Bob Barker is retiring this may/june from hosting the price is right. i remember watching this show with my grandma when i was a kid. i always associate Bob Barker with the price is right… it’s hard to imagine anyone else hosting the show. despite happy gilmore portraying him differently, i always imagined Bob Barker to be a nice, grandfatherly man… he always seemed sad when the contestant didn’t win the prize. and always allowed the contestant to hug him (with or without squealing at the same time :P). i’ll miss Bob.
cnn had an article about who the next host of the show will be. names being tossed around include George Hamilton, Mario Lopez, Mark Steines, Todd Newton, John O’Hurley, and “Beauty and the Geek” host Mike Richards. i know i’m greatly biased towards Bob, but i just can’t seem some of these people as host of the show. Mario Lopez?? heck no! George Hamilton has the aged look, but he doesn’t come off as grandfatherly as Bob does for me. i have no idea who Todd Newton is. For me, John O’Hurley comes off kind of arrogant… maybe because i’m used to his character from seinfeld. i don’t really think much of the host of “Beauty and the Geek”
i hope they find a good person to replace Bob. i’m not sure what you look for in a game show host… but he definitely had it.
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1 talida // Apr 5, 2007 at 12:19 pm
aw, you should make it part of your cali trip to go to a taping! I dunno, I think John O’Hurley would be funny, but then maybe because I’m thinking Seinfeld as well..
2 Cheryl // Apr 5, 2007 at 1:05 pm
I dunno, I think he’s irreplacable for that show, when you think Price is Right you think Bob Barker and no one else! def would be my show of choice when we had a day off of school back in the days =)
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