Talk:Bob Barker/Archive 1

Archive 1

Bob and ToC

It says that Bob hosted ToC for 18 years and then moved on to TPIR in 1972. That means he would have had to host two shows simultaneously from 1972 to 1974. In any case, the sentence is wrong and I don't know how to fix it. Mike H 16:38, Aug 1, 2004 (UTC)

I think he did host two shows at a time. Hey, Alex Trebek did triple duty in the spring of 1991.--Jnelson09 00:10, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Bob did host both shows for approximately three years. He ran The (New) Price Is Right during the daytime, and hosted Truth Or Consequences in nighttime syndication. CBSJokersWildFan 21:16, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Just Porsche?

I thought that the ban on vehicle tested on animals extended to all foreign cars, that's why they only have American cars on TPIR. Anyways, that's what I've heard.--Jnelson09 22:10, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Contrary to popular belief, the foreign car ban has nothing to do with animal testing. It was instituted about a year after Desert Storm as a show of patriotism. 71.31.67.115 01:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC) (Steve Gavazzi)

The original Bob Barker was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1974

Is this true? I went to http://www.gullible.info/ and it said that this was so, but with "gullible" as the address I'm not so sure...

I'd let you know that there are probably more than one "Bob Barker"s, so which is which? Gh87 09:23, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, there is definitely another Bob Barker: an allied fighter ace in world war one. -jibba-jabbaman

Why is this in here?

It's fine to have a mention of Bob's 80th birthday on a Million Dolalr Spectacualr, but why the entire paragraph on it? And what does the 6000th show have to do with Barker? Also, it says in one paragraph that The Price Is Right celebrated its 30th anniversary in September 2002, yet on another paragraph below it says "That same year", and mentioned the 6000th show, which was in 2004. Wikider 22:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I assume I'm breaking wikipedia rules by trying to broadcast my message in this way, but here goes. Somebody really needs to fix that lawsuit section. It should be proofread and split into paragraphs or totally removed.

I completely rewrote the lawsuit section, trying to strip it down to the bare essentials and keep as much of a neutral POV as possible. I understand that Hallstrom's lawsuit was reactivated by a court in 2004, but I can't find out any information about it, save that she supposedly won "millions" from her case. As I had no good info, I did not include Hallstrom's victory. -- Cincgreen, 17 March 2006

bob quitting The Price is Right?

I went to IMDB and Doug Davidson, and there are reports of his resignation as a host of that game show. If that's true, who will host it then? —Gh87 09:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Nobody knows that. Did you really talk to Doug Davidson, or did you just make that up? If you didn't, please ask him what's going to happen to TPiR if Bob dies. 71.111.215.224 22:32, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Unless hell has frozen within the past 24 hours, this has no basis in reality. -TPIRFanSteve 00:45, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, maybe hell has frozen within the past 48 hours. Maybe Gh87 has connections with CBS Daytime. I don't know. Somebody should go down to hell to see if it has frozen over. Gh87, please try contacting Mr. Davidson. TPIRFanSteve, I wasn't directing the "somebody should go down to hell to see if it has frozen over" comment to you. I mean somebody else. The future of TPiR is at stake. 71.111.215.224 16:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow...I didn't even realize that this was originally posted back in April. Given that Golden-Road.net's staff generally finds out about goings-on at the show very quickly, I think I can safely say that this was debunked by their silence months before I even commented on it. -TPIRFanSteve 22:04, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

TPIRFanSteve, when I said "somebody should go down to hell to see if it has frozen over", I meant somebody should verify the information and see if this guy does have connections with Doug Davidson. Please don't take offense. 71.111.215.224 23:27, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

No The Price is WRONG Bitch!

Bob Barker is a Karateka?

If Bob Barker has a black belt in Karate, shouldn't he be in the "American Karateka" category as well? Siyavash 03:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Category: Native American actors?

Barker is currently listed under Category:Native American actors. However, I was under the impression that even though Barker lived on an Indian reservation growing up, he himself was not Native American. Can anyone provide a source that clarifies that Barker himself is, or is not, Native American? --Metropolitan90 04:23, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

In this clip, which drove me to this Wiki page, Barker self-identifies as Sioux. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by White 720 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

Furthermore, I think that Bob's tribal affiliation with the Sioux should be listed under statistics, esp. given the mention as "Christian". Thank you

DELangley 07:40, 29 June 2007 (UTC)DELangley

Successor date

First of all, to TPIRFanSteve and the anon, please discuss what you want to do here, not in edit summaries or on the administrator's noticeboard. Secondly, I actually side with the anon here. The fact is, lots could happen between now and June. For one thing, Bob is almost 83 years old. There is a decent chance that he could have significant health problems or even pass away between now and June 2007, in which case the end of his run as host might be earlier than June 2007. The article already says that he is scheduled to leave in June. That's good enough for now, I think. We can't definitely state when his last show will be until he has that last show. --Woohookitty^(meow) 10:56, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I've readded the date with a caveat of "(announced)". Based on a few other pages, that seems to be the standard procedure for this sort of thing, as opposed to just leaving the end date blank. -TPIRFanSteve 16:17, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

That's a bit better, but I still think it should just have the end date blanked. It is mentioned quite a bit anyway in his article and in the show's article, and there is a possibility that he may get sick or die in the next year, you never know. And what if he reconsiders and wants to do another season? Not likely, but not totally out of the question. I'm not going to mess with it for awhile, but since he technically is still the current host of the show, it should just be left open, until we can be certain that his last show has aired. And I'd like to see where it is "standard procedure" to put announced dates for the end dates, cause I am not finding anything. 68.79.132.216 19:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not trying to argue the case here, but I have friends who talk to the show's staff on a regular basis...and he's NOT going to reconsider retiring. -TPIRFanSteve 00:40, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

That doesn't matter, in my personal opinion, I believe Bob. But saying that third-hand information is valid is pretty faulty. I still think on the basis that he is still the current host, and that the proposed ending date is a long ways off (and fairly vague), and the possibility that Bob could have health problems or such, it should just be left open. 68.79.132.216 04:36, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I understand why you would think that third-hand information might be invalid, but you need to consider the source here. The staff of Golden-Road.net is well-known in the game show community for having connections with Price's staff, and the webmasters talk to the show's producer on the phone several times a month. (I'm not making any kind of argument here for what is or isn't acceptable for Wikipedia -- just trying to lay out where I'm coming from.)

