Punny Poll #16: Who Could Possibly Replace Bob Barker on "The Price is Right?"
Author: Nick
Category: Money
Topics: entertainment, poll
“I will be 83 years old on December 12, and I’ve decided to retire while I’m still young.”
With those words, Bob Barker announced that his reign as the Awesomest Old Dude on Television will end in June 2007 when he steps down as the host of The Price is Right.
Bob has been hosting the show since 1972–years before some of his most faithful followers (including yours truly) were even born. Everything I knew about money before I started this website, I learned from him. And now he’s leaving me!!!
If anything less than a full week of prime time programming is devoted to Bob’s final appearance, I plan on calling for a world-wide boycott of CBS. Who’s with me? Who’s with me???
Of course, the Price must go on, even without Bob in charge. Apparently the show’s producers have been looking for potential replacements for years. Take a look at a few possible candidates for the new face of Price and pick which one (if any) should be picked to fill Bob’s big, money-filled shoes. Or comment with your own pick!
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9 Responses »
1.
Flexo
October 31st, 2006 at 10:16 pm
I voted for Regis — it’s the perfect lifetime punishment/banishment for what he has so far wraught on the American television-watching public.
2.
Clever Dude
October 31st, 2006 at 11:18 pm
Letterman would be perfect at the Price is Right host. He’s got the wits to learn the games as well as keep them interested, and I love the way he treats his audience.
3.
mbhunter
November 6th, 2006 at 1:27 am
I think the trick would be finding someone who isn’t quite so big-name if they keep it as daytime TV. Letterman and Regis already have done prime-time gigs, and Sajak is a fixture on WoF. Marc Summers might be a good fit.
Or they might roll the dice and make TPIR prime-time and up the ante with hiring a big-name host and adding few zeroes to the prizes.
They don’t make them like Bob Barker anymore. That might make them just can the show.
4.
KEViN
March 19th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
NO 0NE SHOULD BE THE NEW HOST FOR THE PRiCE iS RiGHT iVE BEEN WATCHEN THT SHOW SiNCE i WHUS 5 &ND iM 14 NOW &ND i DONT THINK ANYBODY SHOULD REPLACE BOB BARKER &ND REGiS CANT REPLACE HIM BECAUSE REGiS iS DYiNG
5.
Frances
April 5th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Bob Goins would be good. Or Bob Eubanks. Or Donny Osmond.
6.
g jones
May 21st, 2007 at 10:25 am
I think Richard Kahn should do the show. Why was he replaced on the Family Fued Show? He was fantastic! I don’t even like to watch the FUED now.
7.
nichole
May 21st, 2007 at 10:42 pm
I think that if Bob Barker wants to retire…Good for him. But the show should too.. Bob is the price is right without him there is no show. He made it last all these years. If someone else takes over the show might fail and disapoint Bob. He deserves better than that. No one really wants to see someone else saying “come on down “. !!!!
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nichole
May 21st, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Me again… I have been watching since I was 5 and now I am 34. I just can’t get over how everyone wants to see someone else hosting.. come on everone!!! and Regis is not dieing , he is fine. He is a legend too. Bob will be missed for sure. He is a witty cute old man.
9.
Lynn Rolewicz
July 12th, 2007 at 1:04 am
Richard Karn gets my vote. He’s smart, witty, and handled Family Feud with ease. And he can relate to all kinds of people; any age, any gender, any race.
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