OT: RIP Bob Barker .
Legendary game show host and animal advocate Bob Barker departs this earth at age 99.
Most well known as the host of The Price is Right, Bob earlier was the long-time star of game show Truth or Consequences.
One of my favorite Bob Barker moments was this:
...as he KO's Luke Fickell.
May this wonderful and (usually) gentle man rest in peace.
[edit to link a well-written CBC report on the life of Bob Barker]:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bob-barker-tv-host-price-is-right-obituary-1.6948751
August 26th, 2023 at 1:20 PM ^
His greatest accomplishment was banging Diane Parkinson.
August 26th, 2023 at 2:08 PM ^
The good days! Barker’s Beauties in bikinis, especially Dian. She was "important" to those age 12–17 yrs.
August 27th, 2023 at 1:10 AM ^
I agree, she was the hottest of the 3 beauties IMO! I can't blame Bob, it would have been hard to say no if some Woman at work looked so hot and wanted you.
August 27th, 2023 at 12:35 PM ^
Evolution and political correctness… Barker’s Beauties drew a male audience - or avoided channel grazing for morning television. I’m completely supportive of equality - and, and the same time - don’t have a problem viewing someone who is “easy on the eyes.”
August 27th, 2023 at 8:40 AM ^
I never understood why the Price is Right had hot female models (I'm not complaining, mind you). Did the producers of the show think their audience contained a large number of male viewers? Were they trying to appeal to the even smaller lesbian audience?
I understand the show now has both male and female models now which makes a hell of a lot more sense, although I wonder how many women are even watching the show these days.
August 27th, 2023 at 2:05 PM ^
logged into upvote.
So happy to see this is the first post after the OP.
August 26th, 2023 at 1:21 PM ^
Feels like losing a distant uncle that was always able to put a smile on your face. He is missed.
August 26th, 2023 at 1:56 PM ^
The Price is Wrong, b****!
RIP to one of the greats
August 26th, 2023 at 9:47 PM ^
I guess he was closest to 100 without going over
August 26th, 2023 at 1:25 PM ^
Such a fixture of postmodern American culture. He will be missed.
By most of us anyway...
August 26th, 2023 at 1:36 PM ^
99 years - now that's getting your money's worth.
August 26th, 2023 at 8:45 PM ^
I say that's good enough for the final showcase showdown.
August 26th, 2023 at 1:38 PM ^
Truth or Consequences was family TV for us. We called it the Bob Barker show. RIP.
August 26th, 2023 at 1:38 PM ^
I still watch his reruns on Pluto, what an amazing life. Rip 🙏
August 26th, 2023 at 1:48 PM ^
RIP, Bob Barker. 99 years old...you just missed the $1,000 bonus.
August 26th, 2023 at 1:48 PM ^
This saddens me deeply. As a kid, watching Bob on sick days and in the summer was priority #1 (11 AM ET). I always dreamed of being a contestant and meeting Bob but that dream never did (and never will) come true.
Oh and always remember to have your pets spayed or neutered. Good bye everybody!
RIP Bob
August 27th, 2023 at 8:00 AM ^
Watched it everyday on summer vacation. Usually while cooking a slice of frozen pizza, eating Doritos and getting ready to round up some friends to go out and cause trouble.
RIP
August 26th, 2023 at 1:51 PM ^
Sandler's description of how Bob Barker ended up in the movie:
"We… and Bob knows this. We initially wrote it for Ed McMahon. Ed McMahon said he was busy and we, we were, we were like, imagine if Bob Barker did it, he'll never do it. Next thing you know, Bob Barker, whose neighbor was Chuck Norris at the time and Chuck and Bob used to spar, was like, ‘Yeah, if I get to fight, if I get to throw punches, I'm doing it.’"
McMahon would've been good, but Barker was perfect.
RIP!
August 26th, 2023 at 2:06 PM ^
Bob Barker and Chuck Norris in a fight would have been some interesting viewing.
August 26th, 2023 at 9:06 PM ^
Thanks for sharing that quote! Would never have know that he spared Chuck Norris… and lived.
August 27th, 2023 at 1:14 AM ^
Norris is getting up there in age as well. I think he's 86.
August 26th, 2023 at 1:54 PM ^
... because Old Guys Kick Ass
😁
August 26th, 2023 at 2:02 PM ^
Nothing like watching the Price is Right with your grandma when Bob was still on, feels like a family member died almost. RIP Bob
August 26th, 2023 at 2:15 PM ^
Bob Barker - come on up!
If the game was "get as close to 100 without going over", he played the game very well.
