RIP - Bob Barker (end of an era)

Ozzie_Isaac

Sad day.  Grew up watching him.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/26/bob-barker-dead-dies-99-price-is-right-game-show-host/

StillH2OEgger

Helluva brawler, too. RIP.

stlcharcoal

One of the most charismatic people ever on TV.  Getting to meet him would have been better than any prize anyone could have ever won on that show.

A Missouri native by the way.  

RRP

My wife’s best friend has a daughter who is SO pretty and SO bubbly that she was able to be a finalist in Barker’s final PIR year. She said he really was a nice guy! BTW she won some furniture, a small motorcycle, and a hot tub., But the experience was the thrill of a lifetime according to her and her family watching her on that game show on national TV! 

lkapigian

RIP

JohnInCarolina

I can’t believe he died one dollar under 100.

Battleborn

JohnInCarolina said:

I can’t believe he died one dollar under 100.

He won the game, he didn’t go over. 

RRP

JohnInCarolina said:

I can’t believe he died one dollar under 100.

I hear you John!

I'm less than a Jackson behind Bob but I'm not betting I'll get more folding bills back in exchange within the next few years! 

HAPPY currency counting to you!!! May you have a pocket full of bills ahead of you!

Ybabpmuts

His name was Bob but he spelled it backwards, nobody even noticed.

Ybabpmuts

The joke was on us all that time 😁

lousubcap

Class all the way. 

WeberWho

My wife and her best friend from Tennessee met up in California to see if they could press their luck and get into a taping of an episode of The Price is Right. (I think it was the last month or maybe even the last few weeks with Bob Barker.) My wife and her friend camped out on the sidewalk with a bunch of other fans outside the studio to see if they could get tickets. They ended up getting tickets for the next days taping. The next morning the audience had to go through an interview process. The shows producer's will interview each audience member to see if you would be a good fit for the show as a contestant. My wife has a fun bubbly personality. Her sticker name tag kept falling off during the interview process and her and the producer kept playing off one another on how she wasn't going to be picked since she didn't have a name tag that stayed on. So I think they saw her personality and could see what type of contestant she'd be. After the interviews they were brought in the studio for the taping. My wife said the studio is much smaller than it appears on TV. The show starts and they call a couple contestants down. The next thing she hears is her name being called. She says it's all so surreal. It's loud, fast, bright, and hard to focus. So my wife ends up winning one of the bids and goes up and gets to meet Bob Barker. She's super excited and gives Mr. Bob Barker a kiss on the cheek and says, "You're so cute!" He hushes the crowd and says, "I don't know if you guys heard what she just said but she said, I'm cute! I haven't been cute for 40 years!" So my wife's winning bid to get on stage was for a $4,000 Presidential globe. (The same globe that was in the Oval Office at the time) Once up one stage she had a chance to win an SUV. I believe she was off with one of the numbers. Later in the show my wife got to spin the big wheel. She ended up landing on a $1.00 which equals $1,000 and got to be one of the final two contestants for the final show down. I can't recall exactly what her prizes were. I think it was a Play Station something, a set of golf clubs, and two jet skis. My wife put in her bid and they went to commercial break. So they come back from break and Bob tells her that she overbid by $200! Ouch!

Overall she loved every minute of the trip. She was super excited for the other lady who won the final show down as she won a big camper and it was always a dream of her family to own one. So she said it couldn't have happened any better. So her trip was essentially paid for with the $1,000 she won spinning the wheel and we have a $4,000 light up globe that is still in the cardboard box that it was shipped in. I've tried to get her to sell it several times with no luck. She said it's going to be a family heirloom. I don't get it but it's hers to do whatever she wants to do with it....

Ybabpmuts

That's an awesome story and memory for you both. If my wife won a $4,000 globe today, she'd give it to a hobo and put a big ole star on it exactly where my apartment is. I'd be fighting hobos for weeks probably. It's not a big deal because most hobos are tired and their shoulders hurt from carrying the sack with the lunch in it all those miles but still, I wouldn't send hobos to her. I feel like this is just one more reason we're divorcing, we have such different ideas on what to do with hobos.

lousubcap

@WeberWho - you clearly landed a top shelf keeper right there.  Great story and congrats to her for taking the challenge and coming thru.  Many talk the talk but few walk the walk!  She made it happen. 

Ybabpmuts

@WeberWho ..

What @lousubcap  said  ..but more of it.

WeberWho

lousubcap said:

@WeberWho - you clearly landed a top shelf keeper right there.  Great story and congrats to her for taking the challenge and coming thru.  Many talk the talk but few walk the walk!  She made it happen. 

Yeah, she figured at the very least she got to spend time with her best friend out in California if it didn't work out. Her friend loves to travel. So it was a perfect fit between them. She left me in the dark until the episode aired. All she told me was that she was a contestant and made the show. It was pretty wild seeing her on TV and not knowing how she did.

StillH2OEgger

That's awesome, @WeberWho! Great restraint for her to keep up the suspense.

WeberWho

StillH2OEgger said:

That's awesome, @WeberWho! Great restraint for her to keep up the suspense.

No doubt. I thought for sure she had the jet skis tucked away in some storage unit when going into the commercial break as I thought she was spot on with her guess for the showcase showdown. Unfortunately she was two hundred something over but was thrilled for the other contestant.