I HATE that Bob Barker...

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Cleaner
Hugh is a real person and will die in the grotto while in the act. Bob is animatronics so he will never die. Duh.

Did Bob Dole and Bob Barker come out of the same android factory then?

Edit: I think I meant Al Gore there, but what the heck, Bob Dole talks about himself in the third person like an android too, so I'm leaving it in there. Strange too, "Al Gore"..."al-gore-ithm"? I wonder..

 

[Cleaner]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: Cleaner
Hugh is a real person and will die in the grotto while in the act. Bob is animatronics so he will never die. Duh.

Did Bob Dole and Bob Barker come out of the same android factory then?

Yes and they are both owned by VISA.

 

[hevnsnt]

wow Barker is in the lead!

 

[bluewall21]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
wow Barker is in the lead!

I didn't vote for him.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: mobobuff
She was kinda hot.

No doubt.

:camera:s?

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: mobobuff
She was kinda hot.

No doubt.

:camera:s?

Sorry, wasn't capturing it.

 

[FoBoT]

who will die first, dick clark or bob barker

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Queasy
He can still kick your ass though....just like he kicked Happy Gilmore's ass.

 

[aircooled]

i havent seen that show in years

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: SelArom

Originally posted by: SpazzyChicken
I miss Rod...........the new guy sucks

Rod is gone?!!! :Q

did he die? did they bury him in one of those suits?

http://www.cbs.com/daytime/price/about/justin/



After an extensive search to find a new announcer, The Price Is Right has named Rich Fields as the show's new announcer and his first airdate will be Friday, April 23. Fields, who was most recently the weatherman at KPSP, CBS-2 in Palm Springs, California, is the show's third announcer in its 32-year history on the CBS Television Network. Johnny Olson was with the show from 1972 until his death in 1985, at which time Rod Roddy replaced him. Fields replaces Roddy, who passed away in October of 2003.

 

[cavemanmoron]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/28/obit.roddy.ap/index.html
Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Posted: 9:39 AM EST (1439 GMT)



Rod Roddy said it thousands of times: "Come on down! You're the next contestant on 'The Price Is Right'!"

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Rod Roddy, the flashy-dressed announcer on "The Price Is Right" whose booming, jovial voice invited lucky audience members to "Come on down!" for nearly 20 years, died Monday. He was believed to have been 66.

Roddy, who suffered from colon and breast cancer, died at Century City Hospital, according to his longtime agent, Don Pitts. He had been hospitalized for two months.

"He had such a strong spirit. He just wouldn't give up," Pitts said Monday.

Roddy had been ill for more than two years but continued to work as much as possible and for as long as he could, said Bob Barker, host of "The Price Is Right." Roddy had been with the game show for 17 years.

"We all admired his courage," Barker said last week. "He was always upbeat and hopeful."

Barker recounted a recent visit to his friend: "I went to the hospital and sat on the edge of his bed and we laughed the whole time we were talking. He was still having fun."

Roddy's announcing stints included "Love Connection" (1981-1985) and "Press Your Luck" (1983-1986), but "The Price Is Right" earned him his greatest fame. "The Price Is Right" remains one of the television's most popular game shows, and Roddy, with his flamboyant sport coats and booming voice, was a big part of the success.

"He started wearing those jackets when he joined the show," Barker said. "He was quite a character. He was important to the success of the show. He had the spirit of 'The Price Is Right.' It's a fun show. We did it with the hope people will forget their problems for awhile."

Roddy, whose real name was Robert Ray Roddy, was born September 18, 1937, in Fort Worth, Texas, Pitts said. According to CBS, his birth year was 1936, which would make him 67.

 

[kyparrish]

your opening post made me lmfao

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: kyparrish
your opening post made me lmfao

 

[cavemanmoron]

Who remembers

Johnny Olson;
was the immensely popular announcer on the Price is Right from when the show first started in 1972 until his death in October of 1985. He was an announcer who truly loved his job. Each "Come on Down!" was just as enthusiastic as the one before it. He not only did the announcing on the show, but he also did the show warm-up's, as well as various showcase skits. Here's some photos and audio of the master in action.

http://www.tpir.tv/johnny/johnny.htm

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: NathanBWF
"THE PRICE IS WRONG...B1TCH!"

Exactly what I thought of when I saw his name.