Game Show Awards Fight: Bob Barker VS. Betty White
UPDATED INFORMATION:We’ve got some new information from various sources including Carrie at About.GameShows. Right now it seems that Betty White will not be appearing. She will make a pretaped tribute to Mark Goodson.
I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to get to go to the 2009 Game Show Awards this coming weekend now. Thanks to a reader’s Facebook link for this story. There may be a fight for the GSAs even before it begins. This one may or may not against Bob Barker and Betty White, according to some gossip websites (so you know the drill about trusting those). If you aren’t familiar with their situation, a feud over an elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo who outgrew his pen created a rift between the two. Barker wanted to relocate the elephant to San Andreas where it should have fun with the earthquares, and White wanted to keep it at the LA Zoo and build a larger home. Betty White won and apparently Barker is pissed.
Allegedly, according to the tabloid, Bob Barker is threatening not to appear at the awards if Betty White shows up. Of course we have no official confirmation and GSN will never confirm this for us, but it’s an interesting and, to be honest, and amusing thought. I can’t imagine anything more thrilling to report to you all from the awards then a Bob Barker/Betty White smack down. They could get some good usage out of the game show sound effects award with that one. So if one appears and the other doesn’t, you know why. I’m crossing my fingers this one is true. I’ve got no idea if this is true or not. It’s from a tabloid. But would it be fun if it was?
That being said, and I hope this isn’t the case, if someone is forced to stay home to “keep the peace” it’s going to be Betty White. Barker’s getting a major achievement award and Betty’s not. GSN won’t want to be embarrassed by this.
Bob Barker and Betty White are arguing over an elephant? Can we not just pause and consider how awesome that sentence is?
Pardon my language, but if this is the case, then I say fuck giving Barker an award and give it to Betty instead. Jesus, get over yourself, old man.
I think Chad and I need to lead up the, “Fuck You, Barker,” movement, haha.
I mean, I definitely respect his on-air duties. Yes, for fifty years, he was a great televison host. However, I’m tired of his real-world antics. Most things Barker did off-air and currently engages in are hideous, disrespectful and just plain reprehensible. Even at 127 years old, he manages to make sure everything is about him.
The BobBots defending him and supporting him even after all of this dirt (and more being revealed currently at the GSF) just sickens me, ESPECIALLY when his maneuvers harm innocent people like Price staff and, in this case, a gem of a woman, Betty White.
So, yes Alex, I’ll wear my badge proud. :)
I hope Betty White shows up. She’s made of win.
And I’ll proudly join the FYB Movement. ;)
I don’t know about you, I think neither one of them should show up if they wish to keep squabbling over a dum old elephant!
I can imagine Allen Ludden turning in his grave right now. If he was still alive he would kick Barkers ass 3-ways to next sunday.
Alex, I had one of the absolute worst weeks a person could have last week, and today wasn’t much better. But this? This makes me smile. A lot.
I will be planted firmly in the Betty White camp, and insanely jealous that I can’t make it to the awards myself. You and Alex P. better be Twittering this one!
Betty White is the REAL DEAL when it comes to animals, and she isn’t the ‘militant’ that Barker is, being that she has never asked episodes of her shows not to be aired or quit a job due to fur coats being displayed! Barker is just a prima donna, and if he doesn’t like what someone does, he just acts like a big baby over it. I remember all of that “I’m the victim” shit he used when the models sued him (especially Holly) – well, the man brought it on himself, no one else did, and as far as being an animal lover is concerned, you can tell that Betty is the TRUE animal lover, as she loves both animals AND people – you can’t say the same for Barker!
Wow… crazy stuff.
Anyways… new category… “Dumbest Contestant”…
The winner is….
Scher on the 5/11/09 episode of Catch 21.
Did anyone see it OMG!!! Man I was soooo mad lol.
Alex, please do a blog on it. It was just unbelievable lol.
