote "but among the ranks of post-Eminem white rappers, I find Joseph more probing, sardonic, and expressive."[158] Joseph has stated that he never intended to become a rapper, but that when attempting to fit poetry which he had written with music, he found that rapping elements of it was the only way for it to fit within the song.[159]

text: Band name, iconography and fandom

text: Joseph came up with the band's name while studying All My Sons by Arthur Miller, a play about a man whose choice to send out faulty airplane parts for the good of his business and family caused the death of twenty one pilots during World War II. Joseph explains that the story's themes of moral dilemma and choosing between the easy and the right decision inspired the name and formation of the band.[160][161] "Bicycle Thief" and "Chill Coat" were among some of the rejected band names.[162]

text: The band's name was originally stylized as "twenty | one | pilots" on their earlier cover art; however, by the time of their second album Regional at Best, the formatting was changed to "twenty øne piløts" with slashes through the O's.

text: Former Twenty One Pilots member Chris Salih stated in an interview that Mark C. Eshleman, a longtime friend of and creative director for Twenty One Pilots, created the band's logo by "messing around with shapes". Joseph found the arrangement to resonate with him.[28]

text: In regard to their logo, Joseph stated in an interview that:

text: It means Twenty One Pilots, the logo does. Why it means Twenty One Pilots, is it really goes along with one of our songs called "Kitchen Sink". The whole concept of that song is that I feel that humans are always struggling all the time when it comes to purpose, trying to figure out what their purpose is, what purpose even is, what's the point, justifying your own existence. A lot of kids and people my age struggle with "what's the point", and with the logo, what it really means is it's an encouragement. When someone asks me what the logo means to me, the logo means something to me because I made it mean something to me. That's the point. The point is that I created something that only I understand and whether or not I decide to disclose the meaning of it, that's the beginning of purpose for me. The meaning of purpose for me, is by creating something, if it be by writing lyrics, painting a picture, by expressing yourself through art if it's photography or music or theater, or whatever it is. It doesn't have to be artistic, but if you create something and only you know the meaning of it, that's the beginning of purpose for you. When you're in the room by yourself trying to decide whether to stay alive, you can tell yourself "I should probably stay alive because I'm the only one who knows the meaning of that thing", so the logo is an encouragement for people to create. That's what it means.[163]

text: According to the band, their purpose for making music is "to make people think", as well as encourage them to find joy in what they come to believe in life.[160]

text: The band's fandom has been dubbed the "Skeleton Clique" or just the Clique, in reference to the band's use of skeleton iconography in many performances, graphics, and music videos. The Skeleton Clique are represented in the band's official iconography by logos of a skull and alien head atop lines resembling keys.[164] Salih speculates that Tyler Joseph himself originally used the term "Clique" to identify with his fans.[165]

text: In November 2016, during the Blurryface World Tour, Wood Green tube station in London was decorated in Clique-related artwork, spanning over one-hundred advertising panels.[166]

text: During the 2017 Tour De Columbus, Twenty One Pilots hosted a public art show, dubbed "Artopia", exclusively for Clique-related artwork at the Nationwide Arena.[167]

text: Band members

text: Current members

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Tyler Joseph – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, ukulele, bass (2009–present)
Josh Dun – drums, percussion (2011–present)

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text: Past members

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Nick Thomas – bass, piano, keyboards (2009–2011), backing vocals (2009), merchandise distribution (present)
Chris Salih  – drums, percussion (2009–2011)

text: Discography

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Twenty One Pilots (2009)
Regional at Best (2011)
Vessel (2013)
Blurryface (2015)
Trench (2018)

text: Concert tours

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Regional at Best Tour headlining alongside CHALLENGER! (2011)[44][45][46][47]
Mostly November Tour (2012)[168]
Quiet Is Violent Tour (2014)[74]
Blurryface Tour (2015–16)[77][169]
Emotional Roadshow World Tour (2016–17)[170][171][172]
The Bandito Tour (2018–19)[173]

text: Opening act

text: Save Rock and Roll Tour with Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco (2013)[64][174]

text: Awards and nominations


document_title: List of The Drew Carey Show characters

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text: List of The Drew Carey Show characters

text: Main characters[edit]

