Dirty Rotten Scandals - TPIR - March 18 on E!

[SuperMatch93]

Did we ever figure out the identity of "pentellit" who used to post here? I wonder if she was featured in this documentary.

[snowpeck]

Does Kathleen discuss the departure of Marc Breslow in her book?

I'm willing to believe there was no sex between Barker and Nancy Burnet, though I'm sure she was in his will.

She was the executor of the will.

[chris319]

Does Kathleen discuss the departure of Marc Breslow in her book?

I'm willing to believe there was no sex between Barker and Nancy Burnet, though I'm sure she was in his will.

She was the executor of the will.

Interesting that it was Nancy Burnet and not half brother Kent Valandra.

[cmjb13]

Is it correct to say Kathleen never crossed paths with Frank Wayne or Johnny Olson? Certainly not with Jay Wolpert. So much for buying her book. I've read enough about Barkergate on the web. Does she talk to/about Paul Alter, Jeremy Shamos or Jonathan Goodson in her book? Or is it all from Kathleen's point of view?

I used to deal with Frank Wayne when I proposed the Switch? game. Frank always had me pegged as a writer, which is not really accurate.

Jay Wolpert, Markie Post and Mike Malone had left the company when I got there. Bart Eskander was an office boy.

After the cancellation of BTC I asked Frank what he thought of Monty as an emcee. "Monty Hall wouldn't say 'shit' if he had a mouthful of it" was his reply.

Kathleen's book starts off with her background and musical history, while Price is the majority of the rest.
Jonathan Goodson is mentioned a handful of times but only in passing.
If you want dirt, her book has it, though I don't think her book sold very well.
I doubt Janice's book would even be relevant at this point.
I have the book somewhere in PDF form years ago from Amazon kindle if someone may be interested in a copy

[Chelsea Thrasher]

FYI, if you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription, Kathleen's book is available free to you. $9 to pay for Kindle, $20-$30 range for print.

[SuperSweeper]

Others may feel differently, but I really enjoyed Kathleen's book, and I would consider it a must-read for anyone with any interest in this documentary.

[inturnaround]

From Roger Dobkowitz on his FB:

Many of my friends have asked me for my comments in regards to the E documentary that was recently shown on their network.  However, up until now, I  avoided commenting on it because I didn’t want to add any social traction to such an obvious “hit piece”.  The "documentary" should just quietly disappear into the bottom of a TV equivalent of a waste basket along with all the other forgotten so-called "exposes."  However, since this program doesn't seem  to have received much traction anyway (probably since the purported incident took place 30 years ago on a daytime game show and, consequently, fewer people care or remember it ), I feel it is OK for me to reveal my thoughts and, most importantly, defend the dignity and integrity of our great show.

This so-called “expose” makes me realize that there are some people in this world who will happily exaggerate and create falsehoods in order to justify a personal hateful vendetta against a person in order to draw attention to themselves. Making the situation worse is the fact that  the accused is deceased, and therefore, making it impossible for the accused to defend himself.  The adjective “brave” should never be used in reference to a person attacking a dead person.

Most people in society and individuals move on with their lives, especially after court rooms have settled disputes and they are closed.  Most people are happy that a headache in their lives is over.  Such closure is usually a life-marker to remind the person to grow and put things behind them. When someone feels the compulsion to constantly bring it up for another 30 years is a sign that something could be wrong with their capacity to reason maturely.

Someday, when I write my book, (if anyone still cares by then), my 36 years of observations with Bob, the models, and the staff will clear up lots of misconceptions and dismiss many wrongful accusations. The show was a happy place…our working environment was the envy of other shows.  Staff rarely quit...the dozens of women who were in our repertoire of models came back year after year, happy to be on our show.  The only unhappy people, as would be found in any company, were the ones that didn't get the raise they wanted, the ones that didn't get the promotion they thought they deserved, and the ones that were terminated for not doing their job.  Of course, we did have a small handful of those people, but far, far, less than other companies had.

