Modified On March 14, 2007
E!Online reports that the man with the hardest job in show business is finally recognized for his work with a nomination:
Meanwhile, while Vieira lost out on a View nod, she was once again nominated for her solo efforts as Outstanding Game Show Host for the syndicated hit Who Wants to be a Millionaire? She goes up against Jeopardy!‘s Alex Trebek, The Price Is Right’s Barker, Wheel of Fortune‘s Pat Sajak and a surprise entry, Ben Bailey from Discovery’s Cash Cab, a trivia show that takes place in the back of a roving Manhattan taxi.
Not only does Bailey host a game show, not only does he do so while driving a two-ton Checker Marathon, he does so and manages to get his contestants to their destination through Manhattan traffic.
Of course, he hasn’t a prayer to win the Emmy. Fellow nominee Barker recently announced his retirement, so the folks who decide such things will no doubt give him one last statue. Barker couldn’t do Bailey’s job without plowing into a school bus full of special ed students or knocking over a fire hydrant. Life is just so unfair.