50 Fun Facts About The King of Queens

On which network did The King of Queens air from 1998 to 2007?

It ran nine seasons and 207 episodes, all filmed before a live studio audience.

The actor who plays Doug started his career on Long Island in 1989 doing what?

Kevin James debuted at Richie Minervini's East Side Comedy Club.

Who plays Carrie Heffernan?

She and James reunited in 2016 for Kevin Can Wait.

In which Queens neighbourhood do the Heffernans live?

The fictional address is 3121 Aberdeen Street; the show was actually shot at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.

What is the name of the delivery company Doug drives for?

International Parcel Service; his supervisor Patrick O'Boyle calls him only 'Heffernan'.

What is Carrie's job?

She works in Manhattan for a demanding law-firm boss played by Victor Raider-Wexler under two different names.

Who plays Carrie's father Arthur Spooner?

His real-life wife Anne Meara plays Spence's mother Veronica, whom Arthur marries in the finale.

Why does Arthur move into the Heffernans' basement in the pilot?

It was uninsured, so the basement became a nine-season arrangement.

Who plays Doug's best friend and co-worker Deacon Palmer?

Deacon and his wife Kelly have two sons, Major and Kirby; Williams earned an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2007.

Which comedian plays the nerdy Spence Olchin?

Spence is asthmatic, allergic to peanuts, and once claims to be from Ottawa to impress Huey Lewis.

Doug's cousin Danny is played by Gary Valentine, who is Kevin James's what in real life?

Valentine is their father's middle name; the two grew up in Stony Brook and both played football at SUNY Cortland.

What does the character Holly Shumpert do for a living?

Doug and Carrie hire her to 'walk' Arthur along with the dogs.

Which celebrity plays himself as the Heffernans' next-door neighbour?

The Incredible Hulk star is driven mad by neighbours quoting 'You wouldn't like me when I'm angry'.

Which sitcom star appears as Doug's Long Island friend Ray Barone?

It was a CBS crossover; James had earlier played a different character in eight episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond.

Where do Doug and Carrie fly to in the series finale?

They race each other there to adopt baby Ming-Mei, then discover Carrie is pregnant too.

What is the title of the series finale?

The double-length episode aired May 14, 2007 and was written by co-creator Michael J. Weithorn.

Whom does Arthur end up marrying in the finale, after his first bride walks out?

Ava St. Clair leaves on learning Arthur is not gay; a year later he is back in the basement, marriage over.

Which game show is Doug watching instead of going to Arthur's wedding?

He rants that 'the Rice-a-Roni is much cheaper than the Turtle Wax'.

Where does Deacon find Doug's passport in the finale?

Doug then surprises Carrie on the plane and they patch things up on the long flight.

Whom does Holly move in with at the end of the finale?

She hits it off with the rabbi and decides to convert to Judaism.

Who performed the theme song 'Baby All My Life I Will Be Driving Home to You'?

It arrived with season two; the first season opened with just an eight-second subway shot.

How many episodes of The King of Queens were made?

The finale was counted as episodes 206 and 207.

Who created the series?

Both stayed on as executive producers.

Which pub-restaurant is a regular hangout on the show?

Most scenes, though, are in the Heffernan house.

Where was Doug born, a fact he only discovers in season five?

The Canadian origin comes out in the episode 'Dog Shelter'.

What is Carrie's actual first name?

Carrie Heffernan, née Simone Spooner.

Which character was quietly written out in season three so the actor could join another sitcom?

Larry Romano left for Kristin; Richie called Doug 'Moose'.

Which character vanished after the first season and was later treated as if she never existed?

Carrie's half-sister appeared in five early episodes; later plots imply Carrie is an only child.

Which talk-show host plays Doug's sister Stephanie?

A gym teacher who thinks her parents favour Doug; she has a fling with Richie.

What nickname did Doug once give his cousin Danny?

Danny once owned a pizza parlour and is divorced from a woman named Eva.

What are the names of Deacon and Kelly's sons?

Deacon and Kelly separate in season four after his affair, then reconcile.

For which episode did Kevin James receive his 2006 Emmy nomination?

Tony Shalhoub won for Monk that year.

At its peak, in season four, where did the show rank in the Nielsen ratings?

It slipped after a 2003 move to Wednesdays opposite The West Wing.

In which studio complex was the series filmed?

Only the opening montage of the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty and a Sbarro was shot in New York.

In which 2016 sitcom did James and Remini reunite?

It ran until May 2018.

What is Kevin James's real surname?

He was born in Mineola, New York in 1965; brother Gary took the stage name Valentine.

Which 2009 film gave Kevin James his signature big-screen role as a shopping-centre security guard?

His first film role was in 50 First Dates in 2004, followed by Hitch.

Which real-life couple play Arthur and Veronica?

Meara had first appeared as a different woman flirting with Arthur in 'S'aint Valentines'.

What is Spence's birthday, as noted in the show?

Valentine's Day, for the least lucky-in-love member of the group.

How often has Arthur been married before the series finale?

The wedding to Veronica makes four; it does not last a year.

Which song plays over the finale's closing montage of nine seasons?

The montage and its 'thanks for the ride...' sign-off were cut from the Blu-ray and syndication versions.

In the finale, why does Doug refuse at first to attend Arthur's wedding?

He had quit IPS for a sales job at her request, so the secret apartment stings.

Where does the finale wedding take place?

Deacon drags Doug there anyway.

Doug's boss O'Boyle is described as a recovering what?

Sam McMurray plays him from season three; a different actor had the role in one season-one episode.

Which veteran comedian played Arthur in the original pilot before Jerry Stiller changed his mind and took the part?

Stiller had initially turned the role down, so scenes shot with Carter had to be redone.

Doug and Carrie were loosely modelled on the Kramdens from which classic sitcom?

The 2001 episode 'Inner Tube' pays homage with a black-and-white dream in which Doug becomes Ralph Kramden.

What kind of animal is Spence's pet, Allen?

Spence is also asthmatic and allergic to peanuts, though he is spotted eating Peanut M&M's in one episode.

Larry Romano's character, Doug's former roommate in the early seasons, holds what job?

He addressed Doug as 'Moose' and was the self-styled ladies' man of the group.

In which state do Doug's parents Joe and Janet live, in a retirement community?

They kept replacing Doug's childhood dog rather than tell him it had died years earlier.

Why do roommates Danny and Spence legally marry each other in one episode?

The sales pitch offering the set was open only to married couples, so they qualified the hard way.