Drake & Josh
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| Format | Teen sitcom |
| Created by | Dan Schneider |
| Starring | Drake Bell Josh Peck Miranda Cosgrove Nancy Sullivan Jonathan Goldstein |
| Theme music composer | Drake Bell Backhouse Mike |
| Opening theme | "I Found a Way", performed by Drake Bell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 60 (+ 1 TV film) (List of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Dan Schneider |
| Producer(s) | Kris Patrick Lowery (season 1; supervising producer, seasons 2-4) Joe Catania (seasons 3-4; co-producer, season 2; associate producer, season 1) Bruce Rand Berman (season 4) |
| Location(s) | San Diego, California (setting) Taping locations: Nickelodeon On Sunset in Hollywood, California (seasons 1-2 and 4) Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood, California (season 3) |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera (used FilmLook processing in season 1, filmized appearance afterwards) |
| Running time | approx. 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Schneider's Bakery Nickelodeon Productions |
| Distributor | Nickelodeon |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nickelodeon |
| Picture format | HD: 1080i/720p (some movies) SD: 480i/576i (tv series) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | January 11, 2004 – September 16, 2007 |
| Status | Ended |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Amanda Show (1999-2002) |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Drake & Josh is an American sitcom that premiered on the Nickelodeon television network on January 11, 2004, which follows the lives of two stepbrothers. It is very similar to a sitcom named Kenan and Kel , which stars Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck). Both actors had played roles in The Amanda Show, along with Nancy Sullivan, who appears as Drake's mother in the series. Jonathan Goldstein plays Josh's father, and Miranda Cosgrove plays Drake's little sister. Reruns of Drake & Josh are, as of August 2010[update], appearing on Nickelodeon, YTV, and now on TeenNick at 6 p.m. on weekdays. The show ran from January 11, 2004 to September 16, 2007, although a second film entitled Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh debuted on December 5, 2008. Seasons 1, 2 and 4 were filmed at the Nickelodeon On Sunset in Hollywood and Season 3 was filmed at Tribune Studios (now Sunset Bronson Studios; the Old Warner Brothers Studio) on the same boulevard.
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Plot
Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck) are two teens living in San Diego, California. They become stepbrothers when Drake's mother, Audrey Parker (Nancy Sullivan), and Josh's father, Walter Nichols (Jonathan Goldstein), marry. Drake and Josh now live in the same house and are forced to share a room. Drake is a relaxed, simple, lucky, lazy, popular, and attractive teenage boy. Drake's main talent is guitar playing, which he uses (along with his looks) to attract girls. Josh, on the other hand, is a diligent teenager concerned mainly with his grades and being a model citizen. His actions earn him a reputation as a nerd and a tattletale, although he is capable of having a good time.
Both brothers are often tortured by Drake's mischievous little sister, Megan Parker (Miranda Cosgrove), who often plays pranks on them. Megan is seemingly never caught or punished by their parents, although after the first few seasons Megan makes fun of the boys right in front of their parents several times. Josh's father, Walter, is an inaccurate meteorologist, who can be described as unlucky and clumsy, similar to his biological son Josh. Audrey, Drake and Megan's biological mother, is stricter than Walter. Throughout the series, Drake and Josh go through many conflicts, mishaps and misfortunes. The conflicts are mainly social, often dealing with the relationship between the two brothers, school, work and other issues.
