When it came time to find someone to replace Bob Barker as host of The Price is Right, the folks in charge auditioned a number of different possible choices…and then the job went to Drew Carey, who I believe hadn't even auditioned. Some friends of mine are shocked that I think Drew Carey does a better job than Barker did, at least in Barker's last decade or so on the job.
Someone has made up a little mashup/melange/montage of clips from the auditioners' unaired auditions. One of them is Mike Richards, the fellow who was producing Jeopardy!, selected himself to emcee the show after Alex Trebek died and then was replaced after one week. I am reminded of the old Jackie Vernon joke about the man that people would look at and say, "What a personality that guy needs!"
My thanks to my friend Stu Shostak, who told me about this. Stu is one of those people who disagrees with me about Bob versus Drew but he's entitled to his opinion, wrong though it may be.