| King of Queens episode | |
| "Sparing Carrie" | |
| Season 2, Episode # 11 Episode # 36 in series (207 episodes) | |
| Originally Aired: | November 29, 1999 |
| Aired on: | CBS-TV |
| Production code: | 211 |
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Sparing Carrie |
| Written by: | Cathy Yuspa & Josh Goldsmith |
| Directed by: | Rob Schiller |
| Guest stars: | Robert Klein Kymberly Kalil Ellen Ratner |
| Episode chronology | |
| List of The King of Queens episodes | |
Sparing Carrie is the 11th episode of Season 2 of The King of Queens, also the 32nd overall series episode. Co-written by Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, the episode, which was directed by Rob Schiller, originally aired on CBS-TV on November 29, 1999.
Synopsis[]
Doug's bowling team bowls just for fun and is financially supported by the local ale house, but now they threaten to no longer support them if they continue to be on a constant losing streak. Doug soon realizes Carrie is the problem so he removes her from the team making for an awkward household.
Storyline[]
Doug, Carrie, Deacon, Spence, and Richie all are on Cooper's bowling team. Their team is mediocre. The new manager of Coopers (Robert Klein) tells Doug that he will drop the team unless they start to win some games. Doug knows that Carrie, the team's worst player, must be dropped in order to win. Now Doug has to decide what is more important: His wife or the game.
Did You Know?[]
Goofs[]
- Factual errors
Carrie gets kicked off the team because she's a poor bowler. However, that's not how bowling leagues work. Bowlers are given a handicap based on their average score. Poor bowlers, like Carrie, get bigger handicaps so that each team is starting equally. Winning or losing depends only on whether a given team bowls better than their average on a given night. The only way Carrie could truly hurt the team would be if she started out strong and then got consistently worse as the season progressed, so that she'd always be bowling worse than her average.
Soundtracks[]
- Soundtrack Credits
- Baby All My Life I Will Be Driving Home to You (theme song) - Written by Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa, Jonathan Wolff, and Scott Clausen, performed by Billy Vera and The Beaters
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Kevin James as Doug Heffernan
- Leah Remini as Carrie Heffernan
- Jerry Stiller as Arthur Spooner
- Patton Oswalt as Spence Olchin
- Victor Williams as Deacon Palmer
- Larry Romano as Richie Iannucci
Guest starring[]
- Robert Klein as Bruce Degner
- Kymberly Kalil as Annette
- Ellen Ratner as Pam