Cast
Main characters
| Character | Actor/Actress | Info |
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| Drake Parker | Drake Bell | A teenager who plays his guitar, copies his homework from Josh and thinks about himself. He is very popular during school, but struggles academically. He is the brother of Josh and often dates. |
| Joshua "Josh" Nichols | Josh Peck | He is normally the mature and intelligent brother. He does very well in school, but always loses the first position to Mindy. He later began dating Mindy, his former rival and later girlfriend. He is also tortured by Megan Parker, his step sister. Despite his competence in most tasks, he often is hapless. He also is very talented at playing pool. |
| Megan Parker | Miranda Cosgrove | Drake's evil, spoiled, and annoying little sister. Megan constantly pulls pranks on the brothers and cause them emotional and sometimes physical pain and torment. She is the main antagonist of the series due to her bad ways towards Drake and Josh although she is not able to be punished because her parents i.e. Audrey and Walter are not aware of her behavior. However, she does inflict pain to her stepfather in Season 4 particularly, like her brothers. |
| Audrey Parker-Nichols | Nancy Sullivan | The mother of Drake and Megan and stepmother of Josh. She is a hard working mother and is the stereotypical housewife (where she is seen cooking, cleaning and doing laundry around the house). She is fairly strict towards her 3 children when trouble arises and she does not let them get away with anything. When an incident happens, she does not actually try to find out who caused it, therefore she just assumes that Drake and Josh did it. |
| Walter Nichols | Jonathan Goldstein | The father of Josh and stepfather to Drake and Megan. Working as a professional if often inaccurate weatherman, Walter is competent as a father although his parenting skills are not as sufficient as his wife's, and he sometimes is embarrassing towards his children. He gives somewhat practical advice to Drake and Josh and, on occasion, Megan. When an incident happens, he usually listens to what Audrey says. His nemesis is a more popular weatherman named Bruce Winchill. |
Recurring characters
| Character | Actor/Actress | Info |
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| Helen Dubois | Yvette Nicole Brown (Frances Callier in "Little Diva") | The sassy owner and manager of the Premiere Cinema that Josh works at. She often gives Josh a hard time, regardless of how hard working he is (Josh is paid for three days when he worked five, because "that way I save money"). Though she likes Drake a lot more. She later gets married in Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp, but is revealed to be divorced in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh. She is considered an opposite of Mrs. Hayfer, who hates Drake. In "Helen's Surgery" she is revealed to have been famous for her role as "Georgia" on the fictional sitcom "Happy Times" (a parody of Good Times) when she was little, and she still gets paid for it, as shown in her condo. |
| Mindy Crenshaw | Allison Scagliotti | Josh's arch-rival and later girlfriend. She and Josh attempt to outdo each other in many areas, most of them academic. Mindy almost always results as the victor in these struggles, and they do not subside after she and Josh begin dating. She and Drake have an immense dislike for each other stemming from "The Council" when Mrs. Hayfer's car was put in her classroom. |
| Eric Blonowitz | Scott Halberstadt | A nerd who is one of Josh's good friends and the best friend of Craig Ramirez. |
| Craig Ramirez | Alec Medlock | Another nerd who is one of Josh's good friends and the best friend of Eric Blonowitz. |
| Gavin Mitchell | Jake Farrow | Another employee of the Premiere who is described as "sleazy" and somewhat oblivious about things. He has a mullet and often tells Josh to clean up gross messes at the Premiere even though after a few minutes he does it himself, usually followed by the phrase "I got it". In "The Storm", it is revealed that he has a crush on Drake's mom and starts hitting on her throughout the episode. |
| Mrs. Hayfer | Julia Duffy | Drake and Josh's English teacher who loathes Drake, but adores Josh. She is considered an opposite of Helen, who likes Drake better. In "Honor Council," her first name is Alice, but in "Vicious Tiberius" her first name is Linda. |
| Crazy Steve | Jerry Trainor | An odd worker at the Premiere who randomly has fits. He is calmed down by the song "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain," but nobody knows why. |
Episodes
| Season | Ep # | First Airdate | Last Airdate |
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| Season 1 | 6 | January 11, 2004 | February 22, 2004 |
| Season 2 | 14 | March 14, 2004 | November 28, 2004 |
