Drew Carey improved a lot once Roger and co. left and he found his groove in 2010. His first few seasons were awkward because it still felt like Bob's show and he was filling in.


I still wish Art Sanders or Burton Richardson had gotten the announcer job; i still don't know how Rich got the job.

Since anybody who's interested is (I think) keeping an eye on this page, it's easier for me to come here and say please be patient!  I've got a lot of things going on outside this project, a couple with hard deadlines I have to meet.  A lot of people are requesting the same items.  I promise it's a first-ask, first-get process, and the lateness of my reply will have nothing to do with your place in line.  I'm hoping to get a lot of this sorted out by Monday.

I admit I'm biased, but you look at Chuckie Baby his first week of hosting GONG and his last week of hosting GONG, and the difference is stark.

Drew Carey on TPiR. Not that he was terrible in his first season but there were definitely growing pains where he stumbled a bit. Hell, I'd add Barker as well. He was very robotic and overexplained things a lot in the half-hour era. If the Internet were a mainstream thing in 1972, I have a feeling several of us would've said "He's no Bill Cullen, that's for sure."

Yea, I didn't want to go there, but...I'm going there. I can't imagine what it must have been like having the pressure on you of following in Bob's shoes, knowing the rules for over 60-some games, the different marks he had to make, etc. But, he definitely seemed a bit awkward. But, clearly, since around 2010 (I may be off), he has made that show his own, while paying homage to Bob at the same time.

There is a TPIR demo with Bob Hilton announcing. I thought he was very good, better even than Rod Roddy.

He was, but in his recent game show interview, Bob Hilton said Barker was afraid he would be upstaged as both hosted Truth or Consequences by that time. So Barker himself gave Hilton the thumbs down.