The Worth Is Proper is nothing wanting an American establishment, broadly thought of among the finest recreation reveals of all time with its 53rd season presently airing on the 2025 TV schedule. One would assume that by now it’s a fairly well-oiled machine, however in line with announcer George Grey, that’s not precisely true. Turns on the market’s one fake pas he struggles with persistently, and producers should step in to assist.
George Grey has been calling on excited viewers members to “Come on down!” for 14 years. So it goes with out saying that he is just about a professional on the job by this level. Nevertheless, he informed TV Insider there’s one a part of asserting the following contestant on The Worth Is Proper that he continues to get fallacious. Grey stated:
In case your identify’s Andrea, [Ann dreea] I’ll name you Andrea [Awn drea]. If it’s Tara [Tare-a] I’ll name you Tara [Tar-a]. In case your final identify was Wojaho, I’ll name you Smith. It’s a trainwreck. I am going out in entrance of the viewers and perform a little what we name warm-up for a pair moments earlier than we begin the present. And I all the time say, ‘I simply need you to be ready. I’m going to mess up your identify. So I’ll attempt to do my absolute best, however I’m going to butcher it, and I’m sorry.’
I imply, we should always in all probability lower the person some slack on the subject of this a part of his job. In any case, some names could be more durable to pronounce than others. On the very least, now future contestants get some warning (and an apology prematurely) for George Grey mispronouncing their names. (And actually, if I’m successful a brand new automobile or some epic Showcase Showdown, you may name me no matter you’d like.)
Nevertheless, after 14 years of the identical kind of slip-ups, it’s no shock that The Worth Is Proper has discovered a approach to assist out the announcer. On the floor, this methodology is comparatively easy, nevertheless it additionally appears to be efficient. Grey continued:
Each time I say a reputation, regardless of how fallacious I say it, there’s any person on stage that holds up a cue card, and in large, ginormous letters, is that particular person’s identify, so first and final identify. It doesn’t matter what I do to their identify, it’s nonetheless there. In order that’s, that’s how foolproof we’ve gotten.
It’s really not arduous to see how this could possibly be a relentless downside for him, although. In contrast to different recreation reveals like Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy!, you’re not simply coping with three pre-determined contestants. George Grey has a complete viewers filled with potential Pinko gamers. As he identified above, there are additionally so some ways to say seemingly easy names. Grey in contrast it to different in a different way pronounced phrases, saying:
Yeah, that occurs on a regular basis the place, you recognize, is it Caribbean or Caribbean, proper? And I’ll ask the producers, and generally they’ll simply say ‘tomato tomato. It’s your selection.’ However I do know any person’s gonna go, ‘He’s doing it fallacious.’
The nice factor for George Grey is that the house viewers not less than by no means is aware of about these fake pas. It’s definitely not as apparent as when a contestant known as Drew Carey the fallacious identify or when one girl couldn’t work out tips on how to depart the stage. I recognize the announcer’s willingness to be so candid about his flubs, and I am going to certainly be occupied with them each time I watch the present transferring ahead.
If you wish to catch the announcer in motion — and attempt to guess whether or not or not he mispronounced every contestant’s identify — you may catch The Worth Is Proper at 11 a.m. ET weekdays on CBS.