# Wow drew carey has went all in on the full grandpa look **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [October 4, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847 "2021-10-04T03:38:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/21 "2021-10-05T00:36:06Z")
I don’t think I’d recognize him from a still. His eyes when moving and voice give it away, though. I’m getting a Letterman/Kelsey Grammer-but shorter vibe. This is weird but one of my favorite bits from his show was the tunesmith part. Oswald gets Kate into their band and she’s terrible. Anyway, the top hit on google for [drew carey tunesmith] is a thread right here on SDMB from May, 2004: > [@Drew Carey calls it a day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drew-carey-calls-it-a-day/243294/10): > > You left out the funniest part: Kate: Well tune 'em up! Oswald: We can’t. Louis: We’re out of… Drew: Tuning wax. Oswald: So we have to go to a… Drew: Tunesmith. Heheheh. “Tunesmith.” Brilliant. > Kate: Well tune 'em up! > Oswald: We can’t. > Louis: We’re out of… > Drew: Tuning wax. > Oswald: So we have to go to a… > Drew: Tunesmith. It’s brought up again in 2010: > [@TV show lines that have stuck with you for a very long time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-lines-that-have-stuck-with-you-for-a-very-long-time/529739/218): > > You left off the best part: “We’re going to have to take them to a tunesmith.” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/22 "2021-10-05T17:03:21Z")
I don’t watch The Price is Right much any more, but I’m glad it’s on. If you have SiriusXM Drew Carey also does a good Friday Night Freak-out show on the Underground channel. It’s a cool mix of rock, punk, new wave, soul, funk, and whatever else he can think of. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/23 "2021-10-05T17:11:15Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, is this “going all in” on a look, or is this just normal aging and not fighting it? I mean, he probably is a grandpa, or if not, he’s of the right age to be. Yeah, just popped in here to defend the grandpa look. In my mind, I’m rockin’ it, and I think it’s a big part of “growing old gracefully”. Now I just need some grandkids to justify how I look (glad my kids aren’t reading this… who needs more pressure in their lives?). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/24 "2021-10-05T19:17:29Z")
I think it was a Covid beard. The show went on hiatus during the pandemic, and he had the beard when he came back. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/25 "2021-10-05T23:53:42Z")
I award one kudo to you ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/26 "2021-10-06T00:08:41Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I think it was a Covid beard. ^^Yeah, that. ISTR him pretty much stating outright that it’s a COVID beard upon returning from hiatus. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/27 "2021-10-06T01:21:41Z")
I always assumed the flattop and hornrims look was his preference. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/28 "2021-10-06T01:37:27Z")
FTR: He was a Marine Corps Reservist, and I don’t think he was ever activated. Not that it matters, just correcting the record. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/29 "2021-10-12T21:57:27Z")
> [@Enjoy\_Slurm](#): > > Yes that is what the title says. (Just to confirm for anyone who might have poor eyesight.) Is this pedantry about the literal words used in posts and titles (the above, and [Trolls R Us Resurrections - #288](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections/950518/288?u)) a new thing, or have I just not needed to pay attention to you before now? ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/30 "2021-10-12T23:22:56Z")
Carey is one of those lucky few who was very, very overweight at sort of his peak pop culture fame in the 90s (although among some circles hosting the Price of Right is bigger than Network Sitcom stardom), got the weight off, and has kept himself at a healthy weight for at least ten years. Whenever I happen to see Price on TV I always find it jarring to see him at a healthy weight, even after all these years. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/31 "2021-10-14T18:56:05Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > very, very overweight …he was never that overweight. Like… for real… [Look at this fatty!](https://i1.wp.com/jacksonupperco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-Drew-carey-show-photos-the-drew-carey-show-2942252-500-331.jpg?ssl=1) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/32 "2021-10-14T19:11:29Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Look at this fatty! [His BMI is ~37 there, so just shy of being dangerously overweight.](https://www2.nau.edu/lrm22/lessons/body_mass_index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/33 "2021-10-14T19:51:10Z")
Well, he’s no Mimi! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/34 "2021-10-14T22:58:16Z")
I’m surprised Mimi can even move she’s so horrifically dangerously criminally overweight. 😒 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/35 "2021-10-15T03:19:47Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > Drew Carey? I dropped in here to share that he is a US Marine. > > I always marvel at that…it didn’t seem to bring out a dark side or anything. He must be one of those guys that’s always been nutty and always will be. > > > [@cochrane](#): > > > > Talk about the grandpa look. David Letterman looks like the Santa Clause took effect on him. > > I saw Letterman on something and he was like, “I’m surprised they let me out in public,” kinda reveling in his old crochety persona. We give older folks latitude, and I’d **LOVE** to see him unleashed, unfettered…that could be comedy gold, baby! On a clip from _Between Two Ferns_, Zack Galifianakis refers to Letterman as “Crystal meth Santa Claus” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/36 "2021-11-05T17:19:46Z")
Just wanted to post in a late “Wow have they changed” entry for Glen Beck. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Glenn_Beck_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/800px-Glenn_Beck_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Glenn_Beck_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/800px-Glenn_Beck_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg) [![](https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2326/files/2020/09/Glenn-Beck-5-scaled-e1599602441828.jpg) ](https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2326/files/2020/09/Glenn-Beck-5-scaled-e1599602441828.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/37 "2021-11-05T18:18:53Z")
Aren’t anal sphincters NSFW? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/38 "2021-11-05T19:52:10Z")
I saw Danny Glover in an ad for a Medicare Advantage plan. [![](https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/styles/bio_pics_detail/public/bios/danny-glover-ap-450x600.jpg?itok=zL4fc0mc) ](https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/styles/bio_pics_detail/public/bios/danny-glover-ap-450x600.jpg?itok=zL4fc0mc) Now he really looks like he’s gettin’ too old for this shit. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/39 "2021-11-05T22:12:45Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I saw Danny Glover in an ad for a Medicare Advantage plan. > > Now he really looks like he’s gettin’ too old for this shit I hope I look that good at 75. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847/40 "2021-11-06T00:07:44Z")
Glen Beck has went all in on the Colonel Sanders look, hasn’t he? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-drew-carey-has-went-all-in-on-the-full-grandpa-look/951847.md?page=1)