Drew Carey to host The Price is Right - BREAKING NEWS

cant wit to see him

There is no one who could replace Bob Barker. When I first heard he was retiring, I said that will be the end of The Price is Right!! And I know I am right now!!

I am not happy about the choice of replacement for Bob Barker. My husband and I have watched Price is Right for many years but will not longer watch it if Drew Carey is the host. He has the personality of a mud fish and we just cannot stand to look at him. I don't think he is much better choice than Rosie would have been. I give the show 1 year and it will go off the air.

I think it's interesting how much Drew Carey resembles the original host of the price is right from the 50's, Bill Cullen.

Chuck Woolery??? That would be dumber than this great faux paux. As one of the best game show hosts ever, Chuck is now 66 years old...Maybe 20 years ago.

The best choice out there was Hurley...Oh well, it's time this show ran it's course anyway.

rjlawrencejr:
I did know full and well about Bob hosting T or C for 15 years before he started hosting TPIR. That was not my point. The difference between Barker and Carey (and we'll soon see many differences) is that Bob is a MASTER OF CEROMONIES and Drew is a COMEDIAN. Hosting T or C gave Bob more than enough experience to be the host of TPIR in 1972. Can you honestly say hosting "Who's Line Is It Anyway" will make Drew ready to host TPIR? He mostly sat behind a desk on that show while Wayne, Ryan, and Colin did all the work.

When I brought up Sajak I was pointing out that Sajak is known first for being host of Wheel of Fortune. That's what TPIR needs right now. Somebody to make their name on the show, not somebody with a already famous name taking over. I've never heard anything about Sajak being on the Today show before WOF. Before he got WOF hardly anybody outside of L.A. knew who he was. You can say the same for Bob and T or C. People in Detroit, St. Louis, and Dallas didn't know who Pat Sajak was UNTIL he became host of WOF. People in Detroit, St. Louis, and Dallas know who Drew Carey is, which makes his job even harder. Hosting "The Power of 10" and Who's Line is not like hosting T or C for 15 years.

Mike:
No there isn't a "M.C. vocational school," but that doesn't mean they had to pick some out of work stand-up comic for the hosting job at TPIR either. Unfortunatly TV doesn't have anymore Dick Clarks, Bob Barkers, Johnny Carsons, and Ed Sullivans. The only real M.C. left on TV is Regis Philbin. Drew Carey is not in their league.

Yes Bill Cullen is remembered by you and I, but not by most of TPIR's young fans. Not all TPIR fans know there was another version of the show before this one. That's what I was saying not everybody who watches game shows know or respect their history.

Drew Carey might be a better fit to replace David Letterman, not Bob Barker. Being a comic doesn't make a person ready to get a contestant to pick up the pace while playing the Ten Chances game. Being witty doesn't make a person able to remember all the rules to 75 different pricing games. Did Carey even audition for the producers? Something tells me this was more CBS's decision and less of FremantleMedia's.

Let's see "Power of 10" debuts in a few weeks and they just happen to give TPIR job to the host of that show too? Sounds like announcing Carey as host of TPIR is just more free press for "The Power of 10" than it does sound like making the right choice for TPIR. CBS is #1 in daytime but they don't care because if they did they'd promote their daytime shows in prime-time. But you'll see 400 promos for Big Brother during TPIR.

What is Rolf Benirschke, RJ.

Chris, do you think there's some MC vocational school that spontaneously generates game show hosts?

Bob Barker? Radio & yes, T or C for 18 years or so, making him someone who both on his own show for years and rather famous prior to TPIR.

Bill Cullen? Well remembered by game show fans, thank you. Memorable?

Well, he was on the short list of contenders for hosting duties of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? but producers had to stand down as Bill had been dead for several years.

Now THAT'S staying power, baby.

KMF and Chris, while I am not totally sold on the Drew Carey idea, it is obvious neither of you were old enough to remember TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, the popular syndicated game show Barker hosted for 15 years prior to hosting TPIR. So to ask why are they giving the show to someone who is a known quantity and/or is hosting a show already is off base.

As far as Sajak hosting WHEEL, yes he was a relatively obscure weatherman at KNBC here in LA, however he was pretty popular here and known for his on-air antics such as the time he tried to fry an egg in a parking lot during a heat wave. I may br wrong about this, but i want to say he sometimes subbed for Willard Scott on TODAY. However, i have no sources to confirm that claim.

Now here's a trivia question for y'all: who replaced Sajak as host of the daytime version of WHEEL when it was still on NBC?

How come Woolery wasn't in the running for the gig? It's not like he's new to the hosting job.

I really think Drew Carey is an excellent choice as the next host of the Price Is Right. I grew-up with him in the Old Brooklyn section of Cleveland, he was and still is a great "down-to-Earth" guy! Enjoyed the Drew Carey Show for its comic innovations, enjoyed his book, and glad he's coming back to the small screen! "Carey's Babes" sounds like a good name for his female models - just waiting to hear his "end tags" on the show!

Andrew @ MALL727.net