When producers hired Barker to host “The Price Is Right” in 1972, they hit the jackpot. The game show had faded significantly from its glory days in the late ‘50s and had been punted by two networks before it landed at CBS.
Me too! Combined with the ability to manipulate my mom into giving me Skittles and pizza for lunch it was amazing.
I can still hear it.
doot doot doot doot doot ..doot ..doot ....doot .....doot .....dooot ........doot .....................dootSo close to 100 without going over. :(
1 dollar, Bob.
Holy shit that’s genius. He got us, he really got us.
I laughed so hard at this that I teared up, thank you.
Damn, I’m totally stealing that. Bravo.
It’s the first comment just about everywhere this is posted on the internet, so you aren’t the only one.
He did something much of America has always wanted to do- beat up Adam Sandler.
Uh. I think I’m out of the loop on that one. Do tell.
Fun fact Bob Barker wasn’t only like “spay and neuter your pets”, he also gave $5MM to Sea Shepherds which is a little more “proactive” of an animal rights group.
he also gave $5MM to Sea Shepherds
Enough to get an entire ship named after him!
He donated $3.1 million to his alma mater here in my city, and it was enough for the university to establish an animal studies program.
Wow. 99! That’s impressive, he had a long life. RIP
I always remember it was so fun as a kid to watch The Price is Right with my grandma when I’d miss school. Those were seemingly mundane moments then, but I’d give anything to go back for just one episode like that again. Good times.
After a close family friend of mine died, I sat on the floor and watched old episodes of price is right on youtube. I felt like I was 5 years old again
Don’t forget to have your pet spayed or neutered folks!
I will always remember him as the guy I watched on TV when I was too sick to go to school.
Wow. I didn’t realize he was that old.
I will always associate The Price Is Right with staying home sick from school.
Damn. I mean, I knew it was going to happen soon, given he was 99. But still, damn.
For anyone interested, Pluto.TV has been running a 24/7 channel showing a bunch of Price is Right episodes from the 70s and 80s for a few years now. I often put this on my TV for background noise while I’m working, because that show just has such an amazingly fun energy, largely due to Bob’s presentation. I’m gonna be watching some TPIR tonight, I guess. Gonna miss ya, Bob.
Other than the same memories you all have of being sick and watching during elementary school, when I was older my friend and I had off campus privilege in high school and we would go to her house quick where her grandma would make us sandwiches and we would watch him the price is right.
When I was touring the country with a marching band the daily joke was “Bob Barker Died” because most of us wouldn’t keep up with news.
Sad to hear that he’s gone, but it seems like he lived a good life.
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omg, Pee Wee Herman died‽ 🥺
Oh, man. How’d I miss that?
Henry Kissinger is alive.
He is 100 years old.
This isn’t really relevant to your comment. All these great people keep dying and Kissinger is still around, living a life of privilege and power.
I could’ve sworn he was already dead. I guess I’m from a different universe and have a good memory, it’s the only logical explanation.
He retired from hosting the show a while ago (Drew Carey has hosted since 2007). Maybe that’s what you remember, and somewhere along the line, your memory mistakenly replaced “retired” with “died”.
That’s my boring, single-universe guess, anyway.
I knew he didn’t die then, I guess I just thought he retired for health reasons as opposed to old age. idk.
Entertainers who stop entertaining do tend to lead to assumptions that they passed away.
I thought so too, I guess I combined him with Alex Trebek’s death.
Well, time to watch some price is right on pluto for the rest of the day I guess!
RIP Bob
