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Drew Carey Spent 30 Minutes Crafting Bored Reaction to Historic 'Price is Right' Win

Kyle Buchanan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:26:10 EST

It's been over thirty years since a contestant on The Price is Right guessed the exact price of their Showcase Showdown. So why was Drew Carey's so unenthused when it happened yesterday?According to TMZ, Carey's blasé delivery of "You got it right on the nozzze...spayed and neutered...I'm outta here" wasn't just the simple, tossed-off gesture of a man late to the afternoon hot wings special at Crazy Girls:

A TMZ spy who happened to be in the audience during the taping says when Drew knew the guy hit the exact number, he stopped taping and had a pow-wow with show producers for nearly 30 minutes. Our spy thinks they were trying to figure out how to handle the situation on camera. Unfortunately, when they resumed taping, Drew's reaction was a little less than spectacular — while the crowd went insane.

To be fair, the crowd goes insane at the merest glimpse of the Plinko board, but still! Had Bob Barker delivered the news, he surely would have brought it the deserved sense of occasion; we can envision him now, giving one of the Barker's Beauties a celebratory fondle while spaying the vanquished Showcase contestant in a little-known, terribly bloody consequence of her competitor's exact guess.

"Price Is Right" Miracle, Drew Couldn't Care Less [TMZ]

Drew Carey Already Working Miracles On His First Day On The 'Price Is Right'

Seth — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:19:10 EDT

Everything after the final notes of its familiar theme, from the playing out of a highly suspect "perfect game," to the friendly sign-off reminder to "help control the sex-worker population: Have a hooker spayed or neutered today," suggested a new era has dawned at The Price is Right. Gone is Bob Barker's well-calibrated "atmosphere of terror." In its place is new host Drew Carey's atmosphere of congeniality, where every contestant is referred to as "buddy" or "man," and where new cars are given away with a frequency that would make Oprah blush.

In honor of his first day on the job, Carey sat down with another emcee of a CBS show featuring a wide array of dimwitted Americans doing impossibly stupid things for cash and prizes, Julie Chen, to relay first-hand what it feels like to shepherd a congregation of Plinko-board-worshiping revivalists.

The Price is Right [CBS]

What Elizabeth Hasselbeck Sees When She Closes Her Eyes

Seth — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:14:54 EDT

We're not entirely sure what to make of this Pringles-can-eye-view of Rosie O'Donnell recently uploaded to her Flickr stream. Perhaps the digitally altered portrait is message-art, there to remind Drew Carey—recently chosen over her to host The Price is Right—that despite his recent casting coup, the planet still very much revolves around O'Donnell's blinding star, and that he should remain grateful that she doesn't choose to dispense of the bespectacled comedian by incinerating him with her sapphic UV rays or one blow of her hurricane-powered super-breath.

photobooth [Rosie O'Donnell's Flickr Stream]

Drew Carey To Host 'Price Is Right' Despite Having No Stated Opinion On Pet Neutering

Seth — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:21:42 EDT

Having determined that Hi Lo matches would in no way be enhanced by a clinically depressed hostess who'd interrupt the popular pricing game to vengefully accuse announcer Rich Fields of having betrayed her, producers of The Price is Right opted not to go with Rosie O'Donnell as Bob Barker's successor. Instead, TV Week reports, CBS has made an official offer to former sitcom star and improv referee Drew Carey:

Drew Carey has accepted CBS's offer to replace Bob Barker as the new host of "The Price Is Right," sources confirmed.

The plan was to have Carey announce on CBS's "Late Show With David Letterman" tonight.
Carey was offered the position after CBS saw his hosting skills in its new game show "Power of Ten." CBS had no comment.

Carey seems a logical choice for several reasons: His buttoned-down persona suggests the kind of 1950s accountant who might actually care about the exact price of Jiffy Pop, and his likable demeanor would be sure to put nervous contestants at ease. Then again, rumors of his home's spongy-walled sex dungeon hint at the comedian's playful, darker side, and CBS might want to take every precaution to ensure their new employee doesn't get overly handsy with Carey's Cuties while the cameras' red lights are off.

Carey Will Host 'Price' [TVWeek.com]

Bob Barker's Rosie O'Donnell Endorsement Indicates He's Further Gone Than We Realized

Seth — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:22:29 EDT

In the end, no large-scale acts of violence would mar this year's Daytime Emmys, even after the tense, armrest-clenching moment (video above) when the ladies of The View were passed over for best hosting honors in favor of perennial favorite Ellen DeGeneres.

Watching the telecast live from home, Rosie answered fan questions in real time on her blog, where she confirmed a backstage comment from best game show host winner (suck on that, Trebek) Bob Barker, who said O'Donnell—his first choice!—would be meeting with The Price is Right producers to discuss the possibility of fulfilling her long-held dream of becoming his Plinko-administrating successor. For O'Donnell, the development is a major coup, and proves kiss-assy full page ads in Variety really do work, but that will do little to console Price purists, who are dreading their visions of contestants' row bidders reaching into her pantsuit pocket to pull out Koosh Balls instead of $100 bills, and Showcase Showdown grand prizes consisting of lesbian family cruises to Antigua.

Rosie O'Donnell Confirms She Will Meet With "The Price Is Right" This Week [HuffPo]
Barker Says O'Donnell Could Replace Him [ABCNews.com]
Previously: Rosie O'Donnell Not Ready To Give Up On Her 'Price Is Right' Dreams [Defamer]

Rosie O'Donnell Long Dreamed Of Ruling Over Contestants' Row With An Iron Fist

Seth — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:15:42 EST

Chingchonggate may finally be blowing over, but even casual watchers of The View know Rosie O'Donnell's tenure at the yapfest won't be long. Case in point: O'Donnell's rambling diatribe on the alien, rich-lady ways of Barbara Walters (pay special attention to Walters' patented DeathStare), whose penchant for throwing dinner parties not featuring a communal macaroni salad bowl led O'Donnell to practically rally the audience to rise up against her boss and join a people's revolution. Now, a press release from Extra gets Rosie to address rumors that she wants to take over from retiring Bob Barker to host The Price is Right:

O'Donnell addressed rumors that she is leaving her job at "The View" to host "The Price is Right." O'Donnell said, "See I want 'The Price is Right,' but nobody's offered me 'The Price is Right.'" About her current contract co-hosting "The View," she revealed, "It is a clause in my contract [allowing her to take over Bob Barker's job], but they apparently don't want me...which is sort of sad...because I have visions for 'The Price is Right.'"

We have no idea if there really is a "Come On Down!" escape clause in O'Donnell's View contract, but assuming this is not a joke, we're praying Barker's legacy isn't sullied with the introduction of O'Donnell's unsubtle comedy stylings into Price is Right's delicate game show chemistry. Besides the unsettling image of the plus-sized host flanked on all sides by her "O'Donnell's Beauties," we can barely stomach the thought of valuable game time being taken up by on-camera apologies in which the comedian is required to explain how she had no idea screaming "ARRIBA, ARRIBA, ANDALE, ANDALE!!!" at a contestant of Latin American descent during a round of the Clock Game could be construed as culturally insensitive.

[ExtraTV.com]