Posted on 06/16/2007 8:55:21 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) LOS ANGELES -- Bob Barker endorsed his friend Rosie O'Donnell as a possible successor on "The Price Is Right," although the newly retired host isn't sure CBS wants a woman to take over the game show.
"I believe they're going to have a meeting with Rosie," Barker said backstage Friday night at the Daytime Emmy Awards, where he won his 19th trophy.
"She knows the show," he said. "There's no doubt in my mind she could do the show. Now, whether they want a lady host, I don't know. I've never heard that discussed. As far as I know, they've only auditioned men."
Barker said his friendship with O'Donnell goes back several years, when she had him as a guest on her old daytime talk show.
"She told me she loved `The Price Is Right' and wanted to host it one day," he recalled.
Among those mentioned as possible replacement hosts have been Todd Newton of the E! network, Mark Steines of "Entertainment Tonight," George Hamilton and John O'Hurley.
Barker retired last week at age 83 after 35 years of giving away vacations and cars on the hit CBS game show. But he said he may be back with some specials featuring vintage clips and guests.
"If it works out, I'd like to do that," he said.
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LOL! Talk about clueless in Hollwood!
Game, set, match, yer out Bobbie!
But how does he feel about androgynous idiots hosting his show
Okay, Jane. Now you have to guess the prices on the following items. The one that comes the closest without going over, wins. Now, how much did Haliburton bribe Cheney to allow no-bid contracts? What price did Bush put on each and every head of 655 thousand Iraqis? And how much did it cost Bush to bribe the 9/11 commission into claiming that fire melted steel?
The guy obviously has a wicked sense of humor.
So more sexual harrassment suits from the show’s models?
Bob Barker recently gave the commencement address at his alma mater Drury University in Springfield MO., of which I’m also a grad. He’s an American icon and by far the college’s most famous alum. As for Fat Rosie on the Price is Right, Mr. Barker, with all due respect, you do need a vacation.
Well, he's always been an animal activist
Show scenerio with Fat Rosie as the host: “OK, IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT, YOU WIN THIS NON-HYBRID, GAS GUZZLING, POLLUTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION POWERED CAR, COURTESY OF GENERAL MOTORS, OF WHICH WE KNOW DICK CHENEY HAS STOCK AS WELL AS OIL COMPANIES THAT LINE HIS POCKETS TO PRODUCE PETROLEUM BASED PRODUCTS TO POWER THIS V-8 POWERED AMERICAN PIECE OF S**T! NOW, WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?”
After all,they are terrorists
Senile dementia claims another victim.
Bob, if they do wish a lady to host, then yer barking up the wrong tree. Rosie may be a woman, but she ain't no lady.
“So more sexual harrassment suits from the show’s models?”
LOL!
They’ll have to change the title of the show to-
“You’ll Get What’s Left”
Part of the attraction all this time was a "kind" male host who would kiss the ladies and push consumer products. Housewives ate it up.
What would Rosie bring to it? A loud mouthed angry dyke who is public with her politics? Yeah, that's going to fly.
Maybe if Rosie changes the name of the program to "The Host Is Right". She could toss any uppity women right off the show. No more arguments, "I'm right!!!"
As a side note, SeaWorld apologized to long time customers for the confusion they created when they announced their recent decision to add Rosie O’Nutjob to their staff. They didn’t mean to imply that they were replacing Namu...
Barker: Remarks not a Rosie endorsement
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_en_ce/people_barker_o_donnell;_ylt=AjguCtN2986rpDFNVkg8L1nMWM0F
When placed in their proper context, they aren’t. Someone just asked him what he thought about O’Donnell being considered and she said that she knew the show and he though she could do a good job. He did not say she was his pick - that is editorializing on the part of the reporter who wrote this initial article.
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