The Price is Right

SR2007 · 07-15-2007, 09:37 PM

This show is awesome I am really going to miss Bob Barker! He was a great game show host. I love watching the Price is Right and I hope that the show will stay on the air for another 35 years but that depends who the new host will be. I hope its not Rosie O'Donnell she's so annoying and it will be off the air in 1 week i say if she did host it

Rumpleforeskin · 07-16-2007, 08:38 AM

Man, its been a long time since I watched the Price is Right.

AskewView · 07-16-2007, 09:11 AM

AC Slater is one of the guys they are screen testing to replace him. I wonder if they are going to have the Zack Attack play in and out of the commercials?
They are also testing George Hamilton(freakishly tanned guy) and Mark Stenis(ET guy).

Bob Barker said that he would consider staying on for a few more months if they can't find a new host in time.

Rumpleforeskin · 07-16-2007, 10:37 AM

AC Slater would be awesome!

SR2007 · 07-16-2007, 09:28 PM

I hope that's true bob barker is a legend and a great host! I want to go to the price is right!

NoGirlSoSweet · 07-16-2007, 11:50 PM

Ahaha, gotta love the constant references to him as "AC Slater".

northernlou · 07-17-2007, 12:37 AM

I heard Rosie doesn't want to do 'the Price is Right', and I personally think it's because she can't handle Robin Sandler the way Bob can.

Veca · 07-17-2007, 01:36 AM

I'm sooooooo happy Rosie was smart enough not to even consider the job. The show would have folded in a nano second with her as the host!! I know lots of people like her but she grates on the nerves on the rest and I'm one who could not watch that gal.

SR2007 · 07-17-2007, 01:37 AM

well, that be good news!!

SR2007 · 07-17-2007, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Veca

I'm sooooooo happy Rosie was smart enough not to even consider the job. The show would have folded in a nano second with her as the host!! I know lots of people like her but she grates on the nerves on the rest and I'm one who could not watch that gal.

She gets on my nerves too! grrr lol

Veca · 07-17-2007, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Sabresrock2007

She gets on my nerves too! grrr lol

sabrezone · 07-17-2007, 02:41 AM

Adam Sandler should take bob barker spot on The Price is Right.

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SR2007 · 07-17-2007, 03:39 AM

he's a funny dude! I love how he came out during one of the prime time specials and read bob barker a poem that was awesome

Lotusland · 07-18-2007, 04:03 AM

Apparently they are down to two people left....

Mark Steines... current Entertainment Tonight co-anchor and Anna Nicole Smith guru

and

Todd Newton host of a few current gameshows

SR2007 · 07-18-2007, 08:20 AM

awesome

the_undead · 07-18-2007, 06:34 PM

speaking of price is right.

i cant see this show being hosted by anyone BUT bob barker.

rosie o'donnell is just a complete bitch and i despise the show if she were the host.

northernlou · 07-18-2007, 10:19 PM

I hear they're talking about Drew Carey now.

SR2007 · 07-19-2007, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by the_undead

speaking of price is right.

i cant see this show being hosted by anyone BUT bob barker.

rosie o'donnell is just a complete bitch and i despise the show if she were the host.

I can't imagine anybody but hte price is right hosted by barker he was awesome and if rosie hosts it I will never watch it again!

Lotusland · 07-23-2007, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by northernlou

I hear they're talking about Drew Carey now.

Looks like they did more than talk.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Genial comic Drew Carey was tapped Monday to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show "The Price is Right."

"The deal was set Monday afternoon shortly before a taping of CBS' "Late Show" with David Letterman, where he confirmed it.

"I realize what a big responsibility this is," he said. "It's only a game show, but it's the longest-running game show in American television and I plan to keep it that way."

The selection attracted more attention than usual for a daytime show because of the prospect of replacing Barker, 83. Barker retired after 35 years in the job last month following taping of his 6,586th episode.

The opening attracted widespread interest, including from comic Rosie O'Donnell after she left "The View."

Carey, 49, spent a decade on his own ABC sitcom and also was host of the improvisational game show "Whose Line is It Anyway?"

He will also be host of a new CBS prime-time game show, "The Power of 10," that airs next month. He told The Associated Press on Monday that CBS officials first contacted him about "The Price is Right" immediately after he completed a pilot of the other game show this spring.

"My agent called me and said `I was talking to CBS casting today' and in my head I was thinking, `Oh, `CSI' guest star?' And he said what would you think about replacing Bob Barker on `The Price is Right?"'

Asked if he found the prospect of replacing such a TV legend daunting, Carey recalled talking to a friend who knows the game show business who told him, "as long as Bob Barker is cool with it, the fans will be cool with it."

"I'm cool with it," Barker said after hearing Carey's remarks.

Barker said he's not familiar enough with Carey's past performances to offer an opinion on his selection. But, he said, "I understand he ad-libs very well and that he has a very nice, friendly way of working, and I think both of those would be helpful to him on`The Price Is Right."'

His advice for Carey: "Go out there and do that show the way you think it should be done. Don't imitate me and don't imitate anyone else."

While Carey said doesn't know Barker personally, the younger comedian said he was comfortable that his predecessor would be accepting when he took on the job.

The negotiation process was nerve-racking. While he was talking with CBS about the job, Carey said he got a call from another lawyer in Hollywood who told him one of his clients was offered "The Price is Right" job.

He figured CBS had lined up back-ups if the first choice did not come through.

"If I was going after a second baseman, I wouldn't just talk to one second baseman," the Cleveland Indians fan said. "If I were the general manager, I would be talking to a few second basemen."

CNN.com link

Personally I don't think he is the right choice. There are a lot of games on the show to learn and I am not so sure he can do that while adding his trademark humour.

Still let's see what he can do... not that I watch this show anymore.

AskewView · 07-24-2007, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Lotusland

Personally I don't think he is the right choice.

Oh come on. Like anyone they picked would of been the right choice, "Oh yeah, him/her, they're perfect, should of replaced Bob a long time ago with this person".

Give the man a shot, geez. Leno is nowhere near Carson's level, but he's managed. This by no way implies that I enjoy Leno's brand of vanilla comedy, just as an example of how the irreplaceable can be substituted by a lesser version and still function adequately.

Bob's magic charm on that show was due to his ability to talk to the contestants and never play to the camera, unless it was for an exasperated look directed at the audience. He made every person who came on that show feel at ease and relaxed, no matter who they were, what they wore, or how they spoke. He spoke to the contestants and looked at them, right in their eyes. He comes across as a very friendly guy.

I think Drew might be able to carry that off. He's pretty calm, he's older, he's friendly, he's funny and he doesn't have any big controversies following him around. If he can carry it off, he could be following in Bob's footsteps and host this thing for decades. Rosie could not have done that, she changes her life too often and controversies follow her. I'm not sure who else could have been a good choice for this.

But the real question I'm wondering is if Colin and Wayne will be the new beauties?