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Tuesday October 30th, 2007 7:40 AM by BHDC Staff  
Filed under: Scandals, Celebrities, Scoops, Politics, Reason magazine, Nick Gillespie

drew-and-nick.jpgBigwigs at The Price Is Right are wondering if maybe they’ve made a mistake by hiring rotund comic Drew Carey to fill the legendary Bob Barker’s shoes. And not because Carey isn’t doing a fine job of navigating the likes of Plinko. No, what’s got their proverbial Big Wheel in a tizzy is the fact that Carey has gone out of his way to tout his political beliefs by forging a partnership with the libertarian Reason magazine.

“We didn’t expect him to become political,” one CBS-TV insider admitted to Big Head DC. “We sure hope it doesn’t hurt the show’s ratings.”

In contrast to Barker, whose most visible political action over the decades was to support controlling the pet population, Carey made a splash in Washington over the weekend on the arm of Reason editor Nick Gillespie (shown at right). Carey is expected to contribute regularly to the magazine’s Web site, espousing his own conservative viewpoints.

Carey seems to know he’s treading dangerous waters — for a game show host, that is. “Just because I make fun of Democrats doesn’t make me a Republican,” the comic was quoted as saying by the Washington Post. “I picked up an issue of [its] magazine and agreed with every word in it. You don’t know what you are sometimes until someone puts a name to it.”

It’s widely known that his bosses at the Price is Right didn’t choose Rosie O’Donnell for the host role because of her liberal views. Interestingly, Carey kept his own views in the closet until the contract was dry.

Earlier: Nick Gillespie’s a Cosmo Girl

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  1. 4 Comments to 'Drew Carey’s Political Showcase Showdown'



  1. […] Anonymous wrote an interesting post today on Drew Carey’s Political Showcase Showdown!Here’s a quick excerpt […]

    posted October 30th, 2007 at 9:06 am | Quote

  1. 2. thefrontpage said:


    Why CBS picked Carey is a mystery. He’s a horrible choice for this show. They should have gone with John O’Herlihy (sp?), the actor and host who played J. Peterman on “Seinfeld.” Not only is he funny, but he’s a great host, has a great presence, has a great voice, and is talented. Why CBS didn’t pick him is also a mystery. Have CBS officials lost their minds this year? They pick Carey, they pick Katie Couric to host the Evening News (a disaster all around), and they put crap like “Kid Nation” and “Viva Laughlin” on the air. And TV execs wonder why no one’s watching. Well, there’s a bunch of reasons why no one is watching: stupid programming decisions. Carey, Couric and other dumb shows were just stupid programming and personnel moves. And Carey should keep his wayward politics off of “The Price Is Right,” a game show.

    posted October 30th, 2007 at 9:55 am | Quote

  1. 3. Super Nintendo Chalmers said:


    Why CBS picked Carey is a mystery. He’s a horrible choice for this show.


    If he is already upsetting CBS in the first few weeks, this can’t be good. And you know he wasn’t going to last nearly as long as Bob since Drew, well, eats for two. Could they have picked a guy more different than Bob?

    posted October 30th, 2007 at 6:18 pm | Quote


  1. If you think Drew Carey is horrible you should check out www.americahatesdrew.com its a site compiling all the complaints about Drew and sending them to CBS.

    posted January 3rd, 2008 at 1:03 am | Quote

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