| Season 3 | 20 | April 2, 2005 | April 8, 2006 |
| Season 4 | 20 | September 24, 2006 | September 16, 2007 |
TV films
| Film | Airdate |
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| Drake & Josh Go Hollywood | January 6, 2006 |
| Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh | December 5, 2008 |
Broadcast history
- Nickelodeon (January 11, 2004-September 16, 2007) (January 11, 2004–Present; in reruns)
- TEENick (January 11, 2004-February 2, 2009)
- TeenNick (November 26, 2009 - November 29, 2009; February 8, 2010–present; in reruns)
DVD releases
| Name | Release date | Contains |
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| Drake & Josh: Vol. 1 Suddenly Brothers | February 15, 2005 | 4 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush Never-before-seen outtakes |
| Drake & Josh Go Hollywood | January 31, 2006 | The film Bloopers 2 bonus episodes: Helen's Surgery & Mindy's Back "Found a Way" Music video |
| The Best of Drake & Josh-Seasons 1 & 2 | August 21, 2008 | Season 1 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush, Grammy Season 2 episodes: The Bet, Movie Job, Football, Pool Shark, Smart Girl, Little Diva, Number 1 Fan, Mean Teacher, Drew & Jerry, Honor Council |
| The Best of Drake & Josh-Seasons 3 & 4 | August 29, 2008 | Season 3 episodes: We're Married?, Paging Dr. Drake, Foam Finger, Girl Power, Megan's New Teacher, Little Sibling, Theater Thug, Alien Invasion, Dr. Phyllis Show Season 4 episodes: The Great Doheny, The Storm, Tree House, Megan's Revenge, Helicopter, Dance Contest |
| Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh | December 19, 2008 | The film Music video "Jingle Bells" by Drake Bell |
TV special
Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp
Spin City Records wants to sign Drake and his new song, "Makes Me Happy", for their label. He is on the road to fame and fortune, but Josh's inexperience as a manager leads him to sign the contract without reading it. Josh, having been drooling over the giant shrimp at the meeting, accidentally signs over creative rights for Drake's new song. Drake fires Josh, and a series of bizarre events follow. Meanwhile at the Premiere, Helen is getting married, so she gives Mindy Crenshaw the job as assistant manager, the job Josh was after for a long time. Mindy, played by Allison Scagliotti, became Josh's girlfriend in later episodes of the series. Eventually, Josh sneaks into Spin City Records and switches the songs, which is against the law. This makes Drake a statewide superstar and his song "Makes Me Happy" gets played at Helen's wedding and at the Super Bowl. At the end, Drake and Josh fight against the shrimp at their room and later the flashback appears which is actually The Amanda Show scene.
The special aired on August 3, 2007. However, it is also considered an hour-long episode because it is treated like a typical episode with story elements based on films. The special's premiere brought in 5.8 million viewers.[1] The premiere of the special broke the record for the most views of a premiere of a Nickelodeon movie. iCarly's iGo to Japan later broke that record, until the airing of Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh, took the record back.
Movies
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
Drake and Josh are left at home after their parents go on a cruise. They are told to bring Megan to the airport to visit her friend in Denver, but accidentally send her on a flight to Los Angeles. They go to Hollywood to get her back, and end up stopping a multi-billion dollar heist and booking a guest-spot for Drake on TRL. The film aired on January 6, 2006, and, according to TV Guide, it became the highest rated program on all of cable during its opening week. This is the first Drake and Josh film to be presented in HD, sans the laugh track.
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
A new Drake & Josh TV film tentatively entitled "Drake and Josh: Best Christmas Ever" began production in July 2008, and premiered on December 5, 2008.The Title was later changed to "Merry Christmas Drake & Josh". Creator Dan Schneider returned as executive producer, with Marjorie Cohn and Lauren Levine co-executive producing. Michael Grossman directed the feature. The film centers around Drake and Josh, who are working as Santa's helpers in a mall, as they promise a little girl that her foster parents and siblings will have "the best Christmas ever"—and then try to fulfill that promise. Although Drake and Josh aren't having the time of the lives their parents are having a worse time on their vacation because they have to stay in a hut and they have to cope with it in a hurricane.[2]
The TV film was broadcast in HD format, unlike the previous films Drake & Josh Go Hollywood and Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp. It also featured Henry Winkler and MMA fighter Kimbo Slice.