As for the end date, I'm not going to change it one way or the other at this point. I don't want to get into an extended pissing match over this, and I think you and I could probably both accomplish a lot more here if we're not constantly shouting at each other, anyway. I tend to jump at drastic changes to these articles, because they usually result in a lot of inaccuracies, but most of the alterations you've made in the last few days actually are valid. -TPIRFanSteve 05:19, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Mission, South Dakota

On the November 10, 2006 episode of The Price Is Right, Bob said that he grew up in Mission, South Dakota. The article currently says it was Rosebud, South Dakota. I do not know where his mother taught school. Backspace 18:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I think Mission, South Dakota is on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. -TPIRFanSteve 03:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

This is correct. Mission is the town on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. And, as of today for some reason it isn't even mentioned that most of his childhood was spent on the Rosebud Reservation.

According to the CBS website, he spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota where his mother was a schoolteacher. Can this be added to his bio on Wikipedia? South Dakotans are proud of their few famous people, like Bob.

Is Barker dead?

I Googled and Yahooed on Barker, and there's no souce on him dying but refrences to his retirement. Is this really true???!!!--Roadrunner3000 22:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Dude, get a grip and look at the changes. It's clearly vandalism. -TPIRFanSteve 01:40, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

It has him as having died today. I take it this is a lie again? I can't see anything on a quick google. Kibethewalrus 15:57, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I semi-protected the page due to persistant vandalism such as this. And it's not going to get better as his retirement nears. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 06:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Nope. He didn't die, despite references on videos on YouTube. AppleMacReporter 18:20, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Er...yes, I think that should be quite obvious...you're responding to something posted at the end of February. -TPIRFanSteve 19:47, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

It's just a couple of idiots on YouTube that are saying this. --Jnelson09 18:28, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

There's this jerka** on YouTube who is harassing other people. I tried to report that user, but YouTube did NOTHING! What should I do?--70.240.240.229 (talk) 23:04, 20 July 2008 (UTC)Chris

Bob will be on TPIR on April 16, 2009; MORE proof to any Internet trolls (those who say Bob died) that Bob is alive.--Tomballguy (talk) 20:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)Chris

70's Photograph

I found an old 70's Photograph that may help contribute to this article.

• http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2005/09/27/the-price-is-wrong-bitch/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Root Beers (talk • contribs) 14:08, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

Actually, that photo is from 1986. -TPIRFanSteve 23:03, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

"Reigert"

Who is this Reigert person? A google search turned up nothing. I originally removed this part because there is no other mention of it in the article. Someone needs to explain what this part is about. Otherwise, I just think it shouldn't be mentioned. Therefore, TPIRFanSteve, how does removing that part make it a lie? Brittany Ka 11:34, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

It's Linda Reigert, former production assistant on the show. http://www.courttv.com/people/barker/docs/riegert_suit.pdf is the suit she filed. http://www.courttv.com/people/2004/0917/barker_ctv.html also mentions the suite. Still active as far as I know. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 15:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

End date

Please stop putting the end date in for Bob's run as host of TPiR. 2 reasons. Firstly, no replacement has been named. And secondly, Bob has indicated that if they can't find another host, he will be glad to come back. Essentially, he's the host until they have a new host. It's just like people who tried to put the end date in last winter. You can't assume that he's done until a replacement has been picked. God knows that many have "retired" only to return. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 16:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I am torn on this point. I definately see a good reason to post an end date though. Would you list the end date of Seinfeld as the date the finale aired? or the date the last rerun aired in the thursday @ 9 timeslot? I can definately see the argument that The last first-run episode is the end of his hosting, regardless of someone else hosting. If the show went off the air after all his reruns, and no new host was named, he would still have ended his run.

If the show comes back with a new host in october, will you put the end date as today? or the day before that person first hosts? Is it an argument over what the date is, or an argument over when to decide that he has actually retired? It has been thoroughly and officially announced that he is retiring, and it's extremely simple to edit "retired" to "current" if they retract his retirement, but I don't think that's a reason to claim that he hasn't retired until he has been replaced. TheHYPO 22:30, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

For purposes of a succession box, it is not necessary, since a successor is not named. Otherwise the succession box is unnecessarily cluttered, when it is only supposed to serve as an overview. As of now there is a ever-so-slight uncertainty that Barker may not be done hosting. When it is absolutely confirmed, and a successor named, then that can change.—Twigboy 03:20, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

For what it's worth, Bob is not employed by anyone at this point, so he's really not the current host regardless of whether or not reruns with him in them are airing. I won't push the issue if the succession box gets changed back, though. -TPIRFanSteve 04:26, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Bob Tries Out for ESPN Sports Center

This is too darn funny and should be a worthy mention in the wikipedia article.

• http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=bob+barker&page=multimedia&multimediaCount=15&filter=null&name=SEARCH_internal&srvc=sz

The claim of an MTV Movie Award...

{{editprotected}} I looked on MTV's pages (both currrent and defunct), and there is no mention of Bob receiving an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Sequence since its inception in 1996. MTV Movie Awards archive... Please change accordingly. This has destroyed my faith in Wiki. DELangley 06:53, 29 June 2007 (UTC)DE Langley

See here. Cheers. --MZMcBride 16:08, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

That's My Line

I just saw Bob Barker hosting a show called "That's my Line" in a clip on YouTube, and the wikipedia article for that show states that he hosted it in 1980-1981, but I noticed that this article had no mention whatsoever of the show. Why not? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Uniqueuponhim (talk • contribs) 20:37, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

New issue with end date

We all know Bob Barker's last new episode aired back in June and he retired as of June 5th. Bob's episodes are currently in reruns until the Friday before October 15th, when Carey's first episode premieres. Since Bob's shows are in reruns, why is his last hosting day being listed as October in the succession box now when his last NEW show was in June?

If we list it as October, this will pose some interesting issues... particular with Bill Cullen's succession box and Bob's start date... Bill stopped hosting TPiR when it went off the air in the 60s. Bob didn't start hosting until 1972... are we going to list Bob as the host as of 1960-something? --Mr. Brown 04:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

It used to say 1972-2007, which I think is suffice for a summary succession box; leave the details to the article. He was host from the beginning of the 1972 television season to the end of the 2007 television season. Adding the exact dates does not add to the reader's complete understanding of Barker's tenure. The full dates repeatedly crept in, so I left it.—Twigboy 05:20, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Controversy section incomplete

The controversy section mentions a single October 07 lawsuit against Barker for sexual harassment. The Reuters news article reporting this on October 5, 2007 mentioned that Barker has been sued for the same reason numerous times in the past. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.81.124.61 (talk) 20:41, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

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Bob Barker Clothing Line

Shouldn't Bob Barker's clothing line be a part of his wikipedia article? He makes prison clothes and mattresses for inmates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.72.20.98 (talk) 22:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

That's a different Bob Barker... -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 02:19, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

The price is wrong, Bob - Misquoted?

