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Lucky SOB. I couldn’t eat at McDonald’s off my interest… 

Drew Carey has been living a comfortable life of semi-retirement. In a couple of months, he could be Regis Philbin.

The Cleveland native was just selected as Bob Barker’s replacement on the daytime game “The Price is Right,” and next week he will debut as the host of “Power of 10,” a prime-time game that CBS has high hopes for.

A daytime hit and commanding presence in prime-time — sounds just like Philbin in the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” days. And that wouldn’t even count the endless reruns of “The Drew Carey Show” in syndication.

To hear Carey tell it, he’d be fine either way.

“I didn’t want to do TV in the first place,” he said over lunch last week. “I’d be happy going to soccer games, traveling. I never have to work again. I can live off my interest. I don’t even have to touch the principal.”

Source: Drew Carey’s new career - CNN.com