When producers hired Barker to host “The Price Is Right” in 1972, they hit the jackpot. The game show had faded significantly from its glory days in the late ‘50s and had been punted by two networks before it landed at CBS.
When producers hired Barker to host “The Price Is Right” in 1972, they hit the jackpot. The game show had faded significantly from its glory days in the late ‘50s and had been punted by two networks before it landed at CBS.
Before you pull that sweet-TV-memories trigger, look up how much of a creep, predator, and all-around abuser Bob Barker was in real life. Hell with that jerk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Hallstrom
https://web.archive.org/web/20090305082736/http://www.courttv.com/people/2004/0917/barker_ctv.html