"The price is wrong, bitch" might be misquoted (maybe there's a directors cut?) but all over Google you can find it as "The price is wrong, Bob". See Google Cache of Deseret Morning News - Happy Gilmore Supaplex (talk) 08:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

How about using the movie itself? The line is "The price is wrong, bitch", always has been. "The price is wrong, Bob" was used in the trailers and the TV version. MrBlondNYC (talk) 22:29, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

The Rosie O'Donnell Reference

Can't #2 be snipped out? Jeeze, she never had a chance in hell of getting the gig, find a better one for his retirement besides her fat butt. Thank you Dennyg2007 (talk) 15:28, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Robot Chicken

I noticed that there is a reference to Bob's starring in Futurama and Family Guy but not a reference of Bob's role in a Robot Chicekn episode. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.146.222 (talk) 04:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Health Section Incomplete

Sorry that I am an annonnymous user, but the Health section is incomplete. I heard that around 2004, Bob Barker had skin cancer. However he survived. It came back in 2005, and he survived again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.240.247.48 (talk) 21:33, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, in the interview, this is what Bob said: "I urge anyone who has spent some time in the sun, whether you're doing it now or not, go to a dermatologist once a year."--70.240.202.62 (talk) 02:30, 17 November 2008 (UTC)Chris

I think Bob Barker Died

Seriously, I think he died on like July 6, 2008 at his home. I read it in the newspaper. I might be wrong though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Julianaheavenis (talk • contribs) 17:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

As far as I know, he's still alive and kickin. I heard that he's gonna appear on an episode of The Price Is Right in a few weeks on the nightime version. --Chrismaster1 (talk) 03:10, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

No, he is not going to appear on TPIR. You heard someone making stuff up. Lambertman (talk) 16:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Then how come I saw it in a issue of People magazine?? --Chrismaster1 (talk) 20:24, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Chrismaster1 is right, Bob Barker is NOT dead, and Bob will appear in a few Primetime Price is Right episodes.--70.240.240.229 (talk) 20:15, 18 July 2008 (UTC)Chris

Thank you! I knew I read it in People Magazine and I also knew before it was announced that Bob was going to make a few appearances. I knew when he said he was retiring, I knew that it wasn't going to be full retirement like it was with Johnny Carson. When Johnny Carson retired yeah he made a few appearances on David Letterman but after that, he pretty much never did any media for the rest of his life. Bob Barker I knew from the moment he left The Price Is Right that one day he was going to return to the stage and make a few appearances while he's still alive.

--Chrismaster1 (talk) 20:49, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

I knew Bob would appear, because some kid at my high school (Tomball High School to be exact) heard that Bob would appear later in the Summer. However, just to be sure, can you cite a source?--70.240.240.229 (talk) 01:59, 20 July 2008 (UTC)Chris

There are no plans for Barker to appear on TPIR again. Lambertman (talk) 00:59, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

: Continuing to cross out my statements doesn't negate their truthfulness. It only proves your inability or unwillingness to contribute positively to this encyclopedia. Lambertman (talk) 14:03, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

2 notes about this article

1.) Bob Barker re-appeared on TV not long ago promoting the transition to DTV.

2.) What happened to Bob's photo at the top of the article? --70.240.192.153 (talk) 01:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Chris

--photo was removed, violated the "fair use" rationale... Wolfpeaceful (talk) 14:50, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Please keep this article semi-protected

There is a spammer from YouTube who keeps saying that Bob Barker died, which he did NOT. If this article is not semi-protected, it's likely to get vandalised, so semi-protect the article ASAP!--70.240.248.154 (talk) 20:24, 19 October 2008 (UTC)Chris

Bob's new autobiography and a promotion on TPIR

Not long ago, Bob wrote an autobiography of himself called "Priceless Memories". While hearing more about this new book, I revealed at golden-road.net that Bob may appear on The Price is Right to promote his book. This rumor proved to be true from golden-road.net, but I don't know when exactly this episode will air. If anybody knows, please mention this in the article.

Here is a URL from golden-road.net reguarding this: http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,9967.0.html

Here is another URL included in the rumor: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/_assets/busresources/catalogs/centerstreetss09.pdf

• Notice that this URL opens in Adobe Acrobat. Please be sure you have Adobe Acrobat installed on your system before clicking the 2nd URL.--70.240.215.204 (talk) 22:49, 16 January 2009 (UTC)Chris

• • I have heard somewhere at golden-road.net that the episode will either air or tape on 3/25/09. If anybody knows more about this, please mention this in the article--Tomballguy (talk) 22:24, 17 March 2009 (UTC)Chris

GSN's 2009 Game Show Awards

Just so everybody knows, we do not know if Bob Barker will be at the 2009 Game Show Awards, as he is in a feud with Betty White over a plan to relocate an elephant to another zoo. Barker has also threatened that if White shows up at the awards, Barker will not appear.

Source: http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/30/bob-barker-almost-a-no-show-at-game-show-awards-because-of-feud

Did he end up showing or did he just threaten and forgive the golden girl. This is a pretty ridiculous argument, especially if you lost. Why would white capitulate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.31.254 (talk) 15:21, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

--Tomballguy (talk) 13:42, 31 May 2009 (UTC)Chris

So did he show or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.31.254 (talk) 19:27, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, he did appear. The crane camera was getting a shot of the audience & Barker was there. -MegastarLV

"MCs"

Quote: "On October 15, 1987, Barker did what other MCs almost never did: renounced hair dye and allowed his hair to turn gray." Question: What's "MCs"? 206.47.141.21 (talk) 16:25, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

MC. That being said, that statement makes a claim which should really be sourced. Doniago (talk) 16:56, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Animal Rights

The opening paragraph gives two dates for the start of Barker's interest. The first says it was 1979 when he also became a vegetarian, and the second is after his wife's death in 1981. Neither has a citation. Bielle (talk) 16:22, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Neutrality questioned: re-whaling

The section on the Sea Shepherd refers to "illegal whaling". While Sea Shepherd calls it such, the whaling is legal according to all international charters and conventions. The word "illegal" should be removed. 218.222.192.21 (talk) 06:11, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Bob Barker narrating a short documentary about veal.

