Saturday October 17, 2009 2:02 pm
Drew Carey to Pay $1M for New Twitter Account
Only in Burbank. The Price is Right host Drew Carey took to Twitter after a Seattle Sounders win on October 3 (I know, I know, who? Evidently, they’re a soccer team…and evidently, Carey’s part owner) to share his joy, whereupon he discovered that the Twitter name @Drew was being auctioned off.
It was being auctioned off by Drew Olanoff, a blogger who has battled cancer. He got the idea to auction off his username, with proceeds to be sent to the LiveStrong Foundation. “I thought it was so much fun that I bid $25,000,” Carey explained to CNN. “I was in such a good mood that I raised it to $100,000.”
Hear that, soccer fans? If you want something from Drew Carey, catch him about ten minutes after the Sounders win.
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During an interview, Carey upped his bid from $100,000 to $1 million - a move most would consider to be very bad business (in fact, I’m not even sure eBay will let you up your own bid like that), but I guess it’s all for charity. However, he’ll only give the money to the LiveStrong foundation if he gets one million followers on his new Twitter account by the end of the year.
See, there’s always a catch. Carey’s current @DrewFromTV Twitter account has a paltry 76,000 followers.
(FYI - You can also follow TV Envy on Twitter.)
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I like the family fued and the price is right. I think though that the price is right was better when bob barker was doing it. I watch some of the other to I just cant think of them all right now. I use to watch that game show channel that had alot of the older game shows on it.
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I only liked who wants to be a Millionaire & that's by far the only game show i saw.There are some quite good others too. :)
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I use to watch a lot of game shows when I had a preview of the Game Show Network for a month for free, haha. I loved watching Pyramid! I don't know why, but it was just so entertaining and well, a great game show. I do like the game shows that are on every night too, such as Wheel of Fortune, Family Feud, Price is Right and Jeopardy. I love watching the "Kids" or "Teen" Jeopardy though, it makes me feel smart when I know the answers, haha. How many times have I watched Jeopardy and I would be asking my sister, "How in the world do they know that?" Jeopardy is a truly smart game show and well, I'm surprised at how much all the contestants know! The Weakest Link was great, haha, I don't remember the hosts name, but I do remember her voice and her glasses.
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