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Drew Allison Carey (Drew Carey) – Drew Carey is the main protagonist of the series. A perpetual "nice guy", for most of the series, he works in the human resources department of Winfred-Louder, a multinational department store chain. Drew is the founder and co-owner of Buzz Beer, a coffee-flavored caffeinated beer (at the time, such drinks were legal but uncommon in the United States). He has a long-standing feud with co-worker Mimi Bobeck; both play endless, occasionally complicated, seriously mean-spirited pranks on each other until she becomes his sister-in-law, after which they still dislike each other.[1]
Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney) – Mimi Bobeck is Mr. Wick's assistant/secretary and the main antagonist of the series. Much like Fonzie from Happy Days and Steve Urkel from Family Matters, the Mimi character was originally a one-time character, only appearing in the pilot episode.[2] She is an overweight woman who wears a lot of makeup, yet has a very high but unstable self-esteem. (As an in-joke, Mimi's mother was played by known makeup addict and connoisseur Tammy Faye Bakker.) Mimi is Drew's nemesis; she vowed to make Drew's life a living hell after Drew denied her a job based on her makeup. Mimi's pranks included gluing Drew's hand to a pornographic magazine, covering Drew's desk with garbage, and eventually sending Drew to China while he is unconscious. She is also known for calling him "Pig" and "Doughboy." Mimi's past has a lot of connections to the world of music; she often talks about being a roadie for Foghat and was married to Eddie Money for two weeks after appearing at his first concert. Additionally, she claims to have slept with both Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton. Later on, Mimi becomes more of a friend to Drew (they agree to put their feud on hold while Mimi dates and later marries his brother, Steve) and a loving, if unconventional, mother to Gus. Early in the series, it was revealed that Mimi was Catholic and of Polish ancestry, and inherited the title of Duchess of Kraków after her aunt died. (Starting in 2009, Mimi/Kinney resurfaced as a guest on The Price is Right, hosted by Drew Carey since October 15, 2007, during the show's April Fool's episode, first in 2009 as a model and then ransacking Mike Richards' position as executive producer on the show, in 2010. Carey usually promotes Kinney's next project during the closing of that episode.)
Lewis Kiniski (Ryan Stiles) – Forms a double-act with Oswald. Lewis, who is tall, gangly, and perpetually bemused. Ryan Stiles once described Lewis as "Not even a character at first, just a creep really." He possesses an IQ of 162, but works as a janitor for a company called DrugCo, which conducts bizarre experiments. Due to accidentally releasing a strain of bacteria into the population, he was busted down to janitor from a position that required him to wear a lab coat. At one point, he posed as Drew to take his physical exam for him, unexpectedly taking a psychiatric exam as well. He tried to give answers which he thought suited Drew's life and situation, and the results showed him to be mentally unstable and possibly criminally insane. He mentioned in one episode he was adopted.
Oswald Lee Harvey (Diedrich Bader) – Lewis's slightly shorter, dark-haired friend is the dumb one of the double-act, which tends to be his most distinguishing characteristic. Lewis described him once as a "man-child stuck in a sort of prolonged adolescence." Oswald was a deejay at the beginning of the first season but later on became a delivery driver for Global Parcel (a fictional package-delivery service whose uniforms are modeled after those of UPS). He later attempted to become a nurse, but he failed the required tests. Drew later got him a job as a delivery man for Never Ending Store, but Oswald was injured on store property. After receiving damages, he bought the Warsaw. In the episode Bus-ted, it is revealed that Oswald joined the group of friends to replace Adam, a childhood friend who fell through the ice on a lake.