Bar Barker teamed up with Mercy For Animals to narrate a documentary about veal and the veal/dairy industry. http://www.mercyforanimals.org/veal/ Zexion Fan Girl (talk) 13:38, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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World War II service

Although Barker served in the United States Navy during the World War II era, no reliable sources found as of yet state that he served overseas in a war zone during the war. Accordingly, Category:American military personnel of World War II was removed from the article. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 11:53, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 July 2019

Reference #25 : TMZ Staff (November 18, 2018). "Bob Barker: Rushed To The Hospital Again ...For Severe Back Pain". TMZ. Los Angeles: Warner Bros. Retrieved January 24, 2019.[permanent dead link]

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Page Typo ?

"Following their testimonies in Barker's failed lawsuit against Hallstrom"... shouldn't that be... "Following their testimonies in Hallstrom's failed lawsuit against Barker" ?

Just Porsche?

I thought that the ban on vehicle tested on animals extended to all foreign cars, that's why they only have American cars on TPIR. Anyways, that's what I've heard.--Jnelson09 22:10, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Contrary to popular belief, the foreign car ban has nothing to do with animal testing. It was instituted about a year after Desert Storm as a show of patriotism. 71.31.67.115 01:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC) (Steve Gavazzi)

The original Bob Barker was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1974

Is this true? I went to http://www.gullible.info/ and it said that this was so, but with "gullible" as the address I'm not so sure...

I'd let you know that there are probably more than one "Bob Barker"s, so which is which? Gh87 09:23, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, there is definitely another Bob Barker: an allied fighter ace in world war one. -jibba-jabbaman

Bob and ToC

It says that Bob hosted ToC for 18 years and then moved on to TPIR in 1972. That means he would have had to host two shows simultaneously from 1972 to 1974. In any case, the sentence is wrong and I don't know how to fix it. Mike H 16:38, Aug 1, 2004 (UTC)

I think he did host two shows at a time. Hey, Alex Trebek did triple duty in the spring of 1991.--Jnelson09 00:10, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Bob did host both shows for approximately three years. He ran The (New) Price Is Right during the daytime, and hosted Truth Or Consequences in nighttime syndication. CBSJokersWildFan 21:16, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Why is this in here?

It's fine to have a mention of Bob's 80th birthday on a Million Dolalr Spectacualr, but why the entire paragraph on it? And what does the 6000th show have to do with Barker? Also, it says in one paragraph that The Price Is Right celebrated its 30th anniversary in September 2002, yet on another paragraph below it says "That same year", and mentioned the 6000th show, which was in 2004. Wikider 22:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I assume I'm breaking wikipedia rules by trying to broadcast my message in this way, but here goes. Somebody really needs to fix that lawsuit section. It should be proofread and split into paragraphs or totally removed.

I completely rewrote the lawsuit section, trying to strip it down to the bare essentials and keep as much of a neutral POV as possible. I understand that Hallstrom's lawsuit was reactivated by a court in 2004, but I can't find out any information about it, save that she supposedly won "millions" from her case. As I had no good info, I did not include Hallstrom's victory. -- Cincgreen, 17 March 2006

bob quitting The Price is Right?

I went to IMDB and Doug Davidson, and there are reports of his resignation as a host of that game show. If that's true, who will host it then? —Gh87 09:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Nobody knows that. Did you really talk to Doug Davidson, or did you just make that up? If you didn't, please ask him what's going to happen to TPiR if Bob dies. 71.111.215.224 22:32, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Unless hell has frozen within the past 24 hours, this has no basis in reality. -TPIRFanSteve 00:45, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, maybe hell has frozen within the past 48 hours. Maybe Gh87 has connections with CBS Daytime. I don't know. Somebody should go down to hell to see if it has frozen over. Gh87, please try contacting Mr. Davidson. TPIRFanSteve, I wasn't directing the "somebody should go down to hell to see if it has frozen over" comment to you. I mean somebody else. The future of TPiR is at stake. 71.111.215.224 16:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow...I didn't even realize that this was originally posted back in April. Given that Golden-Road.net's staff generally finds out about goings-on at the show very quickly, I think I can safely say that this was debunked by their silence months before I even commented on it. -TPIRFanSteve 22:04, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

TPIRFanSteve, when I said "somebody should go down to hell to see if it has frozen over", I meant somebody should verify the information and see if this guy does have connections with Doug Davidson. Please don't take offense. 71.111.215.224 23:27, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

No The Price is WRONG Bitch!

Bob Barker is a Karateka?

If Bob Barker has a black belt in Karate, shouldn't he be in the "American Karateka" category as well? Siyavash 03:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Category: Native American actors?

The discussion below is pointless. Bob Barker is officially recognized by the United States government as a Sioux — he's listed as a Sioux on the U.S. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940. Case closed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Engines On (talk • contribs) 21:31, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Barker is currently listed under Category:Native American actors. However, I was under the impression that even though Barker lived on an Indian reservation growing up, he himself was not Native American. Can anyone provide a source that clarifies that Barker himself is, or is not, Native American? --Metropolitan90 04:23, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

In this clip, which drove me to this Wiki page, Barker self-identifies as Sioux. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by White 720 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC).

Furthermore, I think that Bob's tribal affiliation with the Sioux should be listed under statistics, esp. given the mention as "Christian". Thank you

DELangley 07:40, 29 June 2007 (UTC)DELangley

Successor date

First of all, to TPIRFanSteve and the anon, please discuss what you want to do here, not in edit summaries or on the administrator's noticeboard. Secondly, I actually side with the anon here. The fact is, lots could happen between now and June. For one thing, Bob is almost 83 years old. There is a decent chance that he could have significant health problems or even pass away between now and June 2007, in which case the end of his run as host might be earlier than June 2007. The article already says that he is scheduled to leave in June. That's good enough for now, I think. We can't definitely state when his last show will be until he has that last show. --Woohookitty^(meow) 10:56, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I've readded the date with a caveat of "(announced)". Based on a few other pages, that seems to be the standard procedure for this sort of thing, as opposed to just leaving the end date blank. -TPIRFanSteve 16:17, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

That's a bit better, but I still think it should just have the end date blanked. It is mentioned quite a bit anyway in his article and in the show's article, and there is a possibility that he may get sick or die in the next year, you never know. And what if he reconsiders and wants to do another season? Not likely, but not totally out of the question. I'm not going to mess with it for awhile, but since he technically is still the current host of the show, it should just be left open, until we can be certain that his last show has aired. And I'd like to see where it is "standard procedure" to put announced dates for the end dates, cause I am not finding anything. 68.79.132.216 19:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not trying to argue the case here, but I have friends who talk to the show's staff on a regular basis...and he's NOT going to reconsider retiring. -TPIRFanSteve 00:40, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

That doesn't matter, in my personal opinion, I believe Bob. But saying that third-hand information is valid is pretty faulty. I still think on the basis that he is still the current host, and that the proposed ending date is a long ways off (and fairly vague), and the possibility that Bob could have health problems or such, it should just be left open. 68.79.132.216 04:36, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I understand why you would think that third-hand information might be invalid, but you need to consider the source here. The staff of Golden-Road.net is well-known in the game show community for having connections with Price's staff, and the webmasters talk to the show's producer on the phone several times a month. (I'm not making any kind of argument here for what is or isn't acceptable for Wikipedia -- just trying to lay out where I'm coming from.)

