So my grandpa (not GrandPOP, cuz that's the other one) used to watch The Price is Right all the time.  I only saw him a couple of times a year but whenever we came to visit, Bob Barker was always on.

I liked Bob's microphone--my brother said it was so skinny because Bob was supposed to hide that part of it in his hand, but I dunno.  I bet ol' Barker just realized it looked way cooler the way he held it.

Anyway, even though I'm more of a Jeopardy! girl myself, I liked watching The Price is Right because it made me feel closer to my grandpa.  The prizes were always pretty hilarious, too..."You've won this GORGEOUS oak dining room set, and a lifetime supply of offbrand detergent!"  The showdowns were funniest when one person would get a trip to Greece and the other would get a riding lawnmower.  Someone's gonna go for the steal!

Actually, my dad loves his riding mower.  What do I know.

I saw The Price is Right was on tv this morning, and I switched over to it out of habit.  I'd completely forgotten that Bob had retired, and in his place we have Drew "I Am Inexplicably Popular" Carey.

See?  He doesn't even look very stoked to be surrounded by lovely ladies.

Bob was never above an assgrab, and that's why we loved him.

So anyway, I'm watching Drew up there on the stage, trying his hardest to muster up some enthusiasm as he hugs the thousandth screaming old lady, and I realize something that hurts my very soul, and the memory of my beloved grandpa.  

DREW CAREY TOTALLY HATES HIS DOPE ASS JOB!

 I mean, sure, he tries his best but you can just read the "Seriously, this is what you do after you have your own goddamn TV show?  You fake enthusiasm when military guys and the unemployed correctly guess the price of the washing machine?" all over his face.

It's disrepectful.  People would kill to host a show that sick.

P.S.  Don't even get me started on Pat Sajak.  Grandpa hated that guy too: "I hear Wheel of Fortune won the Emmy for Best Game Show.  THE VOTING IS FIXED!!"