Kate O'Brien (Christa Miller) – Friends with Drew, Lewis, and Oswald since they were kids. Kate is a bit of a tomboy and a hothead and good with her fists. She and Oswald almost got married at one point, but she called it off just after Oswald threw her a surprise wedding (essentially leaving Oswald at the altar). She later found out about Drew's long-standing crush on her at their high school reunion, and she realized that she had feelings for him too. They dated for a season (even becoming engaged) but broke up when they disagreed about having kids. Drew and Kate were married for a short time in a later season, although this was illegal, as Drew had just become married to his old girlfriend, Nicki. Eventually, Drew's sham was discovered and Kate felt betrayed. Drew eventually regained Kate's trust and they became friends again. Kate left at the beginning of the eighth season, marrying a Naval aviator and moving from Cleveland to Guam.
Nigel Algernon Wick (Craig Ferguson) – Drew's boss after the first season, replacing Mr. Bell (Kevin Pollak). English, crude, boisterous and offensive, he was also a cocaine addict before he was forced to go into rehab. For some time, he and Drew were in a same-sex marriage (technically a civil union) in order for Mr. Wick to get his green card and Drew to get his job back. When he first appeared on stage in guest episodes in the last two seasons he was greeted with thunderous applause. Wick always had unusual methods of firing employees (usually men surnamed Johnson), which he does in most episodes. He is almost always referred to as "Mr. Wick", and his first name, Nigel, is rarely used. In the show's first April Fool's Day episode, Wick was shot in the crotch with a crossbow by an employee (named Johnson) whom he had just fired. Wick had to have one of his testicles removed. Wick also lost a toe and a nipple in a fox hunt that went terribly wrong. Craig Ferguson initially auditioned at Warner Bros. for a role as a Hispanic photographer on Suddenly Susan, and after he failed his audition, the casting director referred him to The Drew Carey Show which was auditioning across the studio. Ferguson, who is Scottish, played the role with an over-the-top posh English accent "to make up for generations of English actors doing crap Scottish accents." At the end of one episode, Ferguson broke the fourth wall and begin talking to the audience at home in his regular Scottish accent.
Steve Carey (John Carroll Lynch) – Drew's straight but cross-dressing brother. He came to Cleveland and got a job in the cosmetics department at Winfred-Louder. He fell in love with Mimi and after one season of dating they married in a ceremony in Drew's backyard, with Drew officiating along with an online minister from an Internet website. In later seasons the concept of Steve being a cross-dresser is abandoned entirely with little explanation (though it is hinted that he gave it up to make Mimi happy). He left, along with Kate and Wick, early in the eighth season.
Kellie Newmark (Cynthia Watros) – Drew's childhood friend. She has had a crush on Drew since high school but never told him. She was married but her husband cheated on her with her sister. Her mother is an alcoholic and leaves her father, eventually hooking up with Lewis. After Kate leaves, Drew realizes that he loves Kellie. Drew is afraid to tell Kellie because it may ruin their friendship like it did with Kate. After Lily leaves Drew, they confess their feelings for each other. When Kellie comes out while Drew is talking to his dad and asks Drew what they are going to do about their feelings for each other, Drew's dad falls off the roof and dies. Eventually during the beginning stage of their relationship Kellie finds out she is pregnant with Drew Jr. but won't marry Drew because she doesn't think he is ready for marriage. During the finale she decides Drew is ready. But her water breaks and she and Drew get married right when the baby is born.

