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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Neumms on June 13, 2007, 12:57:44 AM
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Here's the scoop, from Radar (which I hadn't heard of):
http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/0...parkinson_1.php (http://\"http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/06/bob_barker_the_price_is_right_dian_parkinson_1.php\")
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My favorite line:
Dorothy Jo Barker not only guided her husband's career, she anchored his ego. After more than 30 years of marriage, she had a keen insight into the man, once saying, "I love Bob Barker, and Bob Barker loves Bob Barker."
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Nikki Ziering's quote about "Bob not liking the attention I was getting" raises an interesting point; Have anyone else noticed that any of the rotating models who seem to get abnormal attention don't return? Such as the Zubedayah (SP?) "rap" on one of the showcases..... never appeared since. Rebecca getting proposed to on the show? Gone.
Tyshaun
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A negative article makes perfect timing. Sad.
[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'155042\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 07:03 AM\']
Nikki Ziering's quote about "Bob not liking the attention I was getting" raises an interesting point; Have anyone else noticed that any of the rotating models who seem to get abnormal attention don't return? Such as the Zubedayah (SP?) "rap" on one of the showcases..... never appeared since. Rebecca getting proposed to on the show? Gone.
Tyshaun
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No, the modeling position on the show is simply no longer a permanent job due to the negative things mentioned in the article.
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[quote name=\'Mario500\' post=\'155046\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 07:14 AM\']
A negative article makes perfect timing. Sad.
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- Barker is "retired"*, not dead, and
- This is stuff that should have come out into the public eye LONG ago, and I for one
welcome our Barker-exposing overlords applaud Chris Mann for doing it.
* it gets quotes because he wouldn't have done it if the other option wasn't "shiatcanned"
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'155042\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 08:03 AM\']Nikki Ziering's quote about "Bob not liking the attention I was getting" raises an interesting point; Have anyone else noticed that any of the rotating models who seem to get abnormal attention don't return? Such as the Zubedayah (SP?) "rap" on one of the showcases..... never appeared since. Rebecca getting proposed to on the show? Gone.[/quote]
I would agree with your larger point, but not because of the two obscure examples you used that would only matter to people who watched the show regularly. Bob controlled what was on the show. It was when the models started getting too much attention outside the show (with Playboy pictorials and the like) that there would be a problem.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'155056\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 11:53 AM\']
[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'155042\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 08:03 AM\']Nikki Ziering's quote about "Bob not liking the attention I was getting" raises an interesting point; Have anyone else noticed that any of the rotating models who seem to get abnormal attention don't return? Such as the Zubedayah (SP?) "rap" on one of the showcases..... never appeared since. Rebecca getting proposed to on the show? Gone.[/quote]
I would agree with your larger point, but not because of the two obscure examples you used that would only matter to people who watched the show regularly. Bob controlled what was on the show. It was when the models started getting too much attention outside the show (with Playboy pictorials and the like) that there would be a problem.
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Besides, I would think Rebecca not returning has more to do with the fact that she and Jeff Thisted broke up than anything else. That probably would have been a very awkward work environment.
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I refuse to believe accusations that stem from a relationship that deteriorated into mistrust and the elimination of the permanent status a well-known job position once had. Accusations such as these should have ended one fellow’s career years ago (executive producer or not), but now that he is retired they are all coming back too late. Apologize for the past and leave it alone.
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[quote name=\'Mario500\' post=\'155067\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 11:05 AM\']
I refuse to believe accusations that stem from a relationship that deteriorated into mistrust and the elimination of the permanent status a well-known job position once had. Accusations such as these should have ended one fellow’s career years ago (executive producer or not), but now that he is retired they are all coming back too late. Apologize for the past and leave it alone.
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Ah, that's the Mario500 I know and...well, know. Don't ever change.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'155056\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 11:53 AM\']
It was when the models started getting too much attention outside the show (with Playboy pictorials and the like) that there would be a problem.
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I was under the impression that the reason they were hired in the first place was because they were, in fact, Playboy bunnies. I believe many of them posed before getting hired (Heather Kozar comes to mind).
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[quote name=\'Mario500\' post=\'155067\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 02:05 PM\']
I refuse to believe accusations that stem from a relationship that deteriorated into mistrust and the elimination of the permanent status a well-known job position once had. Accusations such as these should have ended one fellow’s career years ago (executive producer or not), but now that he is retired they are all coming back too late. Apologize for the past and leave it alone.
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Even though more than one person has spoken up, and Barker had a s**t list long before he announced his retirement?
You're not Waiter_On_The_Run, by any chance, are you? Okay, that's an unfair assessment, but it's crazy how the fanb0is still refuse to believe that this man they've worshipped for so long (and yes, I said worship, he's like a cult god to some of you) actually has an evil streak. And that's from producers who've worked with him for decades.
BTW, don't drink the red Kool-Aid and I like your Nike sneakers.
/ooh, a comet!
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'155069\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 02:09 PM\']
I was under the impression that the reason they were hired in the first place was because they were, in fact, Playboy bunnies. I believe many of them posed before getting hired (Heather Kozar comes to mind).
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See also: Pennington, Janice (Miss May 1971).
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'155071\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 02:15 PM\']
[quote name=\'Mario500\' post=\'155067\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 02:05 PM\']
I refuse to believe accusations that stem from a relationship that deteriorated into mistrust and the elimination of the permanent status a well-known job position once had. Accusations such as these should have ended one fellow’s career years ago (executive producer or not), but now that he is retired they are all coming back too late. Apologize for the past and leave it alone.
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You're not Waiter_On_The_Run, by any chance, are you?
