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[quote name=\'BMaurice06\' post=\'161400\' date=\'Aug 20 2007, 06:06 PM\']
I am curious to know from anyone who has attended at least one on the first tapings of "The Price is Right" with Drew Carey how well he is doing as host. Aside from the set changes, what's a firsthand POV from an audience member? I ask this because I, like Steve Beverly, am concerned about the early audience reception post-Barker.
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Somewhere on the board, there's a link to a golden-road.net posting. According to first-hand reports, Drew was VERY well-received by the audience, and that he performed pretty well, stepping into Bob's shoes.
From all indications, I think you can sleep easier. :-)
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I attended the first taping of the Drew era. He did a good job considering the rehearsals have been with staff. He seemed genuinely surprised at the audience reaction when he came through the big doors. During the first break, he said he almost started to cry! The ovation went on quite awhile; hopefully they won't cut too much out of it because it was a very lovely 'welcome to the family' type vibe that afternoon. (Gameplay information deleted by moderator. -DZ)
Having attended many Whose Line tapings, Drew can get a little blue, but nothing came up during this first show. As someone over on golden-road posted, later in the week Drew's humor may have gone places that could offend some. Luckily, I don't offend easily! One of the models came down to contestant's row to show off a necklace for an IUFB, and this young kid obviously wasn't interested in the necklace. Drew was busting a gut watching this kid! He's obviously personable enough and once he gets all the game play down, he'll relax a bit. The one thing that I think might upset loyal viewers is some of his playful 'disdain' of some of the prizes and/or showcase skits. (Gameplay information deleted by moderator. -DZ)
I was lucky enough to attend six Barker tapings over the years and you could telegraph the stories he'd tell. Drew did the Q and A and unlike Bob, signed many, many autographs. I predict this will stop since it seemed like they were ready to proceed but Drew was still signing. The pages had to stop people from heading over to Drew. It was also quite nice to see the crew laughing at Drew's jokes. The only person who did not look happy at all was Rich! During some of the down time while Drew was signing stuff, he looked quite annoyed.
The only quibble I have with the set is that since it's so retro, all of the pricing games look completely out of place. I was surprised that there was so much white surrounding the set pieces as well. But otherwise, as been noted, it's the same but different.
Clearly there were a handful of fans who went to the tapings who really, really love the show and hopefully they will accept that the show they love is moving on. I grew up with the show and was lucky enough to see it with Bob. Based on this first taping, I think the show will do just fine with Drew at the helm. If there was a major staff shake-up and Fremantle could enact the changes they wanted to make, then it would be time to worry. We'll see how the line changes once the shows start to air. I'm thinking about going up next week if you can easily get into the second taping.
Thanks for reading!
