16Jun2007
Who Does Barker Want To Host Price?
Bob Barker, who received what are most likely the last two Daytime Emmys of his career last night, is backing none other than Rosie “Rowdy on The View” O’Donnell, who has hosted neither a TPiR Live show or a run-through session at Studio 33. “There’s no doubt in my mind she could do the show,” says Barker. “She told me she loved The Price Is Right and wanted to host it one day.” I’d like to see her at least try, and hear what the fans think about her afterwards.
The yodeler from the cliffhanger game will boycott the show if that beast gets the thin microphone. She is NOT entertaining and quite frankly, NOT television “face friendly”.
all of this IMHO
IF..and its a HUUUUUUUGGGEEE IF, Rosie (Or Rozilla as I call her) gets to be host, I guarentee you that CBS Stations in the Bible belt and VERY ULTRA conservative cities will pull the show off their airwaves faster than you can say “ROSIE..LOOK, AN ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET!”
Rosie would be a BIG mistake, no..check that, A MASSIVE MISTAKE !
How about Rich Fields as Host?, or maybe Bob Eubanks, Tom Bergeron a cinch!
I really do like Rosie and I feel that whatever happened on The View was a big misunderstanding, but it went too far. As far as Rosie hosting, why don’t they do a test taping, like they did a few months ago with other ‘would be’ hosts. Everyone has their opinion of Rosie, but damn, let her try a test taping and take a poll of the audience. I’m with the one person who said that Rosie wants to change the models to all male and this new host that she wants to announce, it may be Bob’s baby, but I doubt that they’ll change all of that because of Rosie. TPIR has been the way it’s been for 35 years, why change now? Why screw up a good thing?
Give Rosie a chance, and do a test taping… what do they have to lose? Hence, “don’t knock it until you try it.”
Free Tom Bergeron !!! The one and only perfect choice from the massive field out there.
Rosie missed her day years ago. Her career is in a different direction now. She is no longer the Queen of Nice !
CBS/Fremantle: Just put all of the TPIR audition tapes on the CBS website and let the fans see what’s taking so long to come to a decision. I don’t think fans should have the “final” say, but we should have a voice.
I don’t know if you all have heard this but I was watching the news this morning and the entertainment reporter mentioned that Ryan Seacrest is a possibility.
I’m sorry but that just scares the BLANK out of me. If he winds up hosting it, we KNOW that Price is doomed. I would preffer Rosie over Ryan anyday of the week.
Echoing the first sentiment, if her “queen of nice talk show” were still on and she were still hosting it, I could see Rosie hosting TPiR. But not after her tumultuous year on “The View”.
If indeed Rosie gets the nod, the last one out of the Bob Barker Studio should turn out the lights.
Ryan Seacrest, Todd Newton, and who knows maybe Joel McHale could be a possible host. All three work for E!, and anyone of these three would do better than Rosie. Another long-shot possible host is Donald Trump. It would add on more to the Rosie-Donald feud. Donald would say something like “The people at CBS and Freemantle don’t want Rosie as the host! They want me to be Bob Barker’s successor!” The Donald as the new ‘Price’ host could work out. He can get along with Les Moonves and Rich Fields something that Rosie is not willing to do. Also, NBC didn’t renew “The Apprentice” so CBS could renew it.
Bergeron? Yeah, that’s what we need. A person with all the personality of a garden slug hosting the show. “I’m sorry Joe. You went over and now you’re getting kicked in the nuts!”
Rosie? I got six words for Bobbo — “Surgeon General’s Warning: QUIT SMOKING WEED!”
There are only a few people worthy to succeed Mr. Barker, and we knew this day was coming.
Not saying she couldn’t do the show, but Rosie… She’s a bid short of the actual retail price if you get my drift..
Ian Ziering from ’90210′ and his ex-wife was a ‘Price’ model (or former Barker’s Beauty) recently had an audition. He’s not my top choice, but he would do better than Rosie. “Variety” said that Rosie will not leave the East Coast. That’s more positive news that Rosie will not be Barker’s successor.
Never mind about Rosie. Never mind Barker “endorsing” her. (I think it was more opinion than anything.) In a recent newspaper blurb, Barker was quoted as saying his “ideal” host for TPIR would be (in fact, someone who is even OLDER than him- not to mention someone who is arguably a bit more iconic) Art Linkletter. But, Bob-O also mused that the man who proved time and time again, “kids say the darndest things” wouldn’t last a week (Mr. LInkletter is well into his 90′s, and the show supposedly going back two “two-a-days” when it resumes taping later this summer). But, you can’t deny, that if you are old enough to remember “House Party” or the originial “People Are Funny,” Art Linkletter would’ve been a “hand-in-glove” fit. If you’re too young to remember him, or his shows, then you’ll just have to take my word for it.
Art was a great emcee in general. I only remember him from those old craftmatic bed commercials,old clips of “Kids say”, and the play money from the LIFE board game. I think he would’ve been a shoe in for any gameshow.
All you really need is to see Mr. Linkletter wirh the kids. Those segemnts speak for themselves.
Is this a reverse Joker’s Wild situation? Where the host is endorsing someone incompitent and the backstage guys are pushing a qualified host…
Now not saying bill cullen was as bad (although clearly past his prime and not fit for that type of show) as O’Donnell (agree, if she was still the queen of nice instead of the breaking “dam” character she’s become it would be better) would be if she hosted the show. I don’t know what bob sees in her. She is way slow paced and dont get me started on her antics. If he wanted to make a statement by having a woman and/or minority take over I can think of 7 people better suited than Rosie to do so. Also I think Rosie would 1. Try to change the show too much which would be fatal (see, 1994 syndie version) 2. try to add her own excitement to a show that creates its own excitement (See any UK TPIR version to know why that doesnt work!) 3. Make the show “hers” (the beauty of TPIR is it ISN’T the host’s it’s the game’s because of the grand variety of the show. James’ syndie run was strong and kennedy’s was better than people remember. Davidson’s tampered with the format too much.) 4. Be short fused with dumb/slow contestants (this plagued bob for the last 5 years as he got downright cantankerous…but this cant happen with a brand new host and I dont think Rosie has the paitence.
I’m sorry but bob really must be going senile if this is true.
Art Linkletter? He’s even older than Bob! They’d have to find a new host within months!