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Barker TPIR coming to Pluto TV 12/1/20 (Confirmed)
thomas_meighan:
In re: the condescension: -- I wonder how much of it was Barker's personality, and how much of it came from hosting "Truth or Consequences." The latter show often/usually had setups where the host and audience were "in" on whatever curveball they were throwing the participants, who were sometimes made to look a bit foolish. (These are just generalizations--I wasn't around for the 19 years he hosted it, and I've only seen what's posted online.) It's possible that he just got used to dealing with contestants in a certain way, even though TPIR didn't really call for it.
FWIW, I do recall a 1980 episode shown on GSN where he mentioned to a female contestant that he had a dog who shared her first name, and later in the show he acknowledged that he had probably offended her.
cmjb13:
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--- Quote from: Allstar87 on December 05, 2020, 10:46:00 AM ---So do we have any proof of Rod doing anything depraved in Thailand, or just hearsay?
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I was thinking the same thing. I remember several people mentioning it on alt.tv.game-shows and later Golden Road, but I wonder where those rumors actually came from.
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While I wasn’t there, I did have discussions about this with people close to the show many years ago and have no doubt that it’s true.
gamed121683:
I wonder if anyone has kept track of the individual dates of when the episodes that have aired so far originally aired (You know, for episode guide purposes)?
snowpeck:
--- Quote from: gamed121683 on December 05, 2020, 02:02:57 PM ---I wonder if anyone has kept track of the individual dates of when the episodes that have aired so far originally aired (You know, for episode guide purposes)?
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Rest assured, the folks at Golden Road are on top of it.
JakeT:
--- Quote from: SamJ93 on December 05, 2020, 06:42:13 AM ---So the, uh, participants in Roddy's little adventures were at least consenting adults...right?
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Uhhhhhhhh...ummmmmmm...uhhhhhhhh...ummmmmmmm...
Never ask questions that you don't want honest answers to...
JakeT
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