Party hearty

Readers of this blog know about my sour attitude toward show biz self-congratulation.

But if you win one of the show biz self-awards, you might as well throw a party. So that's what The Price is Right did for its season debut to celebrate its Daytime Emmy win as best game show. Everybody dressed up in formal wear like it was What's My Line (not the color version). And Drew Carey prominently brandished the Emmy statuette.

The linked story tells me that TPiR has now taken home the Daytime Emmy for best game show eight times. This trails only Jeopardy and Pyramid in number of wins, and that makes three of the game shows on anybody's top ten list.

Nothing lasts forever but The Price is Right is showing ominous signs. It's hard to think of any calamity that could knock the show off the air. As long as there's merchandise to give away, TPiR will probably endure.