Bob Barker to retire from Price is Right

[YankeePride1967]

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/...b-barker_x.htm

LOS ANGELES — The Price Is Right is losing a prize that can't be estimated in dollars and cents: legendary host Bob Barker.
Barker, 83 in December, will retire from the game show in June after 35 seasons as its first and only host. "I want to retire while I'm still young," Barker said after taping Tuesday in the Bob Barker Studio at Television City.
"I probably made up my mind four or five days ago," he says. "I got up in the morning, and I was rushing around to the fax machine, to the telephone, to get the mail, trying to get to the studio, and I thought, 'Now's the time.' "

[fredgmuggs]

I didn't even know he was still alive.

[BroadwayBomber55]

I'll miss Bob Barker and his charisma, humor, and energetic delivery.

CBS will have their hands full replacing him.

[YankeePride1967]

The price is wrong b*tch!

[jlw1980]

It's about time.

[Casey37]

I'm surprised he's still around. I haven't watched that show in ages.

[RhodeyYankee2638]

end the show, just end it, i can't imagine it anymore without my mentor, Bob Barker

[TheManKnownAsMecca]

If the Price is Right still wants to air they need to find an older relatively handsome, charming, and smooth talking man to take over the show. They also need to find someone who will occasionally get accused of sexually harassing his female co-workers... I wonder if Joe Namath is available? He seems to fit the bill perfectly!

[YankeePride1967]

The show has been on for 35 years with the same host. I love Bob Barker as the host and can't picture anyone else in his role.

[JDPNYY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6gT7JSLxis

[YankeePride1967]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6gT7JSLxis

That is why I love Bob Barker, That was hilarious and how she won is a mystery.

[JDPNYY]

That is why I love Bob Barker, That was hilarious and how she won is a mystery.

80 bucks for a toaster?

My toaster cost 10 bucks. It makes the bread into toast.

[YankeePride1967]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxS7s...related&search=

[YankeePride1967]

80 bucks for a toaster?

My toaster cost 10 bucks. It makes the bread into toast.

Don't forget, it's Hollywood. A glass of water is $10. Game shows always over-inflate prices.

[Archer1979]

I can still remember him as host of Truth or Consequences.

How's he going to cruise for chicks now?

[YankeePride1967]

I didn't know Archer went on the show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9Vm...elated&search=

[Archer1979]

I didn't know Archer went on the show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9Vm...elated&search=

Bitch, puhleeze. I haven't worn that shirt in years.

[NJ Fan]

I was on the show when I was 19 (a LONG time ago!) and I won a sailboat! I got 95 cents on the Big Wheel but some bimbo from Cherry Hill, NJ got a dollar!
It was very exciting and I was a nervous wreck! Bob Barker was not as I had imagined though. He was a bit nasty and rude to some of the contestants, (not me though.) The contestants are picked ahead of time....it is NOT random as it looks. They interview everyone outside before you even get into the studio. They look for crazy/quirky/bouncy people. I guess I fit the bill back then.

The first person out of Contestants' Row had to kiss Bob Barker. That was ME! His makeup was applied so thick, it looked like a mask. It was 110 outside that day and in the studio it was about 85. It looked like his face was going to slide down his neck.

VHS had just come out and I was lucky to have a Magnavox store videotape it for me to show customers how a VCR worked.

[Soriambi]

I don't think that this should be allowed. The government needs to step in and make him stay on the show.

[JDPNYY]

I was on the show when I was 19 (a LONG time ago!) and I won a sailboat! I got 95 cents on the Big Wheel but some bimbo from Cherry Hill, NJ got a dollar!
It was very exciting and I was a nervous wreck! Bob Barker was not as I had imagined though. He was a bit nasty and rude to some of the contestants, (not me though.) The contestants are picked ahead of time....it is NOT random as it looks. They interview everyone outside before you even get into the studio. They look for crazy/quirky/bouncy people. I guess I fit the bill back then.

The first person out of Contestants' Row had to kiss Bob Barker. That was ME! His makeup was applied so thick, it looked like a mask. It was 110 outside that day and in the studio it was about 85. It looked like his face was going to slide down his neck.

VHS had just come out and I was lucky to have a Magnavox store videotape it for me to show customers how a VCR worked.

Damn. And now Bob's dead... er, I mean retiring.

[NJ Fan]

Damn. And now Bob's dead... er, I mean retiring.

You funny guy!

[BroadwayBomber55]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6gT7JSLxis

Bob's expression was priceless. He was pissed.

[JDPNYY]

Get well soon Bob!

[RhodeyYankee2638]

this lady got pooned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U882B...related&search=

[In Mo I Trust]

Are they going to continue the show? Stay Bob!

[BillBuckner]

The price is wrong b*tch!

I hate that Bob Barker...

[Trish]

end the show, just end it, i can't imagine it anymore without my mentor, Bob Barker

Don't you think that David Hassellhoff could fill his shoes? I think he'd be perfect.

