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Due in 2009.... (http://\"http://www.observer.com/2008/bob-barker-writing-his-wholesome-memoirs-getting-help-founder-l-times-book-review\")
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Now's his chance to revise history while he still can.
I wonder if Chris Mann's tell-all will come out before Barker's.
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Taking a cue from Throw Momma From the Train, proposed title:
One Hundred Women I Tried to F**k
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One Hundred Women I Fired, With a Few Men Thrown In
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'181092\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 11:35 AM\']
One Hundred Women I Tried to F**k
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"It's a....coffee table book."
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Truth and Consequences
Think about it.
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'181101\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 03:26 PM\']
Truth and Consequences
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I like your thinking. Perfect title!
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How many chapters will be devoted to Yolanda? I can't wait to read that story.
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"The Price Was Right: She Came On Down, and They Came On Out"
\That sounds dirtier than it was meant to sound.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'181106\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 03:44 PM\']
"The Price Was Right: She Came On Down, and They Came On Out"
\That sounds dirtier than it was meant to sound.
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Perfect chapter title for the Dian years.
Tyshaun
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[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'181109\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 03:09 PM\']
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'181106\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 03:44 PM\']
"The Price Was Right: She Came On Down, and They Came On Out"
\That sounds dirtier than it was meant to sound.
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Perfect chapter title for the Dian years.
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..and for the chapter on the media fallout aftermath: "Spayed and Neutered".
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[quote name=\'lobster\' post=\'181110\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 04:11 PM\']
[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'181109\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 03:09 PM\']
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'181106\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 03:44 PM\']
"The Price Was Right: She Came On Down, and They Came On Out"
\That sounds dirtier than it was meant to sound.
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Perfect chapter title for the Dian years.
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..and for the chapter on the media fallout aftermath: "Spayed and Neutered".
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Lobster gets the $10,000 whoop whoops for this. That was epic win.
/would think of his own title, but knows that anything he types would get losing horned
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Isn't Keith Olbermann's current book called "Truth and Consequences?"
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Lots of books have been recently. I don't see why Barker couldn't name it that, with a little subtitle, maybe "My Life With A Plinko Stick" or something like that. :)
Amazon link (http://\"http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&tag=mozilla-20&index=blended&link%5Fcode=qs&field-keywords=Truth%20and%20Consequences&sourceid=Mozilla-search\")
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[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'181113\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 03:36 PM\']Lobster gets the $10,000 whoop whoops for this. That was epic win.
/would think of his own title, but knows that anything he types would get losing horned
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Please stop with the "pity me/self deprecation" act, it's not going to work.
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Chapter 5: "The Dian Years: Using my personal Plinko Stick for a Hole In One"
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[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'181113\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 04:36 PM\']/would think of his own title, but knows that anything he types would get losing horned[/quote]
And you still continue to type.
With apologies to Lob, Chris C. won with his title. He gets the Fry image from me and the crown.
/<Rip Taylor> and a dollar ninety-eiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. </Rip Taylor>
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'181137\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 06:05 PM\']Chapter 5: "The Dian Years: Using my personal Plinko Stick for a Hole In One"[/quote]
...or Two?
Well done, Aaron.
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Does MTV still have the copyright on Jackass?
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How about "I went to the HURDLES to get some BUMPing time"...
Naaaaah...to obvious...
Charles
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With chapter titles like "Line 'em Up" "Switch?' and "Dig We Must!"
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He gets the Fry image from me and the crown.
I already have a crown, yotch, and proudly I wear it :-P
I'll gladly accept a bunch of long-stemmed roses, though.
Truth and Consequences takes on a special meaning when Barker is involved.
Alternate title: I Love Bob Barker, a quote which could be from Dorothy Jo or Bob himself.
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'181089\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 01:31 PM\']
Now's his chance to revise history while he still can.
I wonder if Chris Mann's tell-all will come out before Barker's.
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I'm wondering the same thing. It will be interesting to see which book beats the other out for release.
And the possible chapter titles are endless.
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I don't know, y'all...I just assumed his memoirs would skip the years 1975-1995.
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The publisher is putting Barker's book in their "wholesome and family friendly" line. HA!
So either (a) there will be no references to the harrassments and peccadillos, or (b) it'll be described the same way Mel Brooks' character talked at the convention in High Anxiety.
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Barker's Bargain Book
Foreword by Ezekiel Barker, VIII
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[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' post=\'181255\' date=\'Mar 13 2008, 05:01 PM\']
The publisher is putting Barker's book in their "wholesome and family friendly" line. HA!
So either (a) there will be no references to the harrassments and peccadillos, or (b) it'll be described the same way Mel Brooks' character talked at the convention in High Anxiety.
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That was my reaction, too.
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I'm not sure about this, but I get the feeling that Barker got more than one offer to do this, and he figured (or his publicity people figured) that this offer would be the best for his "image." Possibility, yes?
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'181381\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 06:02 PM\']
I'm not sure about this, but I get the feeling that Barker got more than one offer to do this, and he figured (or his publicity people figured) that this offer would be the best for his "image." Possibility, yes?
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I have no idea what you're talking about.
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'181390\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 07:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'181381\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 06:02 PM\']
I'm not sure about this, but I get the feeling that Barker got more than one offer to do this, and he figured (or his publicity people figured) that this offer would be the best for his "image." Possibility, yes?
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I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Well, it makes perfect sense if the other offer was from, say, Chris Hansen. ;-)
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'181391\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 04:47 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'181390\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 07:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'181381\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 06:02 PM\']
I'm not sure about this, but I get the feeling that Barker got more than one offer to do this, and he figured (or his publicity people figured) that this offer would be the best for his "image." Possibility, yes?