As for the end date, I'm not going to change it one way or the other at this point. I don't want to get into an extended pissing match over this, and I think you and I could probably both accomplish a lot more here if we're not constantly shouting at each other, anyway. I tend to jump at drastic changes to these articles, because they usually result in a lot of inaccuracies, but most of the alterations you've made in the last few days actually are valid. -TPIRFanSteve 05:19, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Mission, South Dakota

On the November 10, 2006 episode of The Price Is Right, Bob said that he grew up in Mission, South Dakota. The article currently says it was Rosebud, South Dakota. I do not know where his mother taught school. Backspace 18:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I think Mission, South Dakota is on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. -TPIRFanSteve 03:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

This is correct. Mission is the town on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. And, as of today for some reason it isn't even mentioned that most of his childhood was spent on the Rosebud Reservation.

According to the CBS website, he spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota where his mother was a schoolteacher. Can this be added to his bio on Wikipedia? South Dakotans are proud of their few famous people, like Bob.

Is Barker dead?

I Googled and Yahooed on Barker, and there's no souce on him dying but refrences to his retirement. Is this really true???!!!--Roadrunner3000 22:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Dude, get a grip and look at the changes. It's clearly vandalism. -TPIRFanSteve 01:40, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

It has him as having died today. I take it this is a lie again? I can't see anything on a quick google. Kibethewalrus 15:57, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

I semi-protected the page due to persistant vandalism such as this. And it's not going to get better as his retirement nears. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 06:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Nope. He didn't die, despite references on videos on YouTube. AppleMacReporter 18:20, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Er...yes, I think that should be quite obvious...you're responding to something posted at the end of February. -TPIRFanSteve 19:47, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

It's just a couple of idiots on YouTube that are saying this. --Jnelson09 18:28, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

There's this jerka** on YouTube who is harassing other people. I tried to report that user, but YouTube did NOTHING! What should I do?--70.240.240.229 (talk) 23:04, 20 July 2008 (UTC)Chris

Bob will be on TPIR on April 16, 2009; MORE proof to any Internet trolls (those who say Bob died) that Bob is alive.--Tomballguy (talk) 20:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)Chris

70's Photograph

I found an old 70's Photograph that may help contribute to this article.

• http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2005/09/27/the-price-is-wrong-bitch/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Root Beers (talk • contribs) 14:08, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

Actually, that photo is from 1986. -TPIRFanSteve 23:03, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Animal Rights

The opening paragraph gives two dates for the start of Barker's interest. The first says it was 1979 when he also became a vegetarian, and the second is after his wife's death in 1981. Neither has a citation. Bielle (talk) 16:22, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Bob Barker narrating a short documentary about veal.

Bar Barker teamed up with Mercy For Animals to narrate a documentary about veal and the veal/dairy industry. http://www.mercyforanimals.org/veal/ Zexion Fan Girl (talk) 13:38, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Beloved TV icon BOB BARKER has nothing to do with www.BobBarker.com which supplies prisons with torture devices

I was shocked to find out that not only is there a company created in 1972 called Bob Barker which is NOT the Bob Barker we all associate that name with, but they are also horrible people! This company - which I will refer to as BB to avoid confusion with the TV personality - supplies prisons with extremely cheap, tortuous devices, and other supplies including combs and toothpaste, etc. of the lowest possible quality. Virtually ALL inmates see the name "Bob Barker" emblazoned on their toothbrushes and other items and believe that this BB is the Bob we have grown up with on TV. The BB company is obviously profiting off of Bob Barker's good name and reputation. It has many repercussions including inmates mistakenly hate the REAL Bob, and even refuse to watch him on television. If ever there was a case of libel, this is it! Jdohe (talk) 19:12, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Not done: This is not an edit request. It also has nothing to do with improving the article and will likely be removed shortly. Regards, Celestra (talk) 19:30, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

"Reigert"

Who is this Reigert person? A google search turned up nothing. I originally removed this part because there is no other mention of it in the article. Someone needs to explain what this part is about. Otherwise, I just think it shouldn't be mentioned. Therefore, TPIRFanSteve, how does removing that part make it a lie? Brittany Ka 11:34, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

It's Linda Reigert, former production assistant on the show. http://www.courttv.com/people/barker/docs/riegert_suit.pdf is the suit she filed. http://www.courttv.com/people/2004/0917/barker_ctv.html also mentions the suite. Still active as far as I know. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 15:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

End date

Please stop putting the end date in for Bob's run as host of TPiR. 2 reasons. Firstly, no replacement has been named. And secondly, Bob has indicated that if they can't find another host, he will be glad to come back. Essentially, he's the host until they have a new host. It's just like people who tried to put the end date in last winter. You can't assume that he's done until a replacement has been picked. God knows that many have "retired" only to return. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 16:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I am torn on this point. I definately see a good reason to post an end date though. Would you list the end date of Seinfeld as the date the finale aired? or the date the last rerun aired in the thursday @ 9 timeslot? I can definately see the argument that The last first-run episode is the end of his hosting, regardless of someone else hosting. If the show went off the air after all his reruns, and no new host was named, he would still have ended his run.

