On its website, CBS posted some behind the scenes clips from “the Price is Right” featuring Drew Carey interacting with the audience during commercial breaks. In this clip, a fan asks Drew to autograph his tummy.

“Drew Carey was here,” indeed.

• A Bruise or Two on Apple’s Reputation: For Apple, there may be a downside to success. Sales of the Cupertino company’s Macintosh machines are growing three times as fast as the overall PC market. Its iPod music player is burying the competition. And the stylish iPhone is setting the wireless industry on its head. But as Apple pulls in millions more customers with different kinds of products, it’s getting harder to keep them all happy. [more at BusinessWeek; of note is a woman who claimed to buy an iMac at an Apple Store and spent $4,000. A commenter on the article rightly calls shenanigans on that. Even if she bought the most expensive iMac available at the store -- which includes a wireless mouse and keyboard -- upgraded the RAM to its maximum, and bought AppleCare and ProCare (One to One wasn't available until May.), all of which combined would be highly unlikely, she still would have spent less than $4,000 on the machine alone.]
• Metro Seeks Better Ways To Get Word Out to Riders: It was rush hour. Metro trains were stuck. Smoke, fire and a power failure had shut down 11 of 86 stations, mostly in Virginia, and shuttle buses dispatched to pick up stranded passengers didn’t know where to go. [more at Washington Post]
• Drew’s Debut: Carey ‘Price Is Right’ Era Begins: Let the games begin. The Drew Carey era of The Price Of Right kicked off Monday after 35 successful years with Bob Barker at the helm, complete with a colorful brand new set and a youthful breath of fresh air. [more at WCBS-TV; photos of the new set, which finally gets out of the '70s and into the late '80s (maybe early '90s), are available at CBS' web site.]

Never before has a documentary elicited so much fucking commentary on a single word. It’s a fucking brilliant piece, with appearances by George Carlin, Drew Carey, Alanis Morissette, Kevin Smith, Ice-T, and archival footage of Lenny Bruce.

(image via IMDb)