The king of queens It was a comedy that revolved around the Heffernan family. The family consisted of Doug and Carrie Heffernan and Carrie’s father, Arthur Spooner. Arthur was often at the center of trouble. Even if he wasn’t, he had a way of making any problem worse.
In the first episode of the show, we see Arthur moving in with his daughter and son-in-law because he managed to burn down his own house while using a hot plate. This, a series of other accidents in which he is at the center and the fact that he is bankrupt lead him to the need to live with his family instead of alone.
Arthur was a man who, throughout his working life, had held 74 different jobs. He had never managed to stay with any of them for more than a few weeks. This had created in him the desire to pursue plans to get rich. One of those plans was the creation and commercialization of the Arthur’s Head screwdriver. His screwdriver was basically the same as a Phillips screwdriver except that it featured an embossed letter “A” instead of the usual cross pattern. He used the letter “A” from an old typewriter taped to the end of a handle to create his new invention. He just didn’t see why a guy named Phillips should have a screwdriver with his name on it and Arthur doesn’t.
Many of Arthur’s most entertaining lines on the show revolved around him taunting his son-in-law Doug. Doug is overweight and Arthur never passes up an opportunity to tease him about it. But he’s not just chasing Doug. He is also willing to make fun of himself. Regarding his own wrinkles and sags, he tells Doug, “It’s called gravity, Douglas, and it’s coming for you.”