If the show comes back with a new host in october, will you put the end date as today? or the day before that person first hosts? Is it an argument over what the date is, or an argument over when to decide that he has actually retired? It has been thoroughly and officially announced that he is retiring, and it's extremely simple to edit "retired" to "current" if they retract his retirement, but I don't think that's a reason to claim that he hasn't retired until he has been replaced. TheHYPO 22:30, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

For purposes of a succession box, it is not necessary, since a successor is not named. Otherwise the succession box is unnecessarily cluttered, when it is only supposed to serve as an overview. As of now there is a ever-so-slight uncertainty that Barker may not be done hosting. When it is absolutely confirmed, and a successor named, then that can change.—Twigboy 03:20, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

For what it's worth, Bob is not employed by anyone at this point, so he's really not the current host regardless of whether or not reruns with him in them are airing. I won't push the issue if the succession box gets changed back, though. -TPIRFanSteve 04:26, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

The claim of an MTV Movie Award...

{{editprotected}} I looked on MTV's pages (both currrent and defunct), and there is no mention of Bob receiving an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Sequence since its inception in 1996. MTV Movie Awards archive... Please change accordingly. This has destroyed my faith in Wiki. DELangley 06:53, 29 June 2007 (UTC)DE Langley

See here. Cheers. --MZMcBride 16:08, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

New issue with end date

We all know Bob Barker's last new episode aired back in June and he retired as of June 5th. Bob's episodes are currently in reruns until the Friday before October 15th, when Carey's first episode premieres. Since Bob's shows are in reruns, why is his last hosting day being listed as October in the succession box now when his last NEW show was in June?

If we list it as October, this will pose some interesting issues... particular with Bill Cullen's succession box and Bob's start date... Bill stopped hosting TPiR when it went off the air in the 60s. Bob didn't start hosting until 1972... are we going to list Bob as the host as of 1960-something? --Mr. Brown 04:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

It used to say 1972-2007, which I think is suffice for a summary succession box; leave the details to the article. He was host from the beginning of the 1972 television season to the end of the 2007 television season. Adding the exact dates does not add to the reader's complete understanding of Barker's tenure. The full dates repeatedly crept in, so I left it.—Twigboy 05:20, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Controversy section incomplete

The controversy section mentions a single October 07 lawsuit against Barker for sexual harassment. The Reuters news article reporting this on October 5, 2007 mentioned that Barker has been sued for the same reason numerous times in the past. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.81.124.61 (talk) 20:41, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

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The price is wrong, Bob - Misquoted?

"The price is wrong, bitch" might be misquoted (maybe there's a directors cut?) but all over Google you can find it as "The price is wrong, Bob". See Google Cache of Deseret Morning News - Happy Gilmore Supaplex (talk) 08:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

How about using the movie itself? The line is "The price is wrong, bitch", always has been. "The price is wrong, Bob" was used in the trailers and the TV version. MrBlondNYC (talk) 22:29, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

The Rosie O'Donnell Reference

Can't #2 be snipped out? Jeeze, she never had a chance in hell of getting the gig, find a better one for his retirement besides her fat butt. Thank you Dennyg2007 (talk) 15:28, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Robot Chicken

I noticed that there is a reference to Bob's starring in Futurama and Family Guy but not a reference of Bob's role in a Robot Chicekn episode. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.146.222 (talk) 04:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Please keep this article semi-protected

There is a spammer from YouTube who keeps saying that Bob Barker died, which he did NOT. If this article is not semi-protected, it's likely to get vandalised, so semi-protect the article ASAP!--70.240.248.154 (talk) 20:24, 19 October 2008 (UTC)Chris

I think Bob Barker Died

Seriously, I think he died on like July 6, 2008 at his home. I read it in the newspaper. I might be wrong though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Julianaheavenis (talk • contribs) 17:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

As far as I know, he's still alive and kickin. I heard that he's gonna appear on an episode of The Price Is Right in a few weeks on the nightime version. --Chrismaster1 (talk) 03:10, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

No, he is not going to appear on TPIR. You heard someone making stuff up. Lambertman (talk) 16:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Then how come I saw it in a issue of People magazine?? --Chrismaster1 (talk) 20:24, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Chrismaster1 is right, Bob Barker is NOT dead, and Bob will appear in a few Primetime Price is Right episodes.--70.240.240.229 (talk) 20:15, 18 July 2008 (UTC)Chris

Thank you! I knew I read it in People Magazine and I also knew before it was announced that Bob was going to make a few appearances. I knew when he said he was retiring, I knew that it wasn't going to be full retirement like it was with Johnny Carson. When Johnny Carson retired yeah he made a few appearances on David Letterman but after that, he pretty much never did any media for the rest of his life. Bob Barker I knew from the moment he left The Price Is Right that one day he was going to return to the stage and make a few appearances while he's still alive.

--Chrismaster1 (talk) 20:49, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

I knew Bob would appear, because some kid at my high school (Tomball High School to be exact) heard that Bob would appear later in the Summer. However, just to be sure, can you cite a source?--70.240.240.229 (talk) 01:59, 20 July 2008 (UTC)Chris

There are no plans for Barker to appear on TPIR again. Lambertman (talk) 00:59, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

: Continuing to cross out my statements doesn't negate their truthfulness. It only proves your inability or unwillingness to contribute positively to this encyclopedia. Lambertman (talk) 14:03, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Health Section Incomplete

Sorry that I am an annonnymous user, but the Health section is incomplete. I heard that around 2004, Bob Barker had skin cancer. However he survived. It came back in 2005, and he survived again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.240.247.48 (talk) 21:33, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, in the interview, this is what Bob said: "I urge anyone who has spent some time in the sun, whether you're doing it now or not, go to a dermatologist once a year."--70.240.202.62 (talk) 02:30, 17 November 2008 (UTC)Chris

Bob's new autobiography and a promotion on TPIR

Not long ago, Bob wrote an autobiography of himself called "Priceless Memories". While hearing more about this new book, I revealed at golden-road.net that Bob may appear on The Price is Right to promote his book. This rumor proved to be true from golden-road.net, but I don't know when exactly this episode will air. If anybody knows, please mention this in the article.

Here is a URL from golden-road.net reguarding this: http://www.golden-road.net/index.php/topic,9967.0.html

Here is another URL included in the rumor: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/_assets/busresources/catalogs/centerstreetss09.pdf

• Notice that this URL opens in Adobe Acrobat. Please be sure you have Adobe Acrobat installed on your system before clicking the 2nd URL.--70.240.215.204 (talk) 22:49, 16 January 2009 (UTC)Chris

• • I have heard somewhere at golden-road.net that the episode will either air or tape on 3/25/09. If anybody knows more about this, please mention this in the article--Tomballguy (talk) 22:24, 17 March 2009 (UTC)Chris

2 notes about this article

1.) Bob Barker re-appeared on TV not long ago promoting the transition to DTV.