August 26th, 2023 at 2:16 PM ^
A kid that I grew up just a few houses down in East Detroit (Eastpointe), his mom got to be a contestant on Price is Right and they had a sweet new dining room table set and a lazy boy to show for it. We were in duplexes and the kitchens were so small the table took up half of it. If I remember right she made it to the showcase showdown and just barely lost.
I don't recall ever seeing it. Think VCR's were just becoming a thing then.
RIP......."Bitch"
August 26th, 2023 at 8:24 PM ^
My buddy, rest in peace, was also a UM Engineering grad, and it was summer 1994, a year, after we graduated, we went to California and stayed with his mom.. we went to the show and he was picked as contestant, and even spun the wheel. Bob ribbed him good. He ended up winning a bunch of prizes including these baby monitors, but then after show they said he would be eventually liable for approx. 30% of his winnings to federal and state taxes. So he refused and didn't take any of the prizes. I also vaguely recall they asked for the California taxes on the spot, because he wasn't a resident, but this could be wrong. At least that's what I remembered when I waited afterward for him in Studio City parking lot and when he had come out empty handed.
August 26th, 2023 at 2:35 PM ^
$1
Such a legend.
May a long skinny microphone be placed on his casket
August 26th, 2023 at 2:38 PM ^
We finally know the answer to who would live longer, Bob Barker or Keith Jackson.
RIP, Bob.
August 26th, 2023 at 9:04 PM ^
Wait! What happened to Keith Jackson??
August 26th, 2023 at 9:08 PM ^
I think he’s on Bally Sports South calling SEC games with Beano Cook providing the line.
August 26th, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
Cool story bro incoming...
I went to the ‘97 rose bowl NC game with a bunch of friends. It was the first time I’ve been to LA so me and another person stayed behind to check it out. Well, one thing we did is go to the Price is Right. And wouldn’t you know, my friend with me gets called up to contestants row, wins the bidding, wins the game, wins a new car, and spins the big wheel (he didn’t make it past that part). I had the chance to meet Bob Barker after while by friend was taking care of paperwork for his winnings. Nice guy.
August 26th, 2023 at 4:09 PM ^
To be clear: Bob Barker is not just some random C-list celebrity.
August 26th, 2023 at 4:11 PM ^
First and only Mgoblog post with this tag:
August 26th, 2023 at 5:14 PM ^
Good dude - loved his job and the fans, felt himself blesses, and never took either for granted.
RIP...
August 26th, 2023 at 7:01 PM ^
Hey, Damone. Can you get me some tickets to Cheap Trick?
August 26th, 2023 at 7:50 PM ^
File this under “I thought Bob Barker died 10 years ago.”
August 26th, 2023 at 8:28 PM ^
Like many of you I grew up watching Bob and his beauties on TPIR. I attended a tabping during Bob's last year. No I didn't get picked but I do have some interesting tidbits. The biggest thing is that the studio, stage, and size of the audience were TINY. The studio held about 100-120 people. The stage was probably 30' x 40' max with about 10' extra used for off camera things and behind the sliding doors(which was about 12 feet high.) Everything was wheeled on and off the stage and most of the game took up a big part of the stage. During the commercial breaks Bob would answer questions from the audience and also tell some stories about his years on the show. Also during these breaks they did drawings for the general audience where you could win $100. Overall it was a cool experience and Bob seemed like a nice guy even knowing some of the POS things he did to the beauties. I still can't believe that the show looks like it has such a large stage and studio when in fact is was SO small. Amazing what camera angles can do.
August 26th, 2023 at 10:05 PM ^
I was amazed when I learned he did his own stunts for "Happy Gilmore."
August 27th, 2023 at 1:28 AM ^
When I was kid, I remembered his Truth or Consequences show.. My FIL lived in Truth or Consequences, NM the year they renamed the town in honor of the TV show. Bob was the Grand Marshall of a Parade there for a decade or so. My favorite time to watch "The Price is Right" was from the mid 70s through the mid 80s. I remember seeing it on in the student union at Michigan, between classes in the early 80s. They re-run shows on Pluto TV run from the early to mid 80s. Back when Johnny Olson was the announcer and would say "come on down, so and so". As I got older and Bob's hair was all white and I was working full time and going to grad school, I never watched much in the late 80s and 90s. I think I've only seen the Drew Carey Price is Right show once or twice.
August 27th, 2023 at 8:13 PM ^
Yeah, Bob was a legend, and probably would have been arrested for his extracurricular exploits in the modern era. But, overlooking that, his principal failure was not hiring Playboy/Penthouse/Perfect 10 model Lexie Karlsen as a permanent Barkers Beauty.