Larry Emdur co-hosts TPiR with Drew Carey

[pownster]

I've read in today's paper (Herald-Sun, Melbourne, Australia) that Larry Emdur (former host of "The Price Is Right" here in Australia) has helped co-host a round on the US version of the show, at the specific request of Drew Carey himself. I'm not sure whether the show has actually aired yet, or whether it has merely been recently recorded. Can anyone out there confirm this? Larry is currently in the US on assignment for a morning chat show he currently hosts here.

[DoItRockapella]

Here's the story, and considering the picture I'm guessing it did happen. I have no idea when it will air (if it hasn't already).

[JayDLewis]

It was taped this past week so I'm guessing it'll air in October or November.

Please let this be (or turn into) a "tryout" for Emdur 2012. (or Emdur 41)

[tvmitch]

Emdur was a fantastic host for the format. Kept things moving, funny, very enjoyable. Knew how to properly build suspense for their convoluted-yet-awesome version of the Showcase, especially the episodes where they were giving away condos.

[Jeremy Nelson]

I have always really liked the idea of exposing American viewers to versions/ hosts of the same show from around the world, and the fact that it's Larry Emdur makes it that much better.

But this is even more surprising since Aussie Price has been off the air for about five years. They could have just as easily done the same thing with Marco Antonio Regil, who lives in LA, helms the Mexican Price, and speaks English very well. My best guess is Drew watched some Aussie Price on YouTube sometime in the offseason and recommended it, as I really can't see them having anyone in the same contact circle, even at Fremantle.

I'm holding out for an Aussie revamp of the show.

[clemon79]

Based on that story (and Chris, if you read something more detailed I'm happy to be corrected, but if you read something more detailed I don't see why they wouldn't co-opt it for more content on the site than just a picture), I'm gonna go ahead and suggest that "at the request of Drew Carey himself" is firmly in hyperbole territory.

After a firm application of Occam's Razor, here's my theory, and it has nothing to do with Carey sitting at home watching YouTube clips of foreign versions of his game show:

Larry's over here doing Morning Show stuff ('cuz if you're gonna come all the way to America you might as well bang out a few stories while you're here), and one of the stuffs is a walk-on thing for TPiR, because it's great morning show fodder and Mike Richards has never met a stunt he didn't like and therefore would be totally down with it. (And I feel safe in suggesting that Larry Emdur has a connection at Fremantle who can at least get Mikey to accept a phone call.)

Everything you read in that article was complete on-air theater. Larry walks out, Drew says "Hey, everybody, it's Larry Emdur from Australia who used to host this show down there!" Crowd applauds politely because a) the sign flashes and b) they have no idea who Larry Emdur is because nobody in this country knows who the hell has hosted this show outside of Barker and Carey. After some witty banter, Drew says "Hey, I have a great idea, why don't you help me host the next game?" Larry feigns complete shock even though all of this was planned out in great detail days before.

Really, folks, don't make this stuff more complicated than it is. From our side it's nothing more than Let's Do A Walk-On With A Foreign Guy Who Hosted This Show Where They Come From, and it doesn't matter if it's Larry Emdur, Marco-Antonio Regil, or Bruce Forsyth, because nobody in the US audience (outside of us geeks, pimple/ass/etc.) is going to recognize them. (Though in the latter case, it would be nice to see him, and to see him, nice.)

[tvwxman]

Really, folks, don't make this stuff more complicated than it is. From our side it's nothing more than Let's Do A Walk-On With A Foreign Guy Who Hosted This Show Where They Come From, and it doesn't matter if it's Larry Emdur, Marco-Antonio Regil, or Bruce Forsyth, because nobody in the US audience (outside of us geeks, pimple/ass/etc.) is going to recognize them. (Though in the latter case, it would be nice to see him, and to see him, nice.)

Agreed, but somewhere, Marco-Antonio Regil is punching walls in his house for not being asked first. Wasn't he reallllllllllly desperate to be considered as Barker's replacement?

[clemon79]

Agreed, but somewhere, Marco-Antonio Regil is punching walls in his house for not being asked first. Wasn't he reallllllllllly desperate to be considered as Barker's replacement?

I have absolutely no idea, but if he was, he was utterly deluded.

[Jimmy Owen]

I would have picked Don Francisco before Marco-Antonio.

[clemon79]

I would have picked Don Francisco before Marco-Antonio.

As Barker's replacement? So would I. Which should tell you how strong a candidate I think Marco was.

[Jeremy Nelson]

I would have picked Don Francisco before Marco-Antonio.

As Barker's replacement? So would I. Which should tell you how strong a candidate I think Marco was.

Ummm...can someone fill me in? Marco probably wouldn't have been my top choice, but he seems like he'd be a more than competent host. Is the general consent that Marco Sucks, or Don Francisco is amazing, or both?

[clemon79]

Ummm...can someone fill me in? Marco probably wouldn't have been my top choice, but he seems like he'd be a more than competent host. Is the general consent that Marco Sucks, or Don Francisco is amazing, or both?

No, my consensus (and mine alone) is simply that there was no way in fourteen purple hells that Marco-Antonio Regil was going to follow Barker as the new host of TPiR, no matter how good of a host he may or may not be, for the very basic reason that 99.999% of the U.S. population doesn't have the first damn clue as to who he is. No more, no less.

[JayDLewis]

Larry is interviewed on 2UE about hosting. Spoiler ahoy.

http://bit.ly/prMuBR