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Card Shark:
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Dec 3 2003, 04:07 PM\'] He decides whether he wants to renew at the end of each year.

I've been told Season 40 is a bit optimistic.

The end of Season 35 is a good place...

50 years on Television [/quote]
 I agree that Season 40 is optimistic. It's beyond optimistic. The man will be 88 years old. Something tells me this won't happen.

KyleCHaight:
Bob's a survivor. He's weathered the death of his wife, 2 announcers, sexual harrassment lawsuits, endless number of models, and 80 years of life. Something says to me that Bob's not going anywhere for awhile yet.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'KyleCHaight\' date=\'Dec 3 2003, 05:15 PM\'] Bob's a survivor. He's weathered the death of his wife, 2 announcers, sexual harrassment lawsuits, endless number of models, and 80 years of life. Something says to me that Bob's not going anywhere for awhile yet. [/quote]
 Yeah, he's "weathered" a few models, all right :)

Neumms:
Since we're not exactly swimming in new game shows to discuss, and since the Barker topic came up, let me ask you guys in the know this: Is there anyone who has Bob's ear, who could tell Bob if his performance was starting to suffer a bit?

It doesn't seem like CBS would say anything, as they keep giving Dan Rather a half hour a night.

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Dec 4 2003, 12:09 AM\'] Since we're not exactly swimming in new game shows to discuss, and since the Barker topic came up, let me ask you guys in the know this: Is there anyone who has Bob's ear, who could tell Bob if his performance was starting to suffer a bit?

It doesn't seem like CBS would say anything, as they keep giving Dan Rather a half hour a night. [/quote]
 My guess is CBS really hasn't thought too much about Barker's retirement or passing, whichever would come first. Some might argue a part of the reason CBS tried an hour-long Feud in 1992 is to see if Ray Combs could handle an hour-long format, and if he could handle it(he did an admirable job), perhaps then he could have been prepped to succeed Barker.

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