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Born in Cleveland, OH, Drew Carey’s career actually began with a six-year stint in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. But in 1985 Carey started doing stand-up comedy in area clubs, and after an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” his entertainment career took off.
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Drew Carey has a natural instinct for making people laugh. An ex-Marine reservist, he began his career after winning an open-mic contest in his hometown of Cleveland. He was a contestant on Star Search and has had a series of HBO specials and a successful signature sitcom. Carey's autobiography, Dirty Jokes and Beer, offers insight into his sometimes dark past and was on The New York Times best-seller list. He hosts CBS' The Price is Right and the net's primetime game show, The Power of Ten.
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Drew Allison Carey was born on May 23, 1958, in Cleveland, Ohio. The youngest of three boys, he endured a difficult childhood that included the tragic loss of his father to a fatal brain tumor as well as episodes of sexual abuse at the hands of a member of his extended family. These dark incidents prompted an early onset of depression and Carey twice attempted suicide before the age of 25.
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In the Fall of 1985, Carey was living in Cleveland and working as a waiter. A disc jockey friend of his thought he was funny and offered to pay him if he ever came up with some funny ideas for his radio show. Carey found a book on how to write jokes at the local library and in January, 1986, he made good on his New Year's resolution to try them out on stage during an amateur night at a local comedy club. His first paid job doing stand-up was in April, 1986; and according to Carey, he "just barely" started making a living at comedy later that year.
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Drew Carey was born the youngest child of working class parents in glamourless Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a draftsman for General Motors, died of a brain tumor when Carey was eight. Carey sights the event as the cause of the bouts of depression he would suffer for the following twenty years. As a result of his fathers death his mother had to work long hours to support the family. Drew was subsequently left home alone and spent a great deal of time watching cartoons and listening to comedy albums.
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Carey is known for being a devoted Cleveland Browns, Indians and U.S. Soccer fan. In 1999, Carey was part of the pregame ceremonies at the first game of the new expansion Cleveland Browns televised on ESPN. When he promoted The Drew Carey Show in 1995, at the same time the Indians were making a miraculous run at the World Series, he poked fun at the rest of baseball by saying, "Finally, it's your team that sucks!"[36] He ... showed his support for the team by throwing the first pitch at an August 12, 2006 Indians game against the Royals. He was rewarded by the Cleveland Indians for being "the greatest Indians fan alive" with a personal bobblehead doll made in his likeness given to fans.[37] Carey responded to his bobblehead likeness by saying "Bobblehead Day, for me, is as big as getting a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame."[38]
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