Game 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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