In case you grew up with the early 2000s TV exhibits on Nickelodeon, then there is a good likelihood you are conversant in Drake and Josh. The buddy comedy debuted 21 years in the past and, for a lot of kids of the period like myself, it was a cornerstone of our allotted TV time. Among the forged members have mentioned their time on the beloved sitcom over time, and co-lead Drake Bell not too long ago did simply that. Bell particularly defined what his off-screen relationship with co-star Josh Peck was actually like.
The now-38-year-old singer-songwriter not too long ago appeared on the podcast Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown. In the course of the chat, which is on YouTube, Drake Bell opened up about his life and profession, together with the abuse he endured as a baby star (which he revealed on the Quiet on Set docuseries). Bialik finally requested Bell about his relationship with Josh Peck, and the “I Know” singer had some candy ideas to share:
Josh and I might clearly – we began so younger, we have been rising and going via our adolescence. So there could be occasions the place we have been like, inseparable, ? … [We’d] end work [, and we’re like,] ‘What are you doing?’ ‘Oh, I’m gonna go house and play Ps.’ ‘Alright, I’ll meet you there.’ I’m like, we simply spent 12 hours collectively and, now, we’re at house, taking part in video games and ordering pizza.
What the Amanda Present alum appears to explain is a genial friendship one can have with a piece colleague. On the present, Bell and Peck performed stepbrothers with stark personalities, which made for an Odd Couple-like dynamic. If there’s something the characters had in widespread, it was there tendency to get into wild conditions. It feels like Peck and Bell principally obtained alongside, although the latter additionally humorously made one other remark about their adolescent years:
However then, there [were] additionally occasions the place I used to be like, ‘I’m solely speaking to Josh if it says it within the script. OK? … In any other case, maintain him away from me.’ And I’m certain he felt the identical method.
Hey, teenagers will likely be teenagers, proper? Instances, in fact, change as do individuals, and the connection between these two Nickelodeon veterans has developed over time. In 2017, there was a lot mentioned about Josh Peck and Drake Bell’s beef. The pair have extra not too long ago been in contact once more beneath unlucky circumstances. Peck launched an announcement on QoS, and, across the identical time, Bell revealed they’d began speaking once more.
Contemplating how a lot love the present nonetheless receives, it is affordable that some are nonetheless interested in it returning in some type. Drake Bell is not against a reboot, although he’d ideally be a part of if there was an attention-grabbing concept at play. I would be mendacity if I mentioned it would not be attention-grabbing to see the 2 main males on display screen once more. And, ought to that occur, I would be curious as to how their off-camera relationship would evaluate to the ups and downs of their teenage years.
All 4 seasons of Drake & Josh are at present obtainable to stream with a Paramount+ subscription. It’s also possible to entry Quiet on Set in its entirety utilizing a Max subscription.