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Carey urges hip folk to
watch ‘Green Screen’
By Kate O'Hare
Zap2it.com
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"You have to be hipper than the guy next door
to like this stuff," says Drew Carey about his new
show on The WB, "Drew Carey's Green Screen
Show."
Carey is calling in from his hometown of Cleve
land, Ohio, where he's just participated in a
fundraiser for an old family friend, freshman Sen.
George V. Voinovich, R-Ohio, who's making a bid
for a second term. But just because he's helping
out a friend doesn't mean that Carey, a Libertar
ian, has political plans of his own.
"No, don't worry about that," he says. "I have
no aspirations at all. This guy's daughter is one of
my best friends. I've known her for 15, 16 years,
so it's been a long time. It's hard to say no when he
says, 'Come out and raise some money.’"
Carey, who considers himself "semi-retired"
since the demise of his ABC sitcom, "The Drew
Carey Show" is busy attending soccer games,
watching television, hanging out with friends and
family and doing his little side project for The WB.
Airing Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. EDT, "Drew
Carey's Green Screen Show" combines one of
Carey s great loves, comedy improvisation (which
he also showcased on the ABC improv game show
"Whose Line Is It Anyway?"), with animation.
Skits are done in front of a green screen (hence
the name of the show), with wacky visuals filled
in later that visualize what the comics are acting
out.
Along with Carey (who's also an executive pro
ducer, with Robert Morton and Ron Diamond), the
cast features Brad Sherwood, Colin Mochrie, Greg
Proops, Jeff Davis, Chip Esten, Jonathan Magnum,
Julie Larson, Sean Masterson and Kathy Kinney.
The show's paired with the comedy-sketch show
New ties for guys
By Jean Patteson
The Orlando Sentinel
Want to get a guy riled up? Insult his taste in neck-
We did that last year, when we suggested in a fashion
column that clip-on ties are "tacky."
Boy, did that get readers' necks in a knot!
We heard from guys who love clip-ons. And we heard
from guys who hate them, but defend the right of the
convenience-conscious, fashion-challenged or klutzy to
wear them.
The vehemence of the responses left no doubt:
Whether they knot or clip their ties, men care about
neckwear. Even those who have sworn off wearing ties
have an opinion about them.
Now that fall is upon us, and summer's casual dress
codes are going the way of autumn leaves, the time
seems right to check on the evolving status of neck
wear. Sales of men's ties are on the upswing, say trend
watchers. And women's ties, which pop up as a quirky
accessory every few years, also are expected to be a
popular item this fall.
Ties were the crown jewels in the men's power-dress
ing movement of the 1980 s, says Jerry Andersen,
spokesman for the Men's Dress Furnishings Associa
tion, a trade group in New York.
But neckwear fell out of favor during the dress-down
19905, he says. That's when Casual Friday morphed
into Casual Everyday. When "business casual" was de
fined, debated and redefined. When even the most tra
dition-bound bankers and lawyers swapped their suits
and ties for khakis and polo shirts.
Now the tide is turning.
"There's a return to dressed-up style, especially among
younger customers," says Andersen. "We saw it first
with the specialty-store customer, who spends more
money on clothes and is more tuned in to fashion."
The first ripple of change came in 1999, when ABC
TV game-show host Regis Philbin scored a double
whammy. His "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" show
was a huge hit and so were the solid-colored, metallic
ties he wore with his dark shirts. Men started buying
dress shirts again, just so they could team them with
"Regis ties."
But the dark, tone-on-tone look didn't last long. "Too
dreary," says Andersen.
It is being replaced this fall by a flood of striking
patterns and brilliant colors, including hot pink.
Andersen expects these lively new looks to sweep even
the most ardent no-neckwear advocates back into tie
departments.
"Our neckwear business is up," says Craig DeLongy,
an owner of John Craig clothiers in Winter Park, Fla. "I
think we're on a run."
"There are men who love wearing neckwear,"
DeLongy explains. "They find adding a new tie to an
old shirt is a great way to update their wardrobe. And
the neckwear right now is irresistible."