I can hear Bob talking about this and himself in the 3rd person: “If Betty is there, then they will have no choice but to do the show without Bob Barker.” Ohhhhhh Bob……
>_< This childish behavior is coming from the man who should have grown out if it 70 years ago. Oh bob. Quoting from “Happy Gilmore”, “The price is wrong, bitch.”
bmhedgehog -
Don’t forget about Mark Goodson and Rod Roddy waiting to kick the Barker ass – Mark because he ‘sold his soul’ when Barker got promoted to EP, as he gave Barker veto rights over the fur and foreign car episodes of “TPIR”, and poor Rod because he wanted himself and the models on the show to get the same rate of pay on the regular show as they did on the Million Dollar Specials. Because Barker said no, bye bye camera time for Rod! I’m sure we could make a longer list, but this is a good start…
$20 to the first person who makes a “FYB” shirt and gets on camera at Studio 33.
A runner-up $5 for a Betty White T-Shirt, on camera.
I am not a fan of Bob Barkers but my question is this IS THIS AWARD FOR GAME SHOWS OR ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE
It’s for the machismo he oozes.
Trent: Yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and say that Bob Barker is nowhere near Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler.
He’s just a self-absorbed game show host. Please grow up.
Hell yes Betty should show up! Bob Barker needs to grow the hell up and stop whining and bitching whenever he doesn’t get his way.
Now, all of a sudden, The Game Show Awards has become The Source Awards. Bob Barker and Betty White going at it over an elephant? I know this is serious stuff, but at the same time……AN ELEPHANT!!! A F***ING ELEPHANT?
To DeNo1MatchGameFan: Betty White has been an animal lover for many years, Bob only became one when his wife died. So I agree with you on that one.
Just one question: WHERE THE HELL IS VINCE McMAHON WHEN YOU COULD REALLY USE HIM? (and Mark Goodson once lamented that it was Richard Dawson that gave him “tsuris.”)
Betty White rocks!!!
Mr. Quiz -
Mark Goodson also told a friend of mine from “TPIR” that “Bob Barker is an executive producer who is a game show host”, so that is why he couldn’t stand him. Granted he didn’t like Richard Dawson towards the end of his first run on “Feud”, but at least Richard fessed up to what he did – you’ll never hear that from Barker!
James Greek -
What does Allen, Mark, or Bill have to be mad at Betty for? She isn’t the one who make the remarks – Barker did! Just another famous line to go with his “as God is my witness” quote during one of the ‘modelgate’ trials!
Well, GSN may get the publicity they want, maybe not the way they want it, but this could be a record breaker for ratings. I’m hoping ET, Insider, etc. pick this one up, because it’ll get brand new viewers for the channel.
Bob Barker? Yeah, right, Outstanding Egotistical Bastard. Is that a category GSN can add?
I figure Betty and Bob might throw their dentures at each other, but, somebody said Bob’s teeth are real. lol.
DENo1MatchGameFan: As Dick Martin used to say…”I didn’t know THAT!”
Chad: Should we consider introducing the “BobBots” to Rush LImbaugh’s “Dittoheads?”
(..on second thought…)
To all: “Tsuris” is a Yiddish word meaning “heartache.” (although in this context, it’s perfectly
acceptable to mean “agita!”)
http://www.cafepress.com/fyoubarker
(Warning: Link may contain objectionable language.)
I Love those T-shirts!
It’s a shame Betty White won’t be attending. It’s a bigger shame that Barker will.
Remember a while back, I told you about this old movie that’s a personal favorite of mine, called “The Great Man.” If it were to hev benn in production today, you can bet your last money that Barker would’ve been one of the inspirations.
I think that everyone who loves Betty White should boycott this farce, and let Barker get his due somewhere else (like in front of his mirror!) Maybe a book burning of “Priceless Memories” will suffice, as this act is most indeed PRICELESS!
Grow up Bob! Betty’s done more than you anyway.
You’re not the guy I grew up with. My grandmother said he was mean off camera.
Mr. Quiz- There was another movie that describes Barker. It was called “A Face in the Crowd”. It starred Andy Griffith as a man who became famous and had a thirst for power.
Betty White was the first to promote the welfare of animals (I still remember her show The Pet Set), and that she received an award from Game Show Congress (ahem, did Bob? No…). Bob Barker readily admits to his self-absorbtion in his book.
Greg-
That’s another all-time favorite flick of mine. As a matter of fact, TCM just ran it.
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