Per my usual Monday routine, I was watching The Price is Right yesterday. Usual stuff, but some guy from Chicago got up on stage and won the Fabulous Showcase.

He was a goofy looking guy, with his hat cocked at the "hip-hop angle". I didn't think nothing of it until his friends came up on stage to celebrate with him. They're all jumping around (on each other no less--- at least cop a feel on the models, you dweebs) then they start flashing gang signs as the credits roll.

Now I'm about as cool as an in-grown toenail, but being on stage in Television City and flashing gang signs doesn't seem too....well, gangsta. "Yo, dawg.. 'member when he was on TPIR. Off da' hook, ya'll! Day-ummm"

That's the greatest thing in the history of everything.

Watched it yesterday and it was a re-run from about three years ago. Doesn't matter. They could air re-runs for the next 50 years and I wouldn't notice.

Cool thing this week: some hot little blonde nugget with tight white pants and shirt won $1,000 in the Showcase Showdown. She jumped up and down. And it ruled.

Also, it's apparently official that Drew Carey will be the new host. That sounds good, but it probably means the end of CBS's soon-to-be-premiering "Power of 10" gameshow, which Carey hosts. From the previews, the show looked like crap-- like something Spike TV would air. No big loss.

Really, Drew Carey is about the best they could do, with who would be willing to take the gig and all.

This is cool (well, for me, at least):

http://www.cbs.com/daytime/price/video/

They re-broadcast the most recent episodes. They even have the Wilferd Brimley "Di-a-beetis" commercial!

Watched Carey's first episode and he seemed incredibly nervous. Most glaring problem was his lack of instructional announcing-- like the way Bob Barker would spout out "and the one of you who bids closest to the actual retail price" in a very routine manner. Carey really seemed to struggle on the transitional segments (when the contestant wins the biddging game and runs up on stage). Again, he didn't explain the games, he'd just say stuff like: "oh, we're gonna' play this game and you can win that prize over there".

I think he'll get better with repitition and time. Bob would sometimes annouce and explain each game in a very monotonous and sometimes condescending tone: "No, no Beatrice..come over here. Here, Beatrice! We have TWO prizes for you. Your job is tell us which one of them is the bigger bargain. Yes..ONE of those two". Plus, whenever the contestants would overbid, Bob seemed to get pissed. When it happened TWICE, it seemed like he was about to whup someone!

Carey seemed to ease up during the third game ("It's in the Bag"). He did a better job of explaining the grocery items than Bob did. Bob would've just breezed through that game, and if a contestant would've asked him what an item was, he'd say something like: "what is that? The one in the green box?!?" Carey referred to the items by their brand name, making it easier for the customer to identify, and also made their sponsors happy.

Carey's doing a good job. He's a bit more fast paced than Barker was but, like you said, that will get better with time. He's a lot better than some of the candidates that were rumored to get the job