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No, Waiter_On_The_Run can put together coherent sentences.
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Dian was Miss D.C. in '65, and was Miss World Runner Up in the same year.
I know it's not Playboy, but still picked for name recognition.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'155071\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 01:15 PM\']
Even though more than one person has spoken up, and Barker had a s**t list long before he announced his retirement?
You're not Waiter_On_The_Run, by any chance, are you? Okay, that's an unfair assessment, but it's crazy how the fanb0is still refuse to believe that this man they've worshipped for so long (and yes, I said worship, he's like a cult god to some of you) actually has an evil streak. And that's from producers who've worked with him for decades.
BTW, don't drink the red Kool-Aid and I like your Nike sneakers.
/ooh, a comet!
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I'm well aware more people have spoken, meaning they all have the same intentions. I don't worship any other human being, including one whose innocence seems to outweigh the negative over a long period of time.
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He's an entertainer, not a saint. Still, it's sad when it has to end this way. He's going out the way Godfrey did; not with with class, as did Carson.
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How reliable is this source?
It's unlikely the network will take Barker up on his offer to return, no matter how well his farewell specials have scored with fans.
How reliable is this statement? I would think that if they can't decide on a host soon, CBS will have no other choice other than starting season 36 in September of 2008.
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It is my sincere wish that none of our resident fanb0iz is ever put in the position of having to choose between commiting perjury and keeping their jobs.
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[quote name=\'Mario500\' post=\'155078\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 02:26 PM\']I'm well aware more people have spoken, meaning they all have the same intentions. I don't worship any other human being, including one whose innocence seems to outweigh the negative over a long period of time.[/quote]
Line of the Day. Wait, you were serious?
Something which hasn't been mentioned are the images' captions. I lol'd at the caption for the top image on the third page.
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[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'155080\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 02:41 PM\']
He's an entertainer, not a saint.
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Nobody ever said different; my problem is that Barker really tries to come across as one when it's clear as day that he ain't.
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'155089\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 12:42 PM\']
Nobody ever said different
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Oh, I disagree. There are LOTS of people around here who have said different.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'155052\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 10:36 AM\']
This is stuff that should have come out into the public eye LONG ago, and I for one welcome our Barker-exposing overlords applaud Chris Mann for doing it.
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QFT.
Gread read (the article, not Chez Lemon :P ) and I can't wait for the book to come out. When you don't have that ego check, like Dorothy Jo was purported to be, that's not a good thing.
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[quote name=\'Mario500\' post=\'155078\' date=\'Jun 13 2007, 02:26 PM\']
I'm well aware more people have spoken, meaning they all have the same intentions. I don't worship any other human being, including one whose innocence seems to outweigh the negative over a long period of time.
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I met Mr. Barker backstage last year and believe me, once the cameras are off and the audience is gone, he's not the guy you see on TV.
I'm not saying I saw him peel his skin away and eat a small child or anything, but TV-Bob isn't a real person. I think the entertainment industry is just as much of a fantasy world for the performer as it is for the audience. Take a guy who already has an ego; add 35 years of CBS treating him like he's God, and what do you think you'll get?
Everyone involved will spin the story to make themselves look good, so you'll never know for sure what the 'real' story is, but I think it's fair to say that Bob is probably not 'innocent'. Having said that, I don't enjoy Price any less because of these allegations and I don't look at Barker as a "bad" host because of them. Whether the allegations are true, untrue or a combination of the two, he's great at what he does and the show will not be the same without him.
After all, plenty of a-holes are good at their jobs, right? :-P
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[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' post=\'155170\' date=\'Jun 14 2007, 05:06 PM\']
Whether the allegations are true, untrue or a combination of the two, he's great at what he does and the show will not be the same without him.
After all, plenty of a-holes are good at their jobs, right? :-P
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If we were having this discussion five years ago, I would agree with you. But I think the spot where we fundamentally differ is in your claim that he's great at what he does. Because, in my opinion, and mine only, over at LEAST the last five years, he wasn't.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'155172\' date=\'Jun 14 2007, 08:24 PM\']
[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' post=\'155170\' date=\'Jun 14 2007, 05:06 PM\']
Whether the allegations are true, untrue or a combination of the two, he's great at what he does and the show will not be the same without him.
After all, plenty of a-holes are good at their jobs, right? :-P
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If we were having this discussion five years ago, I would agree with you. But I think the spot where we fundamentally differ is in your claim that he's great at what he does. Because, in my opinion, and mine only, over at LEAST the last five years, he wasn't.
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Which, ironidentally, the show became really intolerable (for me) about five years ago. I know Barker's ego prolly wouldn't have allowed it, but TPiR should've started sporadic auditions on-air. Honestly, I would've recorded on some of the live shows and kept those as auditions just in case.
Now CBS has their pants around their ankles with the new season three months away. No one to blame but themselves. October of 2006 was still too late for them not to have a replacement groomed.
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I had once made the suggestion, shortly after the 1st prime time eps did really well, that a good way for Bob to go off into the sunset would be to semi-retire him to a prime time weekly edition, and bring in new blood on the daytime show. That way, everybody's a winner: Bob gets his 50 years, the show gets new blood, CBS gets a profitable primetime hour of programming to go up against Millionaire, and Les Moonves doesn't have a predicament on his hands in Summer 2007.
Nobody ever listens to me.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'155186\' date=\'Jun 15 2007, 01:35 AM\']
Honestly, I would've recorded on some of the live shows and kept those as auditions just in case.
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Actually, they do record the live shows. Why they evidently aren't being used as auditions is beyond me.
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Perhaps they are, and they don't like what they see?