text: Drew's marriages[edit]

text: Much of the show's humor revolved around Drew's single life (in real life, Drew was engaged for the first time in 2007, shortly after becoming a game show host). However, Drew was married a number of times during the show's run. His spouses during the series were:

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Diane (Nicole Sullivan) – A cocktail waitress Drew met on a business trip to Las Vegas. She tricked Drew into marrying her because she believed having a husband would give her an edge in winning custody of her children. Drew agreed to help her with the social workers, and they divorced a week later.
Nicki Fifer (Kate Walsh) - A real estate agent whom Drew dated and became engaged to; she dumped him after gaining a large amount of weight while they were dating (and, in her own words, "couldn't be with a man who loved to eat"). She lost the weight, got married and came back to Drew after her divorce (when Drew had just left a mental institution). Drew asked her to marry him on an impulse, and she agreed. Unfortunately, Drew married Kate soon after (thus becoming a bigamist) and she left him. Nicki returned later, having regained all her previous weight, and attempted to kill Drew because she blamed him for all the recent problems in her life. Drew let Nicki stay at his house until she could get back on her feet, after which she was rarely seen again.
Kate – The love of Drew's life and his best friend since childhood, Drew and Kate first broke off their engagement after a disagreement about having kids. After Drew's stint in the mental hospital, Kate realized that she still loved Drew and asked him to marry her. Drew agreed (despite having recently married Nicki and still being married to Mr. Wick) and kept both his marriages a secret for a time. Both wives discovered the situation, and Kate, furious, dumped Drew and told the newspapers about the situation; Drew became known as "The Impotent Bisexual Bigamist."
Lily (Tammy Lauren) – A Southern belle who met Drew after Oswald and Lewis started a campaign to find him a wife. Drew brought Lily to Cleveland and attempted to establish a relationship with her, but found it difficult to deal with Lily's night terrors. Drew ended up proposing to Lily on three different occasions: once in his house, another in a movie theater, and finally, back at his home again. After Drew tore up all of his pre-determined wedding plan receipts, Lily agreed to marry him. Lily left Drew after the wedding, driving off without him after giving Drew his ring back. At the reception, Drew and Kellie expressed their hidden love for each other and began their relationship, which would also lead to Drew's final marriage.
Kellie Newmark (Cynthia Watros) – Drew's childhood friend who was introduced in the eighth season. Drew went to a strip club and discovered that Kellie was working as a stripper to support herself after her divorce from her husband. Drew takes her into his home and their friendship blossoms. They were both reluctant to confess their feelings for each other, but they became a couple after Drew and Lily's wedding. Kellie soon becomes pregnant, but refuses to marry Drew for another eight months. On their wedding day and the series finale, Kellie gave birth to Drew Jr.

text: Other characters[edit]

