So this is a belated salute to Bob Barker in celebration of his 95th birthday! And we’re going to mark it with his own induction into the Hall.
Bob Barker, come on down!
From Wikipedia:
Robert William Barker (born December 12, 1923) is a retired American television game show host. He is known for hosting CBS's ‘The Price Is Right’ from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history. He is also known for hosting ‘Truth or Consequences’ from 1956 to 1974.
It’s because of that longevity on ‘The Price Is Right’ (and perhaps for his passionate advocacy for animals) that Mr. Barker appeared on enough TV shows as his fictional televersion to qualify him for membership. Here’s a list of them….
- When You Pish Upon a Star (1994)
From the IMDb:
Maxwell and C.C. decide to hire Jack Walker, a precocious and not very talented twelve year old television star, to star in their stage production of Oliver! They're hiring him purely for his marquee value. His television series, Royal Flush, seems oddly familiar to the Sheffields. Fran inadvertently persuades [Jack] to give up show business.
From the Game Show Wiki:
In 1994, Bob Barker guest-starred on The Nanny where he sat at a table when Nanny Fran Fine (Fran Drescher) spotted him.
Cybill
- Pal Zoey (1996)
From the IMDb:
Following her breakup, Zoey bonds with Cybill. Meanwhile, Maryann tries to make Ira jealous by leading him to believe she's having a fling with Cybill's visiting redneck cousin Lyle.
From the Game Show Wiki:
In the sitcom Cybill, Cybill Sheridan's cousin from Arkansas named Lyle Clocum is obsessed with being a contestant on TPIR.
Martial Law
- Shanghai Express (1998)
Sammo Law a cop from China comes to L.A. to find a criminal. The LAPD assigns him two cops to help him.
O'Bservation - Sammo and his partner were in the audience where he was called to come on down. He went on to win the Showdown Showcase. He knew all the prices because he watched the show via satellite in China.
- The Ticket (2001)
From the IMDb:
Greg gets a ticket in the mail for going through a red light, but it is Jimmy driving the car. Greg is upset that Jimmy borrowed his car. Turns out Christine & Jimmy borrow a lot of items from Greg & Kim. Kim borrows Christine's camera.
From the Game Show Wiki:
In a 2001 episode of the sitcom Yes Dear called "The Ticket" Jimmy (played by Mike O'Malley) cheats on TPIR by spinning the wheel from behind to go to $1.00. He cheated because he got another traffic ticket. After Barker rebukes Jimmy, it makes him cry as Barker comforts Jimmy by hugging him. After this, Barker tells him that after the show that they'll play Plinko and that there's a trampoline in the showcase for today, which makes Jimmy feel much better.
- Showdown (2007)
From the IMDb:
Barney becomes a contestant on "The Price Is Right" so that he can confront Bob Barker, because he believes that the game show host is his biological father.
Barney is preparing for his upcoming appearance on the game show The Price Is Right. Although Barney is certain he can win all the prizes he wants (with the exception of not mastering how to spin to the $1 space on the big wheel), he confesses that he has an ulterior motive to be on the show: to meet his biological father, Bob Barker.
During Bob's final year as host, the show made an appearance on How I Met Your Mother for the episode "Showdown" in 2007, in which Barney Stinson was a contestant on the show. Barney claimed that Bob Barker was his father (which is completely untrue since Bob never had human children, and Neil knows it), so he came on the show just to meet and impress him. Barney was on a roll that day. The pricing game he played was Clock Game and he got the price of the first prize on his first guess (an achievement at least two contestants on the real show did) though we never saw it; on the second prize, Barney purposely guessed $1,000,000 all just to show Bob Barney's self pictures; by the time the clock almost ran out, Barney came through with the right answer and won. Later Barney spun $1.00 on the wheel and bids exactly right on the Showcase (something that would really happen during Drew Carey's second year as host); and just when Barney was about to tell Bob that he was Bob's son, he instead congratulated Bob on 35 years as host of The Price is Right. Barney never kept any of the prizes he won; instead he gave them all as wedding presents to his friends and newlyweds Marshall and Lily. (Neil [Patrick Harris] went on to actually be a special guest on ‘The Price is Right’ during celebrity week at the beginning of 2012 and won $65,238. 40 for his favorite charity.)
WWE Monday Night Raw (2009)
In a September 7, 2009 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, a spoof of The Price is Right was parodied as The Price is Raw featuring Bob Barker as its guest host for the episode.
From the Game Show Wikia:
In 2011, a State Farm commercial featured a brief cameo appearance by Bob Barker as he says "And...a new car" as an orange vehicle with a black female model waving inside suddenly drops from the sky.
- Episode #1.6814 (2014)
- Episode #1.6900 (2014)
One of the B&B characters meets with Barker in his office to discuss the campaign to spay and neuter pets. Weeks later, Mr. Barker left something behind so that B&B regular raced after him to return it. His friend Wyatt showed up and kept insulting Bob Barker as a pet-lovin’ wacko until Barker went full-on Happy Gilmore rerun on his ass.
There's a great Zonk in that last scene. Just before he throws his first punch, Barker pulls back his right arm... and then lands the blow with his left!
Bob Barker even has a presence in the Tooniverse!
THE TOONIVERSE
- The Lesser of Two Evils (2000)
O’Bservation – Bob Barker’s Head serves as the emcee for the Miss Universe Pageant.
- Brian In Love (2000)
Brian was watching the end of an episode and Bob gave his "spayed and neutered" signoff; a frustrated Brian wished he would "just die already."
- Screwed the Pooch (2001)
Peter Griffin as a contestant on Survivor, as he accidentally knocks over the reality show's backdrop revealing the set of TPIR (both shows run on CBS).
- Fat Guy Strangler (2005)
In contestant's row; after a contestant bid $780, the last contestant bid $781. That infuriated the contestant bidding $780, so he said, "F**K YOU!".
- Tales of a Third Grade Nothing (2008)
Prince was on the show, he bid $350, a bid Bob initially did not understand and bid exactly correct.
All of those summaries are from the Game Show Wiki.
- Screamers! (1995)
From the Game Show Wiki:
Beavis and Butt-Head are watching the show on their TV. It had ladies screaming when they've won their showcase and then the announcer says "Tomorrow on The Price is Right".
O’Bservation – Although he wasn’t seen, Mr. Barker has to be accepted as the host of the show during that time, even in the Tooniverse.
The shows that actually made Bob Barker famous on TV would not normally be considered part of his qualifications for membership in the TVXOHOF. But both ‘Truth Or Consequences’ and ‘The Price Is Right’ have been acknowledged and/or watched by TV characters and ‘The Price Is Right’ was even incorporated into episodes of ‘Martial Law’ and ‘How I Met Your Mother’.
34 episodes
The Price Is Right
6,718 episodes
The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular
16 episodes
There are also several anniversary specials and salutes to the troops for ‘The Price Is Right’.
Welcome to the Hall, Mr. Barker, and I hope you had a great 95th birthday! And if I might speak for you….
Remember, folks, to spay and neuter your pets!
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