I was there for 36 years.  I was on that stage.

So to sum up, Roger thinks you should only speak well of the dead even if they did bad things, that people who were wronged should just get over it, but that no one was wronged and the only bitter people are those who didn't get a raise or promotion or who didn't do the job right.

Sure, Rog.

P.S. You being there for 36 years either means you were blind to what was happening or complicit in it. Neither is a good look.

[PYLdude]

Roger talking about moving on when he’s still a bitter old man. Okay.

[chris319]

I first met Roger in 1975, just as TPIR was going to one hour, and worked with him for two years at G-T, so I feel I know him reasonably well.

Since then I've seen many interviews with him and if he is bitter, sorry, I just don't see it.

Kathleen Bradley is a relative latecomer to the show. I don't need to read any more about Barker and the models, thus I won't be buying her book.

The documentary doesn't mention that Barker didn't get an Emmy in 1980 because TPTB submitted his entry after the 1980 deadline for submissions. That had to make Barker a little bitter. He loves to gloat about his Emmy's.

[Jsach]

From Roger Dobkowitz on his FB:

[facebook post]

So to sum up, Roger thinks you should only speak well of the dead even if they did bad things, that people who were wronged should just get over it, but that no one was wronged and the only bitter people are those who didn't get a raise or promotion or who didn't do the job right.

Sure, Rog.

P.S. You being there for 36 years either means you were blind to what was happening or complicit in it. Neither is a good look.

Linda Riegert, in response to Roger's post, left this comment.

Well Roger, you finally crawled out of that little hole weasels live in. You know that anything you said 30 years ago was not true and that is still true today. I overheard those conversations between you, Barker and Holly about her being fired because of her weight. YOU KNOW IT AND I KNOW IT! And every day after that day when Holly and I would talk about it, Karen, your sister-in-law, was there listening to everything, Holly and I both trusted Karen, we had nothing to hide because we weren’t lying about anything but Karen ran to the phone, called her sister, your wife, to tell her all the “news” she had just heard from Holly or myself and then your wife ran to you with the news and you couldn’t get to the studio or grab the phone fast enough to tell Barker what Holly and I were saying about all that was happening. Oh but you know that don’t you Roger because that’s exactly the way it happened. Holly and I were both very naďve, especially me, because I trusted Karen, I actually had no clue that Barker knew that I had overheard those conversations, not a clue, you played it well Roger, but then again I’m not a sneaky person so it never occurred to me what you were doing. Roger, you know exactly what you’ve been saying for years is not true, you must have a very dark soul just like Barker did. How could you would walk around that studio, pretending to be a friend, a nice guy and then run (and I actually saw you run to Barker’s dressing room many times) like his little puppy dog to tell him anything that might hurt somebody on the staff. You would do anything for him, do his dirty work and sneak around that stage, it was pathetic. And at my deposition, you said exactly what Barker wanted you to say, you said everything to make me look bad, funny how I thought you would tell the truth under oath. If they had put everything said in the documentary, and I’m mean everything, you probably would have deleted your Facebook page. Maybe you should crawl back in that hole Roger or better yet you could stand up, be a man and tell the truth for once. Not one of us, Holly, Kathleen, Claudia, Barbara or myself lied Roger, not one of us, this all happened and you know it! Oh you don’t remember or is it that little memory problem that you have with the truth. Remember that little show E! True Hollywood Story, Barker threatened to sue everybody connected with the production of that show. He threatened to sue unless they pulled it. Well he had enough power back than to do that. Oh, you don’t remember that, well now it is back on YouTube. Go watch it and don’t tell everyone that we are just now speaking up after Bob Barker died so he can’t defend himself because that is not the case. We tried! Once again, we stood up and said you’re not going to do this to us anymore, the rich, the people in power, should not be able to get away with what happened to each one of the women that stood up against Barker. In my life, I have never known anybody to do so much to hurt so many people just to stay in the good graces as someone so evil. It’s really sad how one human being can have such low integrity as you. You pretend to be nice, and you’re a great pretender… you really are. Everyone of us women needed to have our stories told, we told the truth, 100% the truth. When and if you write your book, it will be a fairytale, the Roger and Barker show, there’s so much more I could say, maybe I should write my own book, something to think about… I told Barker one day that he was going to go straight to hell… I think you’re going to be right behind him! But while you’re on the way to fantasy land Roger… try using some deodorant. All of this, I know to be true Roger, because I lived it and we both know if each of us were given a lie detector test… we both know who would be telling the truth. And I got a PS from quite a few of the crew that worked on that show with you. They are all in agreement that you were the snake at the studio. They were not blind. They knew what was going on.

