Bob Barker Says Rosie O'Donnell Could Replace Him (hosting "The Price is Right")

AOL News ^ | June 16, 2007

[Anti-Bubba182]

I would love to see Rosie get the show and fail, screwing up an iconic game show.

[jmc813]

There is a very good chance that I will commit suicide if this happens.

[jmc813]

Bob Barker is a big liberal, animal rights activist, anti-fur, etc.

You don't have to be liberal to be pro-animal rights and anti-fur.

[Blue State Insurgent]

The Price for the Right

[rockrr]

Funny picture (but certainly not for the reasons they may have wanted!). Looks like someone “has issues” ;’}

[jmc813]

One idiot replacing another.

Bob Barker is NOT an idiot. He was at the Daytime Emmys when he said this. It would have been unclassy to trash Rosie in this venue.

[jmc813]

A show FOR morons

Hey, I'm a Price Is Right fan and I don't think that I'm an idiot. In fact, I bet you I could come closer to the actual retail price of a bag of Ricola cough drops than you could.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

You don't have to be liberal to be pro-animal rights and anti-fur.

But it helps.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Could that be Barker’s plan? Have as his replacement someone who couldn’t possibly outshine him?

[bobjam]

I’m sure Rosie O’Donnell could do a decent job hosting “The Price is Right” if she behaves and concentrates on hosting a game show. Trouble is that she could not resist the temptation to spout off about politics- especially with all of the uniformed servicemen who appear as contestants.

[Chode]

Oh Woe is me... Why's everybody pickin on me???

[rbosque]

He’s an idiot Peta loon, and Rosie’s a loon.

[jmc813]

You don't have to be liberal to be pro-animal rights and anti-fur.

But it helps.

Liberals should not be able to hijack a legitimate issue such as animal rights. I'm a libertarian/conservative and frankly I tend to think more of dogs in general than I do humans.

[HitmanLV]

When working at a law firm I read some of the court papers for the sexual harassment suit on The Price is Right. Barker is one strange dude.

[jmc813]

He’s an idiot Peta loon, and Rosie’s a loon.

I'd be the first one to agree with you that Rosie is a C.U. Next Tuesday, but what is so "looney" about Barker speaking out against fur coats and in favor of pet spaying/neutering? I personally find his positions on these issues to be admirable.

[Clintonfatigued]

I cannot imagine what Rosie O’Donnell would have in store for the hostesses.

[rbosque]

Pet spaying/neutering is one thing, telling people what they should wear is another. Peta is an extreme left-wing group that puts animals above huamns and the tactics they use are deplorable.

[jmc813]

Pet spaying/neutering is one thing, telling people what they should wear is another.

As a libertarian, I would never support a ban on fur, but I really have no problem with someone using a bully pulpit to encourage people to voluntarily give it up.

Maybe I'm over-reacting to these criticisms of Barker, but I have been a fan of his literally since I was a baby, had tears in my eyes yesterday watching him host his final episode, and am disappointed to come here to FR the very next day and see him trashed. Bob served admirably in the military, and by all accounts is a great, stand-up guy.

[no_lectures_please]

No surprise here. Bob Barker is a big liberal, animal rights activist, anti-fur, etc.

And possibly senile, to boot.

[Anti-Bubba182]

I hope it is!