[stainlessbanner]

Remember, help control the pet population, have your pet spaed or neutered.

[sirshackleton]

I think they should give him a nice Pontiac Sunbird with high performance disc brakes, rear window defogger, preferred options package 3A, high back seats, and California emissions.

[smith288]

"The price is WRONG..."

[Eris]

I thought the guy was dead. Like Abe Vigoda and Henry Kissinger.

[mountaineer]

Before "The Price is Right" he hosted "Truth or Consequences," on which my mother and brother appeared (a parent-teenager bit) in 1964.

[milli]

I was gonna ping this thread but instead -
PLINKO

[The South Texan]

Has he not he been sued for sexual harrasment a few times by some of those gals that flip over numbers and show off the prizes?

[Wright is right!]

"Let wienies such as Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak tape a month's worth of shows in two days."

"Wheel" doesn't tape "a month's worth of shows" in two days. They tape a WEEK's worth in two days. Three one day, two the next. Although the show's air running time is about 20 minutes (minus most of the commercials and all the promos), it takes far longer than that from start to finish. Each complete game sequence takes longer than 20 minutes and has to be edited to fit. Sometimes, sequences have to be reshot for technical reasons, like if some equipment just refuses to work. Usually, if you watch the credits at the end, you'll see a notice that a portion of the game not affecting the outcome was edited.

Plus, there's the audience warmup, keeping the audience amused between tapings (there's potty breaks), getting everyone back in their seats - three shows can be a fairly long production day. Even with no changes to the set.

Not to belittle what Barker does, nor his approach to it. As he says, he's learned his one song and he sings it.

Michael

[Libertarian444]

Times: You're still taping five shows a week at age 80. How do you keep going?

[dennisw]

I like this old horn dog. He's lived a life. He looks like he drank a bit, at least in the past. He's one of those with an iron constitution.

[holdmuhbeer]

he's only 80? Heck I though he was at least 95 by now.