Roger, in response to this, hid the comment so it does not appear and liked a reply to the comment of a GIF of Bob Barker throwing a punch at Happy Gilmore. Classy.

[SamPrainito]

Holy shit. 
 
Did she “voice to text” that message?   That was the most insane, run-on, hateful thing I’ve read in a long time.  The Unabomber’s manifesto made more sense.

The revival of this whole issue is getting ridiculous.  I saw an Instagram post from Kathleen Bradley tonight, which supposedly proves Barker was a racist.  It was the clip of Pauline chasing Bob!

What’s their end game?  Money?  There’s none.  Bob gave it away in his will.  Despite their best efforts, upon their deaths the models obituaries are still going to say “Former Barker’s Beauty.”

I just don’t get it.  And why now?

[tyshaun1]

Holy shit. 
 
Did she “voice to text” that message?   That was the most insane, run-on, hateful thing I’ve read in a long time.  The Unabomber’s manifesto made more sense.

The revival of this whole issue is getting ridiculous.  I saw an Instagram post from Kathleen Bradley tonight, which supposedly proves Barker was a racist.  It was the clip of Pauline chasing Bob!

What’s their end game?  Money?  There’s none.  Bob gave it away in his will.  Despite their best efforts, upon their deaths the models obituaries are still going to say “Former Barker’s Beauty.”

I just don’t get it.  And why now?

Because Roger called them liars again? And USA Today aggregated his post? She's also right that this story was told while Barker was alive on E!, it just was produced while Holly's suit was still ongoing.

[TLEberle]

Because Roger called them liars again?

Thank you, Ty. I was quite happy not thinking about this, and everyone can have their say. I also don't have to pay attention or give it any quarter.

[BrandonFG]

Holy shit. 
 
Did she “voice to text” that message?   That was the most insane, run-on, hateful thing I’ve read in a long time.  The Unabomber’s manifesto made more sense.

The revival of this whole issue is getting ridiculous.  I saw an Instagram post from Kathleen Bradley tonight, which supposedly proves Barker was a racist.  It was the clip of Pauline chasing Bob!

What’s their end game?  Money?  There’s none.  Bob gave it away in his will.  Despite their best efforts, upon their deaths the models obituaries are still going to say “Former Barker’s Beauty.”

I just don’t get it.  And why now?

I agree she could use a few line breaks but it doesn’t invalidate what happened. Not everyone knows this story the way the fanboys do, and the E!THS was nearly 25 years ago. Even though people born after 2002 probably know Drew more than they do Bob, this story hasn’t been retold any more than any other Hollywood scandal.

My legal expertise comes from watching Matlock reruns, but I’d guess no one said anything because Barker was still alive.

[Vgmastr]

Roger has admitted to making fake accounts on Golden-Road.net after getting let go just to criticize Drew and the show.  He has never had one good thing to say about anything the show has done in the last 18 years.  He is the epitome of bitter old man. 

Nevermind the fact that had he stayed in charge the show likely wouldn't have lasted as the show was still trotting out grandfather clocks and pianos as prizes in 2008.