Nearest to the actual price of the car, without going over., <33333333333333 That's fanastic, Bob. Options

[HakunaMatata]

(CBS) The end of Bob Barker's 35-year run as host of "The Price Is Right" is imminent.

The 82-year-old took time to look back in a conversation with The Early Show national correspondent Hattie Kauffman.

"It's been a lot of fun," Barker told her. " … And it's tough leaving this show, because it has been a hit from day one. We've had 35 years never worrying about ratings, always right up on top."

Would it have enjoyed that success without him?

"My agent says no," Barker laughed.

Energy, enthusiasm and spontaneity have kept the show fresh through the years, Kauffman observed, adding that Barker's warmth and winning smile have made him "the most popular game show host in history."

Kauffman said Barker "makes it look effortless, but you might be surprised to learn how hard he works."

She mentioned to Barker that, "People see only what they see on television. They don't realize that, during commercial breaks, you're not … resting. You're often out … keeping the crowd warmed up and not letting them fall asleep, and energizing the room."

"I do that for a selfish reason," Barker admitted. "I get them up and I stay with them because I don't want them to start sagging, and then when we start the next segment, I have to get them up again."

It all adds up to "wild" audiences and contestants, Barker said. He's been kissed and lifted off his feet countless times over the years by joyous contestants.

On a serious note, Kauffman remarked, "Soon, there'll be a morning when (you) wake up and you won't have to get ready and come in" to the studio.

"That's exactly what worries me," Barker responded. But, "I want to leave while I'm still wanted. I don't want someone to come and say, 'Don't you think it's about time you leave?' "

On the show, Kauffman pointed out, Barker loves to prolong the moment of truth when revealing whether the price is right. The truth is, he doesn't know what things cost.

"If I knew the prices," Barker explained, "then it would be cruel to do that (prolong the time before correct prices are shown). … But I don't know the prices, and so I can tease them, because I don't know whether they've won or lost."

Barker's 35-year stay is, Kauffman said, a success story no one could have predicted.

"One of our producers left the show," Barker remembered, "and he said with a smile, 'This may last another couple of years, but it'll be eight years at the most!' "

-http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/16/...in2812618.shtml

[*stephinika*]

Bob Barker! Haha that show always cracked me up for some reason...especially after Dane Cook included it in one of his jokes...

[*karmakiller*]

They fill the big wheel with human blood. Someday it's going to suck an old woman in... Haha... that cracked me up.

My grandpa used to watch the show and I could never watch it after that. I remember when they showed it on the Soup on E! and some lady was going crazy and Bob Barker was running away from her

[technicolour]

Considering the guy is old enough to remember what a T-Rex looked like up close and personal, this isn't really anything new. He should retire and go live out the rest of his life on some beach on some uncharted Island in the Pacific. Oh wait, thats what I want to do...

[*StanleyThePanda*]

^ Hmm.. I'd enjoy doing that too!
Aw, Bob barker is theee man! I used to watch him everyday growing up, along with the Tanner family.
But its about time that he retired, seriously. He is ollddddd.

[EmoEyelinerx]

Agreed^

[Relentless]

Ahhh. I like that show when I was young. It was interesting to see the prizes and such. I always wanted to win one of those, lol.

[*Duchess_of_Dork*]

I love Bob Barker. His scene in Happy Gilmore still makes me chuckle.

I used to watch this show all the time when my grandmother was alive. I have such fond memories of that. Of course, the whole grandma-homemade waffles that used to accompany watching The Price is Right makes the memory even more pleasant.

[tokyo-rose]

Aw, Bob barker is theee man! I used to watch him everyday growing up, along with the Tanner family.
But its about time that he retired, seriously. He is ollddddd.

Mm yeah. 90s shows rock[ed].
I hope he has a nice retirement.

[much2muse]

Without Bob Barker, i doubt the price is right will be on much longer.
i haven't watched this show in forevverrr.

Bob Barker was a cool game show host, though

[slipper]

yeah.. this was probably the only show a lot of us watched with one or both of our grandparents. i think my grandma's gonna be sad when she finds out he isn't hosting anymore.

& i agree with the post above. what's price is right w/o bob barker???

[HakunaMatata]

Without Bob Barker, i doubt the price is right will be on much longer.

Srsly.

No but rly, I Bob Barker. I used to watch the Price is Right every weekday in the summer, no fail. The day would feel WEIRD without me eating breakfast in front of the TV with him.