Posts Tagged ‘carey’

Who doesn’t remember exactly where they were when The Price Is Right admitted that there was no succession plan in place for host Drew Carey? Absolutely unconscionable of them. Another more recent case of having one’s core beliefs shattered is when it was announced that J Lo’s residency at Caesar’s Palace would be curtailed due to “unspecified pelvic issues.” Curtailed? My God – that’s 12 fewer dates. We will never get them back. Let that sink in! I remember the announcement like it was yesterday. I was watching The Price Is Right at the time.

Now what the MSM won’t tell you, or at least chooses to omit, is that Drew Carey doesn’t have any Secret Service protection and that J Lo might be perimenopausal. He’s out there, fully exposed. And she could be somebody’s grandmother by now.

I do take some solace (as opposed to taking umbrage) knowing that The Wheel of Fortune had the good sense to formulate a succession plan for Pat Sajak, although to me Ryan Seacrest seems more of a placeholder than a long-term solution. I would’ve preferred Sajak was succeeded by former teen heart throb of the late 1950’s Paul Anka, but that’s just my way. More importantly, what viewers have failed to realize is that Vanna White, whose been turning heads and letters on the show since 1982, was replaced by an “AI Vanna” 6 months ago. Have you ever noticed that when she reaches to highlight a letter, sometimes her arm turns into a big furry cat’s paw?

Despite these soul crushing setbacks, it is up to us, we compassionate civilians, to bind our nation’s wounds by understanding that stardom is nothing to be trifled with and this reminds me of an interview with the now aged Mel Brooks where he was asked, “Do you wear boxers or briefs?”

 And he responds “Depends.”