What would they get instead? A Bob Barker mimic who couldn’t ever measure up?
I was a big fan of Barker as a little kid back in his “Truth or Consequences” days. I was too young to know he replaced the legendary Ralph Edwards. Barker himself was a change from the previous post of the ORIGINAL Price is Right.
Art Fleming was a gentleman “Jeopardy!” host. Anybody who remembers the VERY ‘70’s Alex Trebek of High Rollers days with the lovely but untalented Ruta Lee would have thought him to be an unlikely replacement. But, hey, with the right cue cards, any good actor can sound intelligent or knowledgeable.
Let Drew define the show on his own terms. We might be surprised.
Those were some of my first memories. I can remember my grandmother putting me in a highchair with my breakfast in front of the tv. All they had then was one fuzzy channel and I would watch Truth or Consquences, To Tell the Truth, and Password all morning.