2.) What happened to Bob's photo at the top of the article? --70.240.192.153 (talk) 01:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Chris

--photo was removed, violated the "fair use" rationale... Wolfpeaceful (talk) 14:50, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

GSN's 2009 Game Show Awards

Just so everybody knows, we do not know if Bob Barker will be at the 2009 Game Show Awards, as he is in a feud with Betty White over a plan to relocate an elephant to another zoo. Barker has also threatened that if White shows up at the awards, Barker will not appear.

Source: http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/30/bob-barker-almost-a-no-show-at-game-show-awards-because-of-feud

Did he end up showing or did he just threaten and forgive the golden girl. This is a pretty ridiculous argument, especially if you lost. Why would white capitulate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.31.254 (talk) 15:21, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

--Tomballguy (talk) 13:42, 31 May 2009 (UTC)Chris

So did he show or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.31.254 (talk) 19:27, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, he did appear. The crane camera was getting a shot of the audience & Barker was there. -MegastarLV

"MCs"

Quote: "On October 15, 1987, Barker did what other MCs almost never did: renounced hair dye and allowed his hair to turn gray." Question: What's "MCs"? 206.47.141.21 (talk) 16:25, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

MC. That being said, that statement makes a claim which should really be sourced. Doniago (talk) 16:56, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Neutrality questioned: re-whaling

The section on the Sea Shepherd refers to "illegal whaling". While Sea Shepherd calls it such, the whaling is legal according to all international charters and conventions. The word "illegal" should be removed. 218.222.192.21 (talk) 06:11, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Bob Barker Clothing Line

Shouldn't Bob Barker's clothing line be a part of his wikipedia article? He makes prison clothes and mattresses for inmates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.72.20.98 (talk) 22:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

That's a different Bob Barker... -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 02:19, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I came to this talk page just to see if someone had ask that. Many inmates will fight to the death over the prison myth that they are the same Bob. Inmates are stupid. Bob Barker Industries should probably have an article, they do supply clothes, hygiene supplies and bedding to 1% of the US population (the percent of Americans who are incarcerated at any given time). Blowagoat (talk) 19:00, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Curling Lawsuit

We are informed that the lawsuit was dismissed in September 2009, but that Curling plans to take an appeal. Any appellate time period commencing in September 2009 is long since expired, so what is the status of the lawsuit?John Paul Parks (talk) 04:44, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 November 2014

Is it possible to create a category that Bob Barker is an Alumnus of Drury University? It is mentioned in his bio, but a category was not created. Thank you! 64.22.249.253 (talk) 18:42, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

 Done - Well, that's probably claiming too much credit - Category:Drury University alumni already existed, I just had to find it and add it. - Arjayay (talk) 19:14, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

As the Drury University information was unsourced, the section had been tagged for unsourced information since 2010, and this is a BLP, I have reverted the cat and removed the information. Feel free to re-add the information and the category with reliable sourcing. Cheers. DonIago (talk) 19:33, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

TV guest starring

Bob Barker guest starred in the new episode of SpongeBob, Sanctuary as Bob Barnacle owner of Snail's Founder's Care. Someone add that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.81.44.71 (talk) 04:42, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Bob Tries Out for ESPN Sports Center

This is too darn funny and should be a worthy mention in the wikipedia article.

• http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=bob+barker&page=multimedia&multimediaCount=15&filter=null&name=SEARCH_internal&srvc=sz

That's My Line

I just saw Bob Barker hosting a show called "That's my Line" in a clip on YouTube, and the wikipedia article for that show states that he hosted it in 1980-1981, but I noticed that this article had no mention whatsoever of the show. Why not? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Uniqueuponhim (talk • contribs) 20:37, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

Semi-protected edit request on 27 April 2018

Spouse Date of Birth is Incorrect: Dorothy Jo Gideon Born Dorothy Jo Gideon was born on February 25, 1924 SOurce: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8311249/ 184.69.64.82 (talk) 20:20, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Per WP:RS/IMDb, IMDb is not considered a reliable source for this type of information. DonIago (talk) 20:47, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Edit request from , 11 November 2011

“Television personality Bob Barker donated $2 million to the Semper Fi Fund (SFF) to provide assistance to injured members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. Barker is hoping that his donation and support for our young Veterans will inspire others to give and commit to making sure that not one young Marine, sailor, airman and soldier or their family members are in need during their long-term recoveries.”

207.118.105.164 (talk) 08:09, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

What is your source? Doniago (talk) 13:53, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

 Not done Source it, and request the edit again. CTJF83 19:11, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

* What an unhelpful comment, Doniago, when google coughed up these three quite readily:

• semperfifund.org
• stripes.com
• losangeles.cbslocal.com

Facepalm . Resurrecting edit request. — Normal Op (talk) 20:25, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Did you really just scold me for something I said over eight years ago? When all I did was ask the editor making a claim what their source for it was? Alright then. DonIago (talk) 20:31, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Betty White and Other Issues

In the text of this article, there are several references to someone named "White", who the references identify as Betty White. As such, someone needs to edit this and indicate clearly that Betty White is being referred to. Really, the snippet about Bob and Betty's tiff could be written better- the language is stilted and IMO it buries the lede.

While I'm throwing my two cents in, what's up with the stylistic choice of abandoning paragraphs in the latter part of the article and starting each tidbit of information with "In ____ year"?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.17.82.7 (talk) 09:12, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

 Done Name expanded (White to Betty White) at first reference to it in the article. MPFitz1968 (talk) 09:41, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2021

children: Barney Stinson 2600:1002:B11E:B2AD:3003:D627:FFC4:DA98 (talk) 19:36, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:41, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

• • I don't think a reliable source is forthcoming, given that Barney Stinson is a fictional character, and the IP is just trolling. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 23:11, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Song

There is also a song called “Bob Barker”, referencing him, recorded by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog featuring Jack Black. I’m not sure where that should go, but I think it either belongs as a hatnote, in the cultural references section or in See Also. 2600:1014:B06B:72F7:8D19:138:F4DC:434C (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Lead section redundancy

The lead section's second paragraph duplicates considerable detail that properly belongs (IMHO) in the article's subsequent sections. I'm afraid I haven't time to edit it myself. (Good thing, as I get cold feet when presuming to remove references [he said in a cowardly way (LOL)]). – AndyFielding (talk) 13:23, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Bear Zoo in Cherokee, NC

Under the Animal Rights section, there's a bit about Barker having sent an email to some businessmen to close the zoo. It appears the link is dead - perhaps a news article about him speaking out against the zoo is better: https://www.today.com/popculture/bob-barker-asks-cherokee-chief-end-bear-pits-1C9409885

Also, there is a question of what happened to the bear zoo. It appears, via the Cherokee city web page and some Google reviews, that the zoo is still open in 2022: https://visitcherokeenc.com/itinerary-builder/poi/bear-zoo/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.191.28.53 (talk) 18:29, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Edit Semi-Protected Page Request, May 17, 2022

Under the 'Film and other TV Appearances' section, request to add: Barker voiced himself in the Season 2 episode of 'Futurama,' 'The Lesser of Two Evils.' ArgumentGuy (talk) 22:02, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:12, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Animal Rights

Under "Animal Rights", please add: "In 2009, Barker donated $1 million (equivalent to $1.4 million in 2021) to University of Virginia's Law School to support the study of animal rights. He has made similar donations to Harvard Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Duke University School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, Stanford Law School and the University of California at Los Angeles."

