Legendary Price Is Right Host Bob Barker Dead at 99
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00:00 Welcome to Price is Right.
00:02 Legendary game show host Bob Barker has passed away.
00:05 Barker was best known for hosting The Price is Right
00:07 from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest running daytime game
00:12 show in North American television history.
00:14 Bob got his start in radio and eventually moved
00:16 to California, where he was discovered by a game show
00:19 producer.
00:19 Barker hosted the game Truth or Consequences
00:22 and later began his decades-long run as The Price is Right's MC.
00:26 The actual retail price of the chairs is $1,340.
00:30 [CHEERING]
00:33 Hi, Rene.
00:35 Thank you.
00:37 Now, folks, I want to thank you very, very much
00:42 for inviting me into your home for the last 50 years.
00:46 I am deeply grateful.
00:48 He also became an executive producer on the show in 1988
00:51 and was also responsible for creating several pricing
00:54 games on the series.
00:55 Bob's final episode aired on June 15, 2007,
00:58 with his retirement coinciding with his 50th year
01:01 as a television host.
01:02 In October of that year, comedian Drew Carey
01:04 took over the role.
01:06 Bob also made a hilarious appearance
01:07 as himself in the 1996 movie Happy Gilmore.
01:10 In the flick, Bob has an altercation
01:12 with Adam Sandler's character at a Pro-Am golf tournament.
01:15 I can't believe you're a professional golfer.
01:17 I think you should be working at the snack bar.
01:19 You better relax, Bob.
01:21 There is no way that you could have been as bad at hockey
01:24 as you are at golf.
01:26 All right, let's go.
01:27 Oh!
01:29 You like that, old man?
01:30 You want a piece of me?
01:32 I don't want a piece of you.
01:34 I want the whole thing.
01:35 Oh!
01:38 Barker was also an animal rights activist
01:40 and famously ended episodes of The Price
01:42 Is Right reminding viewers to take care
01:44 when it came to their pets.
01:46 And please remember, help control the pet population.
01:50 Have your pets fed and neutered.
01:52 Goodbye, everybody.
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