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I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Well, it makes perfect sense if the other offer was from, say, Chris Hansen. ;-)
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Do you mean Chris Mann, who has been working on his tell-all for a couple of years now? Chris Mann has cultivated some good sources who are free to speak (i.e. not bound by non-disparagement clauses in legal settlements). I was interviewed by Chris and gave him some background on the inner workings of G-T and TPIR to the extent that I knew them. He asked me specifically about Barker and the models and I didn't have anything to give him as that all took place after I left the company (Dorothy Jo was still alive but passed away about a year later). I was not about to give Chris hearsay information simply to make myself come off as an expert on something I'm not.
Anyhoo, I have a feeling Barker's collaborator is going to write exactly the kind of memoir Barker likely wants to see written: highly sanitized and casting Barker in none but the most favorable light. As an aside, I'm told Barker had to approve Stan's book before he would consider writing the introduction.
(Note to attorneys for Bob Barker: The above statements are my opinion and you can't sue me for that.)
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'181394\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 08:04 PM\']
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'181391\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 04:47 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'181390\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 07:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'181381\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 06:02 PM\']
I'm not sure about this, but I get the feeling that Barker got more than one offer to do this, and he figured (or his publicity people figured) that this offer would be the best for his "image." Possibility, yes?
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I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Well, it makes perfect sense if the other offer was from, say, Chris Hansen. ;-)
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Do you mean Chris Mann, who has been working on his tell-all for a couple of years now?
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No, I meant the Dateline guy. As a joke, of course.
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No, I meant the Dateline guy. As a joke, of course.
Oh, THAT Chris. (GIVES ZINKIN A STRANGE LOOK)
/Too many damn Chrises.
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'181394\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 08:04 PM\']As an aside, I'm told Barker had to approve Stan's book before he would consider writing the introduction.[/quote]
All 59 words of it. Wherever did he find the time?
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All 59 words of it. Wherever did he find the time?
He's saving it for the memoir, dude!
Seriously, besides glossing over the way he dealt with certain individuals who testified against his interests in various depositions as I expect he will, I'll be very interested in seeing how he treats the many talented people who created the very shows he performed. For example, we know he will treat Ralph Edwards with high reverence, but will he treat Frank Wayne with equal respect or will he simply refer to him in passing as "some guy who used to be a writer on Beat the Clock"? Will he talk about the lunch with Bud Grant in which he reportedly tried to beg off doing TPIR and tried to get Gambit or Joker instead? It will be interesting to see how he deals with the 1980 daytime Emmy fiasco.
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[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'181422\' date=\'Mar 15 2008, 12:43 AM\']
It will be interesting to see how he deals with the 1980 daytime Emmy fiasco.
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The 1979 (not 1980) daytime Emmy snub would quite be interesting as to how Barker will tell his side of the story again, as he did in a New York Magazine article he originally wrote about the incident. Definitely sour grapes and a bruised ego as I first read it, no doubt.
On the day of the awards ceremony televised live, which he hosted also, Barker told his complaint to a nationwide audience this so-called injustice towards him. Pyramid executive producer Bob Stewart, sitting in the theater, was seen expressing a turned-off look on his face while hearing this rant from Barker.
The Best Game Show Award was given instead to Dick Clark for Pyramid, but he was a no-show on that day. Barker, in his usual deadpan humor, said to the TV camera about having Clark give his Emmy to be placed on the empty bookcase at his Beverly Hills house instead. Barker even dared mentioning his exact home address right on the air.
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Chris is referring to Frank Wayne not submitting an episode within the nomination period for the 1980 Daytime Emmys. If he had the year wrong, and you're both thinking of the same thing, by all means, correct me. Why was Barker on such a tirade the year you speak of? What "injustice?"
-Jason
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My guess is that Padron is playing the "show aired in 1980 for the 1979 television year" card.
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as he did in a New York Magazine article he originally wrote about the incident.
Must ... find ... article. Do you have a copy? I would love to hear Barker's account of it.
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The New York Magazine article that Barker wrote came out in 1979, and it was about a few weeks after the awards incident. A copy of the article, perhaps in a clip form, might be available in the New York Public Library's Theater Collection in Lincoln Center.
As to the actual date of the ceremony, it was on Thursday, May 17, 1979 as televised live on CBS-TV, so the eligibilty period was for the time between March 1978 and March 1979. The Paley Center of Media does have a videotaped copy of the 90 minute special, and should be available in both its NYC and Beverly Hills branches, with Barker's comments about his disqualification said over the air.
Barker's tape was submitted to the Emmy people, and was first accepted for him to be nominated for the award. But then, it was rejected by its review committee because they felt that the episode that Barker appeared actually aired after their so-called guideline time period. As far as I know, Barker was not nominated for an Emmy during the 1979-80 period, and definitely not in the 1980-81 period as well.
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I was always under the impression that the show tape was not delivered to the Academy by the deadline for submissions.
What does Barker say in the article? Does he basically just piss and moan? Does he presume that an Emmy would have been his if not for the screw-up with the submission?
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Maybe in the memoirs we'll find out what happened to Bob's "Plinko Stick" and where he keeps the $500 bonus now!!
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'183055\' date=\'Apr 2 2008, 09:18 AM\']
Maybe in the memoirs we'll find out what happened to Bob's "Plinko Stick" and where he keeps the $500 bonus now!!
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Hopefully, in the Plinko pants.