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I’m not even sure if there is an analogy to compare his performance to.  Is this Tiger Woods in 1999?  Or Michael Jordan or can we just jump levels and say that this Price is Right performance is on a Shakesperean level?

I bet he’s not thinking about the taxes on two cars and a trip to Boston or the $26K.

True story: My grandpa was on the show way back in the day when Bob Barker and Rod Roddy were prowling the set and he won a sailboat/schooner and almost one a car.  Didn’t make it to the showcase showdown by a hair.  Still, it was like he was a celebrity or something.  When he came home from LA it was like Cesar marching through the streets of Rome.  [via Cynical-C]

They should have just cancelled The Price is Right when Bob Barker decided to retire to the stud farm, alas producers have tapped Drew Carey to replace him.

CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler says Carey “is incredibly smart, he’s fast on his feet, his facility with improv is extraordinary, but also he’s a man of the people. Much of what The Price Is Right is about is establishing a rapport with contestants. When they come up there, they really (will) feel he’s rooting for them. Plus, he’s funny.”

Tassler credits CBS chief Leslie Moonves with the idea of hiring Carey. As president of Warner Bros. Television, Moonves worked with Carey on TheDrew Carey Show.

CBS says Carey’s Price Is Right shows will begin airing this fall, but it’s unclear when.

Carey, has some hosting experience, and not at the local Applebees. He presided over Who’s Line is it Anyway? for ABC back in the day. His sitcom was pretty good, so maybe there is hope.