Added into the mix was another veteran actor, Jerry Stiller, who played Carrie's father.

Doug and Carrie Heffernan hit another trope with their constant bickering and hilarious put-downs. Danny Heffernan ( Gary Valentine) - Doug's cousin, also one of Doug's close friends who begins working at IPS after a pizzeria which he owned burns down in the series' fourth season.On the surface, the show appeared to be another sitcom with a middle-class, oddly paired couple - her traditionally beautiful and him, well, not so much.Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller) - Carrie's Dad, also has babysat for the Palmers numerous times.Spence Olchin (Patton Oswalt) - Also one of Doug's close friends, Doug, Danny, Deacon all drive with him on a whim to Tennessee to try to stop a marriage between his ex-girlfriend and another man.Carrie Heffernan - Best friends with Kelly, has babysat for the Palmers numerous times.Doug Heffernan - Deacon's best friend, also in one episode, began to become chummy with Deacon's wife Kelly, going to ballgames and movies all the time.She is later written back into the series, getting back together with Deacon, their divorce having never been finalized. They do get back together but break up more seriously later with her filing for divorce, this storyline was written because her actress was cast in the tv series Alias. In Season 3, she temporarily separates from Deacon after finding out that Deacon had been seeing a different woman behind her back, concluding (with Carrie) that it was cheating even though Deacon hadn't done anything physical. Kelly is played by actress Merrin Dungey. She and Deacon have two sons: Major Palmer and Kirby Palmer.

She is very similar in temperament and personal tastes to Carrie Heffernan, her best friend, and former high school classmate. Kelly Palmer is Deacon Palmer's wife (most of the time she is, when not separated or estranged from him). Deacon and Kelly Palmer in the episode 'Home Cheapo' from 'King of Queens'īest friend of Carrie Heffernan/ She and Deacon often suffer friction in relationship once separated in process of divorce, they reconcile by the series finale episode

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