Orlando, Fla., attorney David Paul is one of those
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"Blue Collar TV." "I guess we held the 'Blue Col
lar' audience pretty well (in our premiere)," Carey
says. "I don't worry about it anymore. I just do the
show, and everything else is up in the air. Who
cares? I mean, I care, but I'm not going to stress
about it.
"I'm really happy The WB took a chance. It's
going to be one of those shows, either you're go
ing to get it, or you're not going to get it. I'm sort
of a blue-collar guy myself, so just because it’s
me, it's a good match."
This easygoing philosophy is all part of Carey's
post-ABC lifestyle. After several seasons as a hit,
"The Drew Carey Show" fell on ratings hard times
and had its last season unceremoniously burned
off over the summer of 2004.
"'The Bachelor' got better ratings than I did (on
Wednesday)," Carey says, "so I don’t blame them
for switching it. They always treated me great. But
they didn't run promos for the last season; they
didn't send out preview tapes. I thought that was
kind of sh—y, to go down the memory hole like
that.
"That's the only thing where I thought, 'Gee,
that's not very nice.' Trying to save a buck, I guess."
When the Emmy Awards aired in September, there
was a roll call of shows that had finished their runs,
with some notable exceptions. For example, The
WB's "Angel" was not mentioned, nor was "The
Drew Carey Show."
"Oh, yeah, I know," Carey says. "It's like they
forgot I was even on. It's like it never existed. That
kind of hurts, but so what. I always bad mouth the
Emmys, so maybe that's why."
For now, semi-retirement agrees with Carey.
"I'm taking it day to day. I like to travel and chill
and hang out with my friends. I like to work, make
people laugh, do interesting things like the 'Green
Screen Show,’ that are worthwhile and deserve to
be seen. I'll see how it goes."
men who are crazy about ties.
"If I really like a tie, I'll buy it," says Paul, 34. "I can
spend $2OO or more on a tie, which is completely irra
tional. But a really good tie is unique. It ties differently.
It sets on you differently."
He is especially fond of seven-fold neckties by Rob
ert Talbott, which he buys at Christopher Jude Cloth
iers in Orlando for $2lO a pop. Fashioned entirely by
hand from a single piece of luxurious silk, the tie is
folded seven times into itself. The volume and quality
of the silk creates a substantial knot and exceptionally
elegant drape.
Paul enjoys buying souvenir ties when he travels,
giving ties as gifts, and trading ties with friends and
colleagues. "Kind of like adult baseball cards," he says.
A necktie "is one of those things you can wear and
make a fashion statement without really doing a whole
lot," he says. "Everybody notices your tie. Not every
one likes them, but everyone notices them."
“Nothing kills an outfit like a bad tie,” says Carson
Kressley, one of the Fab Five hosts on Bravo's hit show
"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy."
In his just-published style guide, "Off the Cuff'
(Dutton), Kressley offers a couple of tie-buying tips:
"People ask how to find a good tie," he writes. "It’s kind
of like when you see a puppy at the animal shelter: When
it’s the right one, you'll know it."
When shopping for neckwear, "Give the tie a good
feel," Kressley advises. "A good tie will have an inner
construction that is actually tangible. If you took it apart,
there would be something like a piece of mesh or screen
that gives body to the structure. A bad tie is wimpy and
soft."
“The most useful tie knot is the four-in-hand, which
works with all collar types, except the widest spread
collar,” he says. (Coachmen who drove a team of four
horses, or four-in-hand, knotted their neckwear in this
fashion, hence the name.)
Bow ties should not be worn with regular suits, he
believes. That look is "just a little too Orville
Redenbacher." And when worn with a tuxedo, they
should be hand-tied.
Which brings us back to clip-on ties. Style gums do
not like them. But some guys appreciate the convenience
of clip-ons, especially if medical conditions such as ar
thritis or dyslexia make knotting a tie painful or diffi
cult. (JCPenney, Sears and Big & Tall Men's Wear are
among the few stores that carry clip-on ties for adults.)
Men who work close to machinery with moving parts
often wear clip-ons as a safety precaution. If the tie gets
caught in the machinery, it pops off. The tie may get
chewed up, but not the wearer.
