08Jun2007
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Bob Barker Might Not Be Done With “Price is Right”

Could this entire retirement charade that has been going on for a few months be fake? As you may have known, Bob Barker taped his final episode of The Price is Right on Wednesday. The host search, well, hasn’t gone exactly well, has it? We know that Mark Steines, Geroge Hamilton, Todd Newton, and John O’Hurley are being looked at currently. However, Barker has been quoted as saying he would fill in for a few more months until they found someone if they needed more time. To use the exact quote:

“They’re having trouble finding someone to do the show,” Barker told reporters during a post-show press conference. “And I’ve told members of the staff here that … if they wanted me to do it for a few more months, I would do it.”

So there you have it. This entire god damn thing may have been a waste of time. Honestly, it’s absolutely pathetic that CBS has not found a host yet. The long-running British show Countdown had two host switches in the time period of around a year and did it seamlessly. CBS and Fremantle can’t pick who they want yet, and it’s not a good sign. It’s very simple if you ask me: If you can’t find the key person to fill the gap, end the show. Of course CBS won’t do it as they feel the show will still improve and be profitable with a new host, and I just don’t think it will. I think it’s time to just close the curtain on the show. It’s very evident that they can’t find a good person as host or else they are all very good and it’s too close to call (which I highly doubt is the case). Why do a disservice to the show and Bob Barker by getting a host who will do it half-assed and cancel the show in a year? That being said, they will get a host who will do the show half-assed and cancel the show in a year. This situation has not been going well and I just have a feeling it won’t end well either.

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Discussion

134 responses to "Bob Barker Might Not Be Done With “Price is Right”"

  • Greg says:

    If Richardson hosts, who will announce? Besides, don’t forget Bob Hilton and “Let’s Make a Deal”. Monty had to come back just to make the show last one season. Now THAT is when “LMAD” jumped the shark.

  • Andy says:

    I said Rich Field is staying as the announcer.

  • Andy says:

    Oops. I meant to say Fields.

  • David Saurer says:

    You guys noticed something, watching the Price is Right final taping with Bob Barker after Showcase Showdown Number One, they didn’t do the promotion for the Tickets to the Show. That is a huge hint right there about what is going to happen. I am not silly either, something tells me, either, one, they are going to let TPIR Sail into the Sunset or two, it is coming back but when?

  • Andy says:

    Sept. 10 is when all other gameshows are starting thier new season.

  • Andy says:

    The Associated Press is saying that Barker and endorced Rosie O’Donnell as a possible successor, but he not sure that CBS wants a woman to host.

    I don’t think Les Moonves wants Rosie. Ben Silverman wants Rosie.

  • Greg says:

    Bob Barker endorse ROSIE? Phooey! That’s a load of hogwash! That’s just plain wrong!

  • David Saurer says:

    You got the link to that, Andy? I won’t believe it til it is in black and white. Rosie my ass!!!

  • Greg says:

    If Rosie makes it, it might mean the beginning of the end.

  • Andy says:

    More comments about Barker and Rosie are in “Who Does Barker Want To Host Price?”

  • David Saurer says:

    Andy, My sincere apology. You got the Perfect Bid!!! Oh, if Rosie takes over, I am going to puke my brains out. That is the exactly what Greg said in Post 129: The Beginning of a very painful, and slow death to what Bob has built for 35 years. Has Bob lost his damn sanity ?

    BOB, do yourself a favor and save your legacy and image. Take back every darn comment you just said last night about Rosie O’Donnell. She is going to make a mockery of your legacy. I don’t believe you!!! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED YOURSELF, BOB!!! I think I heard the dogs yelped on this one.

  • Anonymous says:

    “You guys noticed something, watching the Price is Right final taping with Bob Barker after Showcase Showdown Number One, they didn’t do the promotion for the Tickets to the Show.”

    They’ve been doing that more and more often recently, not just on Friday’s show.

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