"Funniest Comedian DREW CAREY vs JERROD CARMICHAEL"

DREW CAREY

Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name fo...

Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, he gained stardom in his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and as host of the U.S. version of the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, both of which aired on ABC. He then appeared in several films, television series, music videos, a made-for-television film, and a computer game. He has hosted the game show The Price Is Right since August 15, 2007 on CBS. Carey is interested in a variety of sports and has worked as a photographer at U.S. National Team soccer games. He is a minority owner of the Major League Soccer team Seattle Sounders FC, which won the MLS Cup, first in 2016 and again in 2019. He briefly participated in professional wrestling, most notably entering the 2001 Royal Rumble, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011. Carey's autobiography, Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined, details his early life and television career. Carey was born on May 23, 1958. He is the youngest of Lewis and Beulah Carey's three sons (Neil, 1946-2010 and Roger, born 1952) and was raised in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. When Drew was eight years old, his father died from a heart attack. Drew played the cornet and trumpet in the marching band of James Ford Rhodes High School, from which he graduated in 1975.

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JERROD CARMICHAEL

Jerrod Carmichael (/dʒəˈrɒd/ jə-ROD; born June 22, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Carmichael co-created and starred in the...

Jerrod Carmichael (/dʒəˈrɒd/ jə-ROD; born June 22, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Carmichael co-created and starred in the semi-biographical NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show, which ran from 2015 to 2017. Carmichael was born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the son of Cynthia, a secretary, and Joe Carmichael, a truck driver. He has an older brother, Joe Carmichael Jr. He was raised in the Morningside neighborhood. Carmichael grew up poor, which is a frequent topic in his stand-up comedy. In fifth grade, he hosted a morning news show on his elementary school's local access channel. He graduated from Robert B. Glenn High School in 2005. Carmichael's early comedic influences were stand-ups Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Sinbad, and George Carlin.

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