Drake & Josh
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{{Infobox Television
| show_name = Drake & Josh
| image = Image:Drake&joshcast.jpg
| caption = (Left to right) Drake Bell, Miranda Cosgrove, Nancy Sullivan, Jonathan Goldstein and Josh Peck
| format = Sitcom
| runtime = 22 minutes
| creator = Dan Schneider
| starring = Drake Bell
Josh Peck
Miranda Cosgrove
Nancy Sullivan
Jonathan Goldstein
| country = USA
| network = Nickelodeon
| first_aired = January 11, 2004
| last_aired = present
| num_episodes = 40 (as of April 8, 2006)
| imdb_id = 0363328
| tv_com_id = 11005
}}
Drake & Josh is a Nickelodeon sitcom that stars Drake Bell as Drake Parker and Josh Peck as Josh Nichols. Both stars are from The Amanda Show, as is Nancy Sullivan (Audrey Parker). Miranda Cosgrove from School of Rock plays Megan Parker, Drake and Josh's sister.
Drake & Josh debuted on January 11, 2004, and is Nickelodeon's highest rated live-action launch in 10 years.
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Overview and general information
Drake & Josh is about the various antics of two teenage boys living in a suburb of San Diego, California with contrasting personalities who become stepbrothers when Josh's father, Walter Nichols, portrayed by Jonathan Goldstein, marries Drake's mother Audrey Parker, who is played by Nancy Sullivan. Drake is a "party guy" who likes to play the guitar and sing in his band. He also likes to chase 'hot girls', while Josh is a responsible, studious character who is unpopular in his school. Because of this there are many problems that are used for episode topics. The show also features their sister, Megan Parker (Drake's birth sister) played by Miranda Cosgrove, who is known for playing her practical jokes on the boys as well her extensive spyware collection.
It was revealed on the show that the boys met briefly when they were both eight years old at a baseball park. They both got into a fight over buying a foam finger at a stand. Drake and Josh met again in the fourth grade when Josh wanted to show Drake a magic trick. They did not particularly like each other, as Drake was the "cool kid" in school and Josh sat at the "unpopular" lunch table.
At the Nickelodeon's 2006 Kid's Choice Awards, Drake & Josh won the orange blimp-award for Favorite TV Show. Drake Bell also won for Favorite TV Actor.
Theme song
The theme song for the show is "I Found a Way" written by Drake Bell and Michael Corcoran and performed by Bell. A split-second shot of him singing the theme song is seen in the opening sequence. The song can also been found on Drake Bell's CD, Telegraph.
Characters
See List of Characters from Drake & Josh.
Trivia
- The Premiere is a fictional cinema from the series. It was first mentioned in the show's second season, in the episode Movie Job, where Josh begins to work there. The exterior shots seem to be from the Camino Real Cinemas. The cinema also seems to be connected to an outdoor mall called "The Premiere Galleria". This is revealed when the people there think Josh is the "Theater Thug".
- The crew likes to poke fun of films on the signs outside on the marquee as well as the posters inside the theater for spoofs on The Empire Strikes Back with The Empress Fights Back (complete with the proper logo from that film on the poster) and A Walk to Remember with A Walk to Forget, also Finding Texas replaces Finding Neverland among many others, including "Puppet Fever", "Ick Glokmah", "Buckets of Blood", "Ghost Monsters", "Monsters From the Drain", and "Hobo: The Movie".
- Every opening shows Drake and Josh discussing about and comparing their likes and dislikes or a past event. In the beginning of "The Gary Grill", however, the shapes Drake and Josh are in change size and/or shape and rotation. This is because of Megan, and she shuts Drake and Josh out with the master remote control.
- Josh Nichols is a big fan of Oprah Winfrey.
- Drake Parker's favorite band is the fictional Zero Gravity.
- In a few episodes, in scenes of the camera closing in on The Premiere, you will have a wide enough angle to see a building to its right, appropriately named Schneider's Bakery, the company of Drake & Josh's producer, Dan Schneider.
- In several exterior shots of buildings, you can see the word "Schneider" in the name. Examples include "St. Schneider's Hospital" in Paging Dr. Drake and "The Four Schneiders Hotel" in The Drake and Josh Inn.
- Megan has a room full of high-tech computers and spy gadgets. She has a button that she can press to give Josh an electric shock, a monitor that can view what is going on in every room in the house, and a device that records everything that the boys say in their room.
- This show is partially a spin-off of The Amanda Show, a popular sketch comedy show starring Amanda Bynes. Drake Bell and Josh Peck, who play the two main characters of Drake & Josh, were also cast members on The Amanda Show. The actress that plays their mother (Audrey Parker-Nichols), Nancy Sullivan, was also a main cast member from The Amanda Show, which was also created by Drake & Josh creator Dan Schneider.
- In "Alien Invasion", Megan employs a friend named "Danny", whose face is never seen.
- In "Alien Invasion", it is proven that Megan has a telescope which she uses Josh's laptop with because she "isn't going to bring [hers] outside!"
- In "Alien Invasion", Josh says two figures of speech, "I am whipped up" and "I am going to fix her wagon." Drake takes both literally.
- The Gamesphere that Josh is obsessed with is obviously a parody of the Nintendo GameCube.
- Megan has a Pintendo GS that she plays that is a parody of the Nintendo DS.
- The G-O is an obvious parody of the iPod.
- In "Honor Council", it is revealed that Megan has a website, MeganParker.com.
- Drake and Josh both have cars. It took Josh one try to get his license but it took six tries for Drake to get his.
- Drake had a pet bird named Tweeter but it died in the back of his car.
- John O'Hurley, Erik Estrada, Gary Coleman, Julia Duffy, Gabrielle Carteris, Chelsea Brummet, Josh Server, Paul Gleason, Ted Lange, and Maggie Wheeler have all guest starred on the show.
- There is a Parker street that meets with Nichols street in Ludlow, Massachusetts. "Parker" and "Nichols" are Drake and Josh's last names.
- Dr. Phyllis is an obvious parody of Dr. Phil.
- Mocha-Cola is an obvious parody of Coca-Cola.
- Mountion Fizz is an obvious parody of Mountain Dew
Crew
- Dan Schneider - Creator/Executive Producer/Writer
- Joe Catania - Producer
- Robin Weiner - Producer
Episode guide
Later seasons
It has been confirmed that a third season (the present one) of 20 episodes will air, and a fourth season, in which 10 episodes will air as well. Drake Bell was recently involved in a car accident in Los Angeles on a freeway exit. Three episodes of the fourth season have been filmed and production of the rest of the episodes has been postponed until Drake heals from his injuries. At the KCAs, he accepted his award with Josh Peck, and has begun working on the rest of the season. The fourth season is also rumored to be the last of the series.
Merchandise
There is a soundtrack, Drake & Josh: Songs from and inspired by the hit TV show, that was released on March 8, 2005 on Nick Records. Drake Bell has also realeased a CD called Telegraph, featuring the Drake and Josh theme song, I Found a way, and many more of Drake's songs, such as Circles, (performed on All That), and Highway to Nowhere, (performed on Zoey 101).
Four episodes from the first season have been released on a DVD titled Suddenly Brothers. A second volume, titled Suddenly Family was planned to be released on September 13, 2005[1], but never was. No more news about this DVD has been announced.
On January 31, 2006, Drake & Josh Go Hollywood was released on DVD, with two episodes from the beginning of the third season included as bonus material.