Looking at Nick's post about recommendations and suggestions Drew should follow in hosting future editions of TPiR, I'm not sure if he'd construe it as constructive criticism or take it as ... well, something that would cause him to have a nervous breakdown.
Nervous breakdown... don't even go there. That's too funny of an inside joke to me.
I'm getting this growing sense that some posters believe Drew wants to incorporate inane comedy, and that given the chance he would repeat the words "fried chicken" ad naseum non-stop for the whole hour and hope that the audience would be ROTFL as time goes by in the "act." I'd certainly agree that if that's the case, with Nick's post in mind, he'd resign as host and allow CBS to hire someone else.
No, if he could have that, then he'd stay right where he is, because
that's what hosting The Price Is Right is all about to Drew Carey.
I don't know. I've never had an all-negative job review in my life, or any memo that even resembles something that negative (sorry Nick, I don't know how else to say it). I don't know if anyone else on here has. I'm just glad I'm not Drew reading this
The thing is mine or anybody else's remarks about the many negative points of Drew's hosting should not be regarded as a "negative review." These are problems he's exhibited repeatedly and despite numerous remarks here, he still refuses to correct his bad behaviour.
BTW — If the setups of the room prize packages are that bad, then it is a directorial and stage manager problem, and not something that Drew necessarily has control over. Direct all problems to them.
That's not necessarily the case. I believe I read somewhere here that Drew was the one responsible for the green screens, not Bart.
Also, if Drew apparently thinks those small prizes are that bad, I'd wonder what he'd say if he were hosting a show like "Concentration," where small prizes were the norm? I get the growing sense here, too, that he thinks that a prize has to be worth a certain dollar amount to be worth anything.
Yes, Drew has this notion that everybody coming to The Price Is Right is greedy to win big prizes and isn't satisfied winning just a few small prizes or nothing at all. Drew himself may only be interested in big prizes, but he needs to understand that being a contestant on The Price Is Right, or really any game show, is more about the experience--having a fun, good time playing a great game--than winning prizes. That's how shows like What's my Line? were so successful for many years. It's not about the prizes. Sure, the prizes are great, and they're a nice reward for playing a game well; but it's like the old board game mentality. Who plays a board game with friends and gets all sore if they don't win? Only sore losers. Any real player plays to win but has fun either way whether they win or lose.
Nick said:
I think you meant to say, "Yes, not only did it not make for a good script, it didn't make for good television period" — unless I'm grossly misunderstanding you, to which I would then apologize.
You got it right. That's what I meant to say. Man, I
really wish we could still edit posts at any time.
