July 24, 2007
Drew Carey is stepping into Bob Barker's shoes as the new host of CBS' "The Price Is Right."
The actor-comedian said Monday during a taping of another long-running CBS show, "Late Show With David Letterman," that he has officially signed on to take over as host of the game show, ending months of speculation about who would replace Barker.
"It's a done deal; I'm the new host of 'The Price Is Right,' " Carey told Letterman to applause from the audience as Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra played the game show's theme song.
Carey added that the deal was finalized only 15 minutes before he sat down to talk with the "Late Show" host. He also said he's not sure when he's going to start working on "Price" but joked that "my girlfriend was (already) on the phone with a personal shopper from Bergdorf's."
"Well, history says that this will be a nice long career for you as the host of 'The Price Is Right,'" Letterman said before agreeing with Carey's comment that "it's fun doing a show for years and years, isn't it?"
The actor-comedian said Monday during a taping of another long-running CBS show, "Late Show With David Letterman," that he has officially signed on to take over as host of the game show, ending months of speculation about who would replace Barker.
"It's a done deal; I'm the new host of 'The Price Is Right,' " Carey told Letterman to applause from the audience as Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra played the game show's theme song.
Carey added that the deal was finalized only 15 minutes before he sat down to talk with the "Late Show" host. He also said he's not sure when he's going to start working on "Price" but joked that "my girlfriend was (already) on the phone with a personal shopper from Bergdorf's."
"Well, history says that this will be a nice long career for you as the host of 'The Price Is Right,'" Letterman said before agreeing with Carey's comment that "it's fun doing a show for years and years, isn't it?"
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