[RhodeyYankee2638]

Don't you think that David Hassellhoff could fill his shoes? I think he'd be perfect.

Hasselhoff is a second tier god in my religion, along with, of course, Bob Saget. Bob Barker is the god of gods, the epitome of manliness and fondling, it doesnt get much better

[Trish]

Hasselhoff is a second tier god in my religion, along with, of course, Bob Saget. Bob Barker is the god of gods, the epitome of manliness and fondling, it doesnt get much better

I know, this is going to be very tough on you.

But for the good of humanity, The Price Is Right must continue, and I can't think of a better fit for Barker's shoes.

[Toaderly]

I can remember watching Bob Barker and "The Price is Right" through just about anytime in my life. Over the past 35 years that he's been doing the show, if I was at home sick, I always watched it.

[Bosox Guy in Chitown]

Who's going to remind us to have our pets spayed or neutered?

[Kulish29]

Michael Irvin just called Bob Barker a quitter and a distraction. He's quitting on all of us.

Irvin said, "Imagine Bob coming up to you and saying, 'C'mon guys, let's play some Plinko!'"

and then you'd be like,

"What are you talking about Bob? You're quitting on us. Why should we be excited about playing Plinko if you're quitting on us?"

Freakin' quitter.

[gamesix1977]

Good luck Bob.

[Hitman23]

Michael Irvin just called Bob Barker a quitter and a distraction. He's quitting on all of us.

Irvin said, "Imagine Bob coming up to you and saying, 'C'mon guys, let's play some Plinko!'"

and then you'd be like,

"What are you talking about Bob? You're quitting on us. Why should we be excited about playing Plinko if you're quitting on us?"

Freakin' quitter.

plinko was one of the cooler games.

[ManilaYankee]

Mr. Barker... The Time is Right...

[JDPNYY]

Who's going to remind us to have our pets spayed or neutered?

puppies & kittens.

[#1PaFan]

It's an Hour of Commercials. This show is why the Terrorists hate us.

[Archer1979]

Who's going to remind us to have our pets spayed or neutered?

Just have 'em aborted. It's not like they vote or nothing.

[Jersey Yankee]

Was it him or some Bert guy (Bert Parks?) who'd gotten removed from hosting the Miss America pageants some 10-15 years ago? I know one of them sued, when some younger guys replaced him.

Anyway, if the Bingo-aged women love him, then no wonder he's been around so long. However, I must say that Dian Parkinson looked mighty fine in Hef's spread some time ago.

[JDPNYY]

Was it him or some Bert guy (Bert Parks?) who'd gotten removed from hosting the Miss America pageants some 10-15 years ago? I know one of them sued, when some younger guys replaced him.

It was Bert Barker. He's still angry.

[Jersey Yankee]

It was Bert Barker. He's still angry.

Bert Parks. Cute word play on the names tho.

http://www.who2.com/bertparks.html

[JDPNYY]

Bert Parks. Cute word play on the names tho.

http://www.who2.com/bertparks.html

If you knew who it was why did you ask?

[dabomb2045]

This sucks. I still love watching this show.

[jlw1980]

I was on the show when I was 19 (a LONG time ago!) and I won a sailboat! I got 95 cents on the Big Wheel but some bimbo from Cherry Hill, NJ got a dollar!
It was very exciting and I was a nervous wreck! Bob Barker was not as I had imagined though. He was a bit nasty and rude to some of the contestants, (not me though.) The contestants are picked ahead of time....it is NOT random as it looks. They interview everyone outside before you even get into the studio. They look for crazy/quirky/bouncy people. I guess I fit the bill back then.

The first person out of Contestants' Row had to kiss Bob Barker. That was ME! His makeup was applied so thick, it looked like a mask. It was 110 outside that day and in the studio it was about 85. It looked like his face was going to slide down his neck.

VHS had just come out and I was lucky to have a Magnavox store videotape it for me to show customers how a VCR worked.

You have not only dashed the image many millions of naive Americans had of Bob Barker, but you also dated yourself. How a VCR worked?

[NJ Fan]

You have not only dashed the image many millions of naive Americans had of Bob Barker, but you also dated yourself. How a VCR worked?

Well I did write it was,

(a LONG time ago!)

Sorry about saying Bob Barker was nasty and wore a lot of makeup. I didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings. The funny thing about the VCR thing was that the demo was attended by a lot of people. I was a celebrity around here for a little while.

[Bosox Guy in Chitown]

Just have 'em aborted. It's not like they vote or nothing.

Don't go starting something else, sport.

[Kulish29]

You know what's funny is, the only people who watch this show are retirees and people who call in sick to work.

[Archer1979]

Don't go starting something else, sport.

You're the one who put the beachball on the tee, Sparky.

[NJ Fan]

AH---Only on a Yankee board will you find 2 Red Sox fans debating the issue of pet population!

[Archer1979]

AH---Only on a Yankee board will you find 2 Red Sox fans debating the issue of pet population!

Now we know who put the Ow in MEOW!