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/the_price_is_right_bob_barker_gives_1m_for_new_animal_law_program_at_virgin 2001:4898:80E8:35:D14F:7F4C:85B6:C60B (talk) 17:21, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

 Done Icabobin (talk) 13:41, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 January 2023

I believe there should be a more recent cover picture of Bob Barker than one from 2009. This article has a clearer picture and is from 2018: https://people.com/health/bob-barker-hospitalized-increased-level-of-pain-due-to-back-injury/ NoahRBarton (talk) 18:24, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: Any image must either be freely licenced or meet all of the requirements at WP:NFCC. RudolfRed (talk) 00:56, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Page protection

The article has been protected since October 2008. Barker is no longer an active celebrity. Is protection still necessary? 67.180.143.89 (talk) 16:41, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Navy Information Incorrect

Barker didn’t enlist. He was commissioned. Please correct the article. 2601:1C0:6C00:C6F0:A52A:88EC:7DDC:CE2C (talk) 04:09, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Please provide a source. DonIago (talk) 05:16, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Fixed in lead. Source cited in article (#1) covers it. Schazjmd (talk) 13:02, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Info about his wife

There is no information about Bob Barker’s wife or her death in the Personal Life section. That seems like a significant hole in his history. 104.172.54.25 (talk) 20:48, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

He's dead

https://twitter.com/KTLA/status/1695476073524580821 Ednamode7 (talk) 16:41, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2023 (2)

There is a small typo in the health section. The word “that” is misspelled as “thst”. Lancer383 (talk) 18:42, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: I can't see it. Please feel free to quote the whole sentence. M.Bitton (talk) 21:03, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Bob Barker death

The same resource informing about his death also says the cause of death. Quote: "Barker died of natural causes at his home in the Hollywood Hills, his spokesman Roger Neal said." Cause of death is often important information people want to know. It would be very helpful if someone can add it. 47.189.3.44 (talk) 22:25, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2023

Change: "He joined the United States Navy Reserve in 1943 during World War II to train as a fighter pilot, but did not serve on active duty."

Change to:

He joined the United States Navy Reserve in 1943 during World War II and trained as a fighter pilot but did not see combat.

https://blog.togetherweserved.com/2023/06/12/robert-bob-william-barker-u-s-navy-1943-1945/ DesertStormVet (talk) 18:11, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 05:56, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Byron John "Bill" Barker

• https://www.geni.com/people/Byron-John-Bill-Barker/6000000010562080526

....0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 04:54, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 September 2023

Barker’s death certificate, obtained by TMZ, says he died from Alzheimer’s Disease. This is no doubt worth adding. https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/05/bob-barker-cause-of-death-alzheimers-disease-price-is-right/ TheCorrectPanda (talk) 23:02, 5 September 2023 (UTC) TheCorrectPanda (talk) 23:02, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: If this is indeed accurate and worthy of inclusion, surely there is a more reliable source than TMZ? Pinchme123 (talk) 22:14, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

A better source may be nbcnews [1] Psychologist Guy (talk) 23:20, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

infobox picture

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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there's been a dispute on the info box picture we need to fix it and agree on it, lets !vote. 4me689 (talk) 15:34, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Cast your !vote

• 
  Option 1 (him in 1975)
• 
  Option 2 (him in 2009)

I have compiled a gallery of all the candidate images, Just sign under your choice(s) 4me689 (talk) 15:50, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Option 1

1. 4me689 - this is a better picture overall, we always use younger photos when a person dies and he's actually looking at the camera so that's a plus.
2. (Summoned by bot) This is a far superior photo. While old, it reflects Barker at the height of his career, Coretheapple (talk) 16:32, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
3. (invited by the bot) Later in his career would be fine (or even better) but Option 2 is a bad photo. North8000 (talk) 16:35, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
4. Concur with others; photo quality & composition are better, younger age produces more distinct likeness, facing camera is always better. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 16:40, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
5. Good photograph quality, better than the other. Psychologist Guy (talk) 16:41, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
6. (Summoned by bot) While I would disagree with the notion that "we always use black and white pictures when a person dies" - where did you get that from? - I agree that this photo is significantly more illustrative casualdejekyll 17:00, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

   I fixed the wording 4me689 (talk) 17:10, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

7. The younger the star is, the more likely it will be in the infobox. Stephen"Zap" (talk) 20:01, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
8. Better quality and shows Barker at the height of his career. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:14, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
9. Agree with all of the above; nothing really to add other than the second picture is just horrid. Cheers, Last1in (talk) 12:37, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
10. Clearly the better option. Nemov (talk) 16:19, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
11. (Summoned by bot) Option 1 is a great pic and option 2 is not good, at all. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:36, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

    What about this photo?

    https://sdexcellence.org/w/images/c/ca/Bob_Barker_Picture.PNG 2604:3D09:6A85:6000:9D8F:53BD:2E1B:567C (talk) 17:51, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

    no, because it's copyrighted and we already have a good portraits of Bob Barker here that are not copyrighted. 4me689 (talk) 21:40, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

12. According to MOS:IMAGEQUALITY, "A biography should lead with a portrait photograph of the subject." Option 1 seems to be the clear winner of these two choices. It's important, however, to include a picture of Bob Barker as The Price Is Right host elsewhere in the article, but not this particular one for the lead. Penguino35 (talk) 23:23, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Option 2

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Discussion

@4me689 this is a good candidate for a WP:SNOW close. Nemov (talk) 13:52, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

@Nemov agreed, the vote is unanimous there is no reason to keep it open. 4me689 (talk) 13:54, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.