I am writing this review as a huge fan of King of Queens, and because after watching all complete 9 series. A lot of people wrote off the show after watching a couple of episodes in the first series. Unbeleivably, this was a huge msitake. The King of Queens grew to be an Emmy nominated American sitcom that ran from 1998-2007. The program also won 2 peoples choice awards, and two actors won image awards and an emmy for their performances.
"Intro and plot of show"
The King of Queens follows the life of Doug and Carrie Heffernan (Kevin James and Leah Remini) who live in Queens with Carrie's father Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller) lives in the basement downstairs, after his house burnt down.
Doug is an average parcel delivery driver working for IPS. He is the epitome of the average man, quite large and loves his food. His mannerisms are also hilarious. He is literally one of the most funniest characters on TV. He always tends to perform immature actions, e.g. purchasing an ice cream truck to changing his IPS outfit
before he gets home so his wife doesnt smell his pre dinner Burger King Whopper on his body.
Carrie is a legal secretary (for most of the time) who finds work at several law firms. Her image is fierce. A lot of people find her scary. She is the complete opposite to Doug. Her use of profanity and mannerisms she uses are equally moments of geinus. The on set partnership she creates with Doug is unbeleivable. It fits perfectly.
These two characters could have on their own made this program great for 9 series. However, 9 series have been made spectacular by the actign of Jerry Stiller as Arthur Spooner. He is the insane dad of Carrie who lvies in the basement. You will laugh every time he is doing something. At any moment he can make you laugh from either screaming to the top of his voice or to him phoning up Carrie's boss to see if he has a legal case against the person who created the peanut comic strip.
Deacon Palmer (Victor Williams), Spence Olchin (Patton Oswalt) and cousin Danny Heffernan (Gary Valentine) are the longest friends in the TV series. Deacon is the best friend and is one of the most sophisticated men you will meet. For a guy who served in the national guard, he has a tendency to enjoy more female things in life like film festivals and can sew. He shares two kids with his wife and has a great personality. Spence ensues a kind of father son relationship with Arthur, and Danny is always trying to immitate or find some respect and acknowledgement from his cousin.
The show occasionally features some famous faces, the likes of Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton from Everybody loves Raymond, Lou Ferrigno (the incredible Hulk) and Adam West (Batman) are some of the famous arrivals in the show. However, this program does not need any new famous faces as the cast already do a great job.
"Opinion"
Upon reading my own review it sounds a bit dry, and I dont know why it is so hard to explain my favourite program. I love it so much and think that everybody should watch it. People of all ages can watch this program. My auntie who is in her early 60's loves this program, aswell as my younger cousins and people my own age. The age span of appeal is enormous in accordance to this program.
It is definitely worth it to sit down and at least watch a full series of this program so you do not discredit it. I must admit I watched an episode once and turned it off. However, I was lucky enough to have someone to convince me to watch it, and thank god I did. I cant thank them enough as this program has given me hours upon hours of joy on end.
I recommend this program as 5 stars. I am not bias towards towards the show. I wanted to try and give an impartial opinion. However, so much happens in the show that it is difficult to explain. They have average lives with an excellent tv show. It is a must watch and trust me it wont let you down. If you have seen it once, give it another go for a longer time. It took some people to start liking Friends!!!
I hope you all watch. If I make money from any of my reviews then I am buying the King of Queens bosxet fo all 9 series off of Amazon.
Thanx for reading.
J
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Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
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sensitive lug. This deceptively simple comedy bounces along because delivery man Doug Heffernen (James), though completely a guy's guy, constantly struggles to keep ...
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wife Carrie (Leah Remini) really rules the roost. Doug is the ultimate guy's guy, but he loves Carrie so much he's willing to sacrifice his tricked-out rec room ...
Advantages: some good one-liners, ongoing entertainment, definitely "re-watchable" Disadvantages: lack of good bonus features, price since it was only released a few days ago
Advantages: some good one-liners, ongoing entertainment, definitely "re-watchable" Disadvantages: lack of good bonus features, price since it was only released a few days ago
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