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"Drew Cam" is the ninth episode of the fifth season of the American sitcom ''The Drew Carey Show'', and the 110th overall. The episode sees Drew (Drew Carey) becoming a 24-hour salesman for the Winfred-Louder department store. Webcams are installed in his house and he has to promote the store's range of appliances. While Drew is out, the webcams continue to stream events that occur in his house. When the viewers become bored of Drew's life, his friend Kate O'Brien (Christa Miller) is hired to play his girlfriend for the show. Isabel (Rosa Blasi) replaces Kate, who becomes jealous. She eventually tells Drew she loves him during the webcast. The episode was written by Holly Hester, based on an idea by Michael Becker, and directed by Sam Simon. It first aired on November 17, 1999 on ABC in the United States. Parts of the episode were broadcast simultaneously on television and the Internet, a first for a primetime show. As ABC did not own the online rights to ''The Drew Carey Show'', the company had to work with Warner Bros. Television to produce the webcast. Negotiations between the two companies began in June 1999. ABC and Warner Bros. hoped to target around 500,000 viewers of the estimated 4 million US households with Internet access that regularly watched the show. "Drew Cam" was seen by an estimated 11.2 million viewers, finishing inside the Top 20 in the ratings the week it aired. It was the second highest rated episode of the fifth season. The webcast attracted the largest online audience watching a streaming media event, with the website receiving almost two million visits and 650,000 streams. "Drew Cam" received mixed reviews from critics, with some calling it ambitious, while others thought it was nothing more than a marketing gimmick. ==Plot== At the Winfred-Louder department store, Mr. Wick (Craig Ferguson) tells Drew (Drew Carey) that Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney) has come up with the idea of putting webcams in her apartment, and have potential customers watch her interact with the store's range of appliances over the Internet, in an attempt to increase sales. Mr. Wick then announces that the board felt she might overshadow the appliances and therefore the webcam will be installed in Drew's house. While Drew is working to advertise the various appliances, his friends Lewis (Ryan Stiles) and Oswald (Diedrich Bader) turn up. Lewis is then pulled aside by Kate O'Brien (Christa Miller), who shows him a letter she wrote to Drew detailing her love for him. Lewis reminds Kate that Drew's therapist told him he is not ready for a relationship until he learns to love himself. The following day, Mr. Wick tells Drew that the viewers dislike his boring life and plans to get a woman to live with him for the show. Lewis suggests Kate for the role and Mr. Wick accepts. Both Drew and Kate work hard to advertise the products, but Mr. Wick soon tells them that the viewers do not think they have chemistry, and he replaces Kate with Isabel (Rosa Blasi), another Winfred-Louder employee. Mimi soon admits that she wants to be on Drew's show, so she can promote her talents, but Drew denies her request. Drew and Isabel become closer, making Kate jealous. Online shopping for Winfred-Louder increases and Mr. Wick extends the promotion for another two weeks. Drew tells Kate that he is thinking of asking Isabel out on a date and she reacts strangely. Lewis nearly admits he knows what is going on with Kate, but he falls asleep before doing so. The next day, Kate visits Drew and noticing Isabel wearing Drew's shirt, she confronts her, causing Isabel to leave. Kate then finally admits to Drew that she is in love with him. Drew is surprised, happy and confused at the same time, so Kate leaves him alone to think about it. Drew breaks up with Isabel, meaning he has to give all the appliances back. While Drew is out, Lewis and Oswald decide to use the new washer and dryer before it goes. They strip off, but noticing the camera, Lewis covers it with a shirt. When it falls off, the viewers see Oswald washing Lewis in a small bath tub. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drew Cam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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