Wrapped in the Flag

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Carey began appearing in commercials for restaurants in the late 1990s in Canada with The Great Root Bear, but his two-year contract with A&W Food Services of Canada was cut short in November 1998 after an episode of The Drew Carey Show featured McDonald’s. As a result of his dismissal, Carey sued A&W for compensation.

On April 22, 1999 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (then “Disney-MGM Studios”), part of Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Carey debuted a 12-minute attraction entitled Sounds Dangerous! In the show, a camera follows Carey through a day as an undercover detective. When his video camera fails, the audience is left in complete darkness wearing earphones, following his adventure through sound cues. The attraction is presently running on a limited “seasonal” schedule.

In 1999, Carey made a cameo appearance in “Weird Al” Yankovic’s music video for “It’s All About the Pentiums.” In 2004, he made an appearance for Fountains of Wayne’s video for “Mexican Wine” giving an introduction to the video as if it were on a stage.

On May 7, 2000, Carey’s television film Geppetto debuted on The Wonderful World of Disney. The film, an adaptation of Pinocchio, included actor Wayne Brady who had joined Carey on Whose Line Is It Anyway? and a few episodes of The Drew Carey Show. Carey took singing lessons to prepare for the role.

In 2000 Carey was given a cameo appearance in the House Party expansion pack of the computer game The Sims. To make him appear, the Sims must throw a successful party, which causes Carey to arrive in a limo and join the festivities. Carey is a fan of The Sims series and during one April Fool’s episode of The Drew Carey Show, a scene takes place completely within The Sims.

In 2001 he made an appearance in the WWE’s annual Royal Rumble event. He eliminated himself after Kane made his way to the ring.

Carey provided the entertainment for the 2002 Annual White House correspondents’ dinner. Once Carey completed his standup routine for the 1,800 guests, President George W. Bush, noting Carey’s improv work, made a joke of his own: “Drew? Got any interest in the Middle East?” In 2003, he joined Jamie Kennedy to host the WB’s live special Play for a Billion. In September 2003, Carey led a group of comedians, including Blake Clark and the Drew Carey Show’s Kathy Kinney, on a comedy tour of Iraq.

In 2005, Carey appeared in three films: the animated film Robots, where he provided a voice-over for the character Crank; The Aristocrats where he retold a dirty joke along with other celebrities; and the documentary, Fuck, where he was interviewed.

On June 8, 2006, Drew Carey’s Sporting Adventures debuted on the Travel Channel. In this series, Carey traveled throughout Germany to photograph multiple FIFA World cup soccer games while he immerses himself in the culture of the towns and states he visits.

In September 2008, Carey began filling in as a guest DJ on Little Steven’s Underground Garage on Sirius radio.

When approached about his political views, Carey has distanced himself from conservative celebrities by emphasizing his fiscally conservative, libertarian leanings. He has expressed his distaste for the Bush administration’s management of the War in Iraq, specifically on the September 15, 2007, episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. In 2007, Carey made donations to Ron Paul’s presidential campaign. On the September 26, 2008 episode of The Late Late Show, Carey described a libertarian to host Craig Ferguson as “a conservative who still gets high.”

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