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Larry Almada (Ian Gomez) – One of Drew's co-workers, Larry is a bumbling and somewhat unprofessional employee who is often willing to resort to less than savory methods to gain the upper hand. During a competition to determine the new employee representative on the Winfred-Louder board of directors, he managed to obtain the position by having sex with Mrs. Louder, a practice he repeats several times after being dumped by his wife. He loses his job on the board shortly after receiving the promotion, but continues his secret relationship with Mrs. Louder. He also ends up in jail for selling drugs, but is released and continues his job at the department store. After leaving Winfred-Louder, he set up a reasonably successful dating service which later expanded into a television chat show.
Gerald Hawthorne Bell (Kevin Pollak) – Drew's boss for the show's first season. Mr. Bell only appeared in person for his last appearance. He gets caught having relations with a woman in his office, and he and Mrs. Louder have to talk it out. When he appears, he is wearing a Santa costume. We only heard his voice on Drew's speakerphone, despite the fact that Drew had his desk very close to Bell's office. Little was known about him, but he behaved in a sexist and unprofessional manner, including liaisons with at least one female staffer. In the last episode of the first season, Mr. Bell finally appeared on camera as he was seen leaving his office after getting fired from the store. The running joke of his never being officially seen until this moment is referenced in dialogue when he says; "What's the matter, Carey? You act like you've never seen me before!"
Fran Louder (Nan Martin) – Mrs. Louder is one of the executives' "cougars" and partial namesake of the Winfred-Louder corporation who originally inherited the store from her dead husband. She is the CEO of the company that owns the department store, and retains her position even after the corporation is bought out by a larger company located in Amsterdam. As the head of the store, she thinks very little of Drew, and openly expresses surprise at the assertion that he still has dreams of becoming more successful, Mrs. Louder occasionally gives him minor promotions throughout the series, but his personality clashes with her ruthless and businesslike nature. She is somewhat sex-obsessed and conducts a long affair with the boorish, lazy, and obnoxious Larry Almada, played by Ian Gomez. (In another episode we learn Almada is superendowed sexually.) Mrs. Louder is last seen accompanying Mimi and Steve on their honeymoon (she advises them that she is a voyeur but they are forced to take her with them, anyway). She is removed from power shortly after when a member of the board improvises a speech slurring ethnic groups and gays. The insulted employees begin to riot, gaining the attention of the bosses in Amsterdam, who replace the entire board of directors except, for some reason, for Mr. Wick.
Robert Soulard (Mark Curry) – One of Drew's bosses at Winfred-Louder, Mr. Soulard was appointed by the Dutch as Mrs. Louder's replacement after the latter was fired along with the original board of directors. Slightly more open-minded than his predecessor, Mr. Soulard agrees to listen to the employees after he is made the new boss, and quickly appoints Drew to be the new Store Manager when Mr. Wick's incompetence gets him sent to Toledo for retraining.
Beulah Carey (Marion Ross) – Drew's and Steve's mother, married to George Carey (Stanley Anderson). George Anderson dies towards the end of the series' run, although not due to the death of the actor.
Kim Harvey (Adrienne Barbeau) – Oswald's mother, who wears tight clothes and sweaters with plunging necklines. Her sexiness caused the young Drew in his childhood to commit some embarrassing fauxes pas.
King Augustus Antonio Carey (Dakota and Ryan Williams) – Gus is Steve and Mimi's son as well as Drew's nephew, who saved Mimi from being fired by Drew in the episode "Drew Pops Something On Kate". Just as Drew is about to fire Mimi, he kicks while in the womb for the first time, causing him to feel compassion for Mimi and preventing him from firing her. Gus was born while Drew was in a coma, and his spirit (voiced by Jon Polito) met Drew up in Heaven before being born. After hearing Drew make jokes about how horrible Mimi was, Gus was afraid to be born. Drew convinced him that Mimi would be a good mother by going back down to Earth and spending time in the baby's body. Drew told this story to the others after coming out of his coma, but nobody believed him. Gus was an infant for most of his time on the show, but received an age boost (putting him somewhere between 5 and 6 years old) for the final season. He burns down his house, initially thought to be with a wood-burning kit that Drew gives him as a gift. Since Mimi and Gus had nowhere to live, Drew offers his home to them, and they stay there almost until the end of the show. It was later discovered that Gus was a pyromaniac and intentionally started a fire in the house.
Lisa Robbins (Katy Selverstone) – Drew's girlfriend from season one, she is prevented from dating him as the rules at Winfred-Louder do not allow management to participate in romantic relationships with their employees. Although this initially forces them to hide their relationship in public, they eventually find a way to overcome this obstacle. She vies for a job as the head of the personal shopper department to become a member of the store's management, prompting a competition with fellow applicants Kate and Mimi. Lisa begins dating Drew after she gets the job, but after a failed attempt to live together they agree to break up. She leaves her dog, Speedy, behind to stay with him and departs for good after her marriage in the second season.
Lord Mercer (Jim Piddock) – An extremely wealthy Englishman, who bought Winfred-Louder and became the new owner after the Dutch divested themselves of the company/store(s). He also brings back Mr. Wick, saying only Englishmen know how to run a business: despite this, he once put his teenybopper daughter Milan (Jessica Cauffiel) in charge of Winfred-Lauder.
Christine Watson (Wanda Sykes) – Hired to replace Nigel Wick as manager, falls in love with Drew.
Jay Clemens (Robert Torti) – Kate's handsome boyfriend from season one.
Evan (Kyle Howard) – Co-owner of Never Ending Store with his brother, Scott (of the two bosses, he is regarded as the 'nice' one). He is a Zen-seeking Buddhist who promotes peace and support, although he himself has a life coach, sees a family therapist with his brother, and takes anti-anxiety pills. He has a tenuous relationship with Scott because they spend so much time together.
Scott (Jonathan Mangum) – Co-owner of Never Ending Store with his brother, Evan. He is more business-minded than Evan, and can get very irritated by Evan's peace-seeking way of life. He teaches computer classes during the summer.
Mrs. Wick (Richard Chamberlain) – Nigel Wick's "Mum" Maggie, played by Chamberlain in drag. The character is clearly promiscuous, young Nigel having grown up with a series of "uncles" in and out of his life.
Chuck (Kelly Perine) – Security Guard/Head of Security at Winfred-Louder. Chuck is a fellow employee at Winfred-Louder who seems to have a friendly relationship with Drew, as he, in his first appearance in the episode "No Two Things Are Exactly Alike" in Season 1, he tips Drew to the person who complained about a fellow employee who became offended at a sexually offensive cartoon which he put on a memo in the hopes of boosting company morale. In Chuck's final appearance in the Season 5 episode "Drew and the Racial Tension Play", Chuck is among the many minority employees who become offended at the socially insensitive comments of senior company board member Arthur Crawford (Hansford Rowe) who try to solicit Drew to get Crawford to apologize for his comments or resign.

