“While he was in college, he was a big fan and it was always his dream to work on the show,” Carey said. Robinson was the designated practice contestant who helped Carey learn every game on the show when he first started hosting. At a taping of a recent show, a tearful Carey bid farewell to longtime “Price Is Right” employee Scott Robinson. The main consideration was the job itself.”Ĭarey also says he gets personally invested in the people, crew and even audience when working. To be able to carry on this tradition with a show that has been on for so long, I thought it was a great opportunity for me. “‘The Price Is Right,’ it was an honor to be offered it because it’s such an American institution. “I just want to go out and have fun all the time,” he said. After the meeting, I told my agent that night that I wanted to do the show.”Ĭarey is quick to admit the money was a consideration to bring him out of retirement, but he also said he is more focused on having fun in his career.

‘Power of 10’ got picked up and CBS called me again, so I said I’d have a meeting with them. Doing the pilot put me on their radar because it was a CBS show. I was kind of retired at that time, but my agent told me that CBS wanted to talk to me about ‘The Price Is Right’ but I turned them down flat. “I had just done a nighttime pilot for CBS for a show called ‘Power of 10.’ I did the pilot and I drove back from New York, where we filmed it. “They offered me a chance to do the show once before and I turned them down,” Carey said. There’s no cameras in the way and it’s just me.”īefore taking over for Bob Barker as the host of “The Price Is Right” in 2007, Carey turned down CBS’s initial offer to host the show. I can see everybody’s face practically in the whole room. There’s nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it’s going really well. Stand-up though, I get to be a lot more creative. It’s really a happy place and everybody is all jazzed up. I love meeting everybody and giving out prizes, especially when it’s not my money.

I love doing “The Price is Right.” It’s so much fun. When it comes to stand-up versus television work, Carey likes some things about both.

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