Police officers also wear clip-ons, usually made from
the same material and the same color as their shirts.
"If someone were to grab them by the tie, he couldn't
swing them around or use it to choke them. The tie would
simply come off," says Sgt. Brian Gilliam, public in
formation officer for the Orlando Police Department.
If a police officer wears a regular wrap-and-knot tie
with his uniform, it means just one thing, says Gilliam:
"He's top brass, and he's in a formal setting."
Spare reality TV
FCC fined FOX network for indecency
By Pamela Sitt
The Seattle Times
It’s almost Halloween, and a big scary monster is
acting up and sending chills down my spine.
First, it went after Janet Jackson - fine, I didn't
watch the Super Bowl and I have no sympathy for
her after "Damita Jo," anyway.
But please, FCC, spare my reality TV.
The Federal Communications Commission this
month fined the FOX network a record $l.lB mil
lion for indecency in an April 2003 episode of the
short-lived reality series, "Married by America."
First of all, has the FCC ever watched the FOX
network? Just the fact that Paris Hilton has her own
show should be considered obscene.
You probably missed "Married by America" (the
ratings were dismal) in which viewers played
matchmaker to singletons who would do just about
anything to get on TV, including one contestant
who, unbeknownst to FOX, turned out to be already
married. Oops.
The ruling terrifies me on many levels. With the
FCC banning whipped-cream antics and lap dances
on reality TV shows, hot-tub scenes and nude photo
shoots can only be next. There go "The Bachelor"
(which, OK, should be canceled anyway),
"America's Next Top Model" and the late-night clas
sic "Elimidate."
What if FOX, which has 30 days to appeal the
fines, gets spooked and actually starts toning it
down? Is this the beginning of the end of quality
(and by "quality" I mean the opposite) reality tele
vision fare like the network's forthcoming "Ivana
Young Man" and "The Swan," which began its sec
ond season last night?
We digress now for the schadenfreude-ilicious
moment of the week: reality TV star and pop singer
Ashlee Simpson's blooper on "Saturday Night
Live." Sure, it's embarrassing that Jessica’s little sis
got caught lip-synching on national TV, but what
possessed her to make it 10 times worse by busting
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out in an impromptu jig before ditching her band
and fleeing offstage? Uh, thanks for trying to dis
tract us, but we still noticed, Milli Vanilli.
Later, Simpson made things even worse for her
self by trying to blame the band: "My band started
playing the wrong song. I didn't know what to do
so I thought I'd do a hoe-down.” I wonder if that
moment will make it on to "The Ashlee Simpson
Show" on MTV.
Moving 0n... in the interest of space, today's Re
ality Check is presented in haiku form. Haiku pur
ists, please hold your calls.
THE APPRENTICE 2'
Like a yipping dog / Little Stacy irritates / And
so, she is fired. (9 p.m. Thursdays, NBC)
THE BIGGEST LOSER'
The fridge so tempting / Watch out for the woman
when / Blood sugar is low. (8 p.m. Tuesdays, NBC)
WIFE SWAP'
Pink feather boa / On a dairy farm with cows /
Shades of Miss Hilton. (10 p.m. Wednesdays, ABC)
EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION'
A generous heart / Deserves a tricked-out home
with / A hydraulic bed. (8 p.m. Sundays, ABC)
'SURVIVOR: VANUATU'
Sarge dreams of woman / Put Twila in a dress
and / Take her to dinner. (8 p.m. Thursdays, CBS)
'AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL'
Plus-size Toccara / Size thirty-eight triple D / La
Perla won t fit. (8 p.m. Wednesdays, UPN)
'MANHUNT'
Girls in the bathtub / Male models in boxer shorts
/ Move over, Tyra. (10 p.m. Tuesdays, Bravo)
THE SWAN 2'
Burned by childhood scars / From a house with no
mirrors / A swan emerges. (9 p.m. Mondays, FOX)
THE BACHELOR'
Farewell to Krysta / But what happened to sweet
Jayne? / She's evil, I fear. (9 p.m. Wednesdays,
ABC)
HE'S A LADY’
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/ "I'm so beautiful!" (10 p.m. Tuesdays. TBS)
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