text: Notable guest stars/actor cameos[edit]

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Tim Allen – Himself
David Lander – Himself
Jamie Lee Curtis – Sioux
David Cross – Earl
Tom Bosley – Mimi's Father
Tammy Faye – Mimi's Mother
Brian Haley – Drew Look-Alike
Martin Mull – Himself
Michael R. White – Himself
Dan Castellaneta – Stan
Rachel Hunter – Herself
Donald Trump – Himself
Carol Channing – Herself
Rush Limbaugh – Himself
Eugene Levy – Dr. Rider
Joe Alaskey – Daffy Duck
Dick Clark – Himself
Paul "Triple H" Levesque – The Disciplinarian
Bo Derek – Herself
Wayne Brady – Himself
Greg Proops – Himself
Brad Sherwood – Himself
Laura Hall – Herself
Arturo Brachetti – Himself
J.P. Manoux – Malcolm
Cameron Mathison – Kirk
Norm Macdonald – Simon Tate
Heather Locklear – Herself
Dave Mustaine – Himself
Chip Esten – Himself

Kathy Greenwood – Herself
Carmen Electra – Lewis's Boss
Jay Leno – Lewis's Boss
Charles Nelson Reilly – Lewis's Boss
Ben Stein – Heavenly Guide
Gary Coleman – Drew's Double
Jimmie Walker – Lewis's African-American Double
Meshach Taylor – Oswald's African-American Double
Kim Fields – Kate's African-American Double
Thea Vidale – Mimi's African-American Double
Jenny McCarthy – Sketch Player/Marlo Kelly
Amanda Bynes – Sketch Player
Henry Winkler – Mr. Newsome
John Ratzenberger – Himself
Leslie Sykes – Herself
Lacey Chabert – Grace
Roselyn Sanchez – Maria
Kathryn Joosten – Natalie
French Stewart – Buddy
Lorenzo Music – Store Announcer
Jeff Davis – Himself/D'Artagnan
Jessica Cauffiel – Milan
Illeana Douglas – Rachel Murray
Tom Poston – Oswald's conniving former jailbird father
Colin Mochrie – Eugene Anderson
Wayne Knight – Insurance examiner

text: Musical artist cameos[edit]

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Little Richard
Joe Walsh (initially as himself, then as Ed, lead guitarist of Drew's band The Horn Dogs)
Dionne Warwick
Roy Clark
Dusty Hill
Jonny Lang
Lisa Loeb
Dave Mustaine
Rick Nielsen
Joey Ramone
Slash
Michael Stanley
Henry Rollins
Matthew Sweet
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Eddie Money

Charlotte Caffey
Belinda Carlisle
Gina Schock
Kathy Valentine
Jane Wiedlin
SHeDAISY
Smash Mouth
John Regan
Peter Frampton
Bob Mayo
Uncle Kracker
Sugar Ray
Motörhead
Blue Man Group
Dee Snider
Goo Goo Dolls
The Reverend Horton Heat
The Go-Go's

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Rosey Brown
Dave Winfield
Bernie Kosar
Bob Costas
Kenny Mayne
Lynn Swann
Chris Palmer
Bobby Bonds
Jeff Gordon
Triple H