The premiere of Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh broke the record of most viewers for the premiere of a Nickelodeon movie with 8.93 million viewers, a title previously held by iGo to Japan.[3]
Other media
Music
Drake & Josh has had some singles and a soundtrack. The music releases are shown below.
| Name | Contains |
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| "Found a Way" | The theme song of the show by Drake Bell and Michael Corcoran. |
| Drake & Josh | The Drake & Josh soundtrack from the TV Show |
| "Makes Me Happy" | From the film Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp by Drake Bell. |
| "Jingle Bells" | From the film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh by Drake Bell. |
| "Christmas Wrapping" | From the film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh by Miranda Cosgrove. |
| "12 Days of Christmas" | From the film Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh by Drake, Josh, and the orphans. |
Drake and Josh also features parts of various songs within their scene transitions. One of the many songs they feature include "Lithium Flower" by Scott Mathew.
Games
Two video games based on Drake & Josh have been released on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Both of them released in the same year.
| Game | Publisher | Platform |
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| Drake & Josh | THQ | Game Boy Advance. |
| Drake & Josh: Talent Showdown | THQ | Nintendo DS. |
Books
A book series based on Drake & Josh has been published by children's publisher Scholastic since 2006. The books are generally based upon content from the show and essentially novelize two episodes of material, with one being a novelization of a feature length film. The books are written by author Laurie McElroy.
| Book | Author | Info |
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| "Blues Brothers" | Laurie McElroy | Based on the episodes titled "Blues Brothers" and "Number One Fan" |
| "Sibling Revelry" | Laurie McElroy | Based on the episodes titled "The Bet" and "Peruvian Puff Pepper" |
| "Drake & Josh Go Hollywood" | Laurie McElroy | Based on the film Drake & Josh Go Hollywood |
| "Kid Trouble" | Laurie McElroy | Based on the episodes "Megan's New Teacher" and "Little Sibling" |
| "Alien Invasion" | Laurie McElroy | Based on the episodes "Alien Invasion" and "The Demonator" |
| "Surprise!" | Laurie McElroy | Based on the episodes "Josh Runs Into Oprah" and "Vicious Tiberius" |
| "Josh is Done" | Laurie McElroy | Based on the episodes "Josh is Done" and "I Love Sushi" |
Awards
- 2004 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winner: Favourite Kids TV Show
- 2006 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winner: Favorite TV Show
- 2006 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winner: Favorite TV Actor (Drake Bell)
- 2007 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winner: Favorite TV Actor (Drake Bell)
- 2007 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (GER) Winner: Favorite TV Actor (Josh Peck)
- 2007 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favorite TV Show
- 2007 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favorite TV Actor (Drake Bell)
- 2007 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Best Male Singer (Drake Bell)
- 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winner: Favorite TV Actor (Drake Bell)
- 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winner: Favorite TV Show
- 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (BR) Winner: Favorite TV Actor (Drake Bell)
- 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favorite TV Show
- 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favorite TV Actor (Josh Peck)
- 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (AUS) Winner: Favorite Comedy Show
- 2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (NZ) Winner: Favorite Comedy Show
References
- ↑ "Drake & Josh's Big Shrimp Nets Really Big Audience". TV Guide. 2007-08-07. http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Drake-38-Joshs/800019987. Retrieved 2007-10-22.f
- ↑ Viacom (2008-06-12). "The Holidays Come Early for Drake & Josh Fans!". Press release. http://www.viacom.com/news/Pages/newstext.aspx?RID=1165313. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/09/nfl-drake-josh-the-librarian-wwe-raw-and-leverage-lead-weekly-cable-viewing/9385
External links
- Drake & Josh at the Internet Movie Database
- Drake & Josh at TV.com
- Official website
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