Drew Carey takes the slender microphone

CBS confirmed today that Drew Carey, stand-up comic, star of a successful and long-running eponymous sitcom, and host of the American version of Whose Line Is It, Anyway?, has been hired to host The Price Is Right this fall.

Drew Carey is a marvelous choice. He is quick, personable, and brings enough charisma to the Price stage that he might survive as more than a sacrificial, following-Bob guy. I think he’ll do a fine job of balancing decorum and tradition, perhaps ratcheting up the humor just a click or two toward edgy, whilst simultaneously avoiding the thresholds of offense for Price‘s more conservative viewers.

Congratulations, Drew. Best of luck to you.

Don’t fuck up my show.

Thanks to descendingspiral.com for the image.

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5 thoughts on “Drew Carey takes the slender microphone”

  1. I never watched the Drew Carey show – not because of any bias or anything; it just never really caught on with me – but he CRACKS ME UP on Who’s Line. Of course, I think that show’s a screaming riot anyway, and I love it when Colin and Ryan get Drew going SO HARD that he can’t do his commercial break spiel. Funny, funny stuff…

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  2. I think its a bizarre choice really. Bob was so tan handsome and slender and proper… its like your going from the straight man Bud to Lou the cut-up all of a sudden. But perhaps it might bring in a younger audience…? I watch Who’s Line all the time and I think he’s a pretty good host – but Colin and Ryan and the other regulars are the stars of the show and Drew kind of takes a back seat.

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  3. Well, apparently I can still leave comments, at least.

    Blogger has informed me that its spam-detection robots have determined that WmWms is a “spam blog,” so now I have to wait for a human being to review and whitelist it. Until then, I can’t post.

    Free is expensive.

    I’ve got to get moved to dedicated space and WordPress. I’ve been dragging my feet a bit on that, but this little incident has kicked it WAY the hell up my priority list.

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