With more than 3,300 episodes under his belt over 18 years, Drew Carey still feels like the “new guy” on “The Price is Right.”
“They told me it was my 3,317th episode. Sometimes I feel like it’s not that long, and sometimes I feel like I’ve always been there,” the 66-year-old comedian told Variety as the show celebrates 10,000 episodes since it began with host Bob Barker in 1972.
“Bob Barker is two-thirds. I’m still the new guy!” he joked after he was told that he has hosted one-third of the show’s run.
Barker retired from the show after 35 years in 2007 and died two years ago. He was 99 years old.
“I am not the star of the show; the contestants are the star,” he explained. “I’m not downplaying my role on the show, but people tune in to see the interaction of the contestants, and they want somebody there to interact with them in a good way — because they’re the stars.”
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