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Question: I'm stumped! I have been frantically searching for the last names of Lewis and Oswald on The Drew Carey Show. Please help! — Julie Televisionary: So it's only when you're completely out of options that you come crawling to your ol' pal Televisionary for an answer, huh Julie? After you've asked all the other know-it-alls and found they don't know it all? (Just kidding — if I thought you hadn't done your homework, I'd have abused you for that too, kid.) The last name of delivery guy extraordinaire Oswald (Diedrich Bader) is Harvey. Pal Lewis (Ryan Stiles) carries the surname Kiniski. And I don't blame you for the interest. For my money, Drew Carey is an underrated and unrecognized trouper of a show for ABC. It may not be groundbreaking on its face, but Carey comes off as a star who puts some effort into keeping things fresh — take those live shows and blooper episodes, for example — and the series boasts some of

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Question: I'm stumped! I have been frantically searching for the last names of Lewis and Oswald on The Drew Carey Show. Please help! — Julie

Televisionary: So it's only when you're completely out of options that you come crawling to your ol' pal Televisionary for an answer, huh Julie? After you've asked all the other know-it-alls and found they don't know it all? (Just kidding — if I thought you hadn't done your homework, I'd have abused you for that too, kid.)

The last name of delivery guy extraordinaire Oswald (Diedrich Bader) is Harvey. Pal Lewis (Ryan Stiles) carries the surname Kiniski.

And I don't blame you for the interest. For my money, Drew Carey is an underrated and unrecognized trouper of a show for ABC. It may not be groundbreaking on its face, but Carey comes off as a star who puts some effort into keeping things fresh — take those live shows and blooper episodes, for example — and the series boasts some of the best supporting players of any current TV sitcom. Bader and Stiles always manage to milk extra laughs from already chuckle-worthy material, while Kathy Kinney's Mimi (last name Bobeck, in case you were wondering) continues to be one of a kind. And Christa Miller's Kate (last name O'Brien) is simply adorable.

An unusual amount of praise? Yeah, I know. What can I tell you? I'm in a good mood. Might as well enjoy it while it lasts.