‘The Price Is Right’ Contestants Are Frequently High Or Drinking, Claims Host Drew Carey
deadline.comGame show host and comedian Drew Carey has added some new context for the famous phrase “Come on down” used on his show, The Price Is Right. ” In an interview with TV Insider, he revealed that some contestants fortify themselves before heeding the call to the stage. “That happens here all the time,” Carey said. “They’ll have a gummy or I’ll smell alcohol on their breath.
Not unusual. There was a guy here that was tripping on mushrooms. He came with a bunch of friends. He was a sketch [comedy] guy.
I found out later when I went to UCB [sketch improv theater, Upright Citizens Brigade] to hang out and they were like, ‘Did you see that guy who claimed to be a skateboarding rabbi?’ I asked him what he did for a living.
And he goes, ‘I’m a skateboarding rabbi.’ He didn’t think he was going to get picked, and he totally tripped.” Carey has kept previous host Bob Barker’s closing sign-off to spay or neuter pets.
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