"I’m not even gonna say it, or allude to it, or dare suggest it," writes BWE's Michelle Collins of this amazingly awkward moment from The Price Is Right. Instead, she suggests, "Why don’t you just take a look at the clip yourself, and decide if it is in fact 'The Most Inappropriate Joke Ever Made On Stage at The Price is Right.'" So we did. And by God, we'll never look at Drew Carey quite the same way again.

For all his bumbling around the set of The Price Is Right, Drew Carey's broadcast "premiere week was up 8 percent among viewers aged 25 to 54 and up 10 percent among viewers aged 18 to 49. The program posted gains among both men and women." Whatever; his name still isn't Bob Barker. [TV Decoder]

• Drew Carey officially takes over for Bob Barker as the host of The Price Is Right; purists quickly object to Carey's stubborn refusal to sexually harass the spokesmodels.

• Republican attempt to show their sense of humor about taking away children's healthcare fails and copyrights infringement.

• Wired editor accidentally crashes a four-ounce Styrofoam plane into the side of a Berkeley laboratory. Lab security responds by saying, "I think, post-9/11, when we see an event that is out of the ordinary, those are things that gain our interest. The greatest thing right now in the war on terrorism is prevention." Yep, glad to see everyone's keeping this in perspective.

• The baggie pant culture war wages on. If only more youths had a proliferation of belts, surely crime rates would plummet….

• Network nightly news are still cash cows, even if Katie Couric's own daughters would rather be watching Gossip Girl.

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A former employee of The Price Is Right is suing Bob Barker and CBS for wrongful demotion.

After testifying in a wrongful discrimination suit against Barker, Deborah Curling claims she was moved to an “intolerable” working environment back stage.

Hello, what could be intolerable about watching hundreds of people live their dreams by guessing the price of a can of SpaghettiO’s?

Curling, who is black, also claims that the show was hostile to black employees and discriminatory to black contestants.

According to the lawsuit, "Barker created an atmosphere of terror on the show.”

Look, it’s in the rules of The Price Is Right that if your bid is over the retail price, you lose.

When choosing Bob Barker's successor on The Price Is Right, CBS producers had the choice of sitcom star/overweight improv comic Drew Carey, loudmouthed lesbian Rosie O'Donnell (endorsed by none other than Barker himself) and washed-up Beverly Hills 90210 star, Ian Ziering.

After Rosie took herself out of the race, producers inexplicably passed over Ziering and went with the more successful, more widely recognizable and generally more impressive Carey.

"I guess I was a little disappointed," Ziering, 43, told PEOPLE at Tuesday's The Simpsons Movie premiere in Westwood, Calif. "I was really kind of hoping that would happen…For the last month, I've been so titillated, my family has been excited at the mere notion of me hosting The Price is Right."

When asked to explain their decision, producers admitted they "never really liked" Steve Sanders, citing his "doofy hair" and "annoying self-righteous attitude" as undeniable character flaws. Meanwhile, they acknowledged that Drew Carey was only "sort of funny," but pointed out that Whose Line Is It Anyway? reruns are a huge hit amongst the "unfunny, middle-aged white person demographic."

• Kanye West finally admits to being a douchebag, explaining, "I made so many mistakes the past year, I started swimming in wack juice I needed to get out of."

• Britney Spears' comeback album is either really amazing or total crap. Either way, it's delayed until sometime in 2008.

• Rosie O'Donnell's meeting with The Price of Right was "nice." At least, that's what she wrote in her crappy, annoying blog.

• Lindsay Lohan learns there are other ways to get out her aggression besides drinking and driving under the influence of white powder. Like hitting people!

• OMG, did you ever notice how much same sex marriage is like Dr. Frankenstein's monster? No? Hmm, you must be a Democrat.

Whether you thought it was a match made in tv game show heaven or an embarrassment to Bob Barker's legacy, Rosie's bid to host The Price of Right may be in jeopardy.

And while negotiations for the deal (or no deal) continue, inside sources are saying a family feud may preclude O'Donnell from making the move to the west coast. Apparently, Rosie's partner Kelly has nixed the idea, and O'Donnell herself isn't thrilled about living amongst all those Hollywood "squares."

When reached for comment, Rosie reaffirmed that monetary concerns were not the issue, adding, "When you're married, with kids, this is your life. Besides, who wants to be a millionaire?"

Does Rosie O have what it takes to fill Bob Barker's topsiders on the set of The Price Is Right? Barker seems to think so, but then again, he's just some crazy unemployed old guy. In any event, Rosie's meeting with the networks to figure out whether the idea has potential. Although, for her part, Rosie says she's down.

"If they asked me/i sure would," O'Donnell wrote in her quirky blog style at Rosie.com.

"She knows the show," Barker told reporters after getting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy. "There's no doubt in my mind she could do the show. Now, whether they want a lady host, I don't know. I've never heard that discussed. As far as I know, they've only auditioned men."

Asked about Barker's shout-out, O'Donnell wrote: "I KNOW/ FANTASTIC/I LOVE THE PRICE IS RIGHT."

Wow/her style/isquirky!

Meanwhile, insiders say Barker's comments mark the first time Rosie was characterized as a "lady" since the day she informed her parents that she wanted a pants-suit for her 10th birthday.

Days after officially stepping down as host of CBS' The Price Is Right, Bob Barker has already endorsed his pal Rosie O'Donnell to take over the reigns. However, while Rosie fights for her right to Plinko, we're far more concerned with Barker's next move.

And after years of making everyone else's dreams come true (assuming their dreams involved winning a Toyota Corolla and/or garishly upholstered lounge chairs) it's time for Bob to pursue his own secret ambitions. And while he's said to have politely declined the opportunity to appear on the next season of The Surreal Life, Barker isn't quite ready to leave showbiz just yet.

In fact, word has it, he has his eye on becoming the newest fast-cracking announcer over at ESPN's SportsCenter. Thankfully, we've somehow gotten our hands on his "audition tape," so take a look and let us know whether "Air Barker" has what it takes to follow in